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h1. RAdio Logicielle pour la Formation (RALF)

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Welcome to the main wiki page of the _RAdio Logicielle pour la Formation_ (RALF) project. You will find here a complete list of the available resources and their administrative procedures (hardware booking, platform access...). Documentation is also provided in order to help users in building their SDR workbench. Do not hesitate to contribute !

For general information on the project, you can also visit our website: http://websites.isae.fr/ralf

h2. Resources

The projects include two types of equipments, click on the links below for a detailed inventory:

* [[light hardware]], available for loan (mainly SDR transceivers);

* [[heavy hardware]], available on the platform (rooftop antennas, signal analysers and synthetisers, desktop computers...).

h2. Procedures

For each school participating to the project, at least one local manager has been nominated. The can make create projects on the forge, borrow equipments, book the hosted platform...

Project coordinator: Damien Roque (ISAE)

Local managers:

* Pascal Berthou (UPS);

* Daniela Dragomirescu (INSA);

* Laurent Franck (TELECOM Bretagne);

* Christophe Morlaas (ENAC);

* Damien Roque (ISAE);

* Nathalie Thomas (ENSEEIHT).

h3. Forge sub-projects

This forge allows per-project spaces providing various services such as ticket management, source versioning (Git), wiki, forums... Every RALF member is encouraged to centralize the documentation using this service.

h3. Hardware loan

Every local manager can make an loan request using the ticket manager. The procedure is the following.

# Consult the [[light hardware]] inventory and identify the hardware needed.

# Open the ticket manager of the current project.

# Filter the tickets by status (open) and by category (loan).

# Check for the availability of the needed hardware. If it seems available, go to next step.

# Wite a new ticket assigned asking for the resources with the following settings.

* A clear subject and description (type and number of equipments).

* A starting date and a end date.

* Tracker: request.

* Status: assigned.

* Assignee: Damien Roque

* Category: loan.

Once the hardware is returned, the ticket will be closed.

h3. Platform access

Every local manager can make an booking request using the ticket manager. The procedure is the following.

# Open the ticket manager of the current project.

# Filter the tickets by status (open) and by category (platform).

# Check for the availability of the platform. If it seems available, go to next step.

# Wite a new ticket assigned asking for the resources with the following settings.

* A clear subject and description (precise the number of students and the requested resources).

* A starting date and a end date.

* Tracker: request.

* Status: assigned.

* Assignee: Damien Roque

* Category: platform.

Once the hardware is returned, the ticket will be closed.

h2. Documentation

notice. Update and translation in progress...

* Xubuntu 14.04 installation guidelines

* UHD and GNURadio installation

h2. External links