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

[Tom McDermott]

Thanks, Franco.

That explains why it won't enumerate.

Apparently one needs to have an account at Infineon in order to download
pretty much anything.  Have not tried to create such an account.

-- Tom, N5EG



On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 8:06 PM Franco VENTURI via TangerineSDR <
tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org> wrote:

> 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:
>
>
> 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> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2023, at 9:32 AM, Bill Engelke via TangerineSDR <
> 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> *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>
> *Cc:* Tom McDermott <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
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2023, 6:31 PM Bill Engelke via TangerineSDR <
> 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> *On Behalf Of *Tom
> McDermott via TangerineSDR
> *Sent:* Monday, July 24, 2023 6:40 PM
> *To:* hamsci at googlegroups.com; TAPR TangerineSDR Modular Software Defined
> Radio <tangerinesdr at lists.tapr.org>
> *Cc:* Tom McDermott <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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