SDR Console V3 -Scan Functions-

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SDR Console V3 -Scan Functions-

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Hi Simon,

The V3 support many Wide Range SDR's.
What the Console V3 lacks is a scan-function.

Thank you.

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I doubt it will ever gain something akin to a traditional scan function given it has the spectrum and receiver matrix to handle this. At any rate I am guessing this is a flat "no" for 3.1 even though the spectrum display could, in principle, grow something akin to a scanner "select the strongest (N) signals and receive them." Then a priority system could be built. It's all too big a project to meet his deadline for rev 3.1. Maybe for a 3.2 or something? Defining the functionality well would be the first step. Play with receivers for awhile then try to define, at a literalist 2 year old level, what the functionality should present to the user. Think "How do you put an elephant in the refrigerator?" Then think, "How do you put a giraffe in that refrigerator?" Make it as bullet proof as your mind can imagine. (Don't forget to remove the elephant before you try to stuff the giraffe in, for example.)

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Fenu wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 11:02 am Hi Simon,

The V3 support many Wide Range SDR's.
What the Console V3 lacks is a scan-function.

Thank you.

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Fernando
Proper scanning is much more than a 'function' - it's a project it its own right if written properly.
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Simon G4ELI wrote: Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:56 am
Fenu wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 11:02 am Hi Simon,

The V3 support many Wide Range SDR's.
What the Console V3 lacks is a scan-function.

Thank you.

Regards
Fernando
Proper scanning is much more than a 'function' - it's a project it its own right if written properly.
Hi,
I understand the problem.
That what I mean are not a traditional Scan Function with memory-scan and all the functions that a scanner have. More a function that recognize the strongest station in the present Spectrumbandwidth or so.

I remember me to a Scan-plugin for SDR#
This work good, but only with Airspy and RTL SDR.

https://www.rtl-sdr.com/sdr-frequency-s ... n-updated/



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Well,

You'll just have to wait I'm afraid.
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Fenu, simply recognizing the strongest signal(s) is not really helpful if you want some form of scan functionality. You soon discover you need a list of excluded frequencies, for example. It is very easy for me to understand Simon's reluctance to take this on at this time.
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If only I had programming skills, I'd try and write a scanner that will work via a serial port. Virtual serial port connected to Console.. job's a good un. It woul'dnt be as good as a proper scanner within Console (no squelch control), but it would be something.

Sadly, I have neither the skills or the time to carry out such a task. I have looked around for a scanner utility with a simple serial interface that would interface with a variety of common radios/manufacturers, but I have yet to find one. There is Frequency Manager written by an American chap which I think worked via a plugin for SDR#, but for some reason he never interfaced it with Console V3.
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Simon G4ELI wrote: Fri Nov 12, 2021 8:33 am Well,

You'll just have to wait I'm afraid.
I have patience. If it comes it would be great. If not, that's okay too.
But we see that it can work.

Thanks in advance.

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