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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. Note, Ettus Research only provides official support through the usrp-users mailing list and support@ettus.com, however IRC can be an excellent supplementary support resource.  
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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 usrp-users and discuss-gnuradio mailing lists, and by direct email at "support@ettus.com", IRC can be an excellent supplementary support resource.
  
 
== Introduction ==
 
== Introduction ==

Revision as of 17:34, 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.

Introduction

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

Please see the resources below for more information.

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.

A list of chat commands is below.