3 Troubleshooting and Tuning
Use this section to learn to open up SDRconnect, review the signals you are best receiving, configure your system to that signal, understand factors that may affect signal. Use this information to just purely check the different signals you could use as options in your area or to help root cause why you may not be picking up targets.
You will want to use SDRconnect mode if you you don't seem to be getting any hits on radar or if
- Confirm you have reference and surveillance antennas plugged in correctly (reference in input 1, surveillance in input 2)
- Download the SDR Connect software here
- Make sure configuration is complete go to your home dashboard, open up the config tab, click Mode: SDRconnect, and hit Apply Changes
1. Figure out the IP address of your Pi by:
* logging into your router or ISP app and looking up the device IPs currently connected
* In windows open up command prompt and enter the command: ping owl.local -4, the IP address will then crop up
* we will add the IP address to the network section of owl.local in the not too distant future
1. In SDRconnect navigate to the "..." button near the wrench at the top, add and name your Remote device anything
1. add the IP address found, add port 50000, and leave everything else. Make sure to test the connection to make sure it is on the network and detecting it properly.
1. At the top left of the screen hit the circular arrow to refresh and then it should detect the connected system, hit the green arrow to run
1. Click the 2 gears icon at the top left and make sure the sample rate is set to it's 10 MSPS and that the gain is set generally in the middle for now.
