How to set up my USB SDR dongle to interact with MATLAB R2018a

Hello,

I'm facing issues at the moment regarding the Comunication System Toolbox and its Hardware Support Package for RTL-SDR radio.

My issue is the following:

• My hardware is currently not being recognized/detected by MATLAB R2018a
• The command 'sdrinfo' returns

>> sdrinfo

ans =

0×0 empty cell array

• The same command, when ran on MATLAB R2016a on the same machine returns

>> sdrinfo

ans = 

                  RadioName: 'Generic RTL2832U OEM'
               RadioAddress: '0'
                RadioIsOpen: 0
                  TunerName: 'E4000'
               Manufacturer: 'Realtek'
                    Product: 'RTL2838UHIDIR'
                [Irrelevant details omitted]

What I have tried so far:

• Rebooting my machine
• All the USB ports
• Running Zadig independently (in administrator mode)
• Uninstalling all the dongle drivers from the machine and starting from scratch
• Using the dongle on other software (tried with SDR# and it worked)

After having already attempted all the listed setup instructions regarding Zadig, I feel out of ideas.

Any help would be appreciated, and have my thanks in advance.

Answer 1

[Ethem]

It is possible that the libraries installed by SDR# are conflicting with libraries installed by R2018a MATLAB. Please try removing the SDR# installed libraries from the path then try sdrinfo in 18a.