Pluto SDR / Linux Help

[Scottyscanner]

So I received my new Pluto and was so excited to try it out..... to keep a long story short I downloaded the firmware update and copied these files to the Pluto.

boot.dfu, boot.frm, pluto.dfu,pluto.frm,uboot-env.dfu

I right clicked on the pluto mas storage and ejected it to reboot it and.....now it will not show up at all on my computer. I´m a Linux newbie so please help if you can.

Need some help on how to find the Pluto in terminal and reset it? or delete those files through terminal

 

[lwvmobile]

Try running lsusb to show what all you have plugged into the usb ports, might be worth a peak to see if your device shows up or not.

Zorin-Core-PowerEdge-T310:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 13ba:0018 PCPlay Barcode PCP-BCG4209
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04b3:310c IBM Corp. Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 046d:0a01 Logitech, Inc. USB Headset
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 045e:076d Microsoft Corp. LifeCam HD-5000
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0424:2504 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 148f:7601 Ralink Technology, Corp. MT7601U Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

run that and see if your device is listed. maybe also simple things like unplug it and plug it back in, reboot your computer, etc. If not, those firmware files may have caused an issue, or worst case scenario, bricked it.

 

[boatbod]

You could also run a 'dmesg' before and after plugging in the usb and see what changes.

 

[hamradionl]

boot.dfu, boot.frm, pluto.dfu,pluto.frm,uboot-env.dfu

Pluto is working in linux and detect soapy Gqrx or the others SDR software?
You only need 1 file pluto.frm, in think its now 31 or 32, and than reboot, unplug, plugin, reboot, ready to go
May pluto is in DFU mode, i not sure never have seen your issue
Did you do a hard reset?

 

[Scottyscanner]

I tried a hard reset that did nothing. i belive its in DFU mode.
lsusb:
scotty@Home:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0456:b674 Analog Devices, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0b97:7762 O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 SmartCard Reader
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0b97:7761 O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 1.1 Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:a005 Dell Computer Corp. Internal 2.0 Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

 

[Scottyscanner]

On a old windows computer with vista it appears in the device manager in DFU.

On new windows computer I can´t find it?

Linux computer : iio_info -s

scotty@Home:~$ iio_info -s
Library version: 0.21 (git tag: ff6248c)
Compiled with backends: local xml ip usb serial
Unable to create Local IIO context : No such file or directory (2)
No IIO context found.

 

[Scottyscanner]

Tried following the instructions for DFU from analog devices and get ¨could not open file¨
scotty@Home:~$ sudo dfu-util -a firmware.dfu -D ./pluto.dfu
[sudo] password for scotty:
dfu-util 0.9

Copyright 2005-2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
Copyright 2010-2016 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Please report bugs to dfu-util / Tickets

dfu-util: Could not open file ./pluto.dfu for reading: No such file or directory

 

[lwvmobile]

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0456:b674 Analog Devices, Inc.

From what I gather looking at the docs at, this would indicate the device is in DFU mode, since it show up as b674.

Pluto/M2k Firmware Updates [Analog Devices Wiki]

wiki.analog.com

Here's a snippet
How can I check if the device is in DFU mode?

When the device is in DFU mode, the DONE LED is OFF, while LED1 is constantly ON. The device switches it’s USB PID to 0xB674 (PlutoSDR DFU)

on Linux

0456 is the Analog Devices Vendor ID (VID), by using using lsusb, you can check the mode. In normal use mode, the PlutoSDR will show up as Product ID (PID) b673:

analog@imhotep:~$ lsusb | grep 0456
Bus 003 Device 008: ID 0456:b673 Analog Devices, Inc.

And in DFU mode: analog@imhotep:~$ lsusb | grep 0456
Bus 003 Device 009: ID 0456:b674 Analog Devices, Inc.

scotty@Home:~$ sudo dfu-util -a firmware.dfu -D ./pluto.dfu

I think you were on to the correct fix using this method, but make sure you are executing this code from the same folder/directory that has your pluto.dfu file, perhaps check that link if you haven't already and scroll down to update using DFU mode and also debugging DFU