Its my quick setup to use a rpi as a sdr server.
The deploy playbook will configure a fresh raspios instalation to serve as a sdr server.
- Raspberry Pi OS Lite 64bit - debian 11 bullseye
- Raspberry Pi 3 B+ hardware
- RTL2832 usb hardware
- Build a raspberry pi os sdcard.
- You can easily build a sdcard using rpi-imager tool.
- Connect rpi wifi/ethernet to internet.
- Have ssh access to rpi with sudo powers.
- You will need to have ansible installed (in your pc, not in rpi host):
- Ansible Instalation Docs.
- Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/braghetto/rpi-sdr-server.git- Change to repo directory:
cd rpi-sdr-server- Run ansible deploy playbook inside repo directory:
ansible-playbook deploy.yml- You be prompted for rpi ip address, ssh port, ssh username, ssh password, telegram bot token, bot owner id and bot group id.
- Grab a beer and wait, we'll be compiling a lot of stuff using rpi hardware...
- Wait for rpi reboot.
- spyserver
- soapyremote server
- telegram bot
- rtl_airband
- rtl_tcp
- calibration tool
- rtl_433 tool
- spyserver.service
- soapyserver.service
- telegrambot.service
- rtlairband.service
- rtltcp.service
- rtl433.service
- spyserver
/etc/spyserver.config - rtl_433
/etc/rtl_433.conf - rtl_airband
/etc/rtl_airband.conf - telegram bot
/usr/local/src/telegrambot/bot.py
- Its possible to change telegram bot TOKEN, GROUP_ID and OWNER_ID inside file: /usr/local/src/telegrambot/tokens.py
- If you want to change the airband channels you can change their names in: /usr/local/src/telegrambot/airband.py
- The telegrambot service is enabled by default.
- Do not run or enable multiple sdr services at same time.
- Use systemctl to start/stop or enable/disable sdr services.
- Use calibrate command to ajust ppm error.
- Calibrate script is very tailored for my use case and my dongles, you probaly want to change it.
- Channels configured by default in the airband are specific to my region, you probably want to change them too.
- Use only one usb RTL2832 dongle at time.