Hi All
Hoping to find some pointers or help on using the Lime SDR mini. I have one here that I bought a few years ago, its currently connected to a Pi based Portsdown 4 system which tells me from the “Lime FW Info” menu item that I have:
Firmware version: 6
hardware version: 2
Protocol version: 1
Gateware version: 1
Gateware revision: 30
If I run the Lime Report from the Portsdown then all tests pass (including loopback).
If I TX some DATV from the Portsdown that works OK and I can RX my signals from the LimeSDR elsewhere.
So far so good.
However, I can’t get the RX side of the device to work when I connect it to my PC and use SDR Console (or ADR Angel). I have the device drivers installed OK (I think, it shows as a FTDI FT601 USB 3.0 Bridge Device), and I can run the LimeSuiteGUI and connect to the device OK.
If I run the standalone LimeQuickTest then the Loopback test fails, other tests pass.
When I run SDR console, it appears to find and start the device OK, there’s just nothing on the waterfall despite an antenna connection to the RX port.
I’m wondering if:
- I have a broken Lime SDR Mini RX
- I’m doing something completely stupid
- Something else I cant think of
Any help from any experts out there?
Mark
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