Omnirig behaviour
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 2:21 pm
Hi Simon,
I'm using now since a few months SDR-Console and I'm very happy with the program, I'm using the latest version 3.3 with the latest build from December last year.
I have 2 issues, one related to the hanging of the program, but I think I know what is causing that, so maybe that has been fixed.
The other issue is related to using SDR-Console in conjunction with programs like Bandmaster or CW-skimmer, meaning programs that make use of
Omnirig and I see that more people have issues.
So I did some debugging, and to make it easy reproduceable I did not use any of these programs (Bandmaster or CW-skimmer) but just using the Omnirig client program that is standard installed if you install omnirig from dxatlas (ver 1.2)
I recorded this om my PC using OBS studio, so hopefully this helps.
What you see is the following :
When just started the frequency of the omnirig is in sync with SDR-console, when you make changes of the frequency in the receiver box of say 1000 kkz the freq is changing also in omnirig as the center frequency of the VCO also changes. However if you make changes of say 100 khz than omnirig does not track that change at all. When yo change the center frequency at the bottom of the waterfall, omnirig is always tracking that.
It looks that SDR-Console is sending the center frequency to omnirig and not the actual frequency used by the receiver.
Also what is even more important to be fixed is that when I set the requested frequency in omnirig client and I press the set button, SDR-Console does change to that frequency, however omnirig then declares the TS-2000 rig as being "off-line". The only way to fix this is just open the dialog box
and as soon as you click on OK, everything is in sync again.
Maybe you can now repeat these steps by looking at the attached video and fix this.
And hopefully for all people that have reported issues.
My radio is a SDR-play duo in case that is important.
Regards,
Rudy
I'm using now since a few months SDR-Console and I'm very happy with the program, I'm using the latest version 3.3 with the latest build from December last year.
I have 2 issues, one related to the hanging of the program, but I think I know what is causing that, so maybe that has been fixed.
The other issue is related to using SDR-Console in conjunction with programs like Bandmaster or CW-skimmer, meaning programs that make use of
Omnirig and I see that more people have issues.
So I did some debugging, and to make it easy reproduceable I did not use any of these programs (Bandmaster or CW-skimmer) but just using the Omnirig client program that is standard installed if you install omnirig from dxatlas (ver 1.2)
I recorded this om my PC using OBS studio, so hopefully this helps.
What you see is the following :
When just started the frequency of the omnirig is in sync with SDR-console, when you make changes of the frequency in the receiver box of say 1000 kkz the freq is changing also in omnirig as the center frequency of the VCO also changes. However if you make changes of say 100 khz than omnirig does not track that change at all. When yo change the center frequency at the bottom of the waterfall, omnirig is always tracking that.
It looks that SDR-Console is sending the center frequency to omnirig and not the actual frequency used by the receiver.
Also what is even more important to be fixed is that when I set the requested frequency in omnirig client and I press the set button, SDR-Console does change to that frequency, however omnirig then declares the TS-2000 rig as being "off-line". The only way to fix this is just open the dialog box
and as soon as you click on OK, everything is in sync again.
Maybe you can now repeat these steps by looking at the attached video and fix this.
And hopefully for all people that have reported issues.
My radio is a SDR-play duo in case that is important.
Regards,
Rudy