NAME¶
rtl_test - a benchmark tool for RTL2832 based DVB-T receivers
DESCRIPTION¶
Test tuning range and functional sample rates of your device on your system.
Uses a re-purposed DVB-T receiver as a software defined radio. Written for and
incorporated into the osmocom rtl-sdr project.
Much software is available for the RTL2832. Most of the user-level packages rely
on the librtlsdr library which comes as part of the rtl-sdr codebase. This
codebase contains both the library itself and also a number of command line
tools such as rtl_test, rtl_sdr, rtl_tcp, and rtl_fm. These command line tools
use the library to test for the existence of RTL2832 devices and to perform
basic data transfer functions to and from the device.
Because most of the RTL2832 devices are connected using USB, the librtlsdr
library depends on the libusb library to communicate with the device.
SYNOPSIS¶
rtl_test [OPTIONS]
OPTIONS¶
- -s samplerate (default: 2048000 Hz)
- -d device_index (default: 0)
- -t enable Elonics E4000 tuner benchmark]
- -p enable PPM error measurement
- -b output_block_size (default: 16 * 16384)
- -S force sync output (default: async)
EXAMPLES¶
- To check the possible tuning range (may heavily vary by some MHz depending
on device and temperature), call
-
rtl_test -t
- To check the maximum samplerate possible on your machine, type (change the
rate down until no sample loss occurs):
-
rtl_test -s 3.2e6
A samplerate of 2.4e6 is known to work even over tcp connections (see rtl_tcp
above). A sample rate of 2.88e6 may work without lost samples but this may
depend on your PC/Laptop's host interface.
SEE ALSO¶
RTL-SDR wiki documentation:
http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr
Other rtl-sdr programs:
rtl_adsb(1),
rtl_eeprom(1),
rtl_fm(1),
rtl_sdr(1),
rtl_tcp(1)
AUTHOR¶
This manual page was written by Maitland Bottoms for the Debian project (but may
be used by others).
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (c) 2013 A. Maitland Bottoms <bottoms@debian.org>
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
details.