gr-funcube is an linux and OSX addon for gnuradio to implement a funcube dongle pro+ source. On linux it autodetects the correct soundcard from /proc/asound/cards. This idea was taken from the osmosdr drivers. To control the device the hidapi usb version is used.
It contains four components:
Funcube Dongle - The complete V1.0 source block Funcube Dongle control - The control block, to set frequency, gain, etc.
Funcube dongle Pro+ - The complete V2.0 source block Funcube dongle Pro+ control - The control block, to set frequency, gain, etc.
The control block are used inside the source block but can be used standalone, too. All blocks contain a message port to set the frequency by messages.
You find these blocks in grc
Funcube