OpenBTS 1st test

Bahaeddin · 28 July 2018 11:26

Do you have any guide on how to use Osmocom stack with LimeSDR to make a GSM network ?

I want to test my luck with it

Bahaeddin · 28 July 2018 11:28

hello

can you share your progress, which version of every package did you use ?
or even better can you compress the VM and share it with us ?

thanks

BG7YWL · 29 July 2018 12:56

UHD release_003_010_000_000
LimeSuite v17.10.0
osmo-trx 0.2.0
OpenBTS 5.0

Firmware update to 17.10
LimeUtil --update
sudo ./osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/osmo-trx -s 4 -c 1 -e -l INFO -f

Ninobrtv · 3 August 2018 15:11

I do not have osmo-trx, I have osmo-trx-lms or osmo-trx-uhd.

I imagine you also have SoapySDR and SoapyUHD installed ?

Can you tell us how did you install osmo-trx in version 0.2.0 ?

Thanks for your help.

BG7YWL · 3 August 2018 16:19

cd osmo-trx
git tag
git checkout 0.2.0

Ninobrtv · 4 August 2018 10:58

Thank you for this info

I did the installation, openbts starts, I have the network “test plmn 1-1”. But after a few minutes it does not work anymore. It’s always the same thing, that’s what I have :

OpenBTS

1533347917.459447 140707392526144:
Starting the system…
ALERT 4569:4581 2018-08-03T18:58:42.5 OpenBTS.cpp:174:startTransceiver: starting transceiver ./transceiver with 1 ARFCNs
EMERG 4569:4584 2018-08-03T18:58:42.5 OpenBTS.cpp:180:startTransceiver: cannot find ./transceiver
EMERG 4569:4581 2018-08-03T18:58:42.5 OpenBTS.cpp:185:startTransceiver: Transceiver quit with status 256. Exiting.

Osmo-trx

ALERT 140199593649920 18:57:37.8 UHDDevice.cpp:1021:writeSamples: UHD: Device send timed out
ALERT 140199593649920 18:57:37.9 UHDDevice.cpp:1021:writeSamples: UHD: Device send timed out
ALERT 140199593649920 18:57:37.9 UHDDevice.cpp:1021:writeSamples: UHD: Device send timed out
ALERT 140199593649920 18:57:38.0 UHDDevice.cpp:1021:writeSamples: UHD: Device send timed out
…
ALERT 140199593649920 18:58:37.3 UHDDevice.cpp:1021:writeSamples: UHD: Device send timed out
ALERT 140199593649920 18:58:37.4 UHDDevice.cpp:1021:writeSamples: UHD: Device send timed out
ALERT 140199593649920 18:58:37.4 UHDDevice.cpp:1021:writeSamples: UHD: Device send timed out
INFO 140199593682688 18:58:37.4 Transceiver.cpp:685:driveControl: command is CMD POWEROFF
NOTICE 140199593682688 18:58:37.4 Transceiver.cpp:298:stop: Stopping the transceiver
terminate called without an active exception
Aborted (core dumped)

sudo smqueue
ALERT 4687:4687 2018-08-03T19:01:09.5 smqueue.cpp:2798:main: smqueue (re)starting
smqueue logs to syslogd facility LOCAL7, so there’s not much to see here

sipauthserve
ALERT 4697:4697 2018-08-03T19:01:12.9 sipauthserve.cpp:328:main: /usr/local/sbin/sipauthserve (re)starting

Asterisk Ready.

An idea for stabilized? The 0.2.0 version of osmo-trx is not too old for LimeSDR Mini ?

BG7YWL · 4 August 2018 13:06

Sorry, my device is limesdr usb, I don’t have a mini so I can’t test its stability.

andrewback · 5 August 2018 13:18

Suspect it won’t work, hence why I recommended getting the latest OsmoTRX from git, which has direct LMS API integration, hence no need for SoapySDR and UHD, and works well with the LimeSDR Mini.

Ninobrtv · 8 August 2018 22:21

I can not install OsmoTRX without UHD, I have the error :

No package 'uhd' found

Do you have a solution ?

I succeeded to stabilize openBTS with LimeSDR-Mini but could not connect to it. I suspect UHD because I have no error.

Ninobrtv · 9 August 2018 00:10

I managed to stabilize OpenBTS, the network “001 01” is displayed well each time, does not cut, but I do not pausing to connect to it.

I do the configuration well, I try several version uhd, I do not know where it hangs, I have no error.

Do you have an idea ?

Ninobrtv · 10 August 2018 02:21

It was just a problem of OpenBTS configuration.

Now, I can confirm that OpenBTS seems to work well with LimeSDR-Mini.

feirawang · 1 September 2018 03:32

is there a how-to article for gsm openbts with limesdr mini？

feirawang · 1 September 2018 03:43

I have got a limesdr mini board servel days ago,and now i has a error when i build a gsm bts with using osmoc-trx-lms and openbts ,and its dosenot work, can you help me & give me a how-do article？

Ninobrtv · 1 September 2018 18:19

What is the error ?

Armin · 10 September 2018 08:24

#!/bin/bash
autoreconf -if
./configure --with-lms --without-uhd
make
sudo make install

This should help you. No need to install UHD in case of use Lime mini.

Ninobrtv · 10 September 2018 14:25

Thank you very much.

I will test when I receive my mini limesdr.

Do you have information or a link for installing osmonitb?

Armin · 10 September 2018 15:30

No, I am working on osmo-trx and osmo-bts conf at the moment. OsmoNITB is the next in my TODO list.

Ninobrtv · 16 September 2018 21:42

After
./configure --with-lms --without-uhd

I have error :

checking for LMS… no
configure: error: Package requirements (LimeSuite) were not met:

No package ‘LimeSuite’ found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

cswiger · 16 September 2018 21:46

https://wiki.myriadrf.org/Lime_Suite

Ninobrtv · 16 September 2018 22:02

I have this error but limesuite is well installed.

I can not install and use osmo-trx without uhd.