AlexandreRouma / SDRPlusPlus

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Feature request: also show dongle serial numbers #432

Closed jaymot123 closed 2 years ago

jaymot123 commented 3 years ago

Can the second pick-list from the top under Source in the sidebar be made to also show dongles' serial numbers? For RTL-SDR style dongles you can use the command rtl_eeprom -s [desired_serial_number] to assign custom SNs to make it easier to tell multiple dongles apart, after installing rtl_sdr. For example the one I use on a Raspberry Pi for ADS-B is S/N 00001090 (1090MHz, the ADS-B frequency), and the one I use with SDR++ for monitoring aeronautical VHF voice frequencies or ACARS is 00000125 (which is in the middle of the air band, roughly.) It would be easier for those of us who "serialize" our SDR dongles to select the right one in SDR++ if the SN was also shown (if they were both connected to my computer or when I get another dongle.)

AlexandreRouma commented 3 years ago

I'm worried this might make the name way too long. Would showing a trunkated version work?

shuyuan-liu commented 3 years ago

Alternatively would the ability to give nicknames to dongles be more elegant?

jaymot123 commented 3 years ago

Would showing a trunkated version work?

Yes, showing the last four digits would be enough. No need for all the leading zeros.

AlexandreRouma commented 3 years ago

Alternatively would the ability to give nicknames to dongles be more elegant?

Hard to implement and it would be inconsistent with all other sources (meaning I'd have to implement the same kind of thing for every other source module

Yes, showing the last four digits would be enough. No need for all the leading zeros.

I'll see if I can add this when I got some time, extremely busy at the moment

AlexandreRouma commented 2 years ago

implemented