SoapySDRUtil error

[Brandon Young]

Hi,

I get this error when running commands in SoapySDRUtil. 

←[1m←[31m[ERROR] sdrplay_api_Open() Error: sdrplay_api_Fail←[0m

←[1m←[31m[ERROR] Please check the sdrplay_api service to make sure it is up. If it is up, please restart it.←[0m

[INFO] [UHD] Win32; Microsoft Visual C++ version 14.2; Boost_107500; UHD_4.0.0.HEAD-0-g90ce6062

←[1m←[31m[ERROR] SoapySDR::Device::enumerate(sdrplay) sdrplay_api_Open() failed←[0m

I'm currently using the BladeRF x40. I download the PothosSDR package from the website. I've been trying to use "qspectrumanalyzer" that uses soapysdr. When I run the program, it is unable to detect the BladeRF and I think that this is due to the error shown above. Does anyone know how to fix this? I've searched around and am at a loss. sdrplay3 is installed as it came with the PothoSdr package. 

Here is my device's info:

 Board:                    Nuand bladeRF (bladerf1)

  Serial #:                 c7cff2d11e720d5e9534a232c56d077c

  VCTCXO DAC calibration:   0x8e58

  FPGA size:                40 KLE

  FPGA loaded:              yes

  Flash size:               32 Mbit

  USB bus:                  1

  USB address:              7

  USB speed:                SuperSpeed

  Backend:                  libusb

  Instance:                 0

bladeRF> v

  bladeRF-cli version:        1.8.0

  libbladeRF version:         2.4.0

  Firmware version:           2.4.0-git-a3d5c55f

  FPGA version:               0.12.0 (configured by USB host)

Thanks for your help. 

[ali Niazi]

What is your output when running "SoapySDRUtil --find"?

I've found that compiling everything from source is the best way to get it up and running. First compile and install SoapySDR, then your relevant BladeRF libraries and try again from there.

[Brandon Young]

C:\Users\Byoung>SoapySDRUtil.exe --find

######################################################

##     Soapy SDR -- the SDR abstraction library     ##

######################################################

←[1m←[31m[ERROR] sdrplay_api_Open() Error: sdrplay_api_Fail←[0m

←[1m←[31m[ERROR] Please check the sdrplay_api service to make sure it is up. If it is up, please restart it.←[0m

[INFO] [UHD] Win32; Microsoft Visual C++ version 14.2; Boost_107500; UHD_4.0.0.HEAD-0-g90ce6062

←[1m←[31m[ERROR] SoapySDR::Device::enumerate(sdrplay) sdrplay_api_Open() failed←[0m

Found device 0

  backend = libusb

  device = 0x01:0x08

  driver = bladerf

  instance = 0

  label = BladeRF #0 [c7cff2d1..c56d077c]

  serial = c7cff2d11e720d5e9534a232c56d077c

I put everything together through the windows installer. For obtaining SoapySDR I downloaded PothosSDR as it contains SoapySDR. It seems that doing it this way has caused issues and I've noticed that the BladeRF folder is missing some folders in comparison to the BladeRF-master folder. I will probably end up trying to build from source. I'm new to SDR's which is why I chose the route of using Windows installers. 

[righthal...@gmail.com]

It is bitching about not having the SDRplay routines - you should not really need them, but why fight it.

you can get "SDRplay_RSP_API-Windows-3.07.2.exe" from -

https://www.sdrplay.com/downloads/

that has the routines it is complaining about.

[Brandon Young]

Thanks for your help, I'll give this a shot.