[amsat-bb] FoxTelem with RTL-SDR

[Hasan al-Basri]

Greg,
Run your RTL under some other software like SDR Console, Install VB-Cable
software. Tell SDR Console to output via VB-Cable.

Then tell Fox-Telem to use VB Cable as its source.

I'm using Fox-TLM exactly this way and it works perfectly.
I use the same setup to run all 3 of the dashboards for AO-73, JO-97 and
EO-88 telemetry. Works great.
73, N0AN
Hasan


On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 2:14 PM Greg D via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Acknowledged that this is "not supported", but others appear to have had
> some success using an RTL-SDR dongle under FoxTelem.  With the launch of
> Huskysat-1, I though I'd give it a try.  I'm missing something, but
> can't find any suggestions.
>
> I have a Raspberry Pi 2B that I've been using as an RTL-SDR server,
> connecting Gqrx to it over the home network.  rtl_tcp is running there,
> all just fine.
>
> Tried firing up the latest FoxTelem, choosing RTL SDR as the source, but
> the program says it can't find the dongle.  "Insert the device or choose
> an other source" when I hit Start.  Shut down rtl_tcp, of course, so as
> to not have a fight over access.  Tried removing and inserting the
> dongle.  Still no joy.
>
> I expect I'm missing some morsel of driver software or configuration to
> connect FoxTelem to the RTL-SDR dongle, perhaps something similar to
> rtl_tcp.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
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