SDR Network?

[Your_account]

Hey
I want to put my dongle on my attic and there is no Pc or Server. So i know someone use an Arduino or an RasperryPi for. So what does i need for?
How many Dongle on one "Server" can i use SDR# at the same Time?
Thanks

 

[mancow]

There are 50 ft usb cables on eBay with built in repeaters for $20.

 

[Your_account]

I use an USB to but the Server is on the 4th Floor and i life in the ground floor.
And i cant drill any hole my dad will kill me...

 

[rbm]

I've used seven at the same time.

But typically I use only four.

Rich

Four instances of SDR# running simultaneously.

 

[Your_account]

so why do you dont select network?

 

[AZScanner]

I guess I'm really confused as to why you'd want the dongle in the attic. An antenna, sure, but the dongle?

-AZ

 

[Your_account]

Why not?
I want to keep the Antenna Cable so short as possible.

 

[AZScanner]

Why not?
I want to keep the Antenna Cable so short as possible.

In that case I'd suggest putting a cheap laptop up there with your dongle and then connect to it via TCP/IP. Still not getting why you'd want your dongle way up on the 4th floor when you live on the first floor. Putting an antenna up there still makes more sense to me....

-AZ

 

[Your_account]

Putting an antenna up there still makes more sense to me....

I will put the Antennas on top of my Roof but how does the Data came to my?
And did you use any Windows Application to transfer your Data into your Network?
I use Google but i could not find any answer.

 

[Thunderknight]

Still not getting why you'd want your dongle way up on the 4th floor when you live on the first floor. Putting an antenna up there still makes more sense to me....

To reduce cable losses to near zero.

 

[Your_account]

And i cant put 10 Cabel truth the Wall my dad kill me for that...

 

[AZScanner]

Well I honestly don't know, as I've never done it myself, but I do see the option in SDR# to connect to the dongle via TCPIP so there must be a way. Perhaps someone else who has gotten this to work can chime in. I'm reasonably sure that you will need to put a computer in the attic along with your dongle for this to work. A Raspberry PI or Arduino is probably not going to cut it.

-AZ

 

[Your_account]

so ok what kind of software does i need to transfer the data over the network?
THX!

 

[AZScanner]

so ok what kind of software does i need to transfer the data over the network?
THX!

You need a little utility called RTL_TCP running on the server (laptop up in the attic for example) that your client (PC in your room running SDR# for example) can talk to and get the data from the dongle for processing. This link should get you started, but again I've never tried it so I have no idea how it works in actual use.

The other thing to watch out for if you plan to do this is that attics can get very hot or cold depending on conditions outside. These litle RTL dongles like to drift around when they get hot. If you're doing any sort of digital decoding, this will be a big factor in how well it works (or doesn't).

Good luck!

-AZ

 

[DC31]

Hey
I want to put my dongle on my attic and there is no Pc or Server. So i know someone use an Arduino or an RasperryPi for. So what does i need for?
How many Dongle on one "Server" can i use SDR# at the same Time?
Thanks

Have you read this?:

Raspberry Pi as Remote Server for RTL2832u SDR | Ham Radio Science

 

[Your_account]

Thas thats interesting!
And i found an PoE Adapter for the Raspberry Pi.

 

[Your_account]

Is there some bether and smaller PoE Adapter:
Xtra design resources..... Xtronix ?

 

[Pape]

If you go the PI route get a powered USB HUB and connect the PI power requirement on the HUB also you will need a USB compatible wireless adapter for the PI and your RTL dongle, you can connect all of them to the powered HUB, will help as the PI usb power is not the best out there.

I did experiment using the PI and found out to be unstable after couples of hours, now keep in mind I got the old hardware revision not the new one with extra ram.

 

[Your_account]

its possible to send the ADS-B Data directly into my network so i can safe more hardware.
i want only one cable for my Pi and usb is not the best choise for.

 

[Pape]

RTL 1090 will decode the ADS-B RTL dongle and make the information available to the network so you can connect your tracking software to it, unfortunately it only windows therefore you need to find a similar software that work on your Linux PI distro.