The following has to be installed for the PC utilities to work:

• Python 2.7
• pyGame
• PyUSB (0.X or 1.X)
• libusb

For the graphical userinterface to work the following is also needed:

• Python bindings for Qt4

The following has been tested on Fedora 16. Note that this will pull in a lot of dependencies.

sudo yum install pygame pyusb PyQt4

The following has been tested on Ubuntu 10.04/11.10/12.04. Note that this will pull in a lot of dependencies

sudo apt-get install python2.7 python-usb python-pygame python-qt4

In order to fix the permissions so it's possible to use the USB Radio without being root do the following steps.

sudo groupadd plugdev
sudo usermod -a -G plugdev <username>

Create a file named /etc/udev/rules.d/99-crazyradio.rules and add the following:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1915", ATTRS{idProduct}=="7777", MODE="0664", GROUP="plugdev"

Restart the computer and you are now able to access the USB radio dongle without being root.

Only tested on Windows XP.

The following has to be downloaded/installed for the PC utilities to work on windows:

• Python 2.7 (for Windows the last available binary version of Python 2.7 is Python 2.7.3)
• pyGame for reading the input devices
• PyUSB 1.X for communicating with the Crazyradio
• libusb needed as backend for PyUSB

For the graphical userinterface to work the following is also needed:

• PyQt4 bindings for QT4

TODO