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Mac Client for the FlexRadio (TM) 6000 series software defined radios.
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xMini view updates? #9

Open jeremymturner opened 2 years ago

jeremymturner commented 2 years ago

I really like the xMini view, especially paired with multiple WSJT-X windows. There are sometimes I don't really care about decoding or displaying the full IQ spectrum.

However, what I'd love to see in the xMini view is SWR, power out level, maybe audio out level, and maybe a slider to adjust the power level.

If I had more Xcode/Swift experience, I'd take a stab at a pull request. Does this change fit into your view of how you see the xMini view?

Thanks for your work xSDR6000, the software is very neat!

K3TZR commented 2 years ago

Jeremy,

Thank you for trying the software and providing feedback. As you might have noticed, I haven’t done much with xSDR6000 in the last few months. Normal life has gotten in the way as well as new Swift and macOS versions. I’m taking a breather and trying to rethink how xSDR6000 (and my API Tester) are organized. xSDR6000 is a complex program and a bit overwhelming for a “one man band” developer like me.

Right now I don’t have any plans for specific changes to the software. Hopefully my refactoring effort will pay off and I’ll start moving forward again. I’d welcome any pull requests but can’t promise how quickly I could incorporate them.

My original intent with the Mini was very similar to what you have described. Why have so much screen real estate taken up with unnecessary details when operating modes like WSJT. I’m sure that improvements could be made. The hard part (as always with software) is that everyone will want a slightly different set of additions.

73’s Doug K3TZR

On Oct 13, 2021, at 19:31, jeremymturner @.***> wrote:

 I really like the xMini view, especially paired with multiple WSJT-X windows. There are sometimes I don't really care about decoding or displaying the full IQ spectrum.

However, what I'd love to see in the xMini view is SWR, power out level, maybe audio out level, and maybe a slider to adjust the power level.

If I had more Xcode/Swift experience, I'd take a stab at a pull request. Does this change fit into your view of how you see the xMini view?

Thanks for your work xSDR6000, the software is very neat!

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jeremymturner commented 2 years ago

Very good, Doug. I do volunteer development with Parks on the Air, so I certainly understand feature request and roadmap versus bug fix.

I have wanted to write a cross-platform GUI (PyQT or something) to show that information, slices, frequencies, S-meter, power out, SWR, and no IQ or waterfall display. I mainly want to know quickly if something went wrong with my antenna. It felt like xSDR6000 gets 75% of the way there on Mac.

Anyway, really great work. The xMini display is something none of the other Mac apps have. Consider my comments as a vote on a feature request, if it is something you find beneficial as well. Maybe I’ll pick up a little Swift!

73,

Jeremy / N0AW

On Oct 14, 2021, at 05:13, DougVB @.***> wrote:

 Jeremy,

Thank you for trying the software and providing feedback. As you might have noticed, I haven’t done much with xSDR6000 in the last few months. Normal life has gotten in the way as well as new Swift and macOS versions. I’m taking a breather and trying to rethink how xSDR6000 (and my API Tester) are organized. xSDR6000 is a complex program and a bit overwhelming for a “one man band” developer like me.

Right now I don’t have any plans for specific changes to the software. Hopefully my refactoring effort will pay off and I’ll start moving forward again. I’d welcome any pull requests but can’t promise how quickly I could incorporate them.

My original intent with the Mini was very similar to what you have described. Why have so much screen real estate taken up with unnecessary details when operating modes like WSJT. I’m sure that improvements could be made. The hard part (as always with software) is that everyone will want a slightly different set of additions.

73’s Doug K3TZR

On Oct 13, 2021, at 19:31, jeremymturner @.***> wrote:

 I really like the xMini view, especially paired with multiple WSJT-X windows. There are sometimes I don't really care about decoding or displaying the full IQ spectrum.

However, what I'd love to see in the xMini view is SWR, power out level, maybe audio out level, and maybe a slider to adjust the power level.

If I had more Xcode/Swift experience, I'd take a stab at a pull request. Does this change fit into your view of how you see the xMini view?

Thanks for your work xSDR6000, the software is very neat!

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K3TZR commented 2 years ago

 Interesting, a while ago I talked with Pete (W6OP, he uses my xLib6000 in two apps he has built for the Mac) about the idea of an app (or an add-in to xSDR6000) that would walk some user selected frequency range and do low power CW output at some frequency interval then show an SWR graph versus frequency. I got the idea when using a buddy pole on my condo balcony. It seems that the slightest movement / adjustment would move the usable frequency.

That condo is also part of my slow down. I went from a beam on the roof of my large house to no antenna on my 7th floor condo (in a 16 story building). I’m still trying to work that out.

Another idea I had that might give you what you want would be to make the right side views able to be “torn off”. The Mini display is the same as the topmost side display. The other side displays have the info you are looking for. If you could tear one or more of them off you could then minimize the rest of the app.

Hopefully, I’ll get back to all this sometime soon.

Doug

On Oct 14, 2021, at 11:09, jeremymturner @.***> wrote:  Very good, Doug. I do volunteer development with Parks on the Air, so I certainly understand feature request and roadmap versus bug fix.

I have wanted to write a cross-platform GUI (PyQT or something) to show that information, slices, frequencies, S-meter, power out, SWR, and no IQ or waterfall display. I mainly want to know quickly if something went wrong with my antenna. It felt like xSDR6000 gets 75% of the way there on Mac.

Anyway, really great work. The xMini display is something none of the other Mac apps have. Consider my comments as a vote on a feature request, if it is something you find beneficial as well. Maybe I’ll pick up a little Swift!

73,

Jeremy / N0AW

On Oct 14, 2021, at 05:13, DougVB @.***> wrote:

 Jeremy,

Thank you for trying the software and providing feedback. As you might have noticed, I haven’t done much with xSDR6000 in the last few months. Normal life has gotten in the way as well as new Swift and macOS versions. I’m taking a breather and trying to rethink how xSDR6000 (and my API Tester) are organized. xSDR6000 is a complex program and a bit overwhelming for a “one man band” developer like me.

Right now I don’t have any plans for specific changes to the software. Hopefully my refactoring effort will pay off and I’ll start moving forward again. I’d welcome any pull requests but can’t promise how quickly I could incorporate them.

My original intent with the Mini was very similar to what you have described. Why have so much screen real estate taken up with unnecessary details when operating modes like WSJT. I’m sure that improvements could be made. The hard part (as always with software) is that everyone will want a slightly different set of additions.

73’s Doug K3TZR

On Oct 13, 2021, at 19:31, jeremymturner @.***> wrote:

 I really like the xMini view, especially paired with multiple WSJT-X windows. There are sometimes I don't really care about decoding or displaying the full IQ spectrum.

However, what I'd love to see in the xMini view is SWR, power out level, maybe audio out level, and maybe a slider to adjust the power level.

If I had more Xcode/Swift experience, I'd take a stab at a pull request. Does this change fit into your view of how you see the xMini view?

Thanks for your work xSDR6000, the software is very neat!

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jeremymturner commented 2 years ago

Hi Doug,

The right-side view is similar, it would give you most of that. It seems to only give you one slice information up top, whichever one is selected. And in terms of using 4 WSJT-X windows which switch around, it doesn’t update which slice is the active one. Very close. It’s what I use today, just scooting the windows over a little bit.

Jeremy

On Oct 14, 2021, at 11:16 AM, DougVB @.***> wrote:

 Interesting, a while ago I talked with Pete (W6OP, he uses my xLib6000 in two apps he has built for the Mac) about the idea of an app (or an add-in to xSDR6000) that would walk some user selected frequency range and do low power CW output at some frequency interval then show an SWR graph versus frequency. I got the idea when using a buddy pole on my condo balcony. It seems that the slightest movement / adjustment would move the usable frequency.

That condo is also part of my slow down. I went from a beam on the roof of my large house to no antenna on my 7th floor condo (in a 16 story building). I’m still trying to work that out.

Another idea I had that might give you what you want would be to make the right side views able to be “torn off”. The Mini display is the same as the topmost side display. The other side displays have the info you are looking for. If you could tear one or more of them off you could then minimize the rest of the app.

Hopefully, I’ll get back to all this sometime soon.

Doug

On Oct 14, 2021, at 11:09, jeremymturner @.***> wrote:  Very good, Doug. I do volunteer development with Parks on the Air, so I certainly understand feature request and roadmap versus bug fix.

I have wanted to write a cross-platform GUI (PyQT or something) to show that information, slices, frequencies, S-meter, power out, SWR, and no IQ or waterfall display. I mainly want to know quickly if something went wrong with my antenna. It felt like xSDR6000 gets 75% of the way there on Mac.

Anyway, really great work. The xMini display is something none of the other Mac apps have. Consider my comments as a vote on a feature request, if it is something you find beneficial as well. Maybe I’ll pick up a little Swift!

73,

Jeremy / N0AW

On Oct 14, 2021, at 05:13, DougVB @.***> wrote:

 Jeremy,

Thank you for trying the software and providing feedback. As you might have noticed, I haven’t done much with xSDR6000 in the last few months. Normal life has gotten in the way as well as new Swift and macOS versions. I’m taking a breather and trying to rethink how xSDR6000 (and my API Tester) are organized. xSDR6000 is a complex program and a bit overwhelming for a “one man band” developer like me.

Right now I don’t have any plans for specific changes to the software. Hopefully my refactoring effort will pay off and I’ll start moving forward again. I’d welcome any pull requests but can’t promise how quickly I could incorporate them.

My original intent with the Mini was very similar to what you have described. Why have so much screen real estate taken up with unnecessary details when operating modes like WSJT. I’m sure that improvements could be made. The hard part (as always with software) is that everyone will want a slightly different set of additions.

73’s Doug K3TZR

On Oct 13, 2021, at 19:31, jeremymturner @.***> wrote:

 I really like the xMini view, especially paired with multiple WSJT-X windows. There are sometimes I don't really care about decoding or displaying the full IQ spectrum.

However, what I'd love to see in the xMini view is SWR, power out level, maybe audio out level, and maybe a slider to adjust the power level.

If I had more Xcode/Swift experience, I'd take a stab at a pull request. Does this change fit into your view of how you see the xMini view?

Thanks for your work xSDR6000, the software is very neat!

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