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Technical Topics => SDR - Software Defined Radio => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on January 19, 2013, 1943 UTC

Title: HDSDR on Mac OS X
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on January 19, 2013, 1943 UTC
Has anyone been able to get HDSDR to run correctly under Mac OS X? With some fiddling I was able to get it to run, but the waterfall appears to have aliased signals around the LO (local oscillator) frequency.
Title: Re: HDSDR on Mac OS X
Post by: IQ_imbalance on February 11, 2013, 0603 UTC
Haven't tried hdsdr yet, still trying to get gnuradio up and running.
Title: Re: HDSDR on Mac OS X
Post by: IQ_imbalance on February 12, 2013, 0225 UTC
yayyy.....gnuradio is up and running.  now i have to find the time to actually play with it  ::)
Title: Re: HDSDR on Mac OS X
Post by: K5KNT on April 05, 2013, 0253 UTC
The OS X port found here  http://subdimensions.com/2013/03/25/hdsdr-osx-2-60-port/ seems like it will work, but since I only have an RTL dongle I haven't been able to get it to recognize the dongle.  From the "CAT EXTIO Config ENG" file:
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Choose your radio
1. Put the folder "HDSDR OSX" on your desktop
2. Go to http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/hamlib/index.php?title=Supported_Radios
3. Find the manufacturer of your radio and click on models
4. Find the model of your radio and take note of the "Rig#"
5. Right click on "HDSDR OSX" and chose "Show package contents"
6. Double click on "drive_c", "Program Files", "HDSDR"
7. Open with TextEdit "ExtIO_HamLib.cfg"
8. Find "# Rig Number" text
9. On the next row delete "1" and insert your "Rig#"
10. Save
11. Run the application "Terminal" located in "Applications", "Utility"
12. Type: ls /dev/tty.* and press enter
13. Identify the USB to RS232 conversione interface e.g. "/dev/tty.usbserial"


Setup serial port - Method A
1. Copy and paste in terminal: cd ~/"desktop/hdsdr osx/hdsdr osx.app/contents/resources/dosdevices" then press enter
2. Type: ln -s YOUR-USB-RS232-DEVICE com1 e.g. "ln /dev/tty.usbserial com1"

I can't find a rig number for an rtlsdr.

The HDSDR - Hardware page http://www.hdsdr.de/hardware.html lists a .dll file for RTLSDR (DVB-T/DAB with RTL2832) which I downloaded and replaced the the ExtIO_HamLib.cfg file with that one. Still no luck.

When showing the package contents of HDSR OSX I noticed that the ExtIO_HamLib.cfg located in 'drive_C/Program Files/HDSDR/' is Highlighted in red. I assume this indicated some error in the file but I'm not sure what it is.

Also, running "ls /dev/tty.*" in terminal only brings up "/dev/tty.Bluetooth-Modem and /dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync.
Title: Re: HDSDR on Mac OS X
Post by: IQ_imbalance on December 11, 2013, 0506 UTC
Any updates?  Was going to order a nooelec dongle for my Mac.....gnu radio is compiled and ready to go but I'm worried about whether the dongle will be recognized.
Title: Re: HDSDR on Mac OS X
Post by: K5KNT on December 13, 2013, 1704 UTC
I'm not using my dongle since I bought my AFEDRI.  I don't think I ever got it to work with the dongle.
Title: Re: HDSDR on Mac OS X
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on December 13, 2013, 1726 UTC
Quote from: rwfisheriv on December 11, 2013, 0506 UTC
Any updates?  Was going to order a nooelec dongle for my Mac.....gnu radio is compiled and ready to go but I'm worried about whether the dongle will be recognized.

I got the dongle to work with Gqrx, with little effort.