RTLSDR V4 not receiving

SatNOGS Hardware
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Regarding Observation 9120896 …

Hi,
I recently upgraded to RTLSDR V4 receiver. Earlier I was using a RTLSDR E4000 receiver.
Rest is all same as earlier.
There is no signal seen in the waterfall.
Am I missing something ? Is there anything specific for RTLSDR V4 dongles ?

I will like to mention that the same RTLSDR v4 with SDR SHARP software on WIN10 laptop, works absolutely fantastic.

PLEASE GUIDE.

Thanks in advance.
73 de VU2UUU, Kaustav

Metadata:

{

  • radio: {
    • name: “gr-satnogs”,
    • version: “v2.3-compat-xxx-v2.3.5.0”,
    • parameters: {
      • soapy-rx-device: “driver=rtlsdr”,
      • samp-rate-rx: “1.024e6”,
      • rx-freq: “137912500”,
      • file-path: “/tmp/.satnogs/data/receiving_satnogs_9120896_2024-03-01T17-32-44.out”,
      • waterfall-file-path: “/tmp/.satnogs/data/receiving_waterfall_9120896_2024-03-01T17-32-44.dat”,
      • decoded-data-file-path: “/tmp/.satnogs/data/receiving_data_9120896_2024-03-01T17-32-44.png”,
      • doppler-correction-per-sec: null,
      • lo-offset: null,
      • ppm: “-4”,
      • rigctl-port: “4532”,
      • gain-mode: “Overall”,
      • gain: “48”,
      • antenna: “RX”,
      • dev-args: null,
      • stream-args: null,
      • tune-args: null,
      • other-settings: null,
      • dc-removal: null,
      • bb-freq: null,
      • bw: null,
      • enable-iq-dump: “0”,
      • iq-file-path: null,
      • udp-dump-host: null,
      • udp-dump-port: 57356,
      • wpm: null,
      • baudrate: null,
      • framing: null}},
  • latitude: 28.423,
  • longitude: 77.093,
  • elevation: 214,
  • frequency: 137912500

}

2

The standard RTL driver that is part of the SatNOGS client isn’t supporting the V4.

You will need to manually build and update the V4 support.

3

Can you please help how to manually build this ?

4

SatNOGS relies on the rtl-sdr package for hardware-support of rtl-sdr SDRs. Support for the rtl-sdr blog v4 receiver was added to rtl-sdr in version 2.0.1 (changelog). Thus, you have to build & install rtl-sdr in version 2.0.1 or newer. Building rtl-sdr from source is described here. Alternatively, you could follow the rtl-sdr.com - Quick Start Guide section “Getting Started on Linux” to install a supported rtl-sdr version.

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5

@kerel thanks for the update.

6

Thanks @kerel and @PE0SAT for the guidance. I will follow the details and try again.

7

Hello @kerel and @PE0SAT

I have built and installed RTL-SDR as per the guide. I ran RTL_FM command and the V4 dongle was able to receive nearby Broadcast FM stations and local Repeaters very well.

However in SatNOGS, there was no upload seen even after that.

I ran the troubleshooting guide and checked the live log error.
This is what I see:

vu2uuu@satnogs:~ $ journalctl -f -u satnogs-client.service
– Journal begins at Wed 2023-11-15 03:14:28 IST. –
Mar 03 17:37:44 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 18:22:00 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 18:38:21 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 18:51:45 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 19:01:40 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 19:13:22 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 19:20:09 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 19:25:06 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 19:40:14 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 20:05:53 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.

This error is not mentioned in the Troubleshooting section.
Can you please guide further to resolve this error ?

Best regards.
VU2UUU, Kaustav

8

Is the FM broadcast still working now the client is in this state ?

I have had multiple situations that the V4 stopped streaming IQ data, it basically stopped streaming received data to the satnogs or other software.

A reboot will solve the issue or a USB reset.

Have a look at this post

9

Yes the FM Broadcast works well with this command:

rtl_fm -M wbfm -f 92.0M | play -r 32k -t raw -e s -b 16 -c 1 -V1 -

(Note: 93.5 MHz is a local FM Broadcast frequency)

Even I have tested with this command while transmitting from my VHF handheld:

sudo rtl_fm -M fm -f 145.20M -s 12k -g 50 -l 70 | play -r 12k -t raw -e s -b 16 -c 1 -V1 -

I can very well hear the FM Broadcast station and my VHF TX audio in a small speaker connected to the audio port of the Raspberry Pi.

As per your guidance, I have done a USB reset and got this output:

vu2uuu@satnogs:~ $ apt-cache show usbutils
Package: usbutils
Version: 1:013-3
Architecture: armhf
Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno aurel32@debian.org
Installed-Size: 200
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libudev1 (>= 196), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.22)
Breaks: hwdata (<< 0.334-1~), isenkram (<< 0.45~), kinfocenter (<< 4:5.14.5- 2~), libosinfo-1.0-0 (<< 1.8.0-1~), usbip (<< 2.0+5.10.4-1~)
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: GitHub - gregkh/usbutils: USB utilities for Linux, including lsusb
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Filename: pool/main/u/usbutils/usbutils_013-3_armhf.deb
Size: 66972
SHA256: 91c8f56a43491d9116696e4e973a15006a514447fa3b17788a3bf64c2f922141
SHA1: 491d01ecae63eb11e28b52a62abe86361b8ca05f
MD5sum: e5f75f660955e3913aed6855dacffcba
Description: Linux USB utilities
This package contains the lsusb utility for inspecting the devices
connected to the USB bus. It shows a graphical representation of the
devices that are currently plugged in, showing the topology of the
USB bus. It also displays information on each individual device on
the bus.
Description-md5: 928f8c65aee445506dc03a844a66adac

vu2uuu@satnogs:~ $ sudo apt-get install usbutils
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
usbutils is already the newest version (1:013-3).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

vu2uuu@satnogs:~ $ sudo usbreset
Usage:
usbreset PPPP:VVVV - reset by product and vendor id
usbreset BBB/DDD - reset by bus and device number
usbreset “Product” - reset by product name

Devices:
Number 001/003 ID 0424:ec00
Number 001/002 ID 0424:9514
Number 001/004 ID 0bda:2838 Blog V4

vu2uuu@satnogs:~ $ sudo usbreset 001/004
Resetting Blog V4 … ok

After that I have done a SHUTDOWN and then restarted the system.

10

Lets wait if the reset and reboot changed the behavior.

If you have the same problem, please share more log output.

sudo journalctl -f -u satnogs-client -n 512

11

I scheduled few passes to observe.
Meanwhile sharing Support Information:

Generating support report. Please wait…

------------[ copy here ]------------
{
“versions”: {
“satnogs-client”: “1.8.1”,
“satnogs-client-ansible”: “202209101521”,
“satnogs-flowgraphs”: “1.4-1”,
“gr-satnogs”: “2.3.5.0-1”,
“gr-soapy”: “2.1.3.1-1”,
“gnuradio”: “3.8.2.0-14”,
“satnogs-config”: “0.13.2”
},
“state”: {
“is-applied”: false,
“pending-tags”: [
“satnogs_client_config”
]
},
“system”: {
“date”: “2024-03-03T19:10:52.839261+00:00”,
“distribution”: {
“DESCRIPTION”: “Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)”,
“RELEASE”: “11”,
“CODENAME”: “bullseye”,
“ID”: “Raspbian”
},
“pending-updates”: false,
“platform”: {
“system”: “Linux”,
“node”: “satnogs”,
“release”: “6.6.18+”,
“version”: “#1736 Fri Feb 23 15:22:48 GMT 2024”,
“machine”: “armv6l”
},
“memory”: {
“total”: 448868352,
“available”: 280567808,
“percent”: 37.5,
“used”: 116355072,
“free”: 108486656,
“active”: 190300160,
“inactive”: 96903168,
“buffers”: 19873792,
“cached”: 204152832,
“shared”: 679936,
“slab”: 19959808
},
“disk”: {
“total”: 30498336768,
“used”: 4425687040,
“free”: 24779198464,
“percent”: 15.2
}
},
“configuration”: {
“satnogs_antenna”: “RX”,
“satnogs_api_token”: “[redacted]”,
“satnogs_artifacts_api_token”: “[redacted]”,
“satnogs_artifacts_enabled”: true,
“satnogs_dc_removal”: false,
“satnogs_ppm_error”: “-4”,
“satnogs_rf_gain”: “49.6”,
“satnogs_rx_samp_rate”: “1.024e6”,
“satnogs_soapy_rx_device”: “driver=rtlsdr”,
“satnogs_station_elev”: “214”,
“satnogs_station_id”: “3399”,
“satnogs_station_lat”: “28.4235”,
“satnogs_station_lon”: “77.0925”
}
}
------------[ copy end ]-------------

12

@PE0SAT let us wait for this pass observation scheduled at:

2024-03-03 19:31:35 to 2024-03-03 19:41:21

https://network.satnogs.org/observations/9138148/

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@PE0SAT no it is not working.

I has done a REBOOT at Mar 03 23:19:47 timestamp.

Please see the log:

vu2uuu@satnogs:~ $ sudo journalctl -f -u satnogs-client -n 512

– Journal begins at Wed 2023-11-15 03:14:28 IST. –
Mar 03 14:11:51 satnogs systemd[1]: Started SatNOGS client.
Mar 03 14:12:58 satnogs satnogs-client[3842]: Matplotlib is building the font cache; this may take a moment.
Mar 03 14:35:05 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopping SatNOGS client…
Mar 03 14:35:05 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Succeeded.
Mar 03 14:35:05 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopped SatNOGS client.
Mar 03 14:35:05 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Consumed 1min 26.791s CPU time.
Mar 03 14:35:05 satnogs systemd[1]: Started SatNOGS client.
Mar 03 14:53:04 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: rot_init called
Mar 03 14:53:05 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: initrots4_dummy: _init called
Mar 03 14:53:05 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: rot_register (1)
Mar 03 14:53:05 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: rot_register (2)
Mar 03 14:53:05 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: dummy_rot_init called
Mar 03 14:53:05 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: rig_init: rig does not have rx_range!!
Mar 03 14:53:05 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: network_open: hoststr=127.0.0.1, portstr=4532
Mar 03 14:53:34 satnogs satnogs-client[5500]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 03 14:53:34 satnogs satnogs-client[5500]: File “/usr/bin/satnogs_bpsk.py”, line 583, in
Mar 03 14:53:34 satnogs satnogs-client[5500]: main()
Mar 03 14:53:34 satnogs satnogs-client[5500]: File “/usr/bin/satnogs_bpsk.py”, line 566, in main
Mar 03 14:53:34 satnogs satnogs-client[5500]: tb = top_block_cls(antenna=options.antenna, baudrate=options.baudrate, bb_freq=options.bb_freq, bw=options.bw, dc_removal=options.dc_removal, decoded_data_file_path=options.decoded_data_file_path, dev_args=options.dev_args, doppler_correction_per_sec=options.doppler_correction_per_sec, enable_iq_dump=options.enable_iq_dump, excess_bw=options.excess_bw, file_path=options.file_path, framing=options.framing, gain=options.gain, gain_mode=options.gain_mode, iq_file_path=options.iq_file_path, lo_offset=options.lo_offset, max_cfo=options.max_cfo, other_settings=options.other_settings, ppm=options.ppm, rigctl_port=options.rigctl_port, rx_freq=options.rx_freq, samp_rate_rx=options.samp_rate_rx, soapy_rx_device=options.soapy_rx_device, stream_args=options.stream_args, tune_args=options.tune_args, udp_IP=options.udp_IP, udp_dump_host=options.udp_dump_host, udp_dump_port=options.udp_dump_port, udp_port=options.udp_port, waterfall_file_path=options.waterfall_file_path)
Mar 03 14:53:34 satnogs satnogs-client[5500]: File “/usr/bin/satnogs_bpsk.py”, line 102, in init
Mar 03 14:53:34 satnogs satnogs-client[5500]: self.soapy_source_0 = soapy.source(1, dev, dev_args, stream_args,
Mar 03 14:53:34 satnogs satnogs-client[5500]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/soapy/soapy_swig.py”, line 131, in make
Mar 03 14:53:34 satnogs satnogs-client[5500]: return _soapy_swig.source_make(nchan, device, dev_args, stream_args, tune_args, other_settings, sampling_rate, type)
Mar 03 14:53:34 satnogs satnogs-client[5500]: RuntimeError: SoapySDR::Device::make() no match
Mar 03 14:53:39 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: netrigctl_close: done status=Command completed successfully
Mar 03 14:53:42 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: satnogsclient.observer.observer - ERROR - No waterfall data file found
Mar 03 14:54:07 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: apscheduler.executors.default - ERROR - Job “spawn_observer (trigger: date[2024-03-03 09:23:04 UTC], next run at: 2024-03-03 09:23:04 UTC)” raised an exception
Mar 03 14:54:07 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 03 14:54:07 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apscheduler/executors/base.py”, line 125, in run_job
Mar 03 14:54:07 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: retval = job.func(*job.args, **job.kwargs)
Mar 03 14:54:07 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/satnogsclient/scheduler/tasks.py”, line 64, in spawn_observer
Mar 03 14:54:07 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: observer.observe()
Mar 03 14:54:07 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/satnogsclient/observer/observer.py”, line 320, in observe
Mar 03 14:54:07 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: artifact = Artifacts(waterfall, metadata)
Mar 03 14:54:07 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/satnogsclient/artifacts.py”, line 30, in init
Mar 03 14:54:07 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: self._waterfall_data = waterfall.data
Mar 03 14:54:07 satnogs satnogs-client[5130]: AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘data’
Mar 03 14:58:09 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopping SatNOGS client…
Mar 03 14:58:10 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Succeeded.
Mar 03 14:58:10 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopped SatNOGS client.
Mar 03 14:58:11 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Consumed 1min 34.921s CPU time.
– Boot c40931658702431ea791a7c70c1e8a8a –
Mar 03 14:58:35 satnogs systemd[1]: Started SatNOGS client.
Mar 03 15:11:07 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopping SatNOGS client…
Mar 03 15:11:08 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Succeeded.
Mar 03 15:11:08 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopped SatNOGS client.
Mar 03 15:11:08 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Consumed 1min 1.180s CPU time.
– Boot e8002a186ba746f490261d2aa83c482c –
Mar 03 15:11:31 satnogs systemd[1]: Started SatNOGS client.
Mar 03 15:35:01 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopping SatNOGS client…
Mar 03 15:35:02 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Succeeded.
Mar 03 15:35:02 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopped SatNOGS client.
Mar 03 15:35:02 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Consumed 1min 10.416s CPU time.
– Boot 0c8dbf2d2c6345f6bee4d771d2c3eeb5 –
Mar 03 15:35:26 satnogs systemd[1]: Started SatNOGS client.
Mar 03 16:25:48 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: rot_init called
Mar 03 16:25:48 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: initrots4_dummy: _init called
Mar 03 16:25:48 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: rot_register (1)
Mar 03 16:25:48 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: rot_register (2)
Mar 03 16:25:48 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: dummy_rot_init called
Mar 03 16:25:48 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: rot_open called
Mar 03 16:25:48 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: dummy_rot_open called
Mar 03 16:25:48 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: rig_init: rig does not have rx_range!!
Mar 03 16:25:48 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: network_open: hoststr=127.0.0.1, portstr=4532
Mar 03 16:26:06 satnogs satnogs-client[545]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 03 16:26:06 satnogs satnogs-client[545]: File “/usr/bin/satnogs_fm.py”, line 466, in
Mar 03 16:26:06 satnogs satnogs-client[545]: main()
Mar 03 16:26:06 satnogs satnogs-client[545]: File “/usr/bin/satnogs_fm.py”, line 449, in main
Mar 03 16:26:06 satnogs satnogs-client[545]: tb = top_block_cls(antenna=options.antenna, bb_freq=options.bb_freq, bw=options.bw, dc_removal=options.dc_removal, decoded_data_file_path=options.decoded_data_file_path, dev_args=options.dev_args, deviation=options.deviation, doppler_correction_per_sec=options.doppler_correction_per_sec, enable_iq_dump=options.enable_iq_dump, file_path=options.file_path, gain=options.gain, gain_mode=options.gain_mode, iq_file_path=options.iq_file_path, lo_offset=options.lo_offset, max_modulation_freq=options.max_modulation_freq, other_settings=options.other_settings, ppm=options.ppm, rigctl_port=options.rigctl_port, rx_freq=options.rx_freq, samp_rate_rx=options.samp_rate_rx, soapy_rx_device=options.soapy_rx_device, stream_args=options.stream_args, tune_args=options.tune_args, udp_IP=options.udp_IP, udp_dump_host=options.udp_dump_host, udp_dump_port=options.udp_dump_port, udp_port=options.udp_port, waterfall_file_path=options.waterfall_file_path)
Mar 03 16:26:06 satnogs satnogs-client[545]: File “/usr/bin/satnogs_fm.py”, line 91, in init
Mar 03 16:26:06 satnogs satnogs-client[545]: self.soapy_source_0_0 = soapy.source(1, dev, dev_args, stream_args,
Mar 03 16:26:06 satnogs satnogs-client[545]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/soapy/soapy_swig.py”, line 131, in make
Mar 03 16:26:06 satnogs satnogs-client[545]: return _soapy_swig.source_make(nchan, device, dev_args, stream_args, tune_args, other_settings, sampling_rate, type)
Mar 03 16:26:06 satnogs satnogs-client[545]: RuntimeError: SoapySDR::Device::make() no match
Mar 03 16:26:09 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: netrigctl_close: done status=Command completed successfully
Mar 03 16:26:12 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.observer.observer - ERROR - No waterfall data file found
Mar 03 16:26:24 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: apscheduler.executors.default - ERROR - Job “spawn_observer (trigger: date[2024-03-03 10:55:48 UTC], next run at: 2024-03-03 10:55:48 UTC)” raised an exception
Mar 03 16:26:24 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 03 16:26:24 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apscheduler/executors/base.py”, line 125, in run_job
Mar 03 16:26:24 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: retval = job.func(*job.args, **job.kwargs)
Mar 03 16:26:24 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/satnogsclient/scheduler/tasks.py”, line 64, in spawn_observer
Mar 03 16:26:24 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: observer.observe()
Mar 03 16:26:24 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/satnogsclient/observer/observer.py”, line 320, in observe
Mar 03 16:26:24 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: artifact = Artifacts(waterfall, metadata)
Mar 03 16:26:24 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/satnogsclient/artifacts.py”, line 30, in init
Mar 03 16:26:24 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: self._waterfall_data = waterfall.data
Mar 03 16:26:24 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘data’
Mar 03 16:38:32 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 16:51:04 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 17:12:50 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 17:27:43 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 17:37:44 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 18:22:00 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 18:38:21 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 18:51:45 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 19:01:40 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 19:13:22 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 19:20:09 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 19:25:06 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 19:40:14 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 20:05:53 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 21:11:03 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 21:22:19 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 21:42:57 satnogs satnogs-client[257]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 22:46:22 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopping SatNOGS client…
Mar 03 22:46:23 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Succeeded.
Mar 03 22:46:23 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopped SatNOGS client.
Mar 03 22:46:24 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Consumed 5min 39.904s CPU time.
– Boot ac69d0d4649947bbb06a9ba43ba53588 –
Mar 03 22:46:45 satnogs systemd[1]: Started SatNOGS client.
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: rot_init called
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: initrots4_dummy: _init called
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: rot_register (1)
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: rot_register (2)
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: dummy_rot_init called
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: rot_open called
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: dummy_rot_open called
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: rot_get_position called
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: dummy_rot_get_position called
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: rot_get_position: got az=0.00, el=0.00
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: rot_set_position called az=253.02 el=4.15
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: rot_set_position: south_zero=0
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: rot_set_position: range problem az=253.02(min=-180.00,max=180.00), el=4.152573(min=0.00,max=90.000000)
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: rig_init: rig does not have rx_range!!
Mar 03 22:53:46 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: network_open: hoststr=127.0.0.1, portstr=4532
Mar 03 22:54:04 satnogs satnogs-client[941]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 03 22:54:04 satnogs satnogs-client[941]: File “/usr/bin/satnogs_noaa_apt_decoder.py”, line 484, in
Mar 03 22:54:04 satnogs satnogs-client[941]: main()
Mar 03 22:54:04 satnogs satnogs-client[941]: File “/usr/bin/satnogs_noaa_apt_decoder.py”, line 467, in main
Mar 03 22:54:04 satnogs satnogs-client[941]: tb = top_block_cls(antenna=options.antenna, bb_freq=options.bb_freq, bw=options.bw, dc_removal=options.dc_removal, decoded_data_file_path=options.decoded_data_file_path, dev_args=options.dev_args, doppler_correction_per_sec=options.doppler_correction_per_sec, enable_iq_dump=options.enable_iq_dump, file_path=options.file_path, flip_images=options.flip_images, gain=options.gain, gain_mode=options.gain_mode, iq_file_path=options.iq_file_path, lo_offset=options.lo_offset, other_settings=options.other_settings, ppm=options.ppm, rigctl_port=options.rigctl_port, rx_freq=options.rx_freq, samp_rate_rx=options.samp_rate_rx, soapy_rx_device=options.soapy_rx_device, stream_args=options.stream_args, sync=options.sync, tune_args=options.tune_args, udp_IP=options.udp_IP, udp_dump_host=options.udp_dump_host, udp_dump_port=options.udp_dump_port, udp_port=options.udp_port, waterfall_file_path=options.waterfall_file_path)
Mar 03 22:54:04 satnogs satnogs-client[941]: File “/usr/bin/satnogs_noaa_apt_decoder.py”, line 90, in init
Mar 03 22:54:04 satnogs satnogs-client[941]: self.soapy_source_0_0 = soapy.source(1, dev, dev_args, stream_args,
Mar 03 22:54:04 satnogs satnogs-client[941]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/soapy/soapy_swig.py”, line 131, in make
Mar 03 22:54:04 satnogs satnogs-client[941]: return _soapy_swig.source_make(nchan, device, dev_args, stream_args, tune_args, other_settings, sampling_rate, type)
Mar 03 22:54:04 satnogs satnogs-client[941]: RuntimeError: SoapySDR::Device::make() no match
Mar 03 22:54:06 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: netrigctl_close: done status=Command completed successfully
Mar 03 22:54:07 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: satnogsclient.observer.observer - ERROR - No waterfall data file found
Mar 03 22:54:20 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: apscheduler.executors.default - ERROR - Job “spawn_observer (trigger: date[2024-03-03 17:23:46 UTC], next run at: 2024-03-03 17:23:46 UTC)” raised an exception
Mar 03 22:54:20 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 03 22:54:20 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apscheduler/executors/base.py”, line 125, in run_job
Mar 03 22:54:20 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: retval = job.func(*job.args, **job.kwargs)
Mar 03 22:54:20 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/satnogsclient/scheduler/tasks.py”, line 64, in spawn_observer
Mar 03 22:54:20 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: observer.observe()
Mar 03 22:54:20 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/satnogsclient/observer/observer.py”, line 320, in observe
Mar 03 22:54:20 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: artifact = Artifacts(waterfall, metadata)
Mar 03 22:54:20 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/satnogsclient/artifacts.py”, line 30, in init
Mar 03 22:54:20 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: self._waterfall_data = waterfall.data
Mar 03 22:54:20 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘data’
Mar 03 23:14:39 satnogs satnogs-client[245]: satnogsclient.scheduler.tasks - ERROR - Observer job lock acquiring timed out.
Mar 03 23:19:46 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopping SatNOGS client…
Mar 03 23:19:47 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Succeeded.
Mar 03 23:19:47 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopped SatNOGS client.
Mar 03 23:19:47 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Consumed 1min 32.612s CPU time.
– Boot f11932354ade437294e9c5db770e671e –
Mar 03 23:20:08 satnogs systemd[1]: Started SatNOGS client.
Mar 04 00:48:29 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopping SatNOGS client…
Mar 04 00:48:29 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Succeeded.
Mar 04 00:48:29 satnogs systemd[1]: Stopped SatNOGS client.
Mar 04 00:48:29 satnogs systemd[1]: satnogs-client.service: Consumed 1min 35.444s CPU time.
Mar 04 00:48:29 satnogs systemd[1]: Started SatNOGS client.
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: rot_init called
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: initrots4_dummy: _init called
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: rot_register (1)
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: rot_register (2)
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: dummy_rot_init called
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: rot_open called
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: dummy_rot_open called
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: rot_get_position called
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: dummy_rot_get_position called
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: rot_get_position: got az=0.00, el=0.00
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: rot_set_position called az=292.57 el=0.47
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: rot_set_position: south_zero=0
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: rot_set_position: range problem az=292.57(min=-180.00,max=180.00), el=0.468781(min=0.00,max=90.000000)
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: rig_init: rig does not have rx_range!!
Mar 04 01:01:35 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: network_open: hoststr=127.0.0.1, portstr=4532
Mar 04 01:01:51 satnogs satnogs-client[1509]: Parsing /proc/self/auxv to extract ELF hwcaps!
Mar 04 01:01:51 satnogs satnogs-client[1509]: Parsing /proc/self/auxv to extract ELF hwcaps!
Mar 04 01:01:51 satnogs satnogs-client[1509]: Parsing /proc/self/auxv to extract ELF hwcaps!
Mar 04 01:01:57 satnogs satnogs-client[1509]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 04 01:01:57 satnogs satnogs-client[1509]: File “/usr/bin/satnogs_cw_decoder.py”, line 489, in
Mar 04 01:01:57 satnogs satnogs-client[1509]: main()
Mar 04 01:01:57 satnogs satnogs-client[1509]: File “/usr/bin/satnogs_cw_decoder.py”, line 472, in main
Mar 04 01:01:57 satnogs satnogs-client[1509]: tb = top_block_cls(antenna=options.antenna, bb_freq=options.bb_freq, bfo_freq=options.bfo_freq, bw=options.bw, dc_removal=options.dc_removal, decoded_data_file_path=options.decoded_data_file_path, dev_args=options.dev_args, doppler_correction_per_sec=options.doppler_correction_per_sec, enable_iq_dump=options.enable_iq_dump, file_path=options.file_path, gain=options.gain, gain_mode=options.gain_mode, iq_file_path=options.iq_file_path, lo_offset=options.lo_offset, other_settings=options.other_settings, ppm=options.ppm, rigctl_port=options.rigctl_port, rx_freq=options.rx_freq, samp_rate_rx=options.samp_rate_rx, soapy_rx_device=options.soapy_rx_device, stream_args=options.stream_args, tune_args=options.tune_args, udp_IP=options.udp_IP, udp_dump_host=options.udp_dump_host, udp_dump_port=options.udp_dump_port, udp_port=options.udp_port, waterfall_file_path=options.waterfall_file_path, wpm=options.wpm)
Mar 04 01:01:57 satnogs satnogs-client[1509]: File “/usr/bin/satnogs_cw_decoder.py”, line 92, in init
Mar 04 01:01:57 satnogs satnogs-client[1509]: self.soapy_source_0_0 = soapy.source(1, dev, dev_args, stream_args,
Mar 04 01:01:57 satnogs satnogs-client[1509]: File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/soapy/soapy_swig.py”, line 131, in make
Mar 04 01:01:57 satnogs satnogs-client[1509]: return _soapy_swig.source_make(nchan, device, dev_args, stream_args, tune_args, other_settings, sampling_rate, type)
Mar 04 01:01:57 satnogs satnogs-client[1509]: RuntimeError: SoapySDR::Device::make() no match
Mar 04 01:01:59 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: netrigctl_close: done status=Command completed successfully
Mar 04 01:02:02 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: satnogsclient.observer.observer - ERROR - No waterfall data file found
Mar 04 01:02:14 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: apscheduler.executors.default - ERROR - Job “spawn_observer (trigger: date[2024-03-03 19:31:35 UTC], next run at: 2024-03-03 19:31:35 UTC)” raised an exception
Mar 04 01:02:14 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 04 01:02:14 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/apscheduler/executors/base.py”, line 125, in run_job
Mar 04 01:02:14 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: retval = job.func(*job.args, **job.kwargs)
Mar 04 01:02:14 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/satnogsclient/scheduler/tasks.py”, line 64, in spawn_observer
Mar 04 01:02:14 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: observer.observe()
Mar 04 01:02:14 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/satnogsclient/observer/observer.py”, line 320, in observe
Mar 04 01:02:14 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: artifact = Artifacts(waterfall, metadata)
Mar 04 01:02:14 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: File “/var/lib/satnogs/lib/python3.9/site-packages/satnogsclient/artifacts.py”, line 30, in init
Mar 04 01:02:14 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: self._waterfall_data = waterfall.data
Mar 04 01:02:14 satnogs satnogs-client[1467]: AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘data’

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SatNOGS seems unable to find the RTLSDR Soapy driver …

Can you share the output from SoapySDRUtil --probe="driver=rtlsdr" this should give us an idea if the Soapy driver is available and working.

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Ok this is the output:

vu2uuu@satnogs:~ $ SoapySDRUtil --probe=“driver=rtlsdr”
######################################################

Soapy SDR – the SDR abstraction library

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

Probe device driver=rtlsdr
Error probing device: SoapySDR::Device::make() no match

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Well that is supporting the claim that satnogs can’t find the rtl driver.

Lets try and find some extra information:

Please share the output of:

lsusb

rtl_eeprom

ls -l /etc/udev/rules.d/

SoapySDRUtil --info

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vu2uuu@satnogs:~ $ lsusb

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:2838 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2838 DVB-T
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) SMC9514 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

vu2uuu@satnogs:~ $ rtl_eeprom

Found 1 device(s):
0: Generic RTL2832U OEM

Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U OEM
Found Rafael Micro R828D tuner
RTL-SDR Blog V4 Detected

Current configuration:

Vendor ID: 0x0bda
Product ID: 0x2838
Manufacturer: RTLSDRBlog
Product: Blog V4
Serial number: 00000001
Serial number enabled: yes
IR endpoint enabled: yes
Remote wakeup enabled: no

vu2uuu@satnogs:~ $ ls -l /etc/udev/rules.d/

total 16
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 459 Mar 3 14:13 64-limesuite.rules
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 1883 May 10 2023 99-com.rules
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 7642 Mar 3 22:52 rtl-sdr.rules

vu2uuu@satnogs:~ $ SoapySDRUtil --info

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

Soapy SDR – the SDR abstraction library

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

Lib Version: v0.7.2-2
API Version: v0.7.1
ABI Version: v0.7
Install root: /usr
Search path: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7
Search path: /usr/local/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7 (missing)
Search path: /usr/local/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.7 (missing)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libHackRFSupport.so (0.3.3)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libRedPitaya.so (0.1.1)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libairspySupport.so (0.1.2)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libaudioSupport.so (0.1.1)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libbladeRFSupport.so (0.4.1)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libremoteSupport.so (0.5.2)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libuhdSupport.so (0.4.1)
Available factories… airspy, audio, bladerf, hackrf, redpitaya, remote, uhd
Available converters…

  • CF32 → [CF32, CS16, CS8, CU16, CU8]
  • CS16 → [CF32, CS16, CS8, CU16, CU8]
  • CS32 → [CS32]
  • CS8 → [CF32, CS16, CS8, CU16, CU8]
  • CU16 → [CF32, CS16, CS8]
  • CU8 → [CF32, CS16, CS8]
  • F32 → [F32, S16, S8, U16, U8]
  • S16 → [F32, S16, S8, U16, U8]
  • S32 → [S32]
  • S8 → [F32, S16, S8, U16, U8]
  • U16 → [F32, S16, S8]
  • U8 → [F32, S16, S8]
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The SoapySDRUtil --info command isn’t showing the rtlsdr driver, so it is missing.

To make sure we also have the Soapy driver with V4 support I would suggest to build from source.

git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRTLSDR.git
cd SoapyRTLSDR
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../
make
sudo make install

Then check SoapySDRUtil --info again to see if librtlsdrSupport.so is in the list.

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I followed your instruction and got this:
Please check if this is correct now.

vu2uuu@satnogs:~ $ SoapySDRUtil --info

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

Soapy SDR – the SDR abstraction library

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

Lib Version: v0.7.2-2
API Version: v0.7.1
ABI Version: v0.7
Install root: /usr
Search path: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7
Search path: /usr/local/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7 (missing)
Search path: /usr/local/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.7 (missing)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libHackRFSupport.so (0.3.3)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libRedPitaya.so (0.1.1)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libairspySupport.so (0.1.2)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libaudioSupport.so (0.1.1)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libbladeRFSupport.so (0.4.1)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libremoteSupport.so (0.5.2)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/librtlsdrSupport.so (0.3.2)
Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libuhdSupport.so (0.4.1)
Available factories… airspy, audio, bladerf, hackrf, redpitaya, remote, rtlsdr, uhd
Available converters…

  • CF32 → [CF32, CS16, CS8, CU16, CU8]
  • CS16 → [CF32, CS16, CS8, CU16, CU8]
  • CS32 → [CS32]
  • CS8 → [CF32, CS16, CS8, CU16, CU8]
  • CU16 → [CF32, CS16, CS8]
  • CU8 → [CF32, CS16, CS8]
  • F32 → [F32, S16, S8, U16, U8]
  • S16 → [F32, S16, S8, U16, U8]
  • S32 → [S32]
  • S8 → [F32, S16, S8, U16, U8]
  • U16 → [F32, S16, S8]
  • U8 → [F32, S16, S8]
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The RTL driver is now part of the list.

Module found: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/SoapySDR/modules0.7/librtlsdrSupport.so (0.3.2)

The command SoapySDRUtil --probe=“driver=rtlsdr” should now give output regarding the V4 and I also expect that the SatNOGS client will also work.