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== SDR Software for using the badge

=== Recommended Installations List
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
* [[: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.

===== 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.

1. Install software:

    apt-get install hackrf gqrx-sdr gnuradio gr-osmosdr

2. Make sure the hackrf kernel module is not loaded.
If you don't do this, you'll get a -1000 error from hackrf_info
<code>
$ sudo rmmod hackrf
$ sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
# module blacklisted for radi1o / gqrx usage
blacklist hackrf
</code>


3. Additionally you will need some UDEV rules.
Replace YOURUSER with your username (whoami)
<code>
$ sudo vim /etc/udev/rules.d/51-rad1o.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1d50", ATTR{idProduct}=="cc15", MODE="0600", OWNER="YOURUSER", GROUP="YOURUSER"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1d50", ATTR{idProduct}=="6089", MODE="0600", OWNER="YOURUSER", GROUP="YOURUSER"
</code>

4. make sure you boot the hackrf-old on the rad1o, as gqrx somehow only recognized the device as a hackrf then (at least with gqrx from debian testing)

5. check with hackrf_info that everything works

6. launch gqrx, it should autoconfigure itself


===== Archlinux

    pacman -S gqrx python2 python2-lxml python2-cheetah # pulls hackrf and gnuradio automatically in
    
===== Gentoo Linux
Versions known to work:

net-wireless/gnuradio-3.7.7.x 
net-wireless/gr-osmosdr-1.4_x
net-wireless/gqrx-2.3.x

Make sure the 'hackrf' useflag is enabled where available.

If you have the 'hackrf' kernel module compiled, prevent it from loading by adding

    blacklist hackrf

to your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf. (update your modprobe config with 'depmod -a')
    

==== Windows
* [[:software:sdr#gnu_radio_linux_mac_windows]|GNU Radio]]
* [[:software:sdr#sdr_windows]|SDR#]]

==== Mac
Follow these instructions to install Gnuradio-Suite on your Mac:
Prerequisites:
* Install either HomeBrew, MacPorts or Fink (I used and tested only MacPorts)
* Download and install XQuarz via http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/
* Download and install MacPorts: https://www.macports.org/install.php

Install GnuRadio
<code>
sudo port install gnuradio
</code>

You also want to install the OsmoSDR radio blocks for GnuRadio
<code>
sudo port install gr-osmosdr
</code>

Start GnuRadio in the terminal with 
<code>
gnuradio-companion
</code>

* [[:software:sdr#gnu_radio_linux_mac_windows]|GNU Radio]]
* [[:software:sdr#gqrx_sdr_linux_mac|Gqrx-SDR]]

==== Android
* [[:software:sdr#rf_analyzer_android]|RF Analyzer]]

<note important>The original RF Analyzer doesn't work with rad1o and it's author hasn't merged our pull request yet. So you need our patched version (see below)</note>


=== RF Analyzer (Android)

Patched version with rad1o support:
  * Binary APK: [[https://github.com/rad1o/RFAnalyzer/raw/rad1o/RFAnalyzer-rad1o.apk|RFAnalyzer-rad1o.apk]]
  * 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
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