Add RSP2 support for Antenna A,B and HiZ

[starvald]

Really missed not being able to select the ports in gqrx using soapy until i saw a comment on facebook with a fork adding these features.

https://github.com/fcrohas/SoapySDRPlay

can these features be added to the main repo?

[Ronkpa]

I'm getting lost somewhere. I was able to CMake this new SoapySDRPlay-master and it generated sdrPlaySupport.dll in its build directory. How do I get POTHOSware to load this for my SDRsource so I can use the HiZ antenna port? Thanks.
##update: (I copied it to c:/Program Files/PothosSDR/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.5-2/ and it seems to work, but I get an error/warning mir_sdr version 2.09 does not equal build version 2.10)

[vsonnier]

@Ronkpa The dll module file must be copied in the module directory of the PothosSDR installation,
which should be c:/Program Files/PothosSDR/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.6 for a recent PothosSDR version.
By now the PothosSDR Windows Installer contains the same Mirics API version v2.10 as the most recent SDRPlay provides.
Be sure to have the API/HARDWARE DRIVER – VERSION 2.10 also installed.

I'm closing this issue because thanks to @SDRplay and my own recent contribution, the Antenna support for RSP2 works as is should be.

[Ronkpa]

Vincent, Thank you. But I think I messed up somewhere. I had Pothos build 2017.03.12 working with RSP2 Hi-Z antenna with a cobbled-up DLL that I modified and built somehow, I don't remember. Yesterday I installed the new version of Pothos build 2017.08.13 and overwrote my old DLL. Now I don't know where to find a DLL that works for SDRPlay RSP2 Hi-Z antenna, and especially I don't know which parameters I have to enter in Pothos. I think I cobbled up the SoapySDRPlay DLL source code before (last April) to make it work with the Hi-Z antenna. I remember it had something to do with AmPort Select but I don't remember the details. Anyway, can you tell me where to get the SoapySDRPlay DLL and what parameters to enter into the Pothos to make my RSP2 work with the Hi-Z antenna. Thanks. Really I just want to *use* Pothos as a tool to get my RSP2 working at low frequency. I don't really want to work on source code and CMake and all that stuff right now. Is that possible, or do I have to get into the code to make this work? Please let me know. In the meantime I'll be hacking away at it. I'm getting old and my memory is not what it used to be. Thanks again for your help. Ron Krahe

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On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 2:56 PM, Vincent Sonnier ***@***.***> wrote: @Ronkpa <https://github.com/ronkpa> The dll module file must be copied in the module directory of the PothosSDR installation, which should be c:/Program Files/PothosSDR/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.6 for a recent PothosSDR version. By now the PothosSDR Windows Installer <http://downloads.myriadrf.org/builds/PothosSDR/?C=M;O=D> contains the same Mirics API version v2.10 as the most recent SDRPlay provides. Be sure to have the API/HARDWARE DRIVER – VERSION 2.10 <http://www.sdrplay.com/downloads/> installed first. I'm closing this issue because thanks to @SDRplay <https://github.com/sdrplay> and my own recent contribution, the Antenna support for RSP2 works as is should be. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <pothosware/SoapySDRPlay3#27 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AJtElUhNwXcN0erHZUV6pnnTdhLVdtuMks5sZy_3gaJpZM4M4WCO> .

[vsonnier]

@Ronkpa Hello ! Either you wait for the next PothosSDR distrib release, or you can try my master version compiled with Visual Studio 2017 (should be OK) and put it in the PothosSDR modules dir:
sdrPlaySupport_master_win64_VS2017.zip
You have then access to the 'antenna" API, and the available names are 'Antenna A', 'Antenna B', 'Hi-Z'.