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| − | 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 [[Mailing Lists|usrp-users]] and [[Mailing Lists|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. | + | 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 [[Mailing Lists|usrp-users]] and [[Mailing Lists|discuss-gnuradio]] mailing lists, and by direct email at "[[Email|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 == | == Introduction == | ||
Revision as of 20:33, 10 May 2016
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.
Contents
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
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.
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.
