OpenWebRX Feature Overview And Raspberry Pi Setup
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- Опубліковано 8 сер 2020
- Here we take a look at the latest features from OpenWebRX, a web enabled sdr application that can run on a Raspberry Pi.
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I am not a HAM operator but we have a SWL community and what I like is you always come up with projects that even SWL's can do!! Nice one we are big fans....
Excellent video, OpenWebRX is a great solution to having your SDR and antennas in another area of the house and being able to access them on any device.
Thanks for the video. I like how simple you make things.
You're welcome!
This is so great, I'll start right away 🙏🙏🙏 Thanks a lot 👍👍👍
I can't connect using the WinSCP prog, any ideas why ?
This is great information! I am on day one of the setup and I have installed 2 raspberry pi units in cases, burned an image onto a micro sd card, and started the configuration. This video is very helpful as the openwebrx info is a bit spotty. I have been using a Kiwi receiver for years as well as Ubuntu, but the pi is new. I have several dongles and sdr receivers and am very eager to get them on the net. Thanks for your video!
Thanks for this video. Just searched for some info on openwebrx and this video is quite helpful. One thing I am still looking for is if there are keyboard short cuts in openwebrx for tuning. I know I can drag to a frequency and finetune when I put the cursor on the frequency but hope there is another way like using the scroll wheel
This is freaking awesome! I'm gonna set one up this weekend. Do you know whether OpenWebRX has the advanced filtering features that the RSPDx uses in SDRUno?
Thanks for the walk through, I got my image up and running quickly, with minimal effort. By chance do you have any good base settings for a RTL-SDR when editing the "config_webrx" file?
Very cool, I will try that. Did you measure the network usage when using 2mhz or lower? Is an active cooling needed with a rpi3b+?
UA-cam kept recommending this, and with good reason !
Welcome on board! Thanks for watching 🙏
Very useful for remote monitoring. Thanks for the info.
You’re welcome, thanks for watching 🙏
Can you post an updated video on the new configuration method?
Thank you. Great video, it helped me to get this thing off the ground.
Interesting video. I tried to decode the DMR using a cheap rtl-sdr. Unfortunately it didn't work. Next time I'll try with a rsp1a.
is there a way to ENABLE the Bias Tee of my SDRplay DOU? I need to turn it on to provide power to my Active loop antenna.
Great job thanks!
Great video. I am waiting to get back to UK on leave to have a play in the shack.
Can you connect a Ic 7300 and add a TX feature?
Is it possible to enable bias tee with openwebrx?
I have this software running nicely on a Pi4 with RSP1A. Problem I'm seeing is that when user #2 changes from say 20m to 40m, this also changes the band from 20 to 40 on my screen. Shouldn't two users be able to operate on different bands?
Thanks, I got it loaded but will have to configure the profiles on another day. I might be having issues with the configuration because the only information I am hearing is CW no matter what mode I am getting. I run an RSP1A and not RSP2. Still, great video and I am passing it around on some the forums I am on to get more people looking at this.
Thx for the great Video. I have one question. How is the configuration when i use a upconverter for HF?
In the latest version which is now GUI based, you simple add the offset from the dropdown menu in the device settings.
Hi how do i install OpenWebRX on Portainer?
The Digital mode decoding is really nice. 73's ZL2BRG
I got an error using WinSCP, "Cannot initialize STFP protocol." How to I enable it on my pi?
And I flashed the image to the SD card, put it in the raspberry pie. And all I’m getting is a DOS prompt. The program does not start. Any ideas?
Thanks for the video, exactly what I'm looking for for the RSPDuo. 73'from VK
Youre welcome :-)
@@TechMindsOfficial Been playing with the on the Pi for a couple of days now and some general observations that may help others. I had a problem with very choppy audio when running a Pi 3B+ and RSPDuo. Tried all sorts of settings in OpenWebRX and also thought it may be the WIFI connection. Did a few hours of troubleshooting and found it to be the power supply. I was running the Pi on a power bank battery as I wanted to run this remote for contesting and turns out the power required is higher than what I've experienced on the Pi before and it was not getting enough power. Moved the Pi to a 2.5A mains power supply and issue solved. I know you should be running at good 2.5 amps but got away with less up until now. Will have to investigate a good DC to DC converter for running the Pi on 12vDC for possible remote ops. Waterfall is a bit fiddly to get usable but will continue to investigate this. Whilst not as flexible as running a KiwiSDR it is more than usable if you set up the profiles for your type of listening. This is a keeper, thanks again.
great video. can you put out another video on how to put openwebrx on the internet.
After installing image on rpi4 i set log in and password only to get nowhere later on wheni type them in again and and i am stumped.
I can't change the centre frequency in the web interface, even after changing the setup. Consequently the range is nearly unusable.
Super !!!!!!
Thanks for the video - another brilliant guide - noticed you're using a TT wireless hub - if you ever have problems give me a shout - I'm a NOC engineer for them.
Thanks mate :-)
Can anyone help me with the configuring of two RTL-SDRs with OpenwebRX? Any docs, instructions, UA-cam videos? Appreciated.
Can I install as a server and operate from a different location not on the same network. And one more thing I don't have a fixed IP address. Thanks in advance.
At the remote location you can set up the OpenwebRX and then "port forward" on the router to allow remote access (consider network security, don't do that on a sensitive network). If the public IP address changes use a Dynamic DNS service (E.G. noip.com) many routers have a DDNS client built in, just set up an account then enter those details in the router.
Howdy,
I have installed openwebrx from the 'focal' Ubuntu repository (For Linux Mint 20.3) and the settings tab is missing. has anyone had the same problem?
First of all, thank you for great videos! I am running OpenWebRX on Raspberry Pi 3B+ I use RTL-SDR v3 dongle connected to my Diamond X-300 antenna. OpenWebRX is great but I can only tune to frequency ranges 437.600 - 440.000 for 70cm and 144.000 - 146.000 for 2m band. Is it possible to go to any frequency (For example 137.000 MHz) as my dongle provides just like I can in other applications such as GQRX, SDRSharp, or SDRConsole? Thank you..
i'm looking for the same ability. did you find any solutions?
That looks interesting, That's another thing I'll need to have a go at. I'm still trying to get my QO-100 setup working.
Give me a shout on discord or one of the QO-100 videos if you need some advice with QO-100 setup :-)
@@TechMindsOfficial Thanks for the offer of help it's appreciated. I need to find the fault with my Amsat 5W amplifier. The problem is I put it all neatly in a box that's never a good idea.
If it’s the same Amsat amp I have (just sold) then luckily not many components :)
@@TechMindsOfficial Yes, Not many components and the bias is set correctly so further investigation required. I've a signal from my 200mW amp and my 500mw amp from the bird but when I connect the 5W amp nothing. Either a coupling cap has failed from my soldering or the transistor is dead.
Now I know how to directly Download to the Pi,
Could you add WFM 88 to 108 MHZ
And you got Connor! W4IPC!
I reckon this is more streamlined and user friendly than an SDR app. The digital decoders that you need are already there. No mucking around with piping the audio into virtual cables. And once you got it setup everyone can use it ...
It's very good isnt it!
@@TechMindsOfficial Dang ... I just tried it installing it on a Debian virtual machine ... Everything works perfectly until I found out that it doesn't support WFM (wide fm for broadcast FM) ... it only has NFM... Oh well... I wish they add that feature in the future... I guess it shouldn't be too hard ... but now it is perfect to listen to DMR without anything else...
@3:46 QRM... someone needs a bandpass filter :)
Interesting
I can't access the card drive to edit the boot after flashing?
strange it opens on another computer
15:19 in the json file i see "start_mod:"usb" does it mean we cant use an ip mode where we can put a receiver close to the antenna or faraway from the server and use SDR receiver thrue wifi or ethernet ?
The start_mod usb refers to the the mode of modulation, in the case, Upper Side Band.
@@TechMindsOfficial Ok not the good USB ;). I have take a look to the wiki and find the reply github.com/jketterl/openwebrx/wiki/SDR-device-and-profile-configuration#soapy_remote-type : "The soapy_remote type can be used to connect to SDR devices connect to remote hosts running the SoapySDRServer from the SoapyRemote package. It is configured using the remote and remote_driver options on the device level, where remote should be the hostname or IP address of the machine runnine SoapyRemote, and remote_driver is the driver to be used for the remotely connected SDR. All other options should work pretty much as expected." It can be usefull for those who use docker or virtual machine. A RPI 0 with WIFI or RPI with POE and go you are in IP "MODE" this is more simple than playing with the usb if you use docker container. An other alternative could be to use USB over ethernet to bypass problems.
If you want to use it remotely, then there is a port number you can configure in the same file. You can then use port forwarding on your router to gain access via WAN
@@TechMindsOfficial Thanks for the information, i never open port to a direct machine in my LAN, i always us openvpn to encapsulate from internet into my LAN. The soapy solution is not build in order to remotly controle openwebrx system but in order to controle one or most SDR dongle that could be on your roof, on a mountain far away of your RPI where Openwebrx is implemented. Some where with a beter "sight" in my case i am in valley and have 2 hills who close the sight on south and north i am in a radio shadow zone ... if i encapsulate the soapy in a vpn i can virtualy put some tinny modul on the mountain and have 360° sight and redirect data flux to my home with wifi.
Hi, tnx for that. It was inspiring. I'm running now RPi3 and SDRPlay2. I have a question. At 15:24 you are showing the Antenna B selection to the config file. Was this working for you? In standard config file it is in other place.
"sdrplay": {
"name": "SDRPlay RSP2",
"type": "sdrplay",
"ppm": 0,
"antenna": "Antenna A",
"profiles": {
"20m": {
"name": "20m",
"center_freq": 14150000,
"rf_gain": 0,
"samp_rate": 500000,
"start_freq": 14070000,
"start_mod": "usb",
},
Is it possible to use high Z connector? What to type? "Antenna Z"? Have you done test on that?
How to install it on Ubuntu?
the RPi image is a bit meh, doesn't reboot properly.
The git instructions don't actually have how to install it manually, only all the dependencies and extras lol
Soft looks the great. But very difficult to find at list one working properly set up. Eventually get Germany with many channels. This software looks like is under construction and taking too much net traffic from the source. In my opinion is too much attention to the waterfalls compare the sound.
Wow, I was excited to see this. I put it all together and it worked. It came up on 20 meters and copied FT8 beautifully. But, when I tried to put the edited config back , I got errors about not having the authority to do that. ?? Then I tried to put different frequencies in the little window. It ignored everything. What am i missing? I am using playsdr.
Take a look at 12:53 and then pause it. You will need to edit the SFTP to have the same settings as mine. That’s the trick to setting winSCP access to the pi’s files. Let me know how you get on.
@@TechMindsOfficial I checked that and I still get
Permission denied.
Error code: 3
Error message from server: Permission denied
Okay, just under SFTP in advanced settings there is “Shell”. Change the Shell to “sudo su -“
@@TechMindsOfficial Thank you very much. I had the same problem and you just resolved :-))
no matter what I do, I get the same problem
This is grate. But dont want to install a .img Will do this by hand from git.
Great
👍👍🍻
Thanks for the movie it helped me a lot, I managed to get it running and add myself as an user but........ I am not able to find the [config_webrx.py] it is simply not in the folder. How can I resolve this? So far I downloaded the last 2 official images from the server (11 and 12th October 21.
Al antwoord gekregen?
@@Tyracer1976 nee nog niet.
@@speedymartin2 ondertussen heb ik al wa gevonden, je moet via putty op de raspberry gaan. daar een user aanmaken en passwoord. Zo kan je via het web gaan, kan je alles instellen. Maar waar ik het online moet zetten weet ik nog niet
@@Tyracer1976 bedankt! Ik ga het proberen.
I have an idea for a video that you might like to make. I found a way to eliminate the need for an antenna wire which allows me to locate the SDR at the antenna and still use standard software such as SDR# on a remote computer. All of the software is already written and runs on the Raspberry Pi. Both the SDR and Raspberry Pi (RP) are located at the antenna and the RP runs software that emulates a USB connection over WIFI. The computer running SDR# is remote from the antenna and thinks it is talking over USB to the SDR dongle. If you are interested contact me and I will tell you the details.
Yes please Stephen, this seems like an interesting project. Please contact me.
@@TechMindsOfficial What's the best way to contact you?
I can not listen to D-STAR for some reason
This is seriously outdated. OpenWebRX has had many changes. You now don't all the digital modes anymore, server settings are now GUI based, and the map now requires you to build your own API before it will work. I do like Raspberry Pi's, but really don't go that route if you want more than 3 clients connected at one time.
el peor video explicativo que e visto por favor si vas ha compartir tus conocimientos hazlo bien
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