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--- supported_hardware:rtl_433 [2021/05/30 15:22] – [History:] added 0.2 info James Sentman
+++ supported_hardware:rtl_433 [2023/09/28 14:40] (current) – added requirement James Sentman
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 This plugin does not require the installing of any additional software on your mac and includes a recent build of rtl_433 for the mac. You can connect to any reasonable number of radios on a single machine but that will require manually setting the USB Serial number of the device. The rtl_eeprom program is also included in the distribution, see the documentation for doing that further down the page.
-====Supported Hardware:====
+====Requirements and Supported Hardware:====
+Note that this plugin requires at least MacOS 10.12 or “Sierra” to operate. Previous to this software versions there were some missing API elements in their USB implementation that will keep this from running.
 As of this moment I can say that any SDR device that is supported by the rtl-sdr software will also work with this plugin. It should also support the more expensive SoapySDR supported radios like the HackRF and others but these are entirely untested and may require additional command line arguments so you should know how to use them with their supplied software before trying to attach them to XTension.
-The different kinds if radios all have different connection methods and antenna requirements. Many are SMA but others are different and will require adaptors to get to a decent antenna.
+The different kinds of radios all have different connection methods and antenna requirements. Many are SMA but others are different and will require adaptors to get to a decent antenna.
 I recommend supporting the RTL-SDR folks by purchasing one of [[https://www.rtl-sdr.com/buy-rtl-sdr-dvb-t-dongles/|their radios here]] While I have had success with other brands my initial impression is that these are superior in reception quality to many others I have experimented with.
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 Run the “rtl_eeprom” program from there and use it to write a new serial number to the radio. Do this for each radio and then enter the same number into the SDR Serial Number field in the setup window for that interface above.
+====Unit Naming Convention:====
+When a signal is received from a unit that does not yet exist in XTension and the Create New Units checkbox is turned on the unit is created with a descriptive name that will help you to find it and figure out what device it corresponds to. This name is not important after that point and once you have found the unit in XTension you should give it a more descriptive name for your purposes. You do not have to keep the same Unit name that was assigned when the unit was automatically created.