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IW0HDV / extio-iw0hdv

Extio framework and implementations.
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Hermes ExtIO : wishes #6

Open fddselber opened 7 years ago

fddselber commented 7 years ago

Good morning Andrea,

while there seem to be nothing new about PowerSDR and Thetis the RX software with ExtIOs seem to be alive. SDRuno and HDSDR 2.75 ( aiwaiting 2.76 ) offer features the former do not provide. I use my Hermes Board with your "extio_hpsdr_cmake_mgw_V1-0-4.dll" on HDSDR. The two extio windows make me to think for whishes:

And by the way: did you look into Thetis firmware or software ? Attractive Spectrum width of 1.5 MHz !

Regards from Frankfurt, Frank

amontefusco commented 7 years ago

Hi Frank,

a button to hide the two

Do you mean a button that hides DLL windows ? It should be there but maybe I confuse it with the AirSpy Extio that for sure has that feature. In case I'll extend it to HPSDR.

a movable attenuator slider ( I prefer 3 dB lesse )

Mmm, that depends on hardware: Hermes should have 0-31 dB attenuator, with 1 dB step.

and maybe a parameter file

That can be done.

did you look into Thetis firmware or software ?

Not yet. I am afraid I was left behind: do you know whether Thetis firmware runs properly even on Hermes ? In any case it is a major rework as the protocol is completely different.

fddselber commented 7 years ago

Good Morning Andrea,

thank you for your answers.

Concerning Thetis I can report, that it works perfect with my Hermes Board - 1.5 MHz spectrum with less CP usage than PowerSDR ! But after loading the firmware the door to the PowerSDR world is shut down. No more PowerSDR Versions, no ExteIO, no HDSDR, SDRuno, ZeusRadio or SharpSDR# can be used. So after the arrival of HDSDR 2.75/2.76 I closed the jumper 12 (??) and restored the former Hermes firmware. Mostly because I like to use the ExtIO dll with the mentioned RX programs, that provide a usable notch filter and better audio through ECSS or DSB. I think that at the moment the bunch of RX programs who use ExtIOs is most interesting. If you might make some changes to the Hermes ExtIO it would be very wellcomed !

Regards from Frankfurt, Frank