SDRPlay driver not recognised by SoapySDR

[g7jafParticipant]

I’m attempting to use my SDRPlay2 with CubicSDR on a Raspberry Pi 4.

I downloaded and have installed the latest SDRplay_RSP_API-RPi-2.13.1.run driver following instructions online. This process seemed to pass OK,
I see a file /usr/local/lib/libsdrplay_api.so along with a couple of other links in the same directory pointing to this file.

I then installed SoapySDR as per published procedure. Again, this seems to go OK with no error messages being reported.

The problem I have is that SoapySDR fails to find the SDRPlay driver.

SoapySDRUtil –find

returns

######################################################
## Soapy SDR — the SDR abstraction library ##
######################################################
[ERROR] SoapySSDPEndpoint::sendTo(udp://[ff02::c]:1900) = -1
sendto(udp://[ff02::c]:1900) [99: Cannot assign requested address]
[ERROR] SoapySSDPEndpoint::sendTo(udp://[ff02::c]:1900) = -1
sendto(udp://[ff02::c]:1900) [99: Cannot assign requested address]
No devices found!

SoapySDRUtil –info

returns

######################################################
## Soapy SDR — the SDR abstraction library ##
######################################################
Lib Version: v0.8.0-gf722f9ce
API Version: v0.8.0
ABI Version: v0.8
Install root: /usr/local
Search path: /usr/local/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.8
Module found: /usr/local/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.8/libremoteSupport.so (0.5.2-6d9bd82)
Available factories… remote
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]

SoapySDRUtil –check=”sdrplay”

returns

######################################################
## Soapy SDR — the SDR abstraction library ##
######################################################
Loading modules… done
Checking driver ‘sdrplay’… MISSING!

which seems to infer SoapySDR can’t locate the SDRPlay driver.

Running uname gives me the following response

Linux pi23 4.19.57-v7l+ #1244 SMP Thu Jul 4 18:48:07 BST 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux

Any pointers on where to look next?

• This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by .

[LeeParticipant]

did you install soapysdrplay also?

i’m running a RSP2 on a pi4 via archlinuxarm.

[lee@alarmpi ~]$ SoapySDRUtil –info
######################################################
## Soapy SDR — the SDR abstraction library ##
######################################################

Lib Version: v0.8.0-g23e5951d
API Version: v0.8.0
ABI Version: v0.8
Install root: /usr
Search path: /usr/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.8
Search path: /usr/local/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.8 (missing)
Module found: /usr/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.8/libairspySupport.so (0.1.2-99756be)
Module found: /usr/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.8/librtlsdrSupport.so (0.3.1-5c5d950)
Module found: /usr/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.8/libsdrPlaySupport.so (0.3.0-14ec39e)
Available factories… airspy, rtlsdr, sdrplay
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]
[lee@alarmpi ~]$

• This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by .

[g7jafParticipant]

Yes, you’re absolutely right – this was the problem. I somehow missed it in the instructions.
I’ve now got SDRPlay working on the raspberry pi 4, connecting remotely from my Mac Pro.
Thanks for your help.

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