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

Roy Dean royldean at gmail.com
Sun Oct 11 19:35:29 UTC 2020


Update (still not working):

Turned off the Funcube Dongle via Config tab in pavucontrol.   Didn't seem
to affect anything.  GQRX behaves the same.

dmesg yields:
[   89.628088] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
[   89.739007] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=04d8,
idProduct=fb31
[   89.739013] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
SerialNumber=0
[   89.739016] usb 1-1.2: Product: FUNcube Dongle V2.0
[   89.739018] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Hanlincrest Ltd.
[   89.741208] hid-generic 0003:04D8:FB31.0005: hiddev1,hidraw2: USB HID
v1.11 Device [Hanlincrest Ltd.          FUNcube Dongle V2.0  ] on
usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.2/input2
[   89.930743] usb 1-1.2: 1:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x81
[   89.933232] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[   90.010218] usb 1-1.2: 1:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x81
[   90.050461] usb 1-1.2: 1:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x81

lsusb yields:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0461:4dfe Primax Electronics, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04d8:fb31 Microchip Technology, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:003d Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS491
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Are there any diagnostic utilities for the FCDPP?  (like "rtl_test" for the
rtl-sdr? Wishful thinking, perhaps....)

--Roy
K3RLD


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