sdrsharp not working

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lord-sadler

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hello everyone,
my laptop (running windows 7) recognize sdr dongle as keyboard, sdrsharp not showing it on device settings, i installed the drivers using zadig and did everything right, but when i click on the play button in sdrsharp it says "device not found".
can any one tell me how to get it working.
thanks,,,
 

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Did you run "install-rtlsdr.bat" in the sdrsharp folder? When running Zadig, under options did you check "List All Devices" and uncheck "Ignore Hubs or Composite Parents"?
 

lord-sadler

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Did you run "install-rtlsdr.bat" in the sdrsharp folder? When running Zadig, under options did you check "List All Devices" and uncheck "Ignore Hubs or Composite Parents"?
thanks for your reply, yes i did all of that but didn't work.
 

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In SDR# under Source, is RTL-SDR (USB) showing up as an option? When you click the gear icon is the dongle available in the device list?
 

lord-sadler

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is RTL-SDR (USB) showing up as an option? Yes it there.

When you click the gear icon is the dongle available in the device list? No, it's not.
 

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my laptop (running windows 7) recognize sdr dongle as keyboard

Though you have said you installed the drivers correctly the above suggests you didn't.
Re-install the drivers being careful to apply them to the correct Intereface/device.
 

lord-sadler

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thanks for all of you, i really appreciate your help, i did reinstall the drivers but this time (bulk in interface 0) not showing, instead i found RTL2838UHIDIR, I did everything as you said but didn't work.
 

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thanks for all of you, i really appreciate your help, i did reinstall the drivers but this time (bulk in interface 0) not showing, instead i found RTL2838UHIDIR, I did everything as you said but didn't work.
I tried the dongle with the latest SDR# software. I used my Windows 10 computer because my old Windows 7 computer was acting up. I couldn't get v1807 to work either at first, but finally did. Maybe this will help:

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reinstalled driver

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unplugged dongle and then reinserted it; heard normal USB sounds

checked Device Manager

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selected dongle as source

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It works!

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lord-sadler

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thanks for all of you, it finally worked!
i deleted the drivers from device manager, reinstall it, and unplugged the dongle and replugged it again and when i opened SDR# i found the device in the gear settings icon.
 

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thanks for all of you, it finally worked!
i deleted the drivers from device manager, reinstall it, and unplugged the dongle and replugged it again and when i opened SDR# i found the device in the gear settings icon.
Thanlk you for the report with the good news! Glad we were able to help.
 
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