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Title: Do you need the GPS dongle to set up the unit first time, and USB question.
Post by: mo0g on February 21, 2017, 03:15:19 pm

I'm still awaiting the GPS dongle from China, but have everything else for the self build.

I have assembled the unit, do I need to have the GPS dongle attached, as per the instructions, for the first set up, or can I run and configure everything without it for now?

Second question; it states that the RTL-SDR dongle should go in the bottom left USB slot, and the wifi dongle in the bottom right.. is the software configured to use hardware on those ports, or can I move the wifi dongle to the top left USB slot?  I ask as both together on the bottom row is a tight squeeze and could be putting some stress/strain on the connection, especially if they get knocked about in use.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Do you need the GPS dongle to set up the unit first time, and USB question.
Post by: Admin on February 21, 2017, 03:55:40 pm

Quote from: mo0g on February 21, 2017, 03:15:19 pm

I'm still awaiting the GPS dongle from China, but have everything else for the self build.

I have assembled the unit, do I need to have the GPS dongle attached, as per the instructions, for the first set up, or can I run and configure everything without it for now?

Without the GPS the other interfaces will probably report failure.

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Second question; it states that the RTL-SDR dongle should go in the bottom left USB slot, and the wifi dongle in the bottom right.. is the software configured to use hardware on those ports, or can I move the wifi dongle to the top left USB slot?  I ask as both together on the bottom row is a tight squeeze and could be putting some stress/strain on the connection, especially if they get knocked about in use.

The software for the 3 dongles (GPS, RTL-SDR, WiFi) is auto selecting, so these can go anywhere.

Thx
Lee

Title: Re: Do you need the GPS dongle to set up the unit first time, and USB question.
Post by: mo0g on February 21, 2017, 04:35:46 pm

Thanks, will it matter if they report failure the first time?  Assuming that when the GPS is connected at some point, everything will boot up without error.

Title: Re: Do you need the GPS dongle to set up the unit first time, and USB question.
Post by: Keithvinning on February 21, 2017, 04:47:47 pm

Without the GPS the ADSB and TXRX for the 869.5MHz will not work
Best wait for the GPS.