DAB Tools

[radiohead319]

I hope this isn't considered off-topic....

I've discovered a couple of useful tools, to be used with a RTL dongle or similar, that might give some rudimentary insights into the integrity of the generated DAB waveform.

• http://www.sdr-j.tk/index.html
  
• http://www.ukwtv.de/cms/downloads-aside/281-dab-player-von-andreas-gsinn.html  (thanks Rash!)
  

Has anyone had any luck installing them on windows and getting them working?

• When I download sdr-j I unzip the file into a folder and run the DAB receiver software OK.  But when I select the dongle input it crashes and when I select dabstick it says "no luck" and in the dos window says "rtlsdr_demo_read_reg failed with -2".
• When I try DAB Player it says "make sure DAB stick with Realtek chipset is connected".
  

I think I have the drivers installed OK because SDR# works fine with the dongle (its a Terratec TStick+)

Any ideas?

Thanks, Glyn

 

[Rash]

Hi Glyn,

On 16 Mar 2015, at 19:10, radiohead319 <glyn.m....@googlemail.com> wrote:

I hope this isn't considered off-topic....

Seems pretty 'on topic' IMHO.

I've discovered a couple of useful tools, to be used with a RTL dongle or similar, that might give some rudimentary insights into the integrity of the generated DAB waveform.

• http://www.sdr-j.tk/index.html
  
• http://www.ukwtv.de/cms/downloads-aside/281-dab-player-von-andreas-gsinn.html  (thanks Rash!)

NP. Both are very handy tools!

Has anyone had any luck installing them on windows and getting them working?

What is this Windows of which you speak? ;-) Um, ok. I admit to having a £79 Windoze tablet from Agros which I use for DAB Player. Works well but pressing the buttons on the touchscreen isn't fun.

• When I download sdr-j I unzip the file into a folder and run the DAB receiver software OK.  But when I select the dongle input it crashes and when I select dabstick it says "no luck" and in the dos window says "rtlsdr_demo_read_reg failed with -2".
• When I try DAB Player it says "make sure DAB stick with Realtek chipset is connected".
  

I think I have the drivers installed OK because SDR# works fine with the dongle (its a Terratec TStick+)

Any ideas?

You'll have fun getting the drivers to co-exist. You might have luck if you use a different stick (with a different USB hardware id) for DAB player (and hence one of the different driver packs), but I don't know as I gave up trying to get them to play nice very quickly because it generally borked the working one.

If you do find a working combination please let us know! I stopped trying quickly because of the frustrating button situation, and I could imagine the conflict being a show-stopper, or at the very least - a truly distressing experience!

Thanks, Glyn

R.

 

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[Jens Michael]

Hi Glyn,

I'm using the Terratec TStick+ as well.

I think I have the drivers installed OK because SDR# works fine with the dongle (its a Terratec TStick+)

Unfortunately SDR# and DAB Player require different drivers. Like Rash I haven't found a way to use both drivers on the same Windows 7 machine in parallel.

Please try the following to get DAB Player working with the TStick+ (that's how I did it):

• Install Andreas' Realtek driver package 1: "Treiber1.zip"
• Install the original Terratec (Realtek) driver
• Connect your USB dongle

The original Fraunhofer DAB MediaPlayer supplied by Terratec will work as well.

If it still won't run you might have to try a different driver package published on the DAB Player website.

If you would like to use SDR# again you would need to reinstall the alternative USB driver with the "Zadig" tool.

From time to time I'm also using SDR-J DAB on an Ubuntu system, but I'm not too happy about the performance.

Regards,

Jens

[radiohead319]

Thanks Jens - I'll give that a try.  I was also thinking of trying to install it on a Ubuntu system - but after your comment perhaps I'll persevere with Windows first - it's a more familiar environment for me!

Glyn

PS just Used your Debian install package to install the full works onto a Ubuntu machine.  Once I discovered dpkg and found out how to use it, it worked fine apart from a dependency problem with UHD which I sorted by:-

sudo apt-get -f install

[Clarkerz]

Hi Glyn,

I got the SDR - J going a few weeks ago with the same dongle but you must use the included ZADIAG.exe to replace the driver with WinUsb -  (list all devices) then select Options,  Bulk In , Interface, Interface 0 - that's the dongle (1 is the IR port I think).

I couldn't get anything to work unless I put the gain up to 48 using sdr-j-dabreceiver-0.98.exe. I managed to get the local 10C mux from Chosen Hill and think it was the BBC National 12B. The Local mux was very choppy I could only get BBC Radio Glos on Audio. The other 3 wouldn't "sync" (probably not the correct term).  I did get a better result with my home made Yagi pointing to Glos Airport even thought it's tuned to 127.425Mhz.

I got the SDRSharp going as well - very pretty! :)

Saying that, I think I will be using my "spare HRF" with no TX for now instead of the Dongle. You can use a windows driver to run it as well.

Give me a bell if you need to you.

Andy

[radiohead319]

Thanks Andy I'll give it a try.  The engineer in me feels blind without some tools to see the signal!

The RTL dongles are renowned for being pretty deaf.  On mine I get nothing using the supplied rod antenna - but we are very low and a known signal blackspot. But when connected to my (100MHz FM) loft antenna (with masthead amp) I get plenty of stations - about 30.

I'm surprised it is so poor for you - your rooftop is almost certainly line of sight to Chosen Hill.   Quite possibly you have the gain up too high for using the rooftop antenna making the front-end saturate - it might be better without amplification....

Glyn