Tips for using it with GnuRadio Soapy Custom Source

[RobertSwirsky]

Just got it working in GnuRadio (3.9-Maint) with the Soapy.

• Sample Rate must be set to 4E6 (4M). Anything else is rejected.

Here's what you need to know for the Soapy Custom Source settings:

• Under "General"

- Driver: Cariboulite
- Device Arguments: device_id=1

• Under "RF Options"
  Note that the only antenna string that works for device_id=1 is "TX/RX 6GHz" (yes, with the space in it!)

The other default options i changed

Ch0: Antenna:      TX/RX 6GHz  
Ch0: Automatic DC Removal: False
Ch0 Overall Gain Value: 50

I've had it running here receiving a 2 MHz chunk of the FM Broadcast Band here, and it seems stable, with the exception that it will stop working if you change frequency. I'm going to run it over the weekend to see if it can sustain this.

[edegraaff]

Just got it working in GnuRadio (3.9-Maint) with the Soapy.

• Sample Rate must be set to 4E6 (4M). Anything else is rejected.

Here's what you need to know for the Soapy Custom Source settings:

• Under "General"

- Driver: Cariboulite
- Device Arguments: device_id=1

• Under "RF Options"
  Note that the only antenna string that works for device_id=1 is "TX/RX 6GHz" (yes, with the space in it!)

The other default options i changed

Ch0: Antenna:      TX/RX 6GHz  
Ch0: Automatic DC Removal: False
Ch0 Overall Gain Value: 50

I've had it running here receiving a 2 MHz chunk of the FM Broadcast Band here, and it seems stable, with the exception that it will stop working if you change frequency. I'm going to run it over the weekend to see if it can sustain this.

Could you describe the used hardware, os, and prereq?

[hb9dug]

Bonjour Robert,
Have you tried the GNUradio Soapy Sink for the CaribouLite ?
On my side, GNUradio crashes when running a flow graph with the sink block...
I run on PiSDR.

Rgds,
Michel

[konimaru]

Could this have something to do with the blocks still using hackrf driver IDs? Just guessing here, not being familiar with GR.
Could you send me a quick HowTo to reproduce the issue?