---
name: "airspy_rx"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "airspy"
version: "1.0.10-3+b3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/airspy_rx"
---

# airspy\_rx(1)

probe device and show configuration

## NAME

airspy\_rx - probe device and show configuration

## DESCRIPTION

The Airspy is a tiny and efficient software defined radio receiver.

This application lets the user probe the device and show configuration.

## SYNOPSIS

**airspy\_rx**

## OPTIONS

- \-r \<filename\> # Receive data into file.

  - \-w # Receive data into file with WAV header and automatic name.

  - \[-s sn\] # -s serial\_number\_64bits\]: Open device with specified 64bits serial number

  - \# This is for SDR# compatibility and may not work with other software.

  - \[-p packing\] # Set packing for samples. 1=enabled(12bits packed), 0=disabled(default 16bits not packed)

  - \[-f set\_freq\_hz\] # Set Freq in Hz between \[24MHz, 1750MHz\].

  - \[-a sample\_rate\] # Set sample rate (10 and 2.5 MSPS for older firmware versions.)

  - \[-t sample\_type\] # Set sample type, 0=FLOAT32\_IQ, 1=FLOAT32\_REAL, 2=INT16\_IQ(default), 3=INT16\_REAL, 4=U16\_REAL

  - \[-b biast\] # Set Bias Tee, 1=enabled, 0=disabled(default)

  - \[-v gain\] # Set VGA gain, 0-15 (default 0)

  - \[-m gain\] # Set Mixer gain, 0-15 (default 8)

  - \[-l gain\] # Set LNA gain, 0-14 (default 8)

  - \[-n num\_samples\] # Number of samples to transfer (default is unlimited).

  - \-d # Verbose mode.

  ## SEE ALSO

Airspy web page: **http://airspy.com/**

Other airspy programs:

[airspy\_info(1)](/airspy_info/1.md), [airspy\_si5351c(1)](/airspy_si5351c/1.md), [airspy\_spiflash(1)](/airspy_spiflash/1.md), [airspy\_gpio(1)](/airspy_gpio/1.md), [airspy\_gpiodir(1)](/airspy_gpiodir/1.md), [airspy\_lib\_version(1)](/airspy_lib_version/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Maitland Bottoms for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2014-2015 A. Maitland Bottoms \<bottoms@debian.org\>

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.