[TangerineSDR] [EXTERNAL] RX888D - how to start ?

Tue Jul 25 22:38:04 EDT 2023

Tom,
for the RX888 to be functional under Windows you have to install the Cypress USB driver for Windows - Simon Brown has detailed instructions in this page: https://www.sdr-radio.com/rx-666 under the 'Drivers' section (his instructions refer to a similar and older model, the RX-666, but they apply to the RX888 too).

Franco K4VZ

> On 07/25/2023 5:38 PM EDT Tom McDermott via TangerineSDR <tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org> wrote:
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>  
> Thanks, Dave, Bob, Franco.
>  
> Using the syntax Dave specified above, radiod starts, brings up the RX888, downloads it, and says that it has started streaming. VID=0x04B4 VID=0x00F3.
> Now it's time to start learning monitor, et al....
>  
> PS: I tried SImon Brown's SDRConsole V3.2 on WIndows 10 on this same computer but it is not able to discover the RX888 MkII plugged
> into the same USB3 connector.. The SDR Console build number is sufficiently current that the instructions say it should work.
> Windows does not see my RX888 MKII enumerate at all.
>  
> -- Tom, N5EG
> 
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 1:47 PM Bob Stricklin via TangerineSDR <tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org mailto:tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org> wrote:
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> > All,
> >  
> > Regarding the rx888 devices that are not working…
> >  
> > Reviewing the information in the EZ-USB FX3/FX3S boot options posted by Franco:
> >  
> > Section 6.1 indicates the device only supports USB 2.0.
> >  
> > Also the USB  descriptor may change depending on the boot option selected with the three jumper pads and masked firmware progression in the device. 
> >  
> > VID=0x04B4 and PID=0x00F3 is an example ID of I2C rolling over to USB boot.
> >  
> > In ubuntu use “lsusb" to view the USB devices on your system. 
> >  
> > Note there are three logical states on the boot option select pads, 0, 1, and Z.  This is a trick used to provide more options on a small number of programming pins. The implementation of the Z obtain in the IC is important and may have an issue in the device. There are 9 possible states and they have listed 5 of the states. The others probably put the dice in test modes or un-documented operational modes.
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> > Bob
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> > > On Jul 25, 2023, at 9:32 AM, Bill Engelke via TangerineSDR <tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org mailto:tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Tom – Actually, my advice on this (from yesterday) very likely is obsolete; KA9Q has made major changes to the system, so I don’t know if the earlier guidance on how to build the system still works. Potentially, Franco’s info is better at this time…   -73- Bill
> > >  
> > > From: TangerineSDR <tangerinesdr-bounces at lists.tapr.org mailto:tangerinesdr-bounces at lists.tapr.org> On Behalf Of Tom McDermott via TangerineSDR
> > > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2023 9:37 PM
> > > To: TAPR TangerineSDR Modular Software Defined Radio <tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org mailto:tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org>
> > > Cc: Tom McDermott <tom.n5eg at gmail.com mailto:tom.n5eg at gmail.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [TangerineSDR] [EXTERNAL] RX888D - how to start ?
> > >  
> > > Hi Bill.  I do not know about edits to the makefile, are those documented somewhere?
> > > I ran make (and make install) on the makefile as distributed by git (unedited) and it completed without errors. It created
> > > rx888.o   but no file called rx888d.something
> > >  
> > > -- Tom, N5EG 
> > >  
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> > > On Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 6:31 PM Bill Engelke via TangerineSDR <tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org mailto:tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Tom – did  you edit the makefile and run a make? You have to compile rx888d – 73- Bill
> > > >  
> > > > From: TangerineSDR <tangerinesdr-bounces at lists.tapr.org mailto:tangerinesdr-bounces at lists.tapr.org> On Behalf Of Tom McDermott via TangerineSDR
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2023 6:40 PM
> > > > To: hamsci at googlegroups.com mailto:hamsci at googlegroups.com; TAPR TangerineSDR Modular Software Defined Radio <tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org mailto:tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org>
> > > > Cc: Tom McDermott <tom.n5eg at gmail.com mailto:tom.n5eg at gmail.com>
> > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [TangerineSDR] RX888D - how to start ?
> > > >  
> > > > The RX888D MKII has been received, installed ka9q-radio, created fft nwisdom, installed & started avahi.
> > > >  
> > > > In trying to start rx888d as standalone, and as daemon, there seem to be missing some files.   
> > > >  
> > > > ./rx888d g5rv &   - fails no such file or directory
> > > >  
> > > > The only things $find / -name 'rx88*'    found are:
> > > >  
> > > > /home/tom/ka9q-radio/rx888d at .service https://connect.xfinity.com/appsuite/mailto:/home/tom/ka9q-radio/rx888d@.service
> > > > /home/tom/ka9q-radio/rx888.h
> > > > /home/tom/ka9q-radio/rx888.o
> > > > /home/tom/ka9q-radio/rx888.c
> > > > /home/tom/ka9q-radio/rx888d.conf
> > > >  
> > > > Thus the command(s) to run rx888d fail.  Was an rx888d executable supposed to be generated?
> > > >  
> > > > -- Tom, N5EG
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