Network Receiver Setup
Get your receiver talking to your network — one step at a time.
This guide installs the small piece of free software that lets your radio stream over your home network. Answer four short questions and you'll get the exact steps for your setup, with everything you can copy and paste.
You only do this once per computer. When you reach the end, you'll run a single check that confirms it worked — then you go back and connect.
- 1 Operating system
- 2 Receiver model
- 3 Firmware check
- 4 Install steps
Question 1 of 4
What kind of computer will run the receiver software?
This is the computer the radio is plugged into — the one that will share it over your network. Pick the system it runs.
Question 2 of 4
Which receiver do you have?
Pick your model. If you're not sure of the exact name, choose the closest match — the brand is what matters here.
Don't see yours? Any receiver with a SoapySDR driver works the same way. Pick "Other / not listed" for the general steps.
Question 3 of 4
Before we install — two quick housekeeping checks.
These prevent the most common cause of "it installed but nothing works." Both are good practice. Take a minute on them now.
1. Update your receiver's firmware. Check the manufacturer's site for the latest firmware for your model and apply it if there's a newer one.
2. Plan to install the current driver too. A firmware update almost always needs its matching driver update. Updating the hardware but keeping an old driver is the single most common reason controls go missing later. The steps below install the current driver — so you're covered if you continue here.
Ready to install?
Your install steps
Final check — prove it worked
Run this one command. If it lists your device, you're done and SDRcom will connect. If it shows nothing, the problem is on this computer's setup — not in SDRcom.
That's it — your receiver is ready.
Head back to SDRcom, choose the network receiver option, and type in the address shown by your SoapyRemote server.
Return to SDRcom and connect →