bionic (1) rtl_test.1.gz

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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 (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.