When I run GPSDRPP from the terminal emulator the script continues to recycle the power and shows warnings that GPS STM8 is not connected and tries to initialize the Si5351 and says it is also not connected.
When I start from the applications menu, the GPSDR++ loads fine but will not play.
Do I have a defective VU GPSDR board?
I've Re installed all the software, still not working
See attached picture of script
The GPS module (M8N), the MCU (STM8) and the clock generator (Si5351) are all connected as I2C devices. If the GPSDR board is not well connected, or it is not powered, the I2C devices do not show up.
You may check my answers in another topic, which tells which devices should appear in which case:
https://www.uugear.com/forums/technial-support-discussion/vu-gpsdr-rtl-sdr-not-detected/#post-1811
You may also download and try this BASH script:
https://www.uugear.com/repo/VU_GPSDR/gpsdr_step_by_step.sh
chmod +x ./gpsdr_step_by_step.sh
./gpsdr_step_by_step.sh
This script will power your GPSDR board, initialize it and then disconnect its power in a step-by-step manner, and it asks you to press a key before each step. This can help you to diagnose the board. If you poost the output of the script here, I can also look into it.
the first sudo detect is before starting GPSDR++
The next one is after starting GPSDR++
see screenshot attached
I have disassembled and checked connections visually.
re assembled the unit reloaded all software
still not working What are my options, I'm in the USA California
Are these units Quality checked at the factory
The Vivid unit has a QC sticker, the SDR unit does not have one
the first sudo detect is before starting GPSDR++
The next one is after starting GPSDR++
see screenshot attached
@test27 I could not see the screenshots. You need to save the screenshot as a local file and then attach to the post (one post with one file only).
Alternatively you may upload the screenshot to an image hosting server and post the link here.
the first sudo detect is before starting GPSDR++
The next one is after starting GPSDR++
see screenshot attached
When I run GPSDRPP from the terminal emulator the script continues to recycle the power and shows warnings that GPS STM8 is not connected and tries to initialize the Si5351 and says it is also not connected.
When I start from the applications menu, the GPSDR++ loads fine but will not play.
Do I have a defective VU GPSDR board?
I've Re installed all the software, still not working
See attached picture of script
Could you download and try this BASH script?
https://www.uugear.com/repo/VU_GPSDR/gpsdr_step_by_step.sh
chmod +x ./gpsdr_step_by_step.sh
./gpsdr_step_by_step.sh
This script will power your GPSDR board, initialize it and then disconnect its power in a step-by-step manner, and it asks you to press a key before each step. Please try to do the power cycle with this script for at least three times, and please post your result here.
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@test27 thanks for the screenshots, but I mean to run the script and show me what it outputs, instead of showing me the content of that script.
After downloading the scirpt, you can use the commands below to make it executable and then run it.
chmod +x ./gpsdr_step_by_step.sh
./gpsdr_step_by_step.sh
There is no need to show the output of gpsdrpp again: I already see it says the device is not connected, but it doesn't give any detailed information.
I ran the BASH script 5 times, here is the script output that was saved on the vivid unit