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Cariboulite not txing #184

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oldchap7 opened this issue Feb 7, 2024 · 3 comments
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Cariboulite not txing #184

oldchap7 opened this issue Feb 7, 2024 · 3 comments

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@oldchap7
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oldchap7 commented Feb 7, 2024

set up a cariboulite server/client configuration like this: Server Cariboulite (FW Dec 2023)/rpi4 zero2/bullseye legacy 32bit headless/OTG-> LAN -> Dragon Beta34/rpi5 using SDRangel.
Cariboulite Server start: "SoapySDRServer --bind".
Check from commandline Dragon/ubuntu wether server is runing properly: "SoapySDRUtil --find". Both cariboulite channels are found.
Start SDRangel from commandline "sdrangel --soapy". In SDRangel select Rx or Tx, both cariboulite channels are shown and can be alternatively activated.

Rxing runs ok (on both caribou channels), checked some demodulators up to DATV = all ok.

Txing: First set sdrangel, button preferences/device, as per SoapyRemote requirement. This will be overwritten from sdrangel, but the necessary identifiers seem to remain. (here I used S1G for the tests)
Selected Tx and Cariboulite S1G, SR=2000, Frequency 435 MHz, Modulator NFM. Nothing happend upon activating the channel, except the log in the terminal window had produced a longer log. (see log.pdf) It reports 2 warnings, which I was not able to resolve up to now.

Would appreciate assistance, thanks in advance

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Edit:

Continued working on the matter. Found a few hints in Soapy Project Docs on how to cure the warnings and followed the advice. Set in Ubuntu prior to starting sdrangel
sudo sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=104857600
sudo sysctl -w net.core.wmem_max=104857600
Starting sdrangel --soapy and going to tx using Cariboulite S1G: no warnings were reported but tx LED remained unlit, no output.
After some repeated txing trials the rtprio:warning showed up again. Following the relevant advice from the Soapy Project Docs had no effect.
(No fun)

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K7MDL2 commented Mar 8, 2024

It may be worth verifying you can TX at the most basic level OK by using the cariboulite_test_app. Will transmit a CW carrier on the frequencies and power you specify.

I just created a pull request you can look at that is a simple RF Sweep Generator. It uses soapy and is derived from the soapy_synth.py example program. This is another simple way to check that something works on transmit.

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oldchap7 commented Mar 10, 2024 via email

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