RuntimeError "destination port 1 out of range for source_impl" with bladeRF (on Kali)

[botherder]

I am trying to run gr-gsm using a bladeRF x40 on a Kali (rolling release) and a Raspberry Pi 4. Following the useful conversation at #480, I have installed the maint-3.8 branch from https://github.com/velichkov/gr-gsm/tree/maint-3.8.

I followed the instructions from here: https://osmocom.org/projects/gr-gsm/wiki/Installation

Using other rtl-sdr dongles everything seems to be working fine, but when using the bladeRF both grgsm_scanner and grgsm_livemon fail. This is the output launching grgsm_scanner --debug:

root@kali:~# grgsm_scanner --debug

Args= 
[INFO] [UHD] linux; GNU C++ version 9.2.1 20200104; Boost_106700; UHD_3.15.0.0-2
[ERROR] avahi_service_browser_new() failed: Bad state
gr-osmosdr 0.1.5 (0.1.4) gnuradio 3.8.0.0
built-in source types: file osmosdr fcd rtl rtl_tcp uhd miri hackrf bladerf rfspace airspy airspyhf soapy redpitaya freesrp 
[bladeRF common] init: DEBUG: entering initialization
[bladeRF source] init: Opening Nuand bladeRF with device identifier string '*:instance=0'
[bladeRF source] Device: Nuand bladeRF 2.0 Serial # [REDACTED] FW v2.3.2 FPGA v0.11.0
[bladeRF source] init: Buffers: 512, samples per buffer: 4096, active transfers: 32
[bladeRF source] bladerf_source_c: Warning: number of channels specified on command line (4) is greater than the maximum number supported by this device (2). Resetting to 2.
[bladeRF source] bladerf_source_c: DEBUG: initialization complete
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/grgsm_scanner", line 438, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/local/bin/grgsm_scanner", line 435, in main
    options.ppm, options.gain, options.args, prn = printfunc, debug = options.debug)
  File "/usr/local/bin/grgsm_scanner", line 333, in do_scan
    ppm=ppm, gain=gain, args=args)
  File "/usr/local/bin/grgsm_scanner", line 212, in __init__
    str(grgsm.device.get_default_args(args)))
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/osmosdr/osmosdr_swig.py", line 1316, in make
    return _osmosdr_swig.source_make(*args, **kwargs)
RuntimeError: destination port 1 out of range for source_impl(1)

This is the output from bladeRF-cli:

root@kali:~# bladeRF-cli -i
bladeRF> info

  Board:                    Nuand bladeRF 2.0 (bladerf2)
  Serial #:                 [REDACTED]
  VCTCXO DAC calibration:   0x1f77
  FPGA size:                49 KLE
  FPGA loaded:              yes
  Flash size:               32 Mbit
  USB bus:                  2
  USB address:              3
  USB speed:                SuperSpeed
  Backend:                  libusb
  Instance:                 0

bladeRF> probe

  Description:    Nuand bladeRF 2.0 (currently open)
  Backend:        libusb
  Serial:         [REDACTED]
  USB Bus:        2
  USB Address:    3

Anyone else is having the same issue?

[velichkov]

Hi @botherder,

[bladeRF source] bladerf_source_c: Warning: number of channels specified on command line (4) is greater than the maximum number supported by this device (2). Resetting to 2.

That's really odd as you are not specifying nchan= on the command line (in the --args). What's the output of grgsm_scanner --list-devices --args=nofake?

Try adding bladerf to --args

grgsm_scanner --args=bladerf
grgsm_livemon_headless --args=bladerf

and if it still fails provide the full output of the above commands.

[botherder]

Ah, interesting. With --args=bladerf seems to be working fine.

root@kali:~# grgsm_scanner --list-devices --args=nofake
[INFO] [UHD] linux; GNU C++ version 9.2.1 20200104; Boost_106700; UHD_3.15.0.0-2
[ERROR] avahi_service_browser_new() failed: Bad state
bladerf=0,label='Nuand bladeRF SN [REDACTED]'
backend=libusb,device=0x02:0x03,driver=bladerf,instance=0,label='BladeRF #0 [REDACTED]',serial=[REDACTED],soapy=1

Thank you @velichkov.

[velichkov]

Ah, interesting. With --args=bladerf seems to be working fine.

Now that's a new mystery, in theory it should fails the same way.

Can you try

grgsm_scanner --args="bladerf=0" --debug
grgsm_scanner --args="bladerf=0,label='Nuand bladeRF SN [REDACTED]'" --debug
grgsm_scanner --args="backend=libusb,device=0x02:0x03,driver=bladerf,instance=0,label='BladeRF #0 [REDACTED]',serial=[REDACTED],soapy=1" --debug

replace [REDACTED] with the exact output as you see it in the --list-devices and tell me if any of the above commands fails the same way.

Also do you see the warning about number of channels when running with it with --args=bladerf?

The RuntimeError: destination port 1 out of range for source_impl(1) exception is called from here and the connect() function is called from here.

How did you install gr-osmosdr, which version and from the osmocom's repo or from some fork? Do you have gr-iqbal installed, which version and from which repo?

[botherder]

I am not seeing the warning about the channels anymore using grgsm_scanner --args=bladerf.

Here is the results for each of the 3 commands you requested.

grgsm_scanner --args="bladerf=0" --debug

This command ran successfully.

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grgsm_scanner --args="bladerf=0,label='Nuand bladeRF SN [REDACTED]'" --debug

This commands fails with the same error:

root@kali:~# grgsm_scanner --args="bladerf=0,label='Nuand bladeRF SN [REDACTED]'" --debug

Args= bladerf=0,label='Nuand bladeRF SN [REDACTED]'
gr-osmosdr 0.1.5 (0.1.4) gnuradio 3.8.0.0
built-in source types: file osmosdr fcd rtl rtl_tcp uhd miri hackrf bladerf rfspace airspy airspyhf soapy redpitaya freesrp 
[bladeRF common] init: DEBUG: entering initialization
[bladeRF source] init: Opening Nuand bladeRF with device identifier string '*:instance=0'
[bladeRF source] Device: Nuand bladeRF 2.0 Serial # [REDACTED] FW v2.3.2 FPGA v0.11.0
[bladeRF source] init: Buffers: 512, samples per buffer: 4096, active transfers: 32
[bladeRF source] bladerf_source_c: Warning: number of channels specified on command line (4) is greater than the maximum number supported by this device (2). Resetting to 2.
[bladeRF source] bladerf_source_c: DEBUG: initialization complete
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/grgsm_scanner", line 438, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/local/bin/grgsm_scanner", line 435, in main
    options.ppm, options.gain, options.args, prn = printfunc, debug = options.debug)
  File "/usr/local/bin/grgsm_scanner", line 333, in do_scan
    ppm=ppm, gain=gain, args=args)
  File "/usr/local/bin/grgsm_scanner", line 212, in __init__
    str(grgsm.device.get_default_args(args)))
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/osmosdr/osmosdr_swig.py", line 1316, in make
    return _osmosdr_swig.source_make(*args, **kwargs)
RuntimeError: destination port 1 out of range for source_impl(1)

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grgsm_scanner --args="backend=libusb,device=0x02:0x03,driver=bladerf,instance=0,label='BladeRF #0 [REDACTED]',serial=[REDACTED],soapy=1" --debug

This command fails with the following error:

root@kali:~# grgsm_scanner --args="backend=libusb,device=0x02:0x03,driver=bladerf,instance=0,label='BladeRF #0 [REDACTED]',serial=[REDACTED],soapy=1" --debug

Args= backend=libusb,device=0x02:0x03,driver=bladerf,instance=0,label='BladeRF #0 [REDACTED]',serial=[REDACTED],soapy=1
gr-osmosdr 0.1.5 (0.1.4) gnuradio 3.8.0.0
built-in source types: file osmosdr fcd rtl rtl_tcp uhd miri hackrf bladerf rfspace airspy airspyhf soapy redpitaya freesrp 
[INFO] bladerf_open_with_devinfo()
[INFO] bladerf_get_serial() = [REDACTED]
[INFO] setSampleRate(Rx, 0, 4.000000 MHz), actual = 4.000000 MHz
[INFO] setSampleRate(Tx, 0, 4.000000 MHz), actual = 4.000000 MHz
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/grgsm_scanner", line 438, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/local/bin/grgsm_scanner", line 435, in main
    options.ppm, options.gain, options.args, prn = printfunc, debug = options.debug)
  File "/usr/local/bin/grgsm_scanner", line 333, in do_scan
    ppm=ppm, gain=gain, args=args)
  File "/usr/local/bin/grgsm_scanner", line 212, in __init__
    str(grgsm.device.get_default_args(args)))
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/osmosdr/osmosdr_swig.py", line 1316, in make
    return _osmosdr_swig.source_make(*args, **kwargs)
RuntimeError: setupStream invalid channel selection

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I have gr-osmosdr 0.1.5-1+b1 from Kali kali-rolling apt repositories. I have gr-iqbal 0.38-4 also from kali-rolling.

[velichkov]

grgsm_scanner --args="bladerf=0,label='Nuand bladeRF SN [REDACTED]'" --debug

The problem is most probably related to the spaces in the label field and is probably specific to bladerf. Here is a patch for a similar problem but for an older version of gr-osmosdr and the the code there is no longer the same.

In gqrx they are removing the label field probably for similar reasons. I may implement a similar workaround solution in gr-gsm (in python/misc_utils/device.py) if there is not other good ideas how to solve this but for now I guess you need to always specify --args=bladerf.

[botherder]

Interesting. Thanks a lot. I will stick to --args=bladerf for now as it seems to work well so far. Closing this ticket.

[sfrmattos]

@botherder did you managed to get grgsm to find channels with bladerf? I have the same "symptoms" that you pointed, and using --args=bladerf get rid of them, but with no channels listed. I also noted that grgsm_livemon launch, but is unable to find anything (even on the channels I know that are working). Bladerf is working well on gqrx. on the same system, rtlsdr works fine. I dont want to bother you asking for help, I just wanna know if it worked like described here.Thank you!