Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RTL-SDR device failed to open in flowgraph

On 02/23/2018 07:01 AM, Glen Langston wrote:

Hi Marcus and Ellie,

Thanks again for the flow graph Marcus.   It's a very impressive piece of work.

If one has only one SDR, it is necessary to change the input  number of channels

to 1, I think(?)  Then connect the 2nd channel (chan1) to the output of the  source

block.   The modified .grc file works right away.

Cheers

Glen

Actually, you don't need to change the graph at all.

Specify a "dummy" file= device as the 2nd device:

  rtl=0  file=/dev/zero,rate=10e6

For example...

On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 11:36 PM, Marcus D. Leech <mleech@ripnet.com> wrote:

On 02/22/2018 11:13 PM, Ellie White wrote:

Hi all,

I am an amateur radio astronomy enthusiast and I've been using an RTL-SDR (R820T) USB dongle for my projects; up until now I had been using a Windows 8.1 laptop, but that one is on the blink right now so I've switched to a Windows 10 computer. I've tried to plug in my SDR and run the flowgraph (attached), but I keep getting the output below:

Generating: 'C:\\Users\\Deana White\\Documents\\top_block.py'

Executing: C:\Program Files\GNURadio-3.7\gr-python27\python.exe -u C:\Users\Deana White\Documents\top_block.py

Win32; Microsoft Visual C++ version 14.0; Boost_106000; UHD_003.010.001.001-0-unknown

gr-osmosdr c653754d (0.1.5git) gnuradio 3.7.11.1
built-in source types: file osmosdr fcd rtl rtl_tcp uhd hackrf bladerf airspy redpitaya
Using device #0 Generic RTL2832U OEM
usb_open error -12

FATAL: Failed to open rtlsdr device.

Trying to fill up 1 missing channel(s) with null source(s).
This is being done to prevent the application from crashing
due to gnuradio bug #528.

gr::pagesize: no info; setting pagesize = 4096

I've run zadig for the RTL-SDR, and it works just fine with SDR#. Do you have any advice as to why I might be having this problem with the GNURadio flowgraph?

Thanks very much! Have a great evening and take care,

Ellie

I hope someone can help you, Ellie.

My approach would be to install an operating system on your computer.     :) :)   [That was snarkasm, just in case it wasn't obvious.... ]

Once you get it working, you (and Glen et al) might want to play with:

https://github.com/ccera-astro/spectro_radiometer

Cheers
Marcus

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