Configuration essentials

RTLSDR-Airband requires a configuration file to run. By default it reads /usr/local/etc/rtl_airband.conf, however you may have you config anywhere you want - just use -c <config_path> command line option to point at it.

This chapter covers only essential settings to quickly get you to a working config. As a starting point, you may use any example config files stored in the config subdirectory of RTLSDR-Airband's source tree or here.

• Grammar basics
• General configuration file structure
• Configuring devices
  • RTLSDR
  • MiriSDR
  • SoapySDR
• Configuring channels
  • Multichannel mode
  • Scan mode
• Configuring outputs
  • Icecast
  • PulseAudio
  • UDP audio stream
  • Audio file
  • Raw I/Q file