I’m not a software developer, just a keen user of RTL & SDRPlay(RSP1) for a variety of rx tasks and eventually TX on ham radio.
I have downloaded the ‘demo’ SDR Console V3 and it took me about 30 seconds to get it working with my RSP1. When I plug in my Lime I get the windows ‘bong’ but no indication that it needs drivers nor have I been able to find what I need to install any drivers. Selecting it in SDR COnsole results in a
I’ve followed the link and downloaded the Evaluation kit software package and can run lms7suite. But choosing any of my 3 offered comms ports results in nothing found, sorry message.
Can we please have some step by step guidance on this?
Do you have the USB 3.0 drivers installed in your Windows PC? A way to determine this is to open a Command Prompt window and type the following at the prompt: SoapySDRUtil --find
…by doing that you’ll know if Windows can even ‘see’ your LimeSDR. If not, use this link:
That will pull the latest Pothos installer that is available (the most recent is the one on top) . Just download and double-click the installer once you have it on your PC and it’ll install ALL the drivers you need along with some additional apps that are fundamental to using the LimeSDR, too (LimeSuite, GQRX, GNU Radio Companion, CubicSDR, etc). Once you have the drivers installed and can see your LimeSDR using ‘SoapySDRUtil --find’ then you can move onto the step of setting up your LimeSDR onto SDRConsole.
SDRConsole requires that you set a radio for the session. On the GUI you will find ‘Select Radio’ on the banner toward the top left. By clicking on that, and then clicking on the ‘definitions’ button on the form that pops up you can select a radio (like you did for SDRPlay) and then populate that form with the newly found LimeSDR that’s in the same list. Then you can click OK on that form, select the LimeSDR that’s on the ‘Select Radio’ form, make sure the selected bandwidth is 2.5 MHz (to start, you can open up the bandwidth later on) then click on the ‘START’ button and then watch it play.
Get that far and then let us all know how you’re coming along with your newly acquired Lime - we’re here to help…!
Thanks Marty, I have followed the instructions, and downloaded and run the latest PothosSDR. As stated it installed PothosGUI, Lime Suite, GQRX, GNURadio Companion and CUbic SDR. I alos updated to the latest Pyton version. All the software runs but none of it can find the lime. Here is what I get when I run SoapySDRUtil…
The Line IS plugged in using the USB3 lead (alone) and it produces the windows ‘bing’. It has a continuous double green LED lit and a flashing reg/green. SDRConsole still can’t find it, even after a re-boot. I’m puzzled…
I’ve downloaded the latest Lime Suite Build date 2017-5-03.
When I open Options-connection settings I get a blank window, so its not seeing my Lime on the USB at this point. I’ll go and have a look at the device manager now…
Rather than creating another thread, I might just add my query to this one…
On a Windows 10 box, with the most recent PothosSDR (17-05.02) installed.
LimeSDR shows up in Device Manager as LimeSDR-USB with no (!), so properly installed.
I have the USB driver loaded (identified as LimeSDR-USB, OpenMOKO in driver information) but SoapySDRUtil --find and LimeUtil --find both don’t find it.
It doesn’t show up in the Connections window in LimeSuite
SDRConsole can’t see it either.
However, on Linux, it is detected when I plug in, and LimeSuite and URH have no problems seeing it.
Me too Gareth (not software guy), and wanted to get going on SDR Console and W10, most important part was getting USB 3 card installed, then running the USB driver, which is here:https://wiki.myriadrf.org/Lime_Suite#USB_driver, after that it ran, but with the disappointment that currently this is a single channel system. My sole purpose to get the Limesdr was to have an adaptive two channel rx, (for EME work), as I was told Simon had done this with packet feeds to MAP65 the Joe Taylor adaptive wideband receiver.So my question is: Is anyone aware of development for adaptive rx (BW is modest at 50khz) through a console or secondly is there a way of making the LimeSDR look like a 4 channel audio card to W10? hope this in on subject for others, regards Dave
