DSDPlus will not open! WTH?

Status
Not open for further replies.

RaleighGuy

Member
Premium Subscriber
Joined
Jul 15, 2014
Messages
17,118
Reaction score
26,158
Location
Raleigh, NC
I would suggest you check this thread for reasons and solutions.

 

CanesFan95

Was Homeboys-Scanna
Banned
Joined
Feb 14, 2008
Messages
3,377
Reaction score
587
Location
FL
Working folder, in other words, do you have the lame file saved in the same folder where your DSDPlus.exe file is saved?
 

BM82557

Member
Joined
Aug 28, 2006
Messages
5,454
Reaction score
4,825
Location
Berkeley Co WV
Did you run install-rtlsdr.bat that id part of the SDR# download? This has to be run in order to use dongles with SDR#.
 

PDXh0b0

Active Member
Premium Subscriber
Joined
Mar 31, 2020
Messages
991
Reaction score
706
Location
Woodland, WA
Yes I did that.
in your "sdrsharp-x86-collapsible-panels" folder, do you see a file named rtlsdr.dll ?

if not, in that folder you may need to run the install-rtlsdr.bat again

if you were to right click on the install-rtlsdr.bat and choose open with notepad, you would see
Code:
@echo off

mkdir tmp

echo Downloading RTLSDR Driver
httpget http://osmocom.org/attachments/download/2242/RelWithDebInfo.zip tmp\RelWithDebInfo.zip

echo Downloading Zadig
set zadig_url=b721/zadig-2.4.exe
ver | findstr /l "5.1." > NUL
if %errorlevel% equ 0 set zadig_url=v1.2.5/zadig_xp-2.2.exe
httpget http://github.com/pbatard/libwdi/releases/download/%zadig_url% zadig.exe

unzip -o tmp\RelWithDebInfo.zip -d tmp
move tmp\rtl-sdr-release\x32\rtlsdr.dll .

rmdir tmp /S /Q

pause

so what it is doing is creating a temporary folding inside your "sdrsharp-x86-collapsible-panels" folder, then instructing the httpget.exe file in your folder to download RelWithDebInfo.zip & zadig.exe. it then instructs the unzip.exe file in your folder to unzip the RelWithDebInfo.zip into the tmp folder it previously created , it then grabs the rtlsdr.dll from within and places it inside your "sdrsharp-x86-collapsible-panels" folder, deletes the tmp folder it created and exits. you started out with 65 files with-in the "sdrsharp-x86-collapsible-panels" folder, you now have 67 files, zadig.exe & rtlsdr.dll being the two new ones.

sometimes even though you had previously ran the install-rtlsdr.bat, windows or a firewall/virus program may have interrupted it.

assuming you had previously had already ran zadig.exe and installed the driver and then ran sdrsharp version 1811 , then had choosen RTL-SDR USB (original) from the source drop menu and hit play, and it worked?

once you have ran the zadig.exe and have properly installed the driver, you should not have to run it again.


one thing I would do is create a folder on your desktop or documents folder, name it SDR Tools or something, download the RelWithDebInfo.zip into it
http://osmocom.org/attachments/download/2242/RelWithDebInfo.zip tmp\RelWithDebInfo.zip

unzip it , in it the will be a folder called rtl-sdr-release, there are tools in it, that as you progress with your sdr you will find a need for.
 

PDXh0b0

Active Member
Premium Subscriber
Joined
Mar 31, 2020
Messages
991
Reaction score
706
Location
Woodland, WA
DSDPlus doesn't touch dongles. He'd have to be running FMP to tie up the dongle, but I don't see that in his screen grab.
good to know, i've never actually even ran the dsdplus.exe, when I started out last year everything dsdplus/sdr#/unitrunker looked so outdated, so when I decided to give dsdplus a go, I got the lifetime fastlane and have only ever used FMP's
 

Patriot2120

Member
Joined
Apr 8, 2021
Messages
44
Reaction score
10
Location
SARASOTA
in your "sdrsharp-x86-collapsible-panels" folder, do you see a file named rtlsdr.dll ?

if not, in that folder you may need to run the install-rtlsdr.bat again

if you were to right click on the install-rtlsdr.bat and choose open with notepad, you would see
Code:
@echo off

mkdir tmp

echo Downloading RTLSDR Driver
httpget http://osmocom.org/attachments/download/2242/RelWithDebInfo.zip tmp\RelWithDebInfo.zip

echo Downloading Zadig
set zadig_url=b721/zadig-2.4.exe
ver | findstr /l "5.1." > NUL
if %errorlevel% equ 0 set zadig_url=v1.2.5/zadig_xp-2.2.exe
httpget http://github.com/pbatard/libwdi/releases/download/%zadig_url% zadig.exe

unzip -o tmp\RelWithDebInfo.zip -d tmp
move tmp\rtl-sdr-release\x32\rtlsdr.dll .

rmdir tmp /S /Q

pause

so what it is doing is creating a temporary folding inside your "sdrsharp-x86-collapsible-panels" folder, then instructing the httpget.exe file in your folder to download RelWithDebInfo.zip & zadig.exe. it then instructs the unzip.exe file in your folder to unzip the RelWithDebInfo.zip into the tmp folder it previously created , it then grabs the rtlsdr.dll from within and places it inside your "sdrsharp-x86-collapsible-panels" folder, deletes the tmp folder it created and exits. you started out with 65 files with-in the "sdrsharp-x86-collapsible-panels" folder, you now have 67 files, zadig.exe & rtlsdr.dll being the two new ones.

sometimes even though you had previously ran the install-rtlsdr.bat, windows or a firewall/virus program may have interrupted it.

assuming you had previously had already ran zadig.exe and installed the driver and then ran sdrsharp version 1811 , then had choosen RTL-SDR USB (original) from the source drop menu and hit play, and it worked?

once you have ran the zadig.exe and have properly installed the driver, you should not have to run it again.


one thing I would do is create a folder on your desktop or documents folder, name it SDR Tools or something, download the RelWithDebInfo.zip into it
http://osmocom.org/attachments/download/2242/RelWithDebInfo.zip tmp\RelWithDebInfo.zip

unzip it , in it the will be a folder called rtl-sdr-release, there are tools in it, that as you progress with your sdr you will find a need for.
Well, i checked all of that and still no RTL-SDR USB option still not available! Not sure what the heck to do now!
 

Patriot2120

Member
Joined
Apr 8, 2021
Messages
44
Reaction score
10
Location
SARASOTA
I GOT IT EVERYONE! Thank you everyone for your help! I went back to RTL-SDR quick start guide and re-read step 5 and followed that again and it worked! YES! Now to get Fastlane! LOL
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top