Thanks, i followed the links proceedure but it comes back as saying the files could not be removed because they could not be found. I may have made progress with the aid of the forum link you posted:
SoapySDRUtil --info
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## Soapy SDR -- the SDR abstraction library ##
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Lib Version: v0.7.0-g824d83e8
API Version: v0.7.0
ABI Version: v0.7
Install root: /usr/local
Search path: /usr/local/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.7
Module found: /usr/local/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libaudioSupport.so (58fb1b5)
Module found: /usr/local/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libremoteSupport.so (0.5.0-1c544fe)
Module found: /usr/local/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.7/libsdrPlaySupport.so (0.1.0-ca7e028)
Available factories... audio, remote, sdrplay
Available converters...
- CF32 -> [CF32, CS16, CS8, CU16, CU8]
- CS16 -> [CF32, CS16, CS8, CU16, CU8]
- CS32 -> [CS32]
- CS8 -> [CF32, CS16, CS8, CU16, CU8]
- CU16 -> [CF32, CS16, CS8]
- CU8 -> [CF32, CS16, CS8]
- F32 -> [F32, S16, S8, U16, U8]
- S16 -> [F32, S16, S8, U16, U8]
- S32 -> [S32]
- S8 -> [F32, S16, S8, U16, U8]
- U16 -> [F32, S16, S8]
- U8 -> [F32, S16, S8]
SoapySDRUtil --probe=sdrplay
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## Soapy SDR -- the SDR abstraction library ##
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Probe device sdrplay
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-- Device identification
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driver=Audio
hardware=Audio
device_id=0
origin=
https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyAudio
----------------------------------------------------
-- Peripheral summary
----------------------------------------------------
Channels: 1 Rx, 0 Tx
Timestamps: NO
Other Settings:
* Stereo Sample Offset - Offset stereo samples for off-by-one audio inputs.
[key=sample_offset, default=0, type=string, options=(-2, -1, 0, 1, 2)]
----------------------------------------------------
-- RX Channel 0
----------------------------------------------------
Full-duplex: YES
Supports AGC: YES
Stream formats: CS8, CS16, CF32
Native format: CS16 [full-scale=65536]
Stream args:
* Channel Setup - Input channel configuration.
[key=chan, default=mono_l, type=string, options=(mono_l, mono_r, stereo_iq, stereo_qi)]
Antennas: RX
Full gain range: [0, 0] dB
Full freq range: [0, 6000] MHz
RF freq range: [0, 6000] MHz
Sample rates: 0.008, 0.016, 0.02205, 0.032, 0.0441, 0.048, 0.096 MSps
no recognition by the software yet though.