From 962b1cb68fcdac0ff4526b9c9bb1c4290f159233 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakob Ketterl Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 00:24:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated SDRPlay device notes (markdown) --- SDRPlay-device-notes.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/SDRPlay-device-notes.md b/SDRPlay-device-notes.md index cd7db57..05ed706 100644 --- a/SDRPlay-device-notes.md +++ b/SDRPlay-device-notes.md @@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ Some examples: AGC is supported, to enable set `"rf_gain": "auto"` +# Common issues + +There has been various reports of SDRPlay devices "failing" out of the blue on certain setups, without any obvious problems. Typically, the problem can be resolved temporarily by a restart of OpenWebRX, but will re-appear at a later point. The analysis shows that for reasons unknown to us, the startup of SDRPlay devices seems is somewhat unpredictably unreliable, and since OpenWebRX will shut down SDR devices when they are not in use, this can occur pretty much at any time. + +The workaround to this issue is to set the `always-on` config option to `True` the device level: +``` +"always-on": True +``` + +Please refer to the ["Configuration" section](https://github.com/jketterl/openwebrx/wiki/SDR-device-and-profile-configuration#always-on) for further details. + # RSPDuo: Using both tuners simultaneously This should be possible using the API version 3, but I haven't been able to get it to work yet.