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= OSMOCOM Gnuradio Source =

While primarily being developed for the OsmoSDR hardware, this block as well supports:

By using the OsmoSDR block you can take advantage of a common software api in your application(s) independent of the underlying radio hardware.

Build process

'''The gnuradio source requires a recent gnuradio (>= v3.6.4.1) to be installed.'''

Before building the source you have to make sure that all the dependencies (see list of supported devices above) you are intend to work with are properly installed. The build system of gr-osmosdr will recognize them and enable specific source/sink components thereafter.

Please note: prior pulling a new version from git and compiling it, please do a "make uninstall" first to properly remove the previous version.

Building with cmake: {{{
git clone git://git.osmocom.org/gr-osmosdr
cd gr-osmosdr/
mkdir build
cd build/
cmake ../
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
}}}

NOTE: The OSMOCOM source block will appear under 'Sources' category in GRC menu.

To build the API documentation: {{{
cd build/
cmake ../ -DENABLE_DOXYGEN=1
make -C docs
}}}

Automated installation

Marcus D. Leech has kindly integrated the forementioned build steps into his gnuradio installation script at [http://www.sbrac.org/files/build-gnuradio]. This is the most user-friendly option so far.

Device specification
You can specify the source or sink device using a comma separated string of argument=value pairs.

The always-up-to-date block documentation is available [http://cgit.osmocom.org/gr-osmosdr/tree/grc/gen_osmosdr_blocks.py#n100 right here].

=== FCD Source ===
Argument Notes
fcd=<device-index>
=== OsmoSDR Source ===
osmosdr=<device-index>
buffers=<number-of-buffers> Default is 32

=== RTL-SDR Source === ||rtl=<device-index>|| || ||rtl_xtal=<frequency>|| Frequency in Hz of the crystal oscillator used for the RTL chip|| ||tuner_xtal=<frequency>|| Frequency in Hz of the crystal oscillator used for the tuner chip|| ||buffers=<number-of-buffers>|| Default is 32||
NOTE: if you don't specify rtl_xtal/tuner_xtal, the underlying driver will use 28.0MHz

=== RTL-SDR TCP Source ===
rtl_tcp=<hostname>:<port> hostname defaults to "localhost", port to "1234"
psize=<payload-size> Default is 16384 bytes
=== UHD Source / Sink ===
uhd Use this argument without a value
nchan=<channel-index>
subdev=<subdev-spec> See below

Additional argument/value pairs will be passed to the underlying driver, for more information see
http://files.ettus.com/uhd_docs/manual/html/general.html#specifying-the-subdevice-to-use and
http://files.ettus.com/uhd_docs/manual/html/identification.html#common-device-identifiers

=== HackRF Source / Sink ===
hackrf Use this argument without a value. Only the first device found may be used ATM because of libhackrf limitation.
buffers=<number-of-buffers> Default is 32
=== IQ File Source ===
file=<path-to-file-name>
freq=<frequency> in Hz
rate=<sampling-rate> in samples/s
repeat=true false Default is true
throttle=true false Throttle flow of samples, default is true
Known Apps

The following 3rd party applications are successfully using gr-osmosdr:

'''Name''' '''Type''' '''Author''' '''URL'''
gr-pocsag GRC Flowgraph Marcus Leech [https://www.cgran.org/browser/projects/gr-pocsag/trunk]
multimode RX GRC Flowgraph Marcus Leech [https://www.cgran.org/browser/projects/multimode/trunk]
simple_fm_rvc GRC Flowgraph Marcus Leech [https://www.cgran.org/browser/projects/simple_fm_rcv/trunk]
Wireless Temp. Sensor RX Gnuradio App Kevin Mehall [https://github.com/kevinmehall/rtlsdr-433m-sensor]
tetra_demod_fft SDR GUI osmocom team [http://cgit.osmocom.org/cgit/osmo-tetra/tree/src/demod/python/osmosdr-tetra_demod_fft.py osmosdr-tetra_demod_fft.py] and the [http://tetra.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/osmo-tetra#Quickexample HOWTO]
gqrx SDR GUI Alexandru Csete [https://github.com/csete/gqrx]
tetra_demod_fft Trunking RX osmocom team [http://cgit.osmocom.org/cgit/osmo-tetra/tree/src/demod/python/osmosdr-tetra_demod_fft.py osmosdr-tetra_demod_fft.py] and the [http://tetra.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/osmo-tetra#Quickexample HOWTO]
airprobe GSM sniffer osmocom team et al [http://git.gnumonks.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=airprobe.git]
gr-smartnet (WIP) Trunking RX Nick Foster [br[http://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR/comments/vbxl0/attention_grsmartnet_users_or_attempted_users/">http://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR/comments/us3yo/rtlsdr_smartnet/]br[http://www.reddit.com/r/RTLSDR/comments/vbxl0/attention_grsmartnet_users_or_attempted_users/ Notes from the author]
gr-air-modes ADS-B RX Nick Foster [https://www.cgran.org/wiki/gr-air-modes] call with --rtlsdr option
gr-ais (fork) AIS RX Nick FosterbrAntoine SirinellibrChristian Gagneraud [https://github.com/chgans/gr-ais]
GNSS-SDR GPS RX (Realtime!) Centre Tecnològic debrTelecomunicacions de Catalunya [http://www.gnss-sdr.org/documentation/gnss-sdr-operation-realtek-rtl2832u-usb-dongle-dvb-t-receiver Documentation] and [http://www.gnss-sdr.org]
gr-scan Scanner techmeology [http://www.techmeology.co.uk/gr-scan/]
pocsag-mrt Multichannel RealtimebrDecoder iZsh [https://github.com/iZsh/pocsag-mrt]
osmo-gmr-rtl GMR1 RX Dimitri Stolnikov [http://gmr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/GettingStarted#RTLSDRdongles]
simple_ra '''(NEW)''' Radio Astronomy App Marcus Leech [https://cgran.org/wiki/simple_ra]
FS20_decode '''(NEW)''' FS20 Decoder Thomas Frisch [https://github.com/eT0M/rtl_sdr_FS20_decoder]
OpenLTE '''(NEW)''' LTE Toolkit Ben Wojtowicz [http://sourceforge.net/p/openlte/home/Home/]
Files (7)
hackrf-siggen.png View hackrf-siggen.png 79.1 KB signal generator app horiz0n, 05/26/2013 11:15 AM
hackrf-dab.jpg View hackrf-dab.jpg 127 KB HackRF transmitting DAB signal generated by crc-mmbTools horiz0n, 05/26/2013 11:18 AM
fft-lte.png View fft-lte.png 55.8 KB osmocom_fft showing LTE signal captured with HackRF Jawbreaker horiz0n, 06/15/2013 08:00 AM
siggen-gsm.png View siggen-gsm.png 26.9 KB osmocom_siggen producing a GSM waveform horiz0n, 06/15/2013 08:01 AM
fosphor.png View fosphor.png 433 KB LTE carrier horiz0n, 10/26/2013 10:09 AM
fosphor2.png View fosphor2.png 480 KB GSM900 band horiz0n, 10/26/2013 10:10 AM
gsm-hackrf-8M.png View gsm-hackrf-8M.png 9.69 KB osmocom_siggen running the GSM waveform on a HackRF horiz0n, 12/30/2013 03:42 PM

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