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--- software:sdr [2015/08/22 20:53] – added section for Fedora pcfe
+++ software:sdr [2016/09/08 10:27] (current) – [Linux] add link to inspectrum 9r
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-== SDR Software for using the badge
+= SDR Software for using the badge
-=== Recommended Installations List
+== overview
-Just a quick check list of installations recommended before camp. Detailed descriptions below!
-Don't worry if you are not coming with a laptop, the badge will still be useful to you.
-==== Linux
+=== GNU Radio (Linux/Mac/Windows)
+It's highly recommended to build [[http://gnuradio.org/|GNU Radio]] from source to use the most up-to-date version:
+[[http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/InstallingGRFromSource|Installation]]
+There were two GNU Radio workshops at Easterhegg 2015:
+* [[http://media.ccc.de/browse/conferences/eh2015/eh15_-_27_-__-_tagungsraum_1_-_201504041830_-_sdr_for_noobs_-_sec.html#video|SDR for Noobs]]
+* [[http://media.ccc.de/browse/conferences/eh2015/eh15_-_28_-__-_tagungsraum_1_-_201504051830_-_sdr_for_non-noobs_-_sec.html|SDR for non-noobs]]
+**gnuradio-companion** is the full-fledged signal processing application.
+**osmocom_fft** is a nice little graphical tool for quick signal checks.
+=== Gqrx SDR (Linux/Mac)
+[[http://gqrx.dk]]
+=== SDR# (Windows)
+[[http://sdrsharp.com/#sdrsharp]]
+=== RF Analyzer (Android)
+[[:software:sdr#Android]|instructions]]
+== installation details
+=== Linux
 * [[:software:sdr#gnu_radio_linux_mac_windows]|GNU Radio]] - Powerful suit for signal processing. Also contains 'gnuradio-companion', a GUI for designing the the processing blocks.
 * [[:software:sdr#gqrx_sdr_linx_mac]|Gqrx SDR]] - Easy display of signal strengths/waterfall etc. with basic filtering and demodulation support.
 * [[http://www.baudline.com|Baudline]] (not in the Debian package repository) - Another signal visualizer.
+* [[https://github.com/miek/inspectrum|inspectrum]] - Similar to baudline, but OSS.
-===== Debian based systems
+==== Debian based systems
 NOTE: Current versions of gqrx-sdr and gr-osmosdr in Ubuntu 14.04 are known to cause issues with the rad1o. (hackrf_info not detecting the badge, error loading libosmosdr etc.)
 The [[https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/wiki/Installing-gnuradio-on-Ubuntu-14.04-with-the-packaging-manager|original hackrf wiki]] has a PPA with updated versions.
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-===== Archlinux
+==== Archlinux
     pacman -S gqrx python2 python2-lxml python2-cheetah # pulls hackrf and gnuradio automatically in
-===== Gentoo Linux
+==== Gentoo Linux
 Versions known to work:
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 to your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf. (update your modprobe config with 'depmod -a')
-===== Fedora
+==== Fedora
 . Install software:
 <code>
-$ sudo dnf install gnuradio gnuradio-doc gnuradio-examples gqrx hackrf hackrf-doc gr-osmosdr
+$ sudo dnf install gnuradio gnuradio-doc gnuradio-examples gqrx hackrf hackrf-doc gr-osmosdr gr-air-modes
 </code>
+<note warning>Fedora 24 also needs hackrf-static.</note>
 . boot into **HKRF-OLD** on the rad1o (for now, hopefully soon in HACKRF mode)
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 You may want to check out the files in ''/usr/share/gnuradio/examples/''
-==== Windows
+=== Windows
 * [[:software:sdr#gnu_radio_linux_mac_windows]|GNU Radio]]
 * [[:software:sdr#sdr_windows]|SDR#]]
 * [[http://sdr-radio.com/Software|SDR Console]]
-==== Mac
+=== Mac
 Follow these instructions to install Gnuradio-Suite on your Mac:
 Prerequisites:
-* Install either HomeBrew, MacPorts or Fink (I used and tested only MacPorts)
+* Install either [[http://brew.sh|HomeBrew]], MacPorts or Fink
 * Download and install XQuarz via http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/
 * Download and install MacPorts: https://www.macports.org/install.php
-Install GnuRadio
+Install GnuRadio with MacPorts:
 <code>
 sudo port install gnuradio
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 sudo port install gr-osmosdr
 </code>
+To install GnuRadio with HomeBrew, you can follow [[https://github.com/robotastic/homebrew-hackrf|this guide]].
 Start GnuRadio in the terminal with
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 * [[:software:sdr#gqrx_sdr_linux_mac|Gqrx-SDR]]
-==== Android
+=== Android
 * [[:software:sdr#rf_analyzer_android]|RF Analyzer]]
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-=== RF Analyzer (Android)
+==== RF Analyzer (Android)
 Patched version with rad1o support:
-  * Binary APK: [[https://github.com/rad1o/RFAnalyzer/raw/rad1o/RFAnalyzer-rad1o.apk|RFAnalyzer-rad1o.apk]]
+  * Binary APK: [[https://github.com/rad1o/RFAnalyzer/raw/rad1o/RFAnalyzer-rad1o.apk|RFAnalyzer-rad1o.apk]] (as of 2015-08-23, this APK seem to need HKRF-OLD mode)
   * Source: [[https://github.com/rad1o/RFAnalyzer|RFAnalyzer]]
 Requires an OTG cable or adapter and an OTG capable mobile (e.g. Jolla and Nexus 4 are **//not//**)
-=== GNU Radio (Linux/Mac/Windows)
-It's highly recommended to build [[http://gnuradio.org/|GNU Radio]] from source to use the most up-to-date version:
-[[http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/InstallingGRFromSource|Installation]]
-There were two GNU Radio workshops at Easterhegg 2015:
-[[http://media.ccc.de/browse/conferences/eh2015/eh15_-_27_-__-_tagungsraum_1_-_201504041830_-_sdr_for_noobs_-_sec.html#video|SDR for Noobs]]
-[[http://media.ccc.de/browse/conferences/eh2015/eh15_-_28_-__-_tagungsraum_1_-_201504051830_-_sdr_for_non-noobs_-_sec.html|SDR for non-noobs]]
-**gnuradio-companion** is the full-fledged signal processing application.
-**osmocom_fft** is a nice little graphical tool for quick signal checks.
-=== Gqrx SDR (Linux/Mac)
-[[http://gqrx.dk]]
-=== SDR# (Windows)
-http://sdrsharp.com/#sdrsharp