[Hackrf-dev] not so good experience for my first SDR

Cinaed Simson cinaed.simson at gmail.com
Sat Apr 15 16:29:31 EDT 2017


On 04/15/2017 12:59 AM, mohammed hamoud alkindy wrote:
> Thank you Cinaed for taking me to this so far, I did the tests you suggested, there is only one hackrf_info file and the hackrf_transfer works fine. But for the libhackrf.so.0.5.0 or x could not find any of that format but found the following files:
> 
> /opt/local/include/libhackrf
> /opt/local/lib/libhackrf.0.5.0.dylib
> /opt/local/lib/libhackrf.0.dylib
> /opt/local/lib/libhackrf.a
> /opt/local/lib/libhackrf.dylib
> /opt/local/lib/pkgconfig/hackrf.pc
> 
> not sure if this Mac os because I did not created those manually but relied on macport to do that is required. I will try to take from here as it seems the libhackrf could be the issue with me

Good - everything is there!

Evidently, libhackrf.0.5.0.dylib is equivalent to libhackrf.0.5.0.so -
rhw .dylib extension for dynamic library or shared library on the Mac
and .so extension is for the dynamic or shared library on Debian.

I'm assuming you're running the MacOS on bare metal and not inside a
virtual machine - like VMware or VirtualBox - correct?

Please post your flow graph - the text XML version. Send it as an email
attachment.

The file ends with

  .grc

The "OOOO" indicates an overflow which can be something as simple as
improper plumbing between the osomcom source and the audio sink in the
flow graph - and the "aUaUaUaU" ia typical of the so-called "two clock
problem".


-- Cinaed

> 
> regards
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/15/17, 12:37 AM, "Cinaed Simson" <cinaed.simson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>     On 04/14/2017 03:45 AM, mohammed hamoud alkindy wrote:
>     > Thanks for spoting this, the strange thing is that when I display the version from my mac utility port “sudo port installed hackrf” it shows me the right ver which is 2017.2.1 but I do not know how to check for the libhackrf !!!!!! as I left all this to be taken care by the pakage utitity PORT
>     > 
>     >
>     
>     I don't know how port chops up the programs.
>     
>     Try
>     
>       hackrf_transfer --help
>     
>     If it exists it will spit out a bunch of help commands, then try
>     
>       hackrf_transfer -r /dev/null
>     
>     and see if that works.
>     
>     If it does, see
>     
>       https://greatscottgadgets.com/sdr
>     
>     for an explanation of the output.
>     
>     And make sure there's only one copy of the hackrf_info installed - use
>     
>       find / -name hackrf_info
>     
>     and see if the latest version of libhackrf is installed
>     
>       find / -name libhackrf.so.0.5.0
>     
>     - at least that's the version I have installed building from the latest
>     source code.
>     
>     It's possible the libhackrf version may be libhackrf.so.0.5.x where x is
>     some number.
>     
>     Otherwise, try
>     
>       sudo port install gr-osmosdr +full
>     
>     which will take a while and then
>     
>       sudo port install gqrx
>     
>     assuming you haven't already do so - you're going to need them anyway.
>     
>     Otherwise, I can't help you - I don't understand the problem and I've
>     never used a Mac.
>     
>     -- Cinaed
>     
>     
>     
>     > 
>     > On 4/13/17, 2:39 AM, "HackRF-dev on behalf of Cinaed Simson" <hackrf-dev-bounces at greatscottgadgets.com on behalf of cinaed.simson at gmail.com> wrote:
>     > 
>     >     On 04/10/2017 11:32 AM, mohammed hamoud alkindy wrote:
>     >     > Here are some shots I get some times the error msg but I then I reset
>     >     > the hackrf
>     >     
>     >     Please don't send binary images - just copy the output text into your
>     >     email.
>     >     
>     >     You don't have the correct version of libhackrf and utilities to match
>     >     the installed firmware on the HackRF.
>     >     
>     >     The installed firmware is 2017.2.1.
>     >     
>     >     The libhackrf version is: "unknown".
>     >     
>     >     The hackrf_info version is: "unknown".
>     >     
>     >     You need to install the 2017.2.1 version of the libhackrf and utilities from
>     >     
>     >        https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/releases
>     >     
>     >     When both the version of hackrf_info and libhackrf match the firmware
>     >     version of 2017.02.1 then it will work.
>     >     
>     >     -- Cinaed
>     >     
>     >     > 
>     >     >  
>     >     > 
>     >     >  
>     >     > 
>     >     > *From: *Dominic Spill <dominicgs at gmail.com>
>     >     > *Date: *Monday, April 10, 2017 at 10:27 PM
>     >     > *To: *Mohammed AlKindy <mohammed at omantel.net.om>
>     >     > *Cc: *"hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com >> hackrf-dev"
>     >     > <HackRF-dev at greatscottgadgets.com>
>     >     > *Subject: *Re: [Hackrf-dev] not so good experience for my first SDR
>     >     > 
>     >     >  
>     >     > 
>     >     > Do you have any ouput from it?  Any error messages?  Could we also have
>     >     > the output from hackrf_info?
>     >     > 
>     >     > Thanks,
>     >     > 
>     >     >   Dominic
>     >     > 
>     >     >  
>     >     > 
>     >     > On 10 April 2017 at 12:16, mohammed hamoud alkindy
>     >     > <mohammed at omantel.net.om <mailto:mohammed at omantel.net.om>> wrote:
>     >     > 
>     >     >     Got it now thanks, but yet to make it work, do not know what I do
>     >     >     wrong see attached
>     >     > 
>     >     >      
>     >     > 
>     >     >      
>     >     > 
>     >     >      
>     >     > 
>     >     >     *From: *Dominic Spill <dominicgs at gmail.com <mailto:dominicgs at gmail.com>>
>     >     >     *Date: *Monday, April 10, 2017 at 9:38 PM
>     >     > 
>     >     > 
>     >     >     *To: *Mohammed AlKindy <mohammed at omantel.net.om
>     >     >     <mailto:mohammed at omantel.net.om>>
>     >     >     *Cc: *"hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com
>     >     >     <mailto:hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com> >> hackrf-dev"
>     >     >     <HackRF-dev at greatscottgadgets.com
>     >     >     <mailto:HackRF-dev at greatscottgadgets.com>>
>     >     >     *Subject: *Re: [Hackrf-dev] not so good experience for my first SDR
>     >     > 
>     >     >      
>     >     > 
>     >     >     On 10 April 2017 at 11:25, mohammed hamoud alkindy
>     >     >     <mohammed at omantel.net.om <mailto:mohammed at omantel.net.om>> wrote:
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > Thank for quick response, I can see that with gqrx but what about
>     >     >     when you execute  the block from gnuradio-companion I could not see
>     >     >     a field for that!!!!
>     >     > 
>     >     >     It's a setting on the osmocom source block.  See the attached image.
>     >     > 
>     >     >     Thanks,
>     >     > 
>     >     >       Dominic
>     >     > 
>     >     >     > From: Dominic Spill <dominicgs at gmail.com <mailto:dominicgs at gmail.com>>
>     >     >     > Date: Monday, April 10, 2017 at 9:21 PM
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > To: Mohammed AlKindy <mohammed at omantel.net.om
>     >     >     <mailto:mohammed at omantel.net.om>>
>     >     >     > Cc: "hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com
>     >     >     <mailto:hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com> >> hackrf-dev"
>     >     >     <HackRF-dev at greatscottgadgets.com
>     >     >     <mailto:HackRF-dev at greatscottgadgets.com>>
>     >     >     > Subject: Re: [Hackrf-dev] not so good experience for my first SDR
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >  
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > On 10 April 2017 at 10:47, mohammed hamoud alkindy
>     >     >     <mohammed at omantel.net.om <mailto:mohammed at omantel.net.om>> wrote:
>     >     >     > >
>     >     >     > > Still trying to make my Hackrf work with gnu-companion but I
>     >     >     have stupid question, how does the osmocom source block know that I
>     >     >     am using hackrf-one?
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > You can specify the HackRF that you wish to use in the "device
>     >     >     arguments" field of the osmocom source block.  If you set it to
>     >     >     "hackrf=0" it will use the first HackRF that it finds.  To specify a
>     >     >     particular HackRF, replace the 0 with the serial number of the
>     >     >     HackRF (found from hackrf_info).
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > With no device arguments set, osmocom searches for devices that it
>     >     >     supports in turn.  However, this currently triggers a segfault in
>     >     >     libuhd on my system, so I always specify the HackRF in the device
>     >     >     arguments field.
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > cheers,
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >  Dominic
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > > From: Dominic Spill <dominicgs at gmail.com
>     >     >     <mailto:dominicgs at gmail.com>>
>     >     >     > > Date: Monday, March 13, 2017 at 11:11 PM
>     >     >     > > To: Mohammed AlKindy <mohammed at omantel.net.om
>     >     >     <mailto:mohammed at omantel.net.om>>
>     >     >     > > Cc: "n0p [Luis Bernal]" <lbernal at gmail.com
>     >     >     <mailto:lbernal at gmail.com>>, "hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com
>     >     >     <mailto:hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com> >> hackrf-dev"
>     >     >     <HackRF-dev at greatscottgadgets.com
>     >     >     <mailto:HackRF-dev at greatscottgadgets.com>>
>     >     >     > > Subject: Re: [Hackrf-dev] not so good experience for my first SDR
>     >     >     > >
>     >     >     > >  
>     >     >     > >
>     >     >     > > On 13 March 2017 at 13:09, mohammed hamoud alkindy
>     >     >     <mohammed at omantel.net.om <mailto:mohammed at omantel.net.om>> wrote:
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > > Yes I use gqrx and watched the lessons from greatscottgadgets.
>     >     >     if gqrx could allow to introduce throttling I would hsve test it but
>     >     >     could not see such feature
>     >     >     > >
>     >     >     > > What sample rate are you using?  Overruns are caused by the host
>     >     >     system not keeping up with the amount of data being passed to it by
>     >     >     the HackRF.  Try reducing the sample rate to see if things improve.
>     >     >     > >
>     >     >     > >
>     >     >     > > > From: "n0p [Luis Bernal]" <lbernal at gmail.com
>     >     >     <mailto:lbernal at gmail.com>>
>     >     >     > > > Date: Monday, March 13, 2017 at 9:33 PM
>     >     >     > > > To: Mohammed AlKindy <mohammed at omantel.net.om
>     >     >     <mailto:mohammed at omantel.net.om>>
>     >     >     > > > Cc: "hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com
>     >     >     <mailto:hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com> >> hackrf-dev"
>     >     >     <HackRF-dev at greatscottgadgets.com
>     >     >     <mailto:HackRF-dev at greatscottgadgets.com>>
>     >     >     > > > Subject: Re: [Hackrf-dev] not so good experience for my first SDR
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > >  
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > > What software are you using? gqrx is a good choice to start
>     >     >     playing with SDRs
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > >  
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > > I also suggest you start by watching the GNURadio tutorial
>     >     >     series by Mike Ossman:
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > > https://greatscottgadgets.com/sdr/
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > >  
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > > 2017-03-13 17:50 GMT+01:00 mohammed hamoud alkindy
>     >     >     <mohammed at omantel.net.om <mailto:mohammed at omantel.net.om>>:
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > > Hello SDR world, not so nice to start my posting in this
>     >     >     mailing list with is kind of post, but when I got introduced to SDR
>     >     >     I thought I will spend exciting evening to explore this new
>     >     >     interest. But my experience is just ending with allot of
>     >     >     OOOOOOOOOOOO or !!!! I read allot about what could be the
>     >     >     reasons that is either the double clock or my sound card is not able
>     >     >     to handle the sampling rates , etc…..but so far not able to solve
>     >     >     the challenge. I just got my new MacBook Pro with good
>     >     >     configurations and the sound card is configured to handle 44.1Khz. I
>     >     >     did upgrade the Hackrf firmware to 2017-02-1 package. I am using
>     >     >     gnuradio and my macport should take care of the updating to the
>     >     >     latest ver. But again I do not seem to be able to hear even a simple
>     >     >     FM station just noisy rains ☹
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > >  
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > > Deeper insights will be really appreciated
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > >  
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > > Mohammed alkindy
>     >     >     > > >
>     >     >     > > >
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