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Check Installation

Phase 3 of 6Beginner tutorials

Verify that PpRx is installed correctly and that the RadioLion enumerates on your host. You're done when the GUI shows RadioLion as Connected and two /dev/radiolion* nodes appear in the CLI.

Check Installation in the GUI​

Open the GUI and verify the following:

  1. PpRx Version is not "Unknown"
  2. RadioLion shows as "Connected" when plugged in.

Below is an example of the GUI with RadioLion plugged in. LEO100 GUI installation verification

Check Installation in the CLI​

To verify proper software installation via CLI, open a terminal and run:

pprx --version

To verify that the RadioLion is connected over USB, check for the Linux devices:

ls /dev/rad*

Two device nodes should appear, for example radiolion0 and radiolion1. The device nodes may enumerate higher on some systems (e.g. radiolion1 and radiolion2). This is normal. The lower-numbered node is always the RF stream and the higher-numbered node is the IMU stream.

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RadioLion is the product name. radiolion0 and radiolion1 are the Linux device-node names exposed when the hardware is connected. The lower enumeration (for example radiolion0) is the RF data stream. The higher enumeration (for example radiolion1) is the IMU data stream.

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For live CLI operation, ensure that the .opt file points to the correct radiolion device-node numbers for the host system.

If the expected device nodes do not appear, see Troubleshooting Tips.