[Solved] Need some help for initial station-setup please

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Hi all,
after setting up my station with raspi4 and nesdr everything seems to be ok, no error-messages, but all the observations stop unexpectedly after a few seconds after start.

The attached logfile shows the result of an observation stating at 17:58z, which should end at 18:02z.

Any help very appreciated!
73, Stefan/OE6ISP

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Mai 21 19:58:41 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.worker - DEBUG - Initial frequency: 437243000
Mai 21 19:58:41 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.worker - DEBUG - Rigctld msg: 437249241
Mai 21 19:58:41 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.orbital - DEBUG - Observer data: {‘lon’: 15.267, ‘lat’: 47.02, ‘elev’: 400}
Mai 21 19:58:41 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.orbital - DEBUG - Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 VZLUSAT 1’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 42790U 17036AB 22141.08837604 .00032195 00000-0 10230-2 0 9993’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 42790 97.2044 187.7831 0009524 63.2543 296.9673 15.32525833273054’}
Mai 21 19:58:41 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.orbital - DEBUG - Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.18817219138145447, ‘az’: 1.7884633541107178, ‘rng’: 1571450.5, ‘rng_vlct’: -4276.77197265625, ‘ok’: True}
Mai 21 19:58:41 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.worker - DEBUG - Initial frequency: 437243000
Mai 21 19:58:41 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.worker - DEBUG - Rigctld msg: 437249237
Mai 21 19:58:42 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.orbital - DEBUG - Observer data: {‘lon’: 15.267, ‘lat’: 47.02, ‘elev’: 400}
Mai 21 19:58:42 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.orbital - DEBUG - Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 VZLUSAT 1’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 42790U 17036AB 22141.08837604 .00032195 00000-0 10230-2 0 9993’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 42790 97.2044 187.7831 0009524 63.2543 296.9673 15.32525833273054’}
Mai 21 19:58:42 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.orbital - DEBUG - Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.1882462203502655, ‘az’: 1.788217544555664, ‘rng’: 1571185.875, ‘rng_vlct’: -4275.33203125, ‘ok’: True}
Mai 21 19:58:42 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.worker - DEBUG - Rotctld msg: (102.4573181542868, 10.785713935359922)
Mai 21 19:58:42 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.orbital - DEBUG - Observer data: {‘lon’: 15.267, ‘lat’: 47.02, ‘elev’: 400}
Mai 21 19:58:42 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.orbital - DEBUG - Satellite data: {‘tle0’: ‘0 VZLUSAT 1’, ‘tle1’: ‘1 42790U 17036AB 22141.08837604 .00032195 00000-0 10230-2 0 9993’, ‘tle2’: ‘2 42790 97.2044 187.7831 0009524 63.2543 296.9673 15.32525833273054’}
Mai 21 19:58:42 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.orbital - DEBUG - Calculated data: {‘alt’: 0.1882951855659485, ‘az’: 1.7880549430847168, ‘rng’: 1571010.875, ‘rng_vlct’: -4274.37890625, ‘ok’: True}
Mai 21 19:58:42 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.worker - DEBUG - Initial frequency: 437243000
Mai 21 19:58:42 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.worker - DEBUG - Rigctld msg: 437249234
Mai 21 19:58:42 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.observer - INFO - Tracking stopped.
Mai 21 19:58:42 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.worker - INFO - Tracking stopped.
Mai 21 19:58:45 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.worker - INFO - Tracking stopped.
Mai 21 19:58:45 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.observer - INFO - Observation Finished
Mai 21 19:58:45 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.observer - INFO - Executing post-observation script.
Mai 21 19:58:45 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.observer - INFO - Creating waterfall plot.
Mai 21 19:58:45 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.waterfall - INFO - Reading waterfall file
Mai 21 19:58:45 raspberrypi satnogs-client[921]: satnogsclient.observer.observer - ERROR - No waterfall data file found

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Hello @stefanp !

Please post also the results of the satnogs-setup option Advanced>Support here. Thanks!

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Thanks a lot for your reply. I’ve found the solution during a nightly debug-session when studying hundreds of logged messages. Had wrong values for radio and antenna. Station works now as expected.

Mny Thx & 73
Stefan / OE6ISP

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@stefanp glad you found the issue and are up and running! Was there a point of confusion in the docs or simply a typo or similar?

I added a note to the Troubleshooting - SatNOGS Wiki page mentioning the Advanced → Support menu item in satnogs-setup to possibly help others in the future.

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Hi, thank you for your message.
The main point I stumbled over was the radio definition. I didn’t recognize at the beginning, that my nesdr smart stick is the same as the RTL-sdr. After I found, that they use the same chip, I used the RTL-sdr configuration from the wiki and that worked.
IMO the documentation is very good.

Thx & 73,
Stefan / OE6ISP

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