Blockstream/satellite

blocksat-rx-gui not displaying signal after using other GNURadio software

634-5789 opened this issue · 1 comments

My enthusiasm was great but short lived. Everything worked great until I wanted to look/play around with the signal with gqrx. A SDR receiver powered by GNU Radio.

When restarting the blocksat-rx-gui again the signal couldn't be found anymore, just white noise. When starting gqrx again and pointing it to the frequency I give as a parameter to blocksat-rx-gui I still can see the signal.

blocksat-rx messages at startup are:

linux; GNU C++ version 7.3.0; Boost_106501; UHD_003.010.003.000-0-unknown

gr-osmosdr 0.1.4 (0.1.4) gnuradio 3.7.11
built-in source types: file osmosdr fcd rtl rtl_tcp uhd miri hackrf bladerf rfspace airspy airspyhf soapy redpitaya freesrp 
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Using device #0 Realtek RTL2838UHIDIR SN: 00000001
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
[R82XX] PLL not locked!
Exact sample rate is: 937500.020955 Hz
[R82XX] PLL not locked!
[2019-02-22 14:22:51] SNR [=                                       ] 0.0000 dB
[2019-02-22 14:22:52] SNR [=======                                 ] 3.0096 dB

Did gqrx maybe change some GNU radio parameters that blocksat-rx-gui doesn't change back? Where can I start to troubleshoot?

Unplugging the SDR Stick for not only seconds but a minute or so magically solved the problem. Maybe some settings gqrx made where not reset due to too much of a short time being unplugged and having some power left.