RadexReader

The RadexReader is an user-space driver for the RADEX RD1212 v1/v2 and the RADEX ONE Geiger counters. It allow to read and clear stored data via USB. Warning! This tool is completely unrelated with QuartaRad.

This tool was initially developed with RD1212 v2.48.

Screenshots and Usage

• Read src/radexreader.py for examples.
• Run the command radexreader available with DEB/RPM packages.
• Run the command .../radexreader.py available with PYPI package.

Installation

It require libusb, pyusb and pyserial.

Installation for Debian and Ubuntu

• sudo apt install python3-radexreader radexreader

Installation for Fedora

• sudo dnf install python3-radexreader

Installation for openSUSE

• sudo zypper install python3-radexreader

Installation with PIP

• With Linux: sudo python3 -m pip install radexreader (+libusb)
• With Mac: sudo pip install radexreader (+libusb)
• With Windows: python -m pip install radexreader (+libusb, put libusb-1.0.dll in system32)

Installation with Docker

• sudo docker run --rm --user root -it --privileged -v /dev:/dev python:3.x-alpine /bin/sh then: apk update ; apk add libusb ; python3 -m pip install radexreader

Repository for Debian and Ubuntu

# PPA: https://launchpad.net/~luigifab/+archive/ubuntu/packages
# with Debian 12+ you can use mantic+ instead of focal (https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/669008/364800)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:luigifab/packages
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-radexreader radexreader
# or
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys FFE5BD439356DF7D
echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/luigifab/packages/ubuntu focal main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-radexreader radexreader
# or
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/luigifab.gpg https://www.luigifab.fr/apt.gpg
echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/luigifab/packages/ubuntu focal main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-radexreader radexreader

# sha256sum /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/luigifab.gpg
578c89a677048e38007462d543686b53587efba9f93814601169253c45ff9213
# apt-key list
/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/luigifab.gpg
pub   rsa4096 2020-10-31 [SC]
      458B 0C46 D024 FD8C B8BC  99CD FFE5 BD43 9356 DF7D

Copyright

• Current version: 1.2.4 (02/02/2024)
• Compatibility: Python 3.3 / 3.4 / 3.5 / 3.6 / 3.7 / 3.8 / 3.9 / 3.10 / 3.11 / 3.12
• Links: luigifab.fr - github.com - PyPI
  Arch Linux python-radexreader.zst
  Debian python-radexreader.deb (ITP, RFS)
  Fedora python-radexreader.rpm
  openSUSE python-radexreader.rpm
  Ubuntu PPA

This program is provided under the terms of the GNU GPLv2+ license.
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Packages in official distros repositories