Following several requests to update the software and make sure it compiles on Ubuntu 22.04 with recent Python, the following has been done :
It has not been tested on the air...
this is the the PicTalk software, an attempt to provide an "all in one" software to enable reception and decoding of PicSat telemetry and scientific data.
Current version (as of 21st of Feb 2018) supports SDRPlay RSP1/A and RTLSDR. Funcube is not working properly (frequency management issue) and will be added soon.
This sotware requires Python 3.5 to be installed with the following Python Packages :
To have the relevant packages, do:
This application is split in two parts:
To compile this program you need to check that you have the correct Python installed, and in particular the following packages:
To have all the required packages : sudo apt-get install libqt5svg5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev libqt5opengl5-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libfftw3-dev libczmq-dev libhidapi-dev
Clone the repository, then from the folder :
git clone https://github.com/f4gkr/PicTalk.git Cloning into 'PicTalk'...
the project file pictalk.pro is set to support python3.5. If you want to use a specific version, you have to update the following lines in the project file :
By default the binary is stored in ./bin folder and requires the ./python folder to be present (the python folder contains the frame decoder)
Binary name : ./bin/pictalk
It will create a folder named "pictalk" in your home. This folder contains several files, and in particular the pictalkframes.txt that will contain all the decoded PicSat frames.
For more information, please visit https://picsat.obspm.fr/