[amsat-bb] Error accessing FunCube Pro from FoxTelem

[Joseph Armbruster]

Stephen,

If someone shoots me a link to the foxtelem code, I'll gladly help debug
it.  I have a Funcube dongle Pro here I can use.

Joseph Armbruster


On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 7:30 AM Stephen E. Belter <seb at wintek.com> wrote:

> Joe,
>
> I believe the FUNcube dongle uses *two* virtual USB interfaces over the
> single physical USB port.  The IQ stream looks like a standard sound card
> and is one of the virtual USB interfaces.
>
> The control functions like frequency, preamp gain, etc., use the standard
> HID (Human Interface Device) interface, USB-HID.
>
> Jim's problem is unusual, but I have the same problem with FoxTelem on my
> Windows 10 machines.  I haven't discovered a solution, yet.
>
> 73, Steve N9IP
> --
> Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com
>
>
> On 1/28/20, 10:00 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Joseph Armbruster via
> AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
>     Lib USB!? I thought Howard told me at the symposium (circa 2008) that
> they
>     were using usb-hid ?!?!?
>
>     Howard...?  Or was that on the hardware-side?
>
>     Joseph Armbruster
>     KJ4JIO
>
>     On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 9:27 PM James Jipping via AMSAT-BB <
>     amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>     > Good Evening!
>     > While attempting to use my FunCube Pro directly from FoxTelem I get
> an
>     > error:
>     > LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND.   An internet search has found mentions of
> the
>     > error but no solutions for my situation.  I am using Windows 10 for
> the
>     > OS on my comupter.   Any thoughts or suggestions ??
>     >
>     > By the way, I use SDRConsole and feed the audio via VB_Audio Virtual
>     > Cable with GREAT results.  I even have RSDConsole with WispDDE
> running
>     > the antenna rotor controller.  I thought I would try the direct feed
>     > FoxTelem- to-FunCube before I set up My Raspberry Pi for
> "Fox-in-a-Box"
>     >
>     > One last question, while I'm here:  Is there any way FoxTelem without
>     > SDRConsol, with a DDE program , could run the rotor controller?
>     >
>     > Thank you for you help.
>     >
>     > Jim Jipping, W8MRR
>     > AMSAT # 5512
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