[Discuss-gnuradio] GQRX raw IQ file format / structure ?

2015-08-13 Thread M Dammer
GQRX has a built-in I/Q recorder (tools menu) to save raw I/Q files. I would like to process these files with Python and other signal processing software. Does anybody know the exact format and structure of these files ? I am only aware of the filename in the format

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GQRX raw IQ file format / structure ?

2015-08-13 Thread M Dammer
-bit floats representing I and Q. GnuRadio's file source can read these directly. On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:23 AM, M Dammer i...@mdammer.net wrote: GQRX has a built-in I/Q recorder (tools menu) to save raw I/Q files. I would like to process these files with Python and other signal processing

[Discuss-gnuradio] pipe data from GRC through shell command (like gr-pipe in 3.6) ?

2014-12-16 Thread M Dammer
I want to pipe data from GRC through a command running in the linux shell. I found gr-pipe on github, but it seems to be for 3.6 only. Until now I have used file sinks / sources and FIFOs, but this is inconvenient as FIFOs have to be created and things have to happen at a specific place in the

[Discuss-gnuradio] Interfacing gnuradio with red pitaya ?

2014-12-03 Thread M Dammer
Has anybody managed to interface Gnuradio with Red Pitaya (http://redpitaya.com) hardware ? Any opinions about this project ? While looking for (more or less) affordable SDR hardware I find the dynamic range of a 14bit ADC interesting. tnx Mark ___

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] state of offline signal analysis tools in 2014?

2014-07-16 Thread M Dammer
Two suggestions from my side: If you want to use Python, you can use the Spyder IDE (https://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/). Spyder is mainly designed for scientific programming. It even has built-in plotting capabilities. Another package I have used for that purpose is kst-plot. It is fast and

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gr-air-modes broken in recent update ?

2014-04-08 Thread M Dammer
I tried rebuilding gr-air-modes with make -j1 both for build and install, but it did no help. I even changed the generic makewidth setting to 1 and rebuilt gnuradio, rtl_sdr..., but the problem is still there. Mark On 07/04/14 22:19, Johnathan Corgan wrote: On 04/08/2014 01:41 AM, M Dammer

[Discuss-gnuradio] gr-air-modes broken in recent update ?

2014-04-07 Thread M Dammer
Since a couple of days I cannot run gr-air-modes anymore (it used to work before). I am running gnuradio in an isolated build environment on XUbuntu 12.04 64bit. Here is the blurp from the crash: mark@aurora:~/apps/gnuradio/3.7$ modes_gui Traceback (most recent call last): File

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gr-air-modes broken in recent update ?

2014-04-07 Thread M Dammer
That is difficult to say. I usually just run pybombs update every now and then and I do not keep track about the current git commits (maybe I should do so in the future :-) ). On 07/04/14 19:19, Tom Rondeau wrote: On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:41 AM, M Dammer i...@mdammer.net wrote: Since

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] linking Gnuradio and Gpredict ?

2014-03-28 Thread M Dammer
I just found a good starting point. This program uses hamlib, a library that is often used to control rigs and antenna rotors and that is supported by GPredict: http://james.ahlstrom.name/hamlib.html I just tested it and GPredict connects well to localhost:4575. The server programs output shows

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gqrx segfaults: rtlsdr_read_async returned with -5

2014-03-23 Thread M Dammer
I updated and I still have the problem. Checking my syslog brought me to the following error: [ 7568.643970] gqrx[9018]: segfault at 7f82cb540ab8 ip 7f7e89a1b646 sp 7f7e5affcc70 error 4 in libusb-1.0.so.0.1.0[7f7e89a12000+11000] and googling this brought me to the following Debian bug

[Discuss-gnuradio] gqrx segfaults: rtlsdr_read_async returned with -5

2014-03-21 Thread M Dammer
I have updated my gnuradio installation via pybombs today. Gqrx is no longer working with my RTL-SDR dongle. The gui loads, but the moment when I start the receiver it works for about a second and then it crashes with: rtlsdr_read_async returned with -5 Segmentation fault (core dumped) I tried

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gqrx segfaults: rtlsdr_read_async returned with -5

2014-03-21 Thread M Dammer
: On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:20 PM, M Dammer i...@mdammer.net wrote: I have updated my gnuradio installation via pybombs today. Gqrx is no longer working with my RTL-SDR dongle. The gui loads, but the moment when I start the receiver it works for about a second and then it crashes

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gqrx segfaults: rtlsdr_read_async returned with -5

2014-03-21 Thread M Dammer
: On 03/21/2014 12:41 PM, M Dammer wrote: I updated from a gnuradio 3.7.3 git version (before 3.7.3 was officially released). I updated the pybombs recipes via git before the update. Pybombs update removed all updateable gnuradio stuff and installed it new as expected. I can actually confirm

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] gqrx segfaults: rtlsdr_read_async returned with -5

2014-03-21 Thread M Dammer
-osmosdr to run gqrx then reinstall it when I need to use gnuradio with the rtlsdr source. I haven't had time to debug further though. On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:58 PM, M Dammer i...@mdammer.net mailto:i...@mdammer.net wrote: I cannot see anything being wrong with USB. I tried different

[Discuss-gnuradio] New Gnuradio / SDR live DVD for i386 available for testing

2014-02-12 Thread M Dammer
I have created a new Gnuradio / SDR live DVD for i386 architecture. The disk called SDRLive! is available via bittorrent. Kristoff Bonne is so kind to seed the image at the moment, because I am only having a slow rural broadband connection and no server space. I would like to ask everyone who

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Live DVD for i386 ?

2014-02-03 Thread M Dammer
I have made a Gnuradio Live DVD named SDRLive for i386 based on Gnuradio 3.7 last November. The main software package on the DVD is Gnuradio, but I added some useful other SDR packages (Quisk, Linrad) plus plotting and audio DSP software as well. I was inspired to do this because I was asked to do

[Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs warning: Do not forget to define makewidth after updating pybombs from older version.

2014-01-07 Thread M Dammer
I just updated pybombs to the latest git version by using git remote update git pull. A new environment variable makewidth was introduced recently that - if not defined - leads to an infinite number of make processes been started and the machine freezing because of out of memory errors. So check

[Discuss-gnuradio] GRC: File/Path browser in QT or WX gui ?

2013-11-20 Thread M Dammer
I am looking for a standard file browser widget for a QT or Wx based GUI. You browse the filesystem and the moment you click o.k. the choosen path is put into a variable that can be used within your flowgraph. Is this possible ? Currently the only option I see is to set the filename/path within

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GRC: File/Path browser in QT or WX gui ?

2013-11-20 Thread M Dammer
start coding it yourself, please consider the use case: In most cases, things like I want to read that file are considered before starting a flow graph. Greetings, Marcus On 20.11.2013 15:08, M Dammer wrote: I am looking for a standard file browser widget for a QT or Wx based GUI. You browse

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] A good alternative for Ezcap DVB-T Dongle??

2013-11-19 Thread M Dammer
I am using several Newsky TV28T dongles. They are fairly cheap (kit with cables ~£15, dongle only ~10) and work well with Gnuradio and related applications. Just check on ebay for keywords like Newsky TV28 or RTL-SDR and you will find vendors. Mark On 19/11/13 11:36, Manu T S wrote: Hi, What

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Rational Resampler throws double free or corruption error

2013-11-15 Thread M Dammer
I pulled and compiled the latest gnuradio yesterday on an intel machine. My project uses the rational resampler as well and I am having no problems. Mark On 15/11/13 11:13, Frederik Wing wrote: Hi everyone, I am using the latest GNU Radio version compiled and running on a Raspberry Pi with

[Discuss-gnuradio] Userexperience - ideas about new live DVD

2013-11-11 Thread M Dammer
Martin Brauns post about the user experience hangout this thurday inspired me. I am no sure if I can make it to the hangout, but here are some thoughts: I was asked to do a presentation about Satellite Tracking, SDR and Gnuradio to a group of teachers next Monday and thought it would be good to

[Discuss-gnuradio] Decoding funcube telemetry with gnuradio

2013-11-06 Thread M Dammer
FUNcube-1 will be launched in about two weeks time and I would like to ask if anybody has aleady worked or is working on receiving / decoding the FUNcube telemetry with gnuradio (and an RTL-SDR as receiver)? Modulation is 1200bps BPSK. The telemetry format is well described on the funcube page (

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GnuRadio in particle accelerators

2013-10-24 Thread M Dammer
it and do the data acquisition with a DC to HF (direct sample) modded RTL-SDR dongle. The interesting parameter in this case would be the pulse height. On 24/10/13 12:54, Aylons Hazzud wrote: 2013/10/23 M Dammer i...@mdammer.net: I have no answer here. But talking about Gnuradio and nuclear physics I

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GnuRadio in particle accelerators

2013-10-23 Thread M Dammer
Hi Aylons, I have no answer here. But talking about Gnuradio and nuclear physics I want to add my idea to your question: Would it be possible to use Gnuradio in a (home made) Gamma Spectrometer ? These spectrometers usually work with a multichannel analyzer that measures the pulse height coming

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNURADIO.org down???

2013-10-04 Thread M Dammer
gnuradio.org still down here (Oct. 4th, 8:39 UTC). I can see that a whois update has happened last night, so maybe DNS has to sync. Mark ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNURADIO.org down???

2013-10-04 Thread M Dammer
-gnuradio-bounces+ralph=schmid@gnu.org] On Behalf Of M Dammer Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 10:42 AM To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNURADIO.org down??? gnuradio.org still down here (Oct. 4th, 8:39 UTC). I can see that a whois update has happened last night, so

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs update fails - or is it just me?

2013-10-03 Thread M Dammer
This problem has been fixed now - thanks a lot! Updating Pybombs should resolve the issue. Original Message Subject:Re: [pybombs] pybombs update fails with package not found followed by FIRST LETTER OF PKGNAME (#32) Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 06:21:43 -0700 From: osh

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Pybombs update fails - or is it just me?

2013-10-02 Thread M Dammer
same problem here (system XUbuntu 12.04 64bit): Packages out of date: ['gnuradio', 'gqrx', 'gr-iqbal', 'gr-osmosdr', 'hackrf', 'uhd'] Will remove and install the following packages to the latest version: ['hackrf', 'gqrx', 'gr-iqbal', 'uhd', 'gr-osmosdr', 'gnuradio'] Continue (y or n) y removing

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Passive radar using my hacked dual coherent channel rtl_sdr dongle

2013-09-26 Thread M Dammer
This is awesome. How did you analyze the data ? Is the software/source (both grc setup and data analysis) available ? Mark On 25/09/13 23:23, Juha Vierinen wrote: I hooked up my dual coherent channel rtl_sdr dongle into two of our passive radar antennas that we have here (log-periodic antennas

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Gnuradio-Companion Documentation.

2013-09-19 Thread M Dammer
I just had the experience of how much the documentation build process can slow down the build in general. So I think a flag that can be set/unset during the pybombs configuration / reconfiguration process is a good idea. And it would make it easier for new users who a: most likely want

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Gnuradio-Companion Documentation.

2013-09-18 Thread M Dammer
Kevin, are you building gnuradio via PyBombs ? In this case you must have doxygen installed on your system. Then you have to edit the build recipe for gnuradio to enable doxygen: open the file gnuradio.lwr in your pybombs/recipes folder. in the line starting with var config_opt change

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Gnuradio-Companion Documentation.

2013-09-18 Thread M Dammer
May I then suggest to enable the docs in the pybombs recipe by default as well ? On 18/09/13 20:22, Tom Rondeau wrote: On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Kevin jplscan...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I built Gnuradio using $ wget http://www.sbrac.org/files/build-gnuradio chmod a+x

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Proper way to update pybombs

2013-09-15 Thread M Dammer
On 14/09/13 15:30, Tim wrote: On 09/14/2013 06:01 AM, M Dammer wrote: How can I update pybombs (to get the latest version and update the recipes) without loosing the information about my gnuradio build? in your pybombs directory or pybombs recipe directory run git remote update git pull

[Discuss-gnuradio] Proper way to update pybombs

2013-09-14 Thread M Dammer
How can I update pybombs (to get the latest version and update the recipes) without loosing the information about my gnuradio build? I want to continue to update gnuradio without the need to do a complete rebuild after a pybombs update. tnx, Mark ___

[Discuss-gnuradio] Suggestion: Avoid using https in Pybombs recipes

2013-07-30 Thread M Dammer
I just updated to the latest pybombs and recipes and I notice that a lot of recipes based on https sources fail due to certificate validation errors. I would like to suggest to avoid https in recipes and use http instead - unless no alternative exists. This may lower security, but as the software

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Suggestion: Avoid using https in Pybombs recipes

2013-07-30 Thread M Dammer
can be complicated - hence my initial request. On 30/07/13 16:52, Michael Ossmann wrote: On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:57:09AM +0100, M Dammer wrote: This may lower security, but as the software we are working with is opensource anyway I do not see the need for encryption. There have been attacks

[Discuss-gnuradio] where does gnuradio-companion stores the last opened flowchart ?

2013-07-29 Thread M Dammer
I notice that gnuradio-companion always opens the last used flowchart. Can anyone tell me where this information is stored? I am using several (3.6 and 3.7) GR builds in parallel and they all try to open the same flowchart when starting gnuradio-companion. I already looked (and deleted for a test)

[Discuss-gnuradio] pybombs building 3.6.5.1 - swapping and out of virtual memory

2013-07-29 Thread M Dammer
Not sure if this is a Pybombs or Gnuradio build issue: When building version 3.6.5.1 via pybombs the system starts swapping after about 70% of the build have completed and even sometimes bails out with out of virtual memory. I can complete the build by restarting pybombs install - sometimes

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] pybombs building 3.6.5.1 - swapping and out of virtual memory

2013-07-29 Thread M Dammer
Thanks for all the quick replies. I will go for changing cmake.lwt as I rather have a longer compile time than insane disk activity. On 29/07/13 17:45, Tom Rondeau wrote: On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 12:40 PM, M Dammer i...@mdammer.net wrote: Not sure if this is a Pybombs or Gnuradio build issue

[Discuss-gnuradio] linking Gnuradio and Gpredict ?

2013-07-22 Thread M Dammer
Is it possible to link Gnuradio and Gpredict ? I want to use Gpredict as tracker controlling the antenna position and to pass doppler corrected frequency data to Gnuradio. Does any interface to Gpredict (or hamlib) exist ? thanks for any hints, Mark

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Gnuradio 3.6.x recipe for pybombs ?

2013-07-20 Thread M Dammer
in a recipe ? On 19/07/13 20:00, Tom Rondeau wrote: On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:31 PM, M Dammer i...@mdammer.net wrote: Has anyone a recipe for installing the 3.6-branch via pybombs ? I need a 3.6 parallel installation on my system, because many old projects are not working out of the box in 3.7.x. Even

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Gnuradio 3.6.x recipe for pybombs ?

2013-07-20 Thread M Dammer
, Jul 20, 2013 at 10:26 AM, M Dammer i...@mdammer.net wrote: This does not work. I am getting a branch not found, building HEAD instead like error and then it builds 3.7. It looks as the gitbranch part of the recipe really only works with branches while the version numbers are tags. Does pybombs has

[Discuss-gnuradio] Gnuradio 3.6.x recipe for pybombs ?

2013-07-19 Thread M Dammer
Has anyone a recipe for installing the 3.6-branch via pybombs ? I need a 3.6 parallel installation on my system, because many old projects are not working out of the box in 3.7.x. Even many of the projects referenced by recipes that currently come with pybombs do not compile. tnx, Mark