Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

Community-based support channels are hosted on the Freenode IRC network for both USRP and GNU Radio. These channels are generally active and can often be a great way to get live, real-time help. While Ettus Research only provides official support through the usrp-users and discuss-gnuradio mailing lists, and by direct email at "support@ettus.com", IRC can be an excellent supplementary support resource. Please note that although Ettus Research is not able to continuously monitor these IRC channels, and cannot not guarantee a timely response via IRC, you will often find people from Ettus Research online, and the members of the community are technical, helpful, and knowledgeable.

Introduction

IRC is a free, open-source public chat system.

Please see the resources below for more information.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IRC/Tutorial
• http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/ircinfo.html
• http://www.pyladies.com/blog/irc-resources/

Etiquette

• https://github.com/fizerkhan/irc-etiquette

• https://workaround.org/getting-help-on-irc/

Channels

There are two relevant support channels, listed below. Both are hosted on the IRC server irc.freenode.net.

• The #usrp (webchat) channel is aimed at discussions about USRP and UHD.

• The #gnuradio (webchat) channel is aimed at discussions about GNU Radio and SDR signal processing.

Clients

There are numerous free open-source IRC clients for all operating systems.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mobile_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients

Some specific popular clients are listed below.

• HexChat (https://hexchat.github.io/)
• Irssi (https://irssi.org/)
• WeeChat (https://weechat.org/)
• mIRC (http://www.mirc.com/)

A list of chat commands is below.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_commands