SDRSharp upgrade question..

[Forts]

Hoping someone can help me out here.. I've been using build 467 for a little while now, and today downloaded the latest nightly which is 530. However when I run 530 I no longer have an option for RTL-SDR / RTL2832U for a front end. I've tried extracting the nightly into a new folder and extracting/over writing my working previous version with no luck. What am I missing here? Something simple I'm sure....

Thanks!

 

[Chris-KH2PM]

Forts, there were some changes, and I too had trouble until I found the instructions at this URL:

Windows Software [rtlsdr.org wiki]

Hope it gets you back up and running.

 

[Forts]

That did the trick. Thanks very much!

 

[DaveNF2G]

At some point in the 500s, the developer totally changed the way the software operates. Later versions (most complaints I have seen are about 521 and higher) are "broken" especially under Windows 7, unless a complicated and non-intuitive post-install process is followed.

 

[Forts]

I've got 530 running with no issues now on my Win7 machine... oddly enough I downloaded 532 and loaded it onto my WinXP laptop and it crashes after a few minutes of use. 530 seem ok though.....

 

[DaveNF2G]

I completely deleted all versions of SDRSharp and the dongle's drivers from my Windows 7 machine after someone in another forum suggested that having multiple versions on the hard drive disrupted the program. I don't know if that is true or not, but a total new install of the latest dev has cleared up all of my problems.

Happily, I no longer need multiple versions anyway as the K5DEV enhancements are now part of the core project.