[amsat-bb] Funcube Dongle Pro+ w/GQRX (Ubuntu)

[Burns Fisher]

Roy, I'd be interested to know what problems you had with your Pi-based
FoxTelem, but I realize that you have gone beyond that.

One thought:  I know one person who had issues with an FCDPP plugging into
the USB socket successfully.  I tried several different sockets, and the
USB-3 socket (often with a blue interior) seems to work better/tighter,
probably not because of USB-3 but just the slightly different socket worked
better.  You might also try a short "USB extension cord" to take the weight
off the joint.

Also, do the command lsusb on a terminal and see if it actually sees the
FCDPP.  I think it is the one that says "Microchip Technology

On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 11:55 AM Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> Does anybody have experience with this combination?   I've been having
> issues with my dedicated FoxTelem Raspberry Pi station, so I've taken it
> down in favor of my APRS SatGate (which uses an RTL-SDR instead of the
> FCDPP) - and decided to use the FCDPP for my Rx in my normal everyday shack
> operations.   However I can't seem to connect to the dongle at all with
> GQRX.   GQRX is doing something, but there is no waterfall and no audio.
>
> I'm somewhat concerned that the issue with my FoxTelem station was with the
> dongle itself, as I seem to remember successfully connecting to the dongle
> with GQRX in the past.  I've tried the dongle on two separate pcs
> running Ubuntu 18.04 with no luck.   I am able to start FoxTelem on a
> raspberry pi and it seems to start decoding as expected (however the
> failure mode is when it's left unattended for a couple of days, it ends up
> stalling with a USB access error).
>
> Any suggestions welcome.   Thanks.
>
> --Roy
> K3RLD
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