From 28bc972b7fe96c04d851db0e2c8a9969965115db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denny Sheirer Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 03:48:14 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Updated FAQ (markdown) --- FAQ.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 8d5326d..f045331 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -97,6 +97,23 @@ It's best to use a spreadsheet when you're trying to recover the channel number ## Tuners +### Unable To Source Channel From Preferred Tuner + +What does this error mean? + +``` +2024-12-02 21:18:21.412 INFO i.g.d.s.t.m.TunerManager - Unable to source channel [851187500] from preferred tuner [RTL2832 SDR/R820T 00000001] - searching for another tuner [572MB/630MB 90%] +``` +It means that you have selected a preferred tuner in your channel configuration for your control channel and sdrtrunk is trying to also allocate a traffic channel for that same tuner. However, sdrtrunk can't allocate the channnel/frequency from the preferred tuner. There are two possible reasons why this happens: + +1. The preferred tuner is already tuned to another frequency and it can't fit the new channel together with all of the current channels within the tuner's bandwidth. + +2. The preferred tuner that you selected in your channel configuration is no longer available in the system. + +In the first issue, sdrtrunk will search for another tuner for the traffic channel. If it can't find a tuner you'll see a call detected event where the details indicate NO TUNER AVAILABLE. The solution is to add another tuner so that sdrtrunk can tune the additional traffic channel. + +For the second issue, you can select another preferred tuner in the channel configuration so that sdrtrunk stops trying to find a non-existent tuner. + ### SDRPlay ***