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1. 7046 409 2732 781 7264 228 7304 373 7584 600 gagga 18 33 47 THU 18 12 2014 UTC Figure 150 Allocation of Sch 004 as WB2 Allocation of scheduled narrowband channels By selecting a line of the scheduled narrowband channels in the Scheduled Channels window list a blue vertical line appears on the Panoramic Scope spectrum in correspondence with its carrier frequency This is the case of Sch 016 in Figure 151 ile Mode NBList Memory Schedule View Options annels 13 dB y MUTET vim m TF M A Schedule Sch 004 Sch 005 Sch 006 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 Wideband Scope Sch 018 Sch 001 Sch 002 53388885 z Titan SDR Pro m mw DU Ld Scheduled Channels f itv hm A Frequency ording Status 9645 996 6091 309 11799 3 Bandwidth Rec 625 000 7046 409 2732 781 7264 228 7304 373 Off Off Off Off Off fF Off 7584 600 ff 18 42 11 THU 18 12 2014 UTC Figure 151 Selection of a scheduled narrowband channel TitanSDR User Manual 82 By allocating a wideband channel and dragging its shaded area over the same blue line the corresponding line of the list is rewritten with bold characters meaning that the narrowband scheduled channel can now be allocated as in Figure 152 for Sch 016 A Titan SDR Pro a File Mode NBList Memory Schedule View Options Help Panoramic Scope L im ANS 7053 223 ub
2. 4 5 6 Session Whenever software disconnects from the receiver e g by clicking the USB button or by switching from Receiver Mode to Player Mode the save session message in Figure 166 pops up automatically asking whether to save the current session into a ssn session file or not TitanSDR User Manual 94 Figure 166 Save session message To circumvent the save session message deselect Ask for saving after choosing Session from the Options drop down menu of the Main Toolbar Figure 167 Panoramic Wideband Narrowband Output Files Mame Storage Session Ask for saving Figure 167 Options drop down menu TitanSDR User Manual 95 5 Appendix 5 1 Table of limiting wideband channels combinations Table below provides possible combinations of WB channels which make maximum use of resources i e when these combinations are realized no more WB channels can be allocated No of WB channel size kHz Chs Uo S O eo Po G O O O O Q TitanSDR User Manual 96 Cn 2 Hotkeys fo manage a narrowband channel Narrowband Scope frequenc frequency Select narrowband channel carrier frequency Narrowband channel spectrum averaging Widen narow Narrowband Scope panel Click Set button in Output group TitanSDR User Manual 97 ZENABLIA Enablia S r l Via Nicostene 20 00124 ROMA Tel 39 06 7259 4065 E Mail enabliage
3. CS I D M S ES WB Channels Spectrum ront End 3 dB Bei i A cence pcne oet 6091 309 312500 11799 3 937 500 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 TT 00 21000 22000 23000 24000 25000 26000 27000 28000 29000 30000 31000 Type WB off WB off WB off WB1 ALL TIE NB 7046 409 2 500 USB z off NB 7264 223 5 000 USB on off n NB 7304 373 5 000 USB off x NB 7584 600 5 000 USB Off 18 44 15 THU 18 12 2014 UTC Figure 152 Allocation and drag of a wideband channel To allocate the narrowband channel click the Allocate button Figure 153 shows allocation of Sch 0016 of Figure 152 za Titan SDR Pro B File Mode NBList Memory Schedule View Options Help Scheduled Channels Name Frequency Bandwidth 9645 996 625 000 6091 309 312 500 Panoramic Scope WB1 NB1 7046 409 2 500 88858888 E g iM 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 11000 12000 13000 14000 15000 16000 Wideband Scope Narrowband Scope wee 046 409 kHz maa MOeoMenteceamageds2soo May Tuning ry Mode k utput 18 46 20 THU 18 12 2014 UTC Figure 153 Narrowband channel allocation TitanSDR User Manual 83 4 5 Options By the Options drop down menu of the Main Toolbar several advanced software features can be managed Figure 154 These options are described in the following paragraphs Panoramic eF Wideband
4. Wideband recording The fields which can be concatenated to compose the names of bin files are listed below e User Defined String WB channel in Figure 164 e date year month and day of recording formatted as YYYYMMDD TitanSDR User Manual 92 e startrec time recording start time formatted as HHMMSS e minimum frequency in Hz of wideband channel e maximum frequency in Hz of wideband channel e central frequency in Hz of wideband channel Time of field start rec fime can be UTC or local time of PC based on corresponding selection Fles names are composed by concatenation of the selected fields Field selection deselection is by clicking the corresponding checkbox Because recording is split among several files the policy to assign name to chunks is as follows the name of first file has the default suffix OO00 possible further files have suffix QOT OO2 etc The top editbox shows how concatenation of selected fields will result Editing the bottom editbox chunck size can be set within the range of 50MB to 2GB Narrowband recording The fields which can be concatenated to compose the names of wav files are listed below e User Defined String e Date year month and day of recording formatted as YYYYMMDD e startrec time recording start time formatted as HHMMSS e sfop rec time recording stop time formatted as HHMMSS e carrier frequency in Hz of narrowband channel e m
5. e DRM e556 Upper e55B Lower Figure 163 Set of default RF bandwidths 4 5 4 Output Files Set Wideband and narrowband channels can be recorded as described in par 2 2 3 and 2 3 8 respectively he Output Files Customization window which appears by selecting option Output Files Set from the Main Toolbar Figure 164 allows to set destination folders and files names for wideband and narrowband recording The browse button in Current Folder control group allows to change the destination folder and the selected one is displayed Files names bin and wav for wideband and narrowband recordings respectively are assigned automatically and result from concatenation of various possible fields TitanSDR User Manual 91 Output Files Customization Wideband Recording I WBArchives m Current Folder WB channel bin User Defined String max 80 char MaEBSIELEZ E 0 date YYYYMMDD 27S start rec time HHMMSS ees Local Time F _MIN minimum frequency in Hz X F MAX maximum frequency in Hz UTC Local Time B Fr CEN central frequency in Hz 5 MB Package size Range SOMB 2GB Narrowband Recording I Wav cca Current Folder 20 date YYYYMMOD MB 1S start rec time HHMMSS Ye Q Local Time Exp rec time HHMMSS F _CAR carrier frequency in Hz UTC Local Time 3M mode 6 BFO File Name Format Figure 164 Output Files Customization window
6. i if IR l li Hv a TG 17750 17800 17850 y L l l evel dBm Memory Ay hy ft P f T jl j M di M sheng j i iy w v LE i M i Pa Notch 1 Notch 2 108 dB x hana US we vetu T St iHe gr ft 17790 17795 17800 17805 17810 17815 17820 11 21 31 MON 23 11 2015 UTC Figure 43 Wideband Scope and Narrowband Scope In order to set another mode as written above every new narrowband channel is allocated as USB by default it must be selected from the modes drop down menu of the Narrowband Scope within the Mode controls group as specified in par 203 Every narrowband channel is assigned a unique name consisting of a prefix for the name of its wideband channel for instance WB1 a separator and a suffix given by the string NB followed by the channel number which is the first available integer starting from 1 For example the fourth narrowband channel of the second wideband channel will be assigned the name WB2 NBA Narrowband channels inherit the same color of their wideband channels which in turn is assigned according to the color convention indicated in par 2 1 3 Selection of a narrowband channel In order to operate on a specific narrowband channel by the Narrowband Scope that channel must be previously selected By selecting a narrowband channel its shaded area becomes brightly colored Selection of a na
7. Narrowband Scope Audio visualization for an AM signal TitanSDR User Manual 31 Selection of soectrum averaging time period By clicking on the second drop down menu of the Spectrum controls group a list appears of possible averaging time periods that can be selected Figure 59 Default setting is NO AVG meaning that spectra are plotted on the Narrowband Scope without any averaging Mo AVG Y O35 0 8 s 1 8 s 34 s 155 155 30 5 Figure 59 Spectrum averaging time periods Frequency zoom dezoom Zoom dezoom allows to halve double the frequency spectrum span aiming at a center frequency value which corresponds to the vertical yellow line representing the carrier Figure 61 Buttons for horizontal zoom dezoom are shown in Figure 60 and are positioned within the Spectrum control group of the Narrowband Scope toolbar ES Figure 60 Zoom dezoom buttons Figure 62 shows the Narrowband Scope after zooming the spectrum of Figure 61 by clicking on the zoom button the one marked with a TitanSDR User Manual 32 Narrowband Scope K rJ Spectrum Ars e J A Y P y W qr Me y rl f Vi A i m b vi m ET Luc vA rl py ew 17790 17735 17815 17820 Figure 61 Narrowband scope before zoom Narrowband Scope X E eS Spectrum EGEO NE Gh G2 4S 10000 AN Mode Gain Notch 2 83 dB apr tea PPP eq ger EL ame te s EXT Lum Figure 62 Narrowband scope after
8. Play button Figure 112 Play loop button As a result of play button click the Wideband Scope shows spectrum and waterfall representation of the recording Figure 113 the name of file played back time elapsed and recording duration A Titan SDR Pro File Mode NBList Memory Schedule View Options Help K1 Sfo lm ofk G 00 00 00 00 00 38 i di LI hls S rence Halen thin Neh yi Figure 113 Wideband recording playback At this point narrowband channels can be allocated performing the same steps taken in Receiver Mode Figure 114 TitanSDR User Manual A Titan SDR Pro File Mode NBList Memory Schedule View Options Help n map Mela ity Mitte hyn 11 57 36 MON 23 11 2015 UTC SO Figure 114 Narrowband channels allocated on a recording The slider located in File control group can be mouse dragged to continue start the playback from a desired point The rightward and leftward double arrow Figure 115 located in File control group are enabled by selecting a recording split among several files and allow to jump to the next previous chunk respectively Clicking rightward leftward double arrow the recording playback continues starts from the beginning of the next previous chunck Figure 115 Double arrow button to jump to the next previous chunk TitanSDR User Manual 56 4 Advanced Operations 4 Session saving and loading In Receiv
9. the recording duration is 21 hours and start and stop are in consecutive days Example 1 START DATE 14 11 2012 START TIME 8 00 STOP DATE 14 11 2012 STOP TIME 21 00 TitanSDR User Manual 73 Duration 13 hours DAY OF SCHEDULING 03 11 2012 DAY OF SCHEDULING START DATE STOP DATE Y l 2711 3 1 4 1 5 11 6 11 7 14 8 11 9 1 10 11 11 11 12 11 13 12 14 11 15 1 16 11 17 11 17 11 19 11 20 1 21 11 22 11 23 1 24 1 ENLVUODENGNLHOSENLGMNLHOSHEN oad di ih START TIME STOP TIME HH MM 55 Start time 00 Start date MIWIIFr3IS Gea Bur o or Input Figure 141 Task Editor settings for Example 1 Example 2 START DATE 12 11 2012 START TIME 11 00 STOP DATE 13 11 2012 STOP TIME 06 00 Duration 19 hours DAY OF SCHEDULING 03 11 2012 TitanSDR User Manual 74 DAY OF SCHEDULING START STOP DATE DATE 2 1 3i afi 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 11 9 11 10 11 11 11 12 11 13 11 14 11 15 11 16 11 17 11 17 11 19 11 20 11 21 11 22 11 23 11 24 11 M Tw Ts imiriwitieis mitiwitjejs jw START TIME STOP TIME MM Do HH MM 55 ry JTF S IT PU DIDI Input Figure 142 Task Editor settings for Example 2 Periodic schedule Set start date start time stop date and stop time of the task Check the Repeat on checkbox to enable periodic scheduling To specify the task s subsequent repetitions e check the days of the week when task must be repeated e
10. 120 Session selection In the browse window that opens select session file to load default folder is C Users xyz Documents TiftanSDR Sessions xyz being the logged user name and click Open Figure 121 TitanSDR User Manual 59 My Documents TitanSDR amp log Search log Organize New folder Yi Favorites Documents library EE Desktop log d Downloads Name Date modified Type Arrange by Folder B Recent Places my session 1 ssn 12 16 2014 5 41 PM SSM File Libraries ES Documents TE EJ My Document TitanSDR di log di pal di Sessions TitanSDR Arc di Public Docume 7 File name my session 1 ssn Session ssn Cancel Figure 121 Browse window If not all VAC listed in session file are allocated the warning message of Figure 122 listing the missing ones appears only installing them before click Continue button allow the audio streaming through VAC of the relevant NB channels Loading session WE1 NB4 Line 36 Virtual Audio Cable WB1 NB3 Line 27 Virtual Audio Cable WE1 NB2 Line 43 Virtual Audio Cable WB1 NB1 Line 30 Virtual Audio Cable Please install the devices listed above then press Continue to succesfully complete session loading Figure 122 List of VAC not found by session TitanSDR User Manual 60 If the destination folder requested by session does not
11. Figure 15 Default value is OaB D MESS v OdB 10dB 20dB 30dB Figure 15 List of selectable attenuation values Receiver input selection By clicking on the third drop down menu of the FrontEnd controls group selection can be made of the receiver input Figure 16 The IF choice corresponds to the SMA connector marked IF IN on the receiver rear panel whilst the HF choice corresponds to the BNC connector marked ANT IN Default receiver input is HF v HF IF Figure 16 Receiver input selection 2 1 2 Spectrum settings The graphical settings of the Panoramic Scope spectrum can be changed by the Spectrum controls group of the Panoramic Scope toolbar Figure 17 Figure 17 Spectrum controls group he actions that can be performed are e selection of windowing for FFT e selection of spectrum averaging time period e soectrum frequency zoom dezoom e automatic custom setting of max min spectrum amplitudes Furthermore in order to shift the displayed frequency interval dragging of the frequency axis bar is also possible TitanSDR User Manual 13 selection of windowing for FFT By clicking on the first drop down menu of the Spectrum controls group selection can be made of FFT windowing Figure 18 Default is Blackman Kalser Blackman Figure 18 Windowing alternatives Selection of spectrum averaging time period By clicking on the second drop down menu of the Spectrum
12. I EGRE IM 2m mM T el Ey 7 a LER TE NEN i ra a ae aa d T GEN 4 v d vw sy m OVV OAM AVV v x Figure 22 Panoramic Scope after horizontal zoom Automatic custom setting of max min spectrum amplitudes Panoramic spectrum can be resized upward downward by clicking up down arrows Figure 23 Figure 23 Upward downward spectrum resize buttons Dragging of the frequency axis bar TitanSDR User Manual 15 After having zoomed once at least the displayed frequency interval can be shifted downwards or upwards by simply left clicking on the frequency axis bar of the Panoramic Scope Figure 24 and dragging it leftward or rightward respectively 1000 2000 3000 4000 S000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 11000 12000 13000 14000 15000 16000 17000 18000 19000 20000 21000 22000 23000 24000 25000 26000 27000 28000 29000 30000 31000 Figure 24 Frequency axis bar of the Panoramic Scope 2 1 8 Management of wideband channels The WB Channels controls group of the Panoramic Scope toolbar Figure 25 allows to perform the following operations e allocation of a wideband channel e selection of a previously allocated wideband channel e tuning of a wideband channel e deallocation removal of a wideband channel Figure 25 WB Channels controls group Allocation of a wideband channel By clicking on the ADD button of the WB Channels controls group a list appears of available bandwidth sizes Figure 26 for t
13. Sessions xyz being the logged user name and click Save Figure 117 zH Save session as p x m z ln ef n k Libraries Documents TitanSDR log Organize New folder 4 jr Favorites Documents library NE Desktop lag Downloads il Recent Places Arrange by Folder Name Date modified Type No items match your search E Libraries E E Documents E LE My Document 4 TitanSDR Js log Js pal Sessions 4 File name my session 1 Save as type Session ssn Hide Folders Figure 117 Browse window Whenever software disconnects from the receiver e g by clicking the USB button or by switching from Receiver Mode to Player Mode the save session message in Figure 118 pops up automatically asking whether to save the current session into a ssn session file or not TitanSDR User Manual 58 TitanSDR Save current session Figure 118 Save session message To circumvent the save session message deselect Ask for saving after choosing Session from the Options drop down menu of the Main Toolbar Figure 119 Panoramic Wideband k Narrowband Output Files Name Storage Figure 119 Options drop down menu 4 1 2 Session loading In order to load restore a previous session select Load session from the File drop down menu of the Main Toolbar Figure 120 Save session AS Load session Figure
14. a proprietary format which resulted from previous recording of wideband channels in Receiver Mode see Section 2 2 3 and to perform the same operations allowed on wideband channels in Receiver Mode allocation and recording of narrowband channels demodulation listening of demodulated audio data streaming by VAC LAN All Player Mode functions are described in Chapter 3 Mode choice is made through the menu Mode Figure 9 on the Main Toolbar The default setting is Receiver Mode Mode v BRecerver Player Figure 9 Mode setting TitanSDR User Manual 10 2 Receiver Mode After selecting the Receiver Mode from menu Mode on the Main Toolbar as shown in Figure 9 press the connect USB button illustrated in Figure 10 Figure 10 USB button before connection This button is used to start communication between the software and the receiver If connection is successful the button symbol changes color from red to green see Figure 11 and the input 0 32MHz spectrum appears on the Panoramic Scope Figure 12 Figure 11 USB button after connection Titan SDR Pro File Mode NBList Memory Schedule View Options Help ite vat MP ara Mun LLL NTENTN TN TN ipii yiii Voies iata 11 17 43 MON 23 11 2015 UTC Figure 12 User interface after successful connection with receiver TitanSDR User Manual 11 2 4 Panoramic Scope 2 1 1 Front End settings Receiver Front end settings can be changed
15. b Narrowband Output Files Set Storage Session b Figure 154 Menu Options 4 5 1 Panoramic By selecting the Panoramic option a list appears with the following items Figure 155 Labels Centring 32 MHz 40 MHz N i Wideband k Centring Narrowband k 32 MHz Output Files Set 430MHz Storage Session b Figure 155 Items of Panoramic option Labels by unchecking this item the dB labels on the Panoramic Scope spectrum disappear TitanSDR User Manual 84 Centring by selecting this item the window of Figure 156 appears containing sliders to set Panoramic spectrum display Range slider set the difference between maximum and minimum signal level displayed on Panoramic spectrum slider mouse drag changes maximum displayed signal level keeping constant minimum level Bottom slider set minimum signal level displayed keeping Range constant zB PanScope Interval Range Bottom Figure 156 Panoramic spectrum display set 32MHZ 40MHz this items are mutually exclusive 32MHz is checked by default If 32MHz or AOMHZ is checked the Panoramic Scope spectrum spans from OHZ to 32MHz or 40MHZz respectively 4 5 2 Wideband By selecting the Wideband option a list appears with the following items Figure 157 e Labels e Centring e Palette allowing to access the following submenu e Change e Setting e Range TitanSDR User Manual 85 Panoramic k TS v Labels N
16. check the Until checkbox and set the last date for task repetition or leave the Until checkbox not checked for unlimited task repetitions Example 3 below refers to a periodic task which has to be executed on Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday from 8 00 to 21 00 Figure 143 Example 3 START DATE 10 11 2012 START TIME 8 00 TitanSDR User Manual 75 STOP DATE 10 11 2012 STOP TIME 21 00 Duration 13 hours TASK REPETITIONS ON Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday UNTIL DATE 22 11 2012 DAY OF SCHEDULING 03 11 2012 Note that even if the start date is 10 11 the task is executed first on 12 11 which happens to be the first day not preceding the start day which matches one of the days of week of interest i e which are checked that is Wednesday The last day the task is executed is 22 11 DAY OF SCHEDULING START DATE START DATE DATE d 2 11 3 11 4 11 5 11 6 11 7 11 8 11 9 11 10 11 11 11 12 11 13 11 14 11 15 11 16 11 317 11 17 11 19 11 20 11 21 11 22 11 23 11 24 11 _ m tiwi tieis mitjwitiei s m tiwitieis jw 8 00 21 00 UNTIL DATE TitanSDR User Manual 76 MM 55 HH MIWIF6365X Repeaton RAAF Until THU Input Figure 143 Task Editor settings for Example 3 44 3 Managing scheduled channels All scheduled channels both wideband and narrowband types are listed in the Scheduled Channels window containing the list of scheduled wid
17. controls group a list appears of possible averaging time periods that can be selected Figure 19 Default setting is NO AVG meaning that spectra are plotted on the Panoramic Scope without any averaging NOAVG 035 0 8 s 185 34s T55 15s 30 5 Figure 19 Spectrum averaging time periods Spectrum frequency zoomNdezoom Click zoom dezoom buttons to enable the zoom function mouse cursor changes into Magnifying glass Zoom dezoom can then be accomplished by left clicking or turning mouse wheel up down Zoom dezoom aims to the frequency value corresponding to mouse cursor position on spectrum plot Figure 20 Further click on zoom dezoom buttons to disable the zoom function restoring the standard Mouse Cursor TitanSDR User Manual 14 i wl m n 3m vri NN 1 AA lh VAM iW M iu ii wth qu Figure 20 Panoramic Scope spectrum Buttons for zoom dezoom are shown in Figure 21 and are positioned within the Spectrum controls group of the Panoramic Scope toolbar Figure 21 Spectrum zoom dezoom buttons Figure 22 shows the Panoramic Scope after zooming the spectrum of Figure 20 by clicking on the zoom button the one marked with a hy aly h M itt wth I i lll IN MN fn We mu M An TY ur i M ii A dT Im Nt iM m FA a js TT AW Wi aft hai qw BL mae Pi T h T A i YAN i My ji y E j zs Hm a y gim uoe SPEE gv EUIS MEE EE MEE UE dcc pee a z cag re CI E E eR E m
18. having set the channel bandwidth by selecting and dragging the edges of the grey shaded area in the Audio spectrum visualization Those edges represent the lower and higher cutoff frequencies of bandpass limiting whose filtering effect can be clearly noticed on the demodulated audio spectrum Notice also the correspondence between the red and grey shaded areas in the RF and Audio spectrum visualizations the yellow line representing the carrier in the RF spectrum is indeed mapped to the O Hz value at the origin of Audio spectrum abscissa WIN y v N i l AM hi Tul Ww i iN il Y I l J 1 Z 3 4 2 Figure 69 Audio spectrum visualization for USB mode TitanSDR User Manual 38 MSS Spec T mi 93 dE a gaat i ih EA M ne yh us ey at L vu y PRA sien Nerei rhe 17765 17790 17795 17600 17605 17610 17815 17820 Figure 70 RF spectrum visualization for USB mode Setting of BFO frequency The BFO frequency can be set by Editing its value or turning mouse the wheel up down after selecting any digit in the edit box in BFO Controls Group which appears when any of modes CW FSK and DRM is selected Figure 71 Left clicking and dragging the grey shaded area of the Audio spectrum visualization Figure 71 BFO controls group BFO negative values are also supported TitanSDR User Manual 39 2 3 4 Listening demodulated audio Output controls group of the Narrowband S
19. line a hint label appears also indicating the corresponding frequency value TitanSDR User Manual 22 Tm n hl F un pare Aet ued f MPH em tret he Pia Plo f Pup nu Pig P 15060 15070 15080 15090 15100 15110 15120 15130 15140 15150 15160 15170 15180 15190 15200 15210 15220 15230 15240 15250 15260 15270 15280 15290 15300 15310 15320 15330 15340 15350 153 Figure 41 Carrier frequency yellow line of narrowband channel to allocate The carrier frequency can be set by mouse dragging the yellow line to the wanted position and clicking the mouse left button After clicking the narrowband shaded area appears on the Wideband Scope spectrum Figure 42 to the right of the yellow line being USB the default mode Wideband Scope T4 Wh i EM WR TNT i j Math ul hy Lh iyi zie dii Nen MW COM m ipi lin A wit yi fh ni Mii i Ann 15060 15070 15080 15090 15100 15110 15120 15130 15140 15150 15160 15170 15180 15190 15200 15210 15220 15230 15240 15250 15260 15270 15280 15290 15300 15310 15320 15330 15340 15350 153 Figure 42 Allocated narrowband channel AS a consequence of the same mouse click the Narrowband Scope Figure 43 becomesready to operate on the newly allocated narrowband channel displaying its spectrum and waterfall with higher resolution than the Wideband Scope TitanSDR User Manual 23 A Titan SDR Pro File Mode NBList Memory Schedule View Options He M ih
20. match with the one currently set see par 4 5 4 for details the warning message of Figure 123 appears Loading session Destination folder H Wav not found Please select an option below to continue 2 Change destination folder J Record on defaul folder a Documents TitanSDR ArchivesWav Dm ritiri i L Sl ee Figure 123 Destination folder not found warning message Selecting Change destination folder opens the browse window to select a new destination folder Selection of any option enables the Continue button 4 2 NB Channels List The NB Channels List is a table summarizing main settings for the allocated narrowband channels The NB Channels List opens by clicking NB List on the Main Toolbar Figure 124 File Mode Memory Schedule View Options Help Figure 124 NB List on Main Toolbar Figure 125 shows the NB Channels List after allocation of several narrowband channels on four distinct wideband channels each line of the table refers to a specific narrowband channel By selecting a line the Narrowband Scope switches to the corresponding narrowband channel showing ifs controls and its spectrum waterfall displays TitanSDR User Manual 61 zH NB Channels List Frequency Bandwidth WavRec V VAC Qutput 1052 414 10 000 Off 1024 128 0 500 Off 1006 168 10 000 On 980 575 0 500 Off 952 738 10 000 Off 319 063 2 000 Off ooo 735 10 000 859 347 10 000 Off 6121 054 10 00
21. of the same channel has been already started manually e f a task is being executed i e recording is ongoing recording can be stopped manually before the task stop time e During execution of a task its start time and stop time can be modified manually which causes the recording to stop if the stop time is set earlier than current time or if the start time is set later than current time e Ifa task is being executed and its Active field cell is set to No recording is stopped e ask doesn t start if the browse window to change the destination folder for recording see par 4 5 4 for details is open it waits to start until the window is closed e f destination folder is not found see par 4 5 4 for details recording takes place in default folder C Users xyz Documents TifanSDR ArchivesNWBChannels xyz being the logged user name for WB channel and in default folder C Users xyz Documents TitanSDR Archives Wav for NB channels 4 4 2 Task Editor window The following paragraphs address scheduling through the Task Editor window for e Not Periodic tasks e Periodic tasks Not Periodic schedule The maximum recording duration of a task is 24 hours After specifying the start date and the start time it is possible to set the recording duration Rec length or the stop date and stop time Find below two examples In Examples 1 the recording duration is 14 hours and both start and stop are in the same day In Example 2
22. span of the Narrowband Scope is greater than the actual bandwidth of the narrowband channel represented by its shaded area This larger view helps in fine tuning and adjusting of the channel bandwidth by filtering 2 3 1 Spectrum settings The graphical settings of the Narrowband Scope spectrum and waterfall can be changed by the Spectrum controls group of the Narrowband Scope toolbar Figure 55 Figure 55 Spectrum controls group The actions that can be performed are e selection of RF or Audio spectrum e selection of spectrum averaging time period e frequency zoom dezoom e automatic custom setting of max min spectrum amplitudes Selection of RF or Audio spectrum The first drop down menu of the Spectrum controls group allows to visualize the RF spectrum before demodulation or the spectrum of the demodulated audio signal which results from the chosen mode demodulator by selecting RF or Audio respectively Figure 56 RF v Audio Figure 56 RF Audio selection Figure 57 and Figure 58 show the Narrowband Scope for RF and Audio visualizations respectively after tuning of the narrowband channel to an AM transmission TitanSDR User Manual 30 Narrowband Scope ES As pe Lt EL Lan rfiv pnt t Figure 57 Narrowband Scope RF visualization for an AM signal Narrowband Scope ES Gain 20 dB iN ue p v ME v jw Ww PT Prage rw i DOTT 1 J 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 58
23. window e 4 4 4 Allocation of scheduled channels describes how to newly allocate scheduled channels from the Scheduled Channels window after they have been deallocated even as a consequence of software shutdown 4 4 1 Scheduling of a new wideband narrowband channel In order to schedule recordings of a wideband channel click on the Schedule button Figure 136 within the File controls group of the expanded Wideband Scope toolbar to open its Recording Schedule window Figure 137 WB1 d ur AER E ESI S HB Channels Spectrum 00 00 00 0 0 MB File Figure 136 Expanded Wideband Scope toolbar TitanSDR User Manual 70 TaskID Active 5tart Time Start Date Stop Time Stop Date RecLengh 5 M T W T F S5 Repeat until Figure 137 Recording Schedule window In a similar way to schedule recordings of a narrowband channel click on the Schedule button Figure 138 within the Rec controls group of the expanded Narrowband Scope toolbar to open its Recording Schedule window Narrowband Scope ES Figure 138 Expanded Narrowband Scope toolbar The Recording Schedule window allows to set recording tasks for the channel each line corresponds to a specific task To add a new task click the Add button This opens the Task Editor window Figure 139 which allows to specify dates and times for start and stop of the recording and to set possible repetitions see par 4 4 2 for examples In fac
24. 0 6089 625 5 000 6061 787 0 500 6041 582 10 000 6025 418 0 500 600 7 908 10 000 5986 356 2 000 5954 028 10 000 5930 681 10 000 7507 829 5 000 7483 135 0 500 7454 848 10 000 7433 296 0 500 7403 214 10 000 7373 417 2 000 7350 232 10 000 7322 844 10 000 7294 557 10 000 9718 789 5 000 9694 543 0 500 9674 338 10 000 9654 133 0 500 9635 725 10 000 9614 173 2 000 7583 029 10 000 J Listen to selected channel Mono Left Right Figure 125 NB Channels List In Figure 125 the selected channel is WBA NB6 the sixth of the fourth wideband channel so its settings could be modified by the Narrowband Scope Each line of the NB Channels List contains the following fields e Name of narrowband channel e Frequency of carrier expressed in kHz e Bandwidth of channel expressed in kHz e Mode type of demodulator TitanSDR User Manual 62 e Audio mono left or right e Wav Rec recording status On of Off e VAC name of Virtual Audio Cable if any fed by demodulator output e VAC Output mono left or right e LAN left right left right see par 2 3 7 e Memory memory number if channel added to memory or allocated from memory Checking Listen to selected channel box allows to always listen to the demodulated audio of the new added selected NB channel accordingly to the mode set Figure 125 Conversely the user continues to listen to demodulated audio of th
25. 6 Figure 76 Volume adjustment To start audio click on the speaker button Figure 77 Figure 77 Speaker button when audio is off When audio starts the speaker button icon changes symbolizing that audio is on Figure 78 Click again the speaker button to stop audio Figure 78 Speaker button when audio is on The listening of demodulated audio of selected NB channel is active by default To disable this feature first click on Main Toolbar item NB List then uncheck Listen to selected channel see par 4 2 for details In order to listen to demodulated audio of two narrowband channels in parallel with one channel on left and the other on the right channel of selected audio card these are the steps to follow e disable Listen to selected channel see par 4 2 for details e select the Left audio mode for the first NB channel and play its audio e Select the Right audio mode for the second NB channel and play its audio 2 3 5 Gain control The Gain controls group of the Narrowband Scope toolbar Figure 79 appears by clicking on the expansion button shown in Figure 80 and allows to manage gain settings TitanSDR User Manual 41 Figure 79 Gain controls group t Figure 80 Expansion button The drop down menu of the Gain controls group Figure 81 allows to choose among the following alternatives e AGC Slow e AGC Fast e Manual v AGC Slow AGC Fast Manual Figure 81 Gain dro
26. 64 can be edited and modified by keyboard Figure 64 Carrier frequency edit box TitanSDR User Manual 34 Any change in the Edit box is given effect to by pressing Enter As a consequence the shaded area and the vertical yellow line representing the carrier frequency move accordingly in the Narrowband Scope as well as in the Wideband Scope Tuning by turning of mouse wheel up down By selecting any one digit in the Edit box Figure 65 and turning the mouse wheel one step up down the narrowband channel carrier frequency increases decreases by the frequency step of a unitary increase decrease of that digit Figure 65 Selection of a digit Tuning by dragging the narrowband channel shaded area The narrowband channel can be tuned within the Narrowband Scope spectrum by dragging its shaded area after having clicked on it While dragging the narrowband channel carrier frequency is modified in the edit box accordingly Tuning employing the frequency shift buttons By clicking and holding down the rightward leftward arrow button of the Tuning control group Figure 66 the carrier frequency increases decreases by a step set in Options gt Narrowband gt Tuning Step see par 4 5 3 for details In general spectrum shifts in the opposite direction while the shaded area doesn t move except when the narrowband channel approaches one of the wideband channel ends EN Figure 66 Frequency shift arrow buttons Th
27. EEEE 4 2 3 6 Audio streaming through Virtual Audio Cables VAC 42 235 AUCIGSIEORMING DY LAN S tics ie neie s conr Net diuidi eoi negas Ae eetashenaceaheahexes 44 2 3 8 ecordinog ornadmfowbadand cehbenrnielsscssuutedt tes p tbovi citu etdauetesDahus 47 2 9 See DT issue suitaoiutumdie a stc Ca D esie atout Lao tud t Les ef as odd 49 PASEO eee Mil eT 50 CM diei i imilelei Pee T T 53 A Advanced Operations rts tino oap ea Ea auda gen ea gs DE asas o oa suae t 57 ATSO avind and Todong T m tists 57 a SeSSIODESGDALIC EE E EA EA TTT 58 TitanSDR User Manual 3 LM MMEJ creadeeeaoM E UU T T T 59 27 INS CIN Vee SEIS ra r sube nuoto emere arai 6l 4 3 Memory of narrowband channels eene 63 SN MEE geo mem 64 45 2 JAlocalomolmemolrized cnmohrielsseeestdiia de puetr a cincti iba s 66 4 3 3 Memeory settings Modifications suscetus Sassiedet dude eaoe eta et One ue Pa ved endis reo 68 4 3 4 Removal or memorized channels ssec dE PRA E RU A IEiM 69 24 SschedulmdorTecorolllds suvisexsseshu tdadbtdarteRp au ra EPOER D ue C imrb ninety 7Q 4 4 1 Scheduling of anew wideband narrowband channel 70 AAD VAS EOIOl WINGO eT 73 4 4 3 Managing scheduled channels vedacencawscestsessvearedunsestiabyecancapecewluncedessioust n 444 Allocation of scheduled channels susti i pou at sais a etin 9 ONG NIST T TTE 84 CR ME Cels eet crm 84 SB Mese om 85 A m INCIC WIDOIN
28. G conterere ana a aaieddtadeechoee a 87 ASA FOOT Oe SSS S Tousesuesseseteresdemiion en AEA OONO NOAE OO 2 Aea ooe PIN TR ESO PRET ENE te Sn Sit Se NE Sens ee eS ET 94 BSED SSS Oea DULCE 94 5 10 6 a 0 Cee sae pe ae aR REE Hel TUNE 96 5 1 Table of limiting wideband channels combinations 96 5 2 Hotkeys to manage a narrowband channel 97 TitanSDR User Manual 4 1 Introduction This manual describes the TitanSDR user interface and its mode of use Before using the product make sure to have correctly performed all the steps in the Installation Manual TitanSDR is an HF multi channel receiver allowing up to four independent wideband channels within the 0 40MHz band and several narrowband channels up to 8 and 40 in the TitanSDR and TitanSDR Pro versions of the product respectively which can be tuned within wideband channels Each narrowband channel supports at the same time demodulation recording onto WAV files and streaming of demodulated signals to VACs Virtual Audio Cables sound cards Hoka Electronic CODE300 decoders via LAN Figure 1 exemplifies diagrammatically the operation described above P ang Ian RF 7 P F Wideband Channel d NV Wideband Channel 2 Ww Wideband Channel 3 Wideband Channel4 HBCh13 HOUR Decoder by LAH A g Virtual Audio Cable Po pM ae eres Play on L R or bona lt a LSR
29. Titan SDR Pro File Mode NBList Memory Schedule View Options Help j im iow e na E k wey Ww d rena T ET n iut Pe Name Frequency 9645 996 6091 309 11799 3 7046 409 2732 781 7264 228 2 g 1 CEECETEI 7304 373 7584 600 555858888 GGG851 9 SR LUAM eh AM hi Nn m Ww Tm 18 31 01 THU 18 12 2014 UTC Figure 148 Allocation of Sch 005 as WB1 Continuing the example of Figure 147 and Figure 148 by selecting the second wideband channel Sch 004 of the Scheduled Channel window list as illustrated in Figure 149 and allocating it the corresponding second line of the list is now written in normal characters as expected as well as the third line of Sch 006 meaning that for the allocation of this last channel there aren t enough resources left Figure 150 Scheduled Channels Mode Recording Status 312 500 937 500 2 900 2 500 5 000 5 000 5 000 393938978 Figure 149 Selection of second wideband channel TitanSDR User Manual 81 File Mode NBList Memory Schedule View Options Help Panoramic Scope E WP PAP AW iu dd wi in hy i h i hr l 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 Wideband Scope VW TA Mul iN W y t Titan SDR Pro m Mh NR a u CUI NN rye Huy ala Recording Status Off Off Frequency 9645 996 6091 309 11799 316 00 21000 22000 23000 24000 25000 26000 27000 28000 29000 30000 31000 ind Scope
30. TitanSDR Receiver User Manual v 1 e Enablia S r l Italy 2012 Before using the receiver read carefully the Installation Manual and the User Manual The symbol of the crossed out wheelie bin indicates that in the European Union this product and all items marked with this symbol cannot be disposed of as unsorted waste but must be disposed of separately at the end of their useful life Vs TAIFO GUGMON peer 5 Vl USE Ine GC ere MNS GIU Ga99 99 553 2 0 921 9 26712904942199 203 2 02 921 9 20 2 2091 6 1 2 Panoramic Scope Wideband Scope and Narrowband Scope 8 RS SONNE SOTO ee 9 2 Recelver MOUE sirosis ri rA E T EE 11 VA OMOPOMAIG SCONO oer E 12 PX MEE RONTENG Se A S m TT 12 PN SCC WO SS UNG rera mm UIT 13 2 1 3 Management of wideband channels eee 16 2 2 WOEDE S COOC smit tend acq eMule ec IGI UR Ea ME PUN 19 PON POSS Win oe NNO S aripi NU ERR 19 2 2 2 Management of Narrowband channsels eese 22 2 2 3 Recording of wideband channels eene 26 2 9 INGITOWIDOIQOSCODGS seu o RI EUR Me E RUNE US eR M MEE SD EIL 28 294 SDOCIULIT sello ussedtstcdimistiedadai osi tiit tnn im E dures 30 2 5 2 Tuning of narrowband channel sssssesssssssseresesrsressseresssesressseressseeeesss 34 2 9 9 Demo duldions e TIP S sor a a T 36 2 3 4 Listening demodulated audio esssesseresesseressseresssrsresssererssrsressserersseeeesss 40 MEC CONTO oeiee e e EE EEE
31. and clicking the Show Tasks button Figure 145 shows the Recording Schedule window for Sch4 Figure 144 i e for the narrowband channel WB3 NB2 ES Recording schedule of Sch 004 WB3 NB2 i 00 AXX 58 TaskID Active StartTime Start Date Stop Time Stop Date RecLengh 5 M T W T F 5 Repeat until Task 001 Yes 22 05 38 2012 10 29 MOM 05 05 38 2012 10 30 TUE 07 00 00 S T F 2013 05 30 THU Figure 145 Recording tasks for narrowband channel WB3 NB2 The settings of a task can be modified by the Task Editor window see par 4 4 2 for details which shows up by selecting the task line on the Recording Schedule window and clicking the Edit button Figure 146 TitanSDR User Manual 78 DD HH MM SS ry MM Start time Start date EE 20 Een MIWITIF6S Repeaton vl p vb Until 30 utl Input Figure 146 Task Editor window 44 4 Allocation of scheduled channels Scheduled channels and their recording tasks are saved on disk and can be recalled at any time even after software shutdown and restart In particular the Scheduled Channels window appears by clicking the Schedule menu of the Main Toolbar Nevertheless at software start scheduled channels are not allocated and must be allocated first if their recording tasks are to be executed T
32. are maT 2e Na rod my Tot TY at n m oh a wm m n pyrene 1 Mp dA ich m vni UL Wi i V nh Vus Pt qw Rec Fre Uenc SIUL 355L Le te dBm Memo Mn i Notch 1 Notch 2 Selected l 58 dE Narrowband MD b Wy Mert eit FAN LUE uiid i Vilis orn a Channel Wideband pes 8445 3450 8460 Frequency Scope Rar Waterfall Vertical Slider Figure 5 TitanSDR user interface 1 2 Panoramic Scope Wideband Scope and Narrowband Scope In this paragraph the high level structure of Panoramic Scope Wideband Scope and Narrowband Scope is described Panoramic Scope It is composed of its own toolbar a panoramic spectrum window and a reference bar representing the frequency axis The toolbar contains commands that allow to e control front end settings e manage spectrum settings e allocate and deallocate wideband channels The panoramic spectrum window shows spectrum of the 0 32MHz band managed by the receiver see par 4 5 1 to show up to 40MHz The reference bar is draggable horizontally after at least one frequency zoom in step see Chapter 2 1 2 TitanSDR User Manual 8 Wideband Scope The Wideband Scope shows the spectrum of the wideband channel which is currently selected on the Panoramic Scope at a higher resolution and its waterfall representation The frequency bar placed below the spectrum plot is draggable horizontally after at least one frequency zoom in step see Chapter 2 2 1 Spectrum plot and wat
33. arrowband Centring Output Files Set ESTEE Change gt Storage Setting Session Range Figure 157 Items of Wideband option Labels by unchecking this item the dB labels on the Wideband Scope spectrum disappear Centring by selecting this item the window of Figure 158 appears containing sliders to set Wideband spectrum display Range slider set the difference between maximum and minimum signal level displayed on Wideband spectrum slider mouse drag changes maximum displayed signal level keeping constant minimum level Bottom slider set minimum signal level displayed keeping Range constant zB WBScope Interval Range Bottom Figure 158 Wideband spectrum display set Palette Change by selecting this item a list appears of selectable palettes for the wideband waterfall display TitanSDR provides a default set of 7 palettes This set can be extended by the user by putting pal files within the C Users xyz Documents TifanSDR pal xyz being the logged user folder TitanSDR User Manual 86 Palette Setting this item allows to select mapping between palette colors and spectrum amplitudes ordinates for the wideband waterfall display Mapping alternatives are listed below e Default the range of palette colors from bottom to top color matches the ordinates range of wideband spectrum from 160 to O cB e Weak signals bottom color spectrum ordinate is set automatically just above the n
34. by the Front End controls group of the Panoramic Scope toolbar Figure 13 Figure 13 FrontEnd controls group Settings may regard e Selection of a preselection filter e Change of input attenuation value e Receiver input selection Selection of preselection filters The list of possible sixteen preselectors appears by clicking on the first drop down menu of the FrontEnd controls group Figure 14 Each preselector filter is characterized by its own passband whose frequency extremes are indicated in the list The All Pass choice is also possible default causing the receiver to perform no preselection on RF input signal All Pass Preselector 1 0 1 54 MHz Preselector 2 1 44 2 07 MHz Preselector 3 1 88 2 7 MHz Preselector 4 2 4 3 46 MHz Preselector 5 2 96 4 26 MHz Preselector 6 3 56 5 12 MHz Preselector 7 4 22 6 08 MHz Preselector 8 4 88 7 03 MHz Preselector 9 5 53 7 96 MHz Preselector 10 6 96 9 31 MHz Preselector 11 7 81 11 24 MHz v X Preselector 12 89 74 14 03 MHz Preselector 13 12 53 18 05 MHz Preselector 14 16 55 23 17 MHz Preselector 15 21 67 28 17 MHz Preselector 16 26 5 32 MHz Figure 14 Preselection filters list TitanSDR User Manual 12 Setting of the RF attenuation value RF attenuation can be set from OaB to 30dB in steps of 10 dB Clicking on the second drop down menu of the FrontEnd controls group a list appears of attenuation values that can be selected
35. channel first exoand the Narrowband Scope toolbar by clicking the expansion button Figure 80 to access the Memory controls group Figure 128 Harrow band Scope ES meno Spectrum Gain n d zu ridi iF hall yk j pU i pto vepres j i Nie hy ps Ay z rT it Pte EL mul TitanSDR User Manual 64 By clicking Add a new record is added to the Memory List containing the narrowband channels settings carrier frequency bandwidth and mode as well as the date and time of insertion in memory Furthermore the assigned memory number is indicated in the top left colored frame of the Narrowband Scope window note the string Mem009 in Figure 129 By positioning the mouse cursor over the same frame the narrowband channel name appears again Narrowband Scope ES REND INGAVGN a SS En Spectrum Gain 53 dB 1 ERI mal 4 p i wi Nh u P ET z l h i WTN j i ood O tall TET Pilot pM cu um LET TEN E Figure 129 Narrowband Scope after clicking Add In order to memorize the other fields Callsign ITU Station User Description click the Set Info button of the Memory controls group edit them in the window that shows up Figure 130 and click Close TitanSDR User Manual 65 my Callsign my ITU station my Staton User Description Memory Set Figure 130 Setting of additional info The new memory entry appears in the Memory List note
36. cope toolbar Figure 72 appears by clicking on the expansion button shown in Figure 73 and allows to manage listening of demodulated audio by PC loudspeakers headset by clicking the Audio button Figure 72 Audio controls group Figure 73 Expansion button In order to listen to demodulated audio it is necessary to first choose the audio card among the installed ones By clicking on button Set a window appears Figure 74 with the list of available audio cards choose one and click OK H TitanSDR Speakers Realtek High Definiti Line 1 Virtual Audio Cable Line 4 Virtual Audio Cable Line 3 Virtual Audio Cable Line 2 Virtual Audio Cable Line 5 Virtual Audio Cable Line 8 Virtual Audio Cable OK Cancel Figure 74 Audio card selection Note that the list includes also installed VACs if any since they are regarded by the operative system as audio output devices and are not distinguished by real audio cards In order to stream demodulated audio to other applications e g software decoders by VAC do not select a VAC from this list but make the necessary settings reported in par 2 3 6 After having chosen audio card select the audio mode Mono Left or Right by the drop down menu of the Audio controls group Figure 75 WEN v Mono Left Right Figure 75 Audio mode selection TitanSDR User Manual 40 The volume can be adjusted by dragging the vertical slider of the Volume menu Figure 7
37. d Recording is split among several files whose size can be user set within the range of TitanSDR User Manual 26 SOMB to 2GB see par 4 5 4 for details Files names are assigned automatically see par 4 5 4 for details TitanSDR provides the user the possibility of setting the upper limit to the filing of the hard disk Ongoing recordings are stopped automatically when the available space set by the user is exceeded see par 4 5 5 for details Recording can be e manual e Scheduled see par 4 4 Manual recording In order to visualize the File controls group expand the Wideband Scope toolbar by clicking on the expansion button shown in Figure 48 Figure 48 Expansion button Then to start recording click the start recording button Figure 49 within the File controls group Figure 50 Figure 49 Start recording button NB Channels 00 0 0 MB File Figure 50 Expanded Wideband Scope toolbar If the user selected destination folder to record the wideband channels is not detected at record button click a popup appears Figure 51 warning that TitanSDR User Manual 27 recording Is ongoing In default folder NDocumentsNTitanSDR ArchivesNWBChannels ES ka An Some TERR Spectrum Warning Destination folder not found Recording in default folder is Documents TitanSDR Archives WBChannels Figure 51 Wideband channel recording warning popup for destination fol
38. der not found Clicking the start recording button implies enabling the stop recording button Figure 52 If it doesn t happen a window pops up Figure 53 warning that the recording did not start for the hard disk free space lower than the minimum set to prevent the drive from being completely filled up by recording see par 4 5 5 for details Figure 52 Stop recording button Warning Mot enough disk space for recording Please try freeing disk space or modifying settings in Option gt Storage Wideband Recording box Figure 53 Wideband channel recording warning popup not enough disk space 2 3 Narrowband Scope By selecting a narrowband channel see par 2 2 2 Selection of a narrowband channel its spectrum and waterfall as well as its controls appear in the Narrowband Scope Figure 54 Channel name is indicated at top left of window TitanSDR User Manual 28 Narrowband Scope X ina Tuning B K i iaiia aL t My nei FE DR ng il ML dm Puy 108 d pM M Figure 54 Narrowband Scope visualizing narrowband channel WB1 NB1 Every narrowband channel is assigned a unique name consisting of a prefix for the name of its wideband channel for instance WB2 a separator and a suffix identifying the channel within the wideband channel e g NBI For example the first narrowband channel of the second wideband channel is assigned the name WB2 NB1 TitanSDR User Manual 29 Default spectrum
39. dit box The padlock icon color in WB Channels controls group Figure 30 points out if a wideband channel is tunable green or not red Wideband channel is tunable if contains at most one narrowband channel The unit of measurement of the wideband channel center frequency can be selected by the second drop down menu of the WB Channels controls group Figure 31 Possible choices are Hz KHz or MHz Il Hz v kHz MHz Figure 31 Unit of measurement of WB channel center frequency Deallocation of wideband channels The selected wideband channel can be deallocated by clicking on the trash button Figure 32 of the WB Channels controls group Figure 30 Figure 32 Trash button As a result of this action its shaded area disappears from the Panoramic Scope spectrum and its name is removed from the wideband channels drop down menu of Figure 29 In order to perform deallocation of a wideband channel it must be empty i e no narrowband channel must be present allocated inside it see par 2 2 2 2 2 Wideband Scope 2 2 1 Spectrum settings The graphical settings of the Wideband Scope spectrum can be changed by the Spectrum controls group of the Wideband Scope toolbar Figure 33 Figure 33 Spectrum controls group TitanSDR User Manual 19 The following operations are possible e selection of spectrum averaging time period e frequency zoom dezoom e automatic custom setting of max min spectrum a
40. e same NB channel if any while changing adding NB channels if Listen to selected channel is unchecked 4 3 Memory of narrowband channels Narrowband channels can be memorized together with stations info in order to be easily recognized from a Memory List presenting all memorized data and rapidly allocated again with the same settings carrier frequency bandwidth and mode The Memory List opens by clicking Memory on the Main Toolbar Figure 126 File Mode NB List Schedule View Options Help Figure 126 Memory on Main Toolbar Each row of the Memory List Figure 127 contains the following fields e Memory name of e Name of narrowband channel if allocated e Frequency of carrier expressed in kHz e Bandwidth of channel expressed in kHz e Mode type of demodulator e Time of insertion in memory e Date of insertion in memory e Callsign e TU e Station e User Description TitanSDR User Manual 63 Time format can be selected as UTC Coordinated Universal Time or local format Figure 127 Memory List Memory Frequency Bandwidth Mode T Callsign User Description Mem001 980 575 0 500 Cw Mem002 886 735 10 000 Mem 0035 6121 054 10 000 e55B L Mem004 6041 562 10 000 AM Mem005 SNE 1 7483 135 0 500 LSB Mem 06 SANE 454 848 10 000 AM Mem 007 7322 844 10 000 e558 Mem 0a 9654 133 0 500 Cw Figure 127 Memory List window 4 3 1 Memorization To memorize a narrowband
41. e unit of measurement of the narrowband channel carrier frequency can be selected by the drop down menu of the Tuning controls group Figure 67 Possible choices are Hz kHz or MHZ Hz v kHz MHz Figure 67 Unit of measurement of narrowband channel carrier frequency TitanSDR User Manual 35 2 3 3 Demodulation settings The Mode controls group of the Narrowband Scope toolbar Figure 68 allows to perform the following operations e Mode selection e Setting of channel bandwidth e Setting of BFO frequency for CW FSK and DRM Figure 68 Mode controls group Mode selection Supported modes are listed below a Upper Side Band USB b Lower Side Band LSB c Amplitude Modulation AM d Continuous Wave CW e Narrowband Frequency Modulation NFM f Frequency Shift Keying FSK g Digital Radio Mondiale DRM h Extended Single Side Band Upper eSSB UJ i Extended Single Side Band Lower eSSB U By clicking on button of Figure 68 is possible to select a specific mode TitanSDR User Manual 36 Default RF bandwidths minimum RF bandwidths and demodulated audio sampling rates for supported modes are listed in the table below Default RF Minimum RF bandwidths bandwidths rates ns te euss 10X0Hz 20H 220808 NA KG ie HN 10000 Hz 400 Hz Vista W7 44100 Hz 12000 Hz Win XP 48000 Hz Selecting Options gt Narrowband gt Set modes bandwidth the default RF bandwidth ca
42. eband and narrowband channels which appears by clicking the Schedule menu of the Main Toolbar For example Figure 144 shows the Scheduled Channels window for two wideband channels Sch 001 Sch 002 and seven narrowband channels Sch 003 Sch 009 Frequency i Recording Status 15427 246 21589 3536 9423 139 9459 887 3501 808 Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled 21392818 2500 21460 8872 10 000 21518 580 2 500 21551 2466 10 000 6858585858558 ee a ses E e E mee E oce Figure 144 Scheduled Channels window TitanSDR User Manual 77 The Scheduled Channels window contains the following fields e Schedule name of e Type WB or NB for a wideband or narrowband channel respectively e Name of wideband or narrowband channel if already allocated e Frequency center frequency for wideband channels carrier frequency for narrowband channels expressed in kHz e Bandwidth of wideband or narrowband channel expressed in kHz e Mode of narrowband channel e Recording On if recording is ongoing Off otherwise e Status Off if channel is not allocated Enabled if there are active tasks Disabled if there aren t active tasks Scheduled recordings can be removed from the list by selecting them and clicking the Remove button The Recording Schedule window containing the tasks for a specific scheduled channel appears by selecting its line on the list of Scheduled Channels
43. el can be allocated Figure 133 TitanSDR User Manual 67 ME S NB Channels Spectrum n Jj WW y y Vili Ww hu n uM P 4 Au ra I MW L fy i m i T wh y el jen i000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 11000 12000 13000 14000 15000 16000 17000 18000 19000 2 Memory List Memory lam Frequency i odi i Date si Station User Description 2014 11 26 2014 11 26 2014 11 26 Figure 133 Wideband channel including Mem009 Finally allocation of the memorized channel is obtained by clicking the Allocate button In general by performing a multiple selection of lines in the Memory List and clicking the Allocate button a narrowband channel is allocated for each line written with bold characters i e whose memorized channel can be included in a wideband channel 4 3 3 Memory settings modifications The settings of a memorized channel which can be modified are listed below e Frequency e Bandwidth e Mode type of demodulator e Callsign e TU e Station e User Description To modify these settings it is first necessary to allocate it see par 4 3 2 Then they can be modified by the Narrowband Scope controls TitanSDR User Manual 68 Memory settings are modified also in the Memory List but changes are not yet saved on disk In order to save changes applying to a specific narrowband channel click the Update button of its Memory controls group If changes are not saved on d
44. er mode TitanSDR allows to save session settings of receiver Front End wideband channels and narrowband channels into session files with extension ssn A session file includes e receiver Front End settings see par 2 1 1 selected preselection filter input attenuation value and receiver input HF or IF e settings of allocated wideband channels o bandwidths o center frequencies o spectrum averaging o palette used e settings of allocated narrowband channels o relevant wideband channel o narrowband channel name o narrowband channel carrier frequency o demodulation mode par 2 3 3 o BFO frequency o recording on wave file o listening to demodulated audio o audio streaming through VAC o Qudio streaming by LAN o path to save wave file o palette used Sessions can be restored whenever desired By restoring of a session through its session file TitanSDR restores Front End settings allocates automatically all wideband and narrowband channels that were present when the session file was saved and restores all their settings listed above TitanSDR User Manual 57 4 1 1 Session saving In order to save the current session select Save session as from the File drop down menu of the Main Toolbar Figure 116 Save Session a5 Load session Figure 116 Session save selection In the browse window that opens enter the session file name default folder is C Users xyz Documents TiftanSDR
45. erfall display are separated by a splitter which allows to vary the vertical dimension of the two windows Figure 4 Narrowband Scope The Narrowband Scope shows the spectrum of the narrowband channel which is currently selected within the Wideband Scope with a higher resolution and its waterfall representation Spectrum plot and waterfall display are separated by a splitter which allows to vary the vertical dimension of the two windows Figure 4 Panoramic Scope Wideband Scope and Narrowband Scope can be possibly shown or hidden by selecting or deselecting the corresponding items of the View drop down menu on the main toolbar Figure 6 Panoramic Wideband Narrowband Figure 6 View menu 1 3 Software startup The user interface shown in Figure 8 appears by double clicking on the TitanSDR software icon see Figure 7 Figure 7 TitanSDR software icon TitanSDR User Manual 9 A Titan SDR File Mode NBList Memory Schedule View Options Help 11 13 54 MON 23 11 2015 UTC Figure 8 User interface of TitanSDR TitanSDR can be operated in the following two modes e Receiver Mode e Player Mode with the ability fo switch between them without restarting the software Receiver Mode software allows to control the receiver and to manage all operations on radio channels all of the functions of this mode are described in Chapter 2 Player Mode software allows to playback files written in
46. g tones at 5990 kHz and 6000 kHz respectively TitanSDR User Manual 52 3 Player Mode Par 2 2 3 describes how in Receiver Mode TitanSDR can record wideband channels into binary files proprietary format with extension bin As anticipated in par 1 3 TitanSDR can be operated also in Player Mode which allows to playback a wideband recording and to allocate narrowband channels on that recording working with them as in Receiver Mode In order to operate TitanSDR in Player Mode one of the following conditions must be met e he receiver is powered on and connected by USB cable to the PC e he provided USB dongle is plugged into a USB port To switch to Player Mode select Player from the drop down menu Mode of the Main Toolbar Figure 107 j Recelver Piyer Lt Figure 107 Player Mode selection In Player Mode only the Wideband and Narrowband Scope not the Panoramic Scope are present Figure 108 A Titan SDR Pro File Mode NBList Memory Schedule View Options Help 11 50 53 MON 23 11 2015 UTC Figure 108 Player Mode TitanSDR User Manual 53 To open a file click the button in Figure 109 and browse the window that opens after clicking Figure 110 Figure 109 Open button g Open G mH TitanSDR Archives WBChannels Organize New folder F 3r Favorites Documents library NE Desktop WBChannels A Downloads Name Date modified Type Arrange by Folder Recen
47. he Token field may be edited to entry a name for the TCP connection In order to edit a cell click on the line first to select it then Click on the cell 127 0 0 1 127 0 0 1 B1 24 Configure Decoder Figure 91 Table of TCP connections Start and stop streaming on a TCP connection To start streaming of the narrowband channel on a specific TCP connection select the corresponding line of the table and click Ok Token Decoder 1 127 0 0 1 Figure 92 Selection of a TCP connection TitanSDR User Manual 45 Then select which channel s to employ Left Right or Leff Right by selecting the corresponding item of the drop down menu of the LAN controls group Figure 93 Right Left Right Figure 93 Channels selection Start streaming by clicking the play button Figure 94 Figure 94 Play button The channel s employed Left Right Left Right by the TCP connection is are indicated on the corresponding line of the table Figure 95 In fact if The narrowband channel name appears in the Left or Right field it means that the left or right channel is being employed respectively If the name appears in both fields the same streaming is being transferred by both channels left and right ef Right werner OO Figure 95 Narrowband channel WB1 B1 on channel Left When streaming starts the play button icon changes symbolizing that streaming is on Figure 96 Click again the same butto
48. he following paragraphs describe how allocations of scheduled wideband and narrowband channels can be accomplished through the Scheduled Channels window Allocation of scheduled wideband channels A scheduled wideband channel can be allocated if it appears in bold characters in the Scheduled Channel window meaning that there are sufficient resources available for its allocation Figure 147 shows for instance the Scheduled Channel window with three wideband channels in bold characters Therefore any of them can be allocated TitanSDR User Manual 79 g Scheduled Channels Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Show Tasks Figure 147 Scheduled Channels window with an allocable wideband channel selected In order to allocate a WB channel select its line and click the Allocate button Multiple selection of channels to allocate is also possible they are allocated from the highest to the lowest of selection until resources are available after clicking the Allocate button once By selecting and allocating a wideband channel the assigned wideband channel name appears in the Name field of the Scheduled Channels window list and its line is no longer written in bold characters For instance Figure 148 shows the Scheduled Channels window after allocating the selected wideband channel in Figure 147 as WB1 The red shaded area of WBI is also visible in the Panoramic Scope spectrum TitanSDR User Manual 80 A
49. he new wideband channel to allocate see Appendix TitanSDR User Manual 16 Figure 26 List of available bandwidth sizes A new wideband channel is allocated by clicking on one of the available bandwidth sizes Its position and frequency extent is represented by a colored shaded area on the Panoramic Scope spectrum Figure 27 whilst its center frequency is indicated in the edit box of the WB Channels controls group Figure 25 Ce pe TIU SaaS AN WB Channels iun WAN y Mi i PAS V pedit ai LARLY HARUM RELAY PARA RAT ABEST pe Ra tuu RAN RESERVAS EARUM REVI LIL LULA EAE RARI BENI PAA por b puer uat o LR MA DR HEU ILLE EUST BRA READ RS EEUU LO UR pru ANS Le uA aug rau paa TTTT Figure 27 Wideband channel shaded area By default the new wideband channel is allocated within the Panoramic Scope at the far left of the displayed spectrum The allocated channel is assigned one of the following names WB1 WB2 WB3 WB4 To facilitate identification of wideband channels and to distinguish them from one another their shaded areas are assigned a color based on the following color convention WB1 RED shaded area WB2 GREEN shaded area WB3 BLUE shaded area TitanSDR User Manual 17 WB4 PURPLE shaded area Selection of a wideband channel When more than one wideband channel has been allocated Figure 28 a specific wideband channel can be selected by clicking on its name in the firs
50. hone 3 audio channels Figure 1 Functional diagram TitanSDR User Manual 5 1 1 User interface architecture Figure 2 shows schematically the user interface architecture Main Toolbar Panoramic Scope Toolbar Panoramic Scope Spectrum Panoramic Scope ea Narrowband Scope Toolbar Wideband Scope Spectrum Narrowband Scope Spectrum Wideband Scope Wideband Scope Waterfall Narrowband Scope Waterfall a j7 gt eee Splitter Narrowband Scope Ss Frequency Bar Figure 2 User interface architecture The user interface is composed of e Main Toolbar e Panoramic Scope e Wideband Scope e Narrowband Scope On the Main Toolbar Figure 3 there are a series of drop down menus File Mode NB List Memory Schedule View Options that allow to access the features described in detail in Chapters 2 3 4 of this manual File Mode WNEBList Memory Schedule View Options Figure 3 Main Toolbar TitanSDR User Manual 6 Panoramic Scope Wideband Scope and Narrowband Scope are windows in which visualization and control of panoramic spectrum wideband channels and narrowband channels can be performed respectively As illustrated in Figure 2 Wideband Scope and Narrowband Scope are positioned under the Panoramic Scope which in turn is just under the Main Toolbar In order to make resize of windows possible these are separated by splitters namely graphics draggab
51. isk by the Update button the message in Figure 134 appears when software is closed asking whether to save all memory changes possibly made TitanSDR Update all memories of WE channel Ne Figure 134 Message for update of memories A similar message appears also Figure 135 if a single memorized channel whose memory settings have changed is deallocated by the trash button of the Narrowband Scope or the trash button of the NB Channels controls group of the Wideband Scope TitanSDR Update Mem0097 ae Le Figure 135 Message for update of single memory 4 34 Removal of memorized channels To remove a record from the Memory List select its line and click the Remove button TitanSDR User Manual 69 44 Scheduling of recordings Both recording of wideband and narrowband channels can be scheduled While TitanSDR takes care to start stop recordings on scheduled channels the other channels can be normally employed in parallel This subject is divided in the following paragraphs e 4 4 1 Scheduling of a new wideband narrowband channel describes the necessary steps to set recording tasks for a wideband narrowband channel and how recording tasks are handled e 4 4 2 Task Editor window gives practical examples for setting both not periodic and periodic tasks e 4 4 3 Managing scheduled channels describes how it is possible to monitor and manage all the recording activities from the Scheduled Channels
52. ist which is structured as a table contains data concerning a specific narrowband channel File Mode Memory Schedule View Options Help Figure 46 Menu NB List Selection of a narrowband channel can be accomplished by clicking on the corresponding row of the NB Channels List Detailed information on how to employ the NB Channels List may be found in par 4 2 Tuning of narrowband channels Tuning of a narrowband channel can be modified by left clicking on its shaded area within the Wideband Scope spectrum and dragging it To the wanted position frequency Deallocation removal of narrowband channels The selected narrowband channel can be deallocated removed by clicking on the trash button of the NB Channels controls group Figure 47 Figure 47 NB Channels controls group In order to deallocate all narrowband channels of the selected wideband channel regardless of them being selected or not click on the trash button labeled ALL 2 2 3 Recording of wideband channels TitanSDR allows to record a wideband channel in a binary file proprietary format with extension bin which is accompanied with a file having the same name but extension info Both files are saved In default folder C Users xyz Documents TiftanSDR ArchivesNWBChannels xyz being the logged User name or in user selected destination folder see par 4 5 4 for details If the recording has to be moved to a different directory both files must be move
53. le separators which allow to increase or decrease the size of the window of interest to the detriment or advantage of the others Clicking on a splitter its position can be moved by mouse dragging with the left mouse button hold down Main Toolbar Panoramic 5cope Toolbar Panoramic Scope Spectrum Panoramic Scope Wideband Scope Toolbar Narrowband Scope Toolbar Wideband Scope Spectrum Narrowband Scope Spectrum Wideband Scope Wideband Scope Waterfall Narrowband Scope Waterfall r Splitter Narrowband Scope Ss Frequency Bar Figure 4 Splitters drag directions Figure 4 shows directions in which splitters can be dragged inside the user interface Note the presence of splitters also within windows of Wideband and Narrowband Scope see Chapter 1 2 for a detailed description Figure 5 shows a screenshot of the user interface during typical operation TitanSDR User Manual 7 a Wideband Channels Titan SDR Pro aA Main al Toolbar Panoramic Scope Narrowband Scope Waterfall 16 25 53 SAT 21 11 2015 UTC Toolbar neat j r l aM m mis 1 Horizontal bc Frequency Slider 8000 es bor Wideband Scope Wideband roo cli a Scope N bend Toolbar shat Tuning Mode S arrow an cope Narrowband H i Wi gn hudo CA 1 AL Lol ORRA Toolb idia Mah All oolbar Channels
54. mplitudes Furthermore in order to shift the displayed frequency interval dragging of the frequency axis bar is also possible Selection of spectrum averaging time period By clicking on the drop down menu of the Spectrum controls group a list appears of possible averaging time periods that can be selected Figure 34 Default setting is NO AVG meaning that spectra are plotted on the Wideband Scope without any averaging Figure 34 Spectrum averaging time periods Frequency zoom dezoom Click zoom dezoom buttons to enable the zoom function mouse cursor changes into magnifying glass Zoom dezoom can then be accomplished by left clicking or turning mouse wheel up down Zoom dezoom aims to the frequency value corresponding to mouse cursor position on spectrum plot Figure 35 Further click on zoom dezoom buttons to disable the zoom function restoring the standard mouse Cursor TitanSDR User Manual 20 Wideband Scope T n n T M E uh i W m i Wi vi 6130 i 6160 S170 Mu 5190 6200 6210 6220 6230 m hu f T Ww Vly Wi h wi NN Wh tani a hi wih 3 Ati gi ES ros n g T EUEMVLD 4 EENI MIN pd Figure 35 Wideband Scope spectrum and waterfall Buttons for frequency zoom dezoom are shown in Figure 36 and are positioned within the Spectrum controls group of the Wideband Scope toolbar Figure 36 Zoom dezoom buttons Figure 37 shows the Wideband Sc
55. n be customized for each mode see par 4 5 3 for details Setting of channel bandwidth The RF bandwidth of a narrowband channel can be modified in the following three ways a In the RF spectrum visualization see par 2 3 1 by selecting and dragging the shaded area edges b In the Audio spectrum visualization see par 2 3 1 byselecting and dragging each of the shaded area edges for modes USB LSB eUSB eLSB CW FSK and DRM byselecting and dragging the rightmost edge the other the DC edge cannot be moved for AM and NFM c In the Edit box of the Mode controls group by editing the channel bandwidth and clicking Enter or turning the mouse wheel up down after selecting any one digit increasing decreasing the bandwidth by the frequency step of a unitary increase decrease of that digit RF bandwidths for AM and NFM are bounded above by their audio sampling rate see table above TitanSDR User Manual 37 RF bandwidths for SSB modes USB LSB eUSB and eLSB are bounded above by half their audio sampling rate see table above Maximum RF bandwidths for modes CW FSK and DRM depend on the BFO frequency and are equal to twice the BFO frequency for BFO frequency lower than a quarter of their audio sampling rate their audio sampling rate diminished by twice the BFO frequency for other BFO frequency values Figure 69 and Figure 70 show Audio and RF spectrum visualizations for the USB mode respectively
56. n to stop streaming Figure 96 Stop button TitanSDR User Manual 46 Change parameters of an existing TCP connection To modify Token IP Address and Port of an existing TCP connection click on its line first fo select it then click and edit each cell Configure Hoka CODE300 decoder based on an IP file By connecting a narrowband channel to an instance of the Hoka CODE300 decoder it is possible to configure the decoder based on a specific IP file To this aim e Select the desired IP file from the browse window that opens after clicking the Configure Decoder button e Click Open on the browse window Request Hoka CODE300 decoder to generate an IP file By clicking the Generate IP File button a message is sent to the Hoka CODE300 decoder asking it to generate an IP file corresponding to its current settings The IP file is generated on PC hosting the decoder instance 2 3 8 Recording of narrowband channels TitanSDR allows to record narrowband channel demodulated output in a wav file Files are saved in default folder C Users xyz Documents TitanSDR ArchivesNWav xyz being the logged user or in user selected destination folder see par 4 5 4 for details Files names are assigned automatically see par 4 5 4 for details TitanSDR provides the user the possibility of setting the upper limit to the filling of the hard disk Ongoing recordings are stopped automatically when the available space set b
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58. ode of demodulation e BFO frequency Time of fields start rec time and stop rec time can be UTC or local time of PC based on corresponding selection Files names are composed by concatenation of the selected fields Field selection deselection is by clicking the corresponding checkbox The top editbox shows how concatenation of selected fields will result TitanSDR User Manual 93 4 5 5 Storage To prevent the hard disk containing the destination recording folder from being completely filled up by recording of wideband narrowband channels it is possible to set the minimum hard disk space which must be left free This can be done by the HD Space Limiting window which appears by selecting the Storage option of the Main Toolbar Figure 165 Minimum percentage of hard disk size to be left free can be entered in the edit box Ongoing wideband and or narrowband recordings are automatically stopped if hard disk free space becomes lower than this minimum A HD Space Limiting H WBArchives Stop record when space free is less than 46 55GB G31GB Space Used 8265 GB 88 71 o space Free 105 GB 11 29 Total Size 931 GB Wideband Recording Lia F L1 L Y av Stop record when space free is less than 3 41GB 31GB Space Used 19 GB 60 55 95 space Free 12 GB 39 45 Yo Total Size 31 GB Narrowband Rec ording Figure 165 HD Space Limiting
59. oise floor to ease recognition of weak signals The range of palette colors from bottom to top color maps to a 30 dB spectrum range starting from the bottom color spectrum ordinate e Custom when this item is selected a colors map appears on the right of the wideband spectrum Figure 159 showing what color is associated to what spectrum ordinate Furthermore horizontal yellow lines are drawn which can be selected and adjusted by vertical dragging marking the amplitude range between bottom and top palette colors Note that ordinates outside this range are saturated to bottom or top palette colors Figure 159 Custom palette setting Palette Range unchecking this item after having chosen the Custom palette setting makes both the colors map and the horizontal yellow lines marking the amplitude range between bottom and top palette colors disappear 4 5 3 Narrowband By selecting the Narrowband option a list appears with the following items Figure 160 e Labels e Centring TitanSDR User Manual 87 e Palette allowing to access the following submenu e Change e Setting e Range e Power Level e Tuning Step e Setmodes bandwidth Panoramic b Wideband H heath Labels Output Files Set Centring Session k Power Level k Setting Tuning Step k Range Set modes bandwidth Figure 160 Items of Narrowband option Labels by unchecking this item the dB labels on the Narrowband Scope spect
60. op streaming Figure 87 Stop button TitanSDR User Manual 43 The volume can be adjusted by dragging the vertical slider of the Volume menu Figure 88 Adjusting volume to a given VAC does not affect the volume of other VAC Figure 88 Volume adjustment 2 3 Audio streaming by LAN Demulated audio can be forwarded by LAN to other applications e g CODE300 Hoka decoders running on the same PC by the loopback address 127 0 0 1 or on other PCs of a network Output controls group of the Narrowband Scope toolbar Figure 89 appears by clicking on the expansion button shown in Figure 90 and allows to manage the LAN forwarding of demodulated audio by clicking the LAN button Figure 89 LAN controls group Figure 90 Expansion button By the LAN button click it is possible to e Setanew TCP connection e Start and stop streaming on a TCP connection e Change parameters of an existing TCP connection e Remove a CP connection e Configure Hoka CODE300 decoder based on an IP file e Request Hoka CODES300 decoder to generate an IP file TitanSDR User Manual 44 Set a new TCP connection By clicking the Set button a window appears Figure 91 with a table that allows to specify up to eight destination IP addresses and associated ports Each line refers to a specific destination TCP server IP address and port can be entered by editing the corresponding fields T
61. ope after zooming the spectrum of Figure 35 by clicking on the zoom button the one marked with a Wideband Scope Figure 3 37 Wideband Scope after zooming Automatic custom setting of max min spectrum amplitudes Wideband channel spectrum can be resized upward downward by clicking up down arrows Figure 38 TitanSDR User Manual 21 Figure 38 Upward downward spectrum resize buttons Dragging of the frequency axis bar After having zoomed once at least the displayed frequency interval can be shifted downwards or upwards by simply left clicking on the frequency axis bar of the Wideband Scope Figure 39 and dragging it leftward or rightward respectively Figure 39 Frequency axis bar 2 2 2 Management of narrowband channels The NB Channels controls group of the Wideband Scope toolbar Figure 40 allows to perform the following operations e allocation of a narrowband channel e selection of a previously allocated narrowband channel e tuning of a narrowband channel by mouse dragging and dropping its shaded area e deallocation removal of a narrowband channel Figure 40 NB Channels controls group Allocation of a narrowband channel By clicking on the ADD button of the NB Channels controls group a vertical yellow line appears on the Wideband Scope spectrum Figure 41 representing the carrier frequency of the narrowband channel to be allocated Near to the yellow
62. p down menu By selecting AGC Automatic Gain Control Slow or Fast gain is adjusted automatically and the horizontal slider of the Gain controls group allows to set output target audio level Furthermore AGC Slow features a higher decay time than ACC Fast By selecting Manual gain is constant and can be adjusted manually by the same horizontal slider 2 3 6 Audio streaming through Virtual Audio Cables VAC Output controls group of the Narrowband Scope toolbar Figure 82 appears by clicking on the expansion button shown in Figure 83 and allows to manage streaming of demodulated audio to other applications e g software decoders by VAC by clicking the VAC button TitanSDR User Manual 42 Figure 82 VAC controls group c Figure 83 Expansion button By clicking on button Set a window appears Figure 84 with the list of installed VACs choose one and click Ok zH TitanSDR Line 1 Virtual Audio Cable Available Line 4 Virtual Audio Cable Available lime 10 Mfirhoisl Arrian ca3hlas As a3ilabla OK Cancel Figure 84 Installed VACs Then select the audio mode Mono Left or Right by the drop down menu of the VAC controls group Figure 85 Figure 85 VAC audio mode To start streaming click on the play button Figure 86 Figure 86 Play button When streaming starts the play button icon changes symbolizing that streaming is on Figure 87 Click again the same button to st
63. rrowband channel can be done in three ways e Selecting it in the narrowband channels drop down menu of the Wideband Scope toolbar within the NB Channels controls group e Left clicking on its shaded area in the Wideband Scope spectrum TitanSDR User Manual 24 e Opening the NB Channels List see par 4 2 and clicking on the corresponding line Selection in the narrowband channels drop down menu A narrowband channel can be selected within the list of allocated channels which appears Figure 44 by clicking on the narrowband channels drop down menu of the Wideband Scope toolbar within the NB Channels controls group v WB1 NB4 Freq 15299 974 kHz BW 10 000 kHz WB1 NB3 Freq 15224662 kHz BW 10 000 kHz WB1 NB2 Freq 15204 959 kHz BW 10 000 kHz WB1 NB1 Freq 15139 964 kHz BW 10 000 kHz A AN PIN Wi ge Nery Pipe yt acd bil Iv h it aula penaa py ii i iin il eeu Figure 44 Narrowband channel selection by drop down menu Selection by left clicking on shaded area A narrowband channel can be selected by left clicking on its shaded area Figure 45 n Tu h it i PT vi iU MM M T m YIN lp Na M dif unt TW fi AMAN A wh i Qu lil DL Figure 45 Narrowband channel selection by mouse click Selection by NB Channels List TitanSDR User Manual 25 First of all tne NB Channels List must be opened by clicking on menu NBList Figure 46 of the Main Toolbar Each row of the NB Channels L
64. rum disappear Centring by selecting this item the window of Figure 161 appears containing sliders to set Narrowband spectrum display Range slider set the difference between maximum and minimum signal level displayed on Narrowband spectrum slider mouse drag changes maximum displayed signal level keeping constant minimum level Bottom slider set minimum signal level displayed keeping Range constant TitanSDR User Manual 88 NBScope Interval Range Bottom Figure 161 Narrowband spectrum display set Palette Change by selecting this item a list appears of selectable palettes for the narrowband waterfall display TitanSDR provides a default set of 7 palettes This set can be extended by the user by putting pal files within the C Users xyz Documents TifanSDR pal xyz being the logged user folder Palette Setting this item allows to select mapping between palette colors and spectrum amplitudes ordinates for the narrowband waterfall display both of RF and demodulated audio Mapping alternatives are listed below e Default the range of palette colors from bottom to top color matches the ordinates range of narrowband spectrum from 160 to O dB for RF and from 100 to O dB for demodulated audio e Weak signals bottom color RF spectrum ordinate is set automatically just above the noise floor to ease recognition of weak signals The range of palette colors from bottom to top color maps to a 30 dB RF spec
65. t Places WB channel 8 000 bin 4 16 2015 1 53 PM BIN File Rm WB channel 8 001 bin 4 16 2015 1 53 PM BIN File i53 Libraries ge Documents _ WB channel 8 002 bin 4 16 20151 53PM BIN File a TRES L WB channel 3 003 bin 4 16 2015 1 53 PM BIM File B Pictures WB channel 8 004 bin 4 16 2015 1 53 PM BIN File BB Videos d Homegroup jE Computer adl File name WB channel 8 000 bin Figure 110 Selection of a file Wideband recordings are saved In default folder C Users xyz Documents TiftanSDR ArchivesNWBChannels xyz being the logged User name or in user defined destination folder Playback of recording split among several files can be started from any chunk and goes on until the last one chunks pertaining to the same recording have the same name but the suffix O000 for the first 001 for the second and so on Removing an intermediate file chunk from a recording creates a hole in the series of file chunks of that recording if the playback starts from any chunk preceding the hole it goes on until the hole After selecting a file click on play button of Figure 111 reproduces recording just once namely the playback automatically stops at the end of the recording Note that the recordings of all possible narrowband channels allocated are automatically stopped too Clicking play button of Figure 112 allows indefinitely looping of reproduction TitanSDR User Manual 54 Lb Figure 111
66. t drop down menu of the WB Channels controls group Figure 29 Panoramic Scope B ul aid in i ii i N l n m j n i Mealy ri duly ey iw wt iter H Figure 28 Sample scenario with four wideband channels Freg 93338 379kHz BW 312 500kHz N WEB2 Freq 20822 754kHz BW 312 500kHz B WEBS Freq 29401 855kHz BW 312 500kHz BE WB4 Freq 612 793kHz BW 312 500kHz Figure 29 WB Channels drop down menu For each allocated wideband channel both center frequency and bandwidth are provided in the same drop down menu By selecting a wideband channel its shaded area becomes brightly colored Tuning of wideband channels Tuning of selected wideband channel within Panoramic Scope spectrum can be obtained e modifying by keyboard the center frequency Edit box of Figure 30 Any change in the Edit box is given effect to by pressing Enter e turning of mouse wheel up down after selection of any one digit in the Edit box of Figure 30 The center frequency increases decreases by the frequency step of a unitary increase decrease of that digit e dragging its shaded area While dragging the wideband channel center frequency is modified accordingly in The frequency edit box of the WB Channels controls group Figure 30 TitanSDR User Manual 18 Figure 30 Center frequency e
67. t tasks can be periodic or not periodic Not periodic tasks are executed once Periodic tasks are those which have to be executed on specific days of the week TitanSDR User Manual 71 Eee 10 930 953 aee 2012 81 03 E REDEEM 830 855 Mone 2012 8 0 803 EL T zn IO 810 NOD pem Bee DB ii o Figure 139 Task Editor window After entering all task s data click Ok the new task is added to the Recording schedule window as a new line Figure 140 ni l Task ID Active Start Time Start Date Stop Time Stop Date Rec Length 5 M Task 001 Yes 10 30 58 2012 11 03 SAT 20 40 58 2012 11 03 SAT 10 10 00 Figure 140 Recording Schedule window with first entered task A task can be active or not Only active tasks are executed A task is active if the cell of the Active field second column is Yes If this cell is No the task will never be executed When a new task is created it is activated by default i e Active field cell is Yes In order to deactivate activate a task left click on this cell The following rules apply e f two tasks of two different wideband channel have overlapping recording time intervals the one which is executed is that with the earliest start time the other one is not executed at all TitanSDR User Manual 72 e A recording tasks doesn t start if recording
68. the last line in Figure 131 starting with Mem0OO5 4 3 2 Allocation of memorized channels Frequency 980 575 886 735 6121 054 6041 582 7483 135 9654 133 Bandwidth 0 500 10 000 10 000 10 000 0 500 10 000 10 000 0 500 10 000 Mode CW Allocate Memory List Date 201411526 2014 11 25 2014 11 25 2014 11 25 2014 11 26 2014 11 26 2014 11 26 2014 11 25 2014 12 16 Local Time Callsign User Description Figure 131 Memory List after insertion of new record Mem009 In order to allocate a narrowband channel from the Memory List there must be first a previously allocated wideband channel which can include it TitanSDR User Manual 66 By selecting whatever record line of the Memory List a vertical yellow line appears on the Panoramic Scope spectrum window in correspondence with the carrier frequency of the memorized channel Figure 132 M Ny MN it m J a baka M Ah Audios E Memory List lem Frequency Bandwidth Mode Date Callsign ITU Station 2014 11 26 2014 11 26 2014 11 26 2014 11 26 2014 11 26 2014 11 26 2014 11 25 l Figure 132 Selection of a line memorized station and visualization of corresponding carrier frequency yellow line By dragging a wideband channel shaded area over the same yellow line the corresponding line of the Memory List is rewritten with bold characters meaning that the memorized chann
69. the recording did not start for the hard disk free soace lower than the minimum set to prevent the drive trom being completely filled up by recording see par 4 5 5 for details Figure 101 Stop recording button Warning Mot enough disk space for recording Please try freeing disk space or modifying settings in Option gt Storage Wideband Recording box Figure 102 Narrowband channel recording warning popup for not enough disk space The Rec controls group includes the recording time which starts from 00 00 00 begins to increase after clicking the start recording button and stops increasing at stop of recording Stop of recording implies closing the wav file If a new recording is started a new wav file is created different from the previous one 2 3 9 S meter Level control group Figure 103 contains S meter displaying the signal strength at antenna input under narrowband channel shaded area Figure 103 S meter The unit measure can be changed from dBm to S points by clicking on control group label or by Options gt Narrowband gt Power Level see par 4 5 3 for details TitanSDR User Manual 49 2 3 10 Notch filter Each narrowband channel has two notch filters that can be operated simultaneuosly Notch 1 and Notch 2 control group Figure 104 contains controls dedicated to the notch filter function a checkbox to activate deactivate the filter and two Edit box for bandwidth and center frequenc
70. trum range starting from the bottom color spectrum ordinate e Custom when this item is selected a colors map appears on the right of the narrowband spectrum of RF and demodulated audio Figure 162 showing what color is associated to what spectrum ordinate Furthermore horizontal yellow lines are drawn which can be selected and adjusted by vertical dragging marking the amplitude range between bottom and top palette colors Note that ordinates outside this range are saturated to bottom or top palette colors TitanSDR User Manual 89 1 _ 2 3 4 5 Figure 162 Custom palette setting for spectrum of demodulated audio Palette Range unchecking this item after having chosen the Custom palette setting makes both the colors map and the horizontal yellow lines marking the amplitude range between bottom and top palette colors disappear Power level opens a submenu to set the unit measure dBm or S point of the the S meter located in Narrowband Scope toolbar Tuning Step opens a submenu to set the tuning step from 100 Hz to 5 kHz for tuning by frequency shift buttons see par 2 3 2 Set modes bandwidth opens the window of Figure 163 to set the default values of the RF bandwidths for each mode New settings only apply to narrowband channels allocated after closing Modes Default Bandiwdth window TitanSDR User Manual 90 zi Modes Default Bandwidth FSK c n v pa e c e
71. y both expressed in kHz Notch filter bandwith ranges from 75 Hz to 3 kHz whilst the center frequency ranges the entire NBScope Figure 104 Notch 1 and Notch 2 control group Notch filter bandwidth and center frequency can be adjusted e by keyboard editing in the Edit box any change is given effect to by pressing Enter e by selecting any one digit in the Edit box and turning the mouse wheel one steo up down the notch filter center frequency or bandwidth increases decreases by the frequency step of a unitary increase decrease of that digit Center frequency can also be adjusted by mouse dragging In following Figure 105 and Figure 106 the effect of notch filtering is shown on spectrum and waterfall TitanSDR User Manual 50 Narrowband Scope ENT i A i e halt Ay di h in Ps n ph Ayla V A Aky ME il orn h hiny bo ju Mur re ara AI LA e M x x aa 1 ES E EG T Hn rt E F r L a TAS bo a a Ms Ae Zz x MENS Em n d d E r E M ERST ge EE E i I ba i J Won E a a T o nm JP j bu m i J ax LN Ke on mm rm i i ihm f di al r 4 L i a af TLA Figure 105 Notch 1 activated and d filtering t tone at 5990 kHz TitanSDR User Manual 51 Mis Ven Mosa l Hh n i Lr hy TM y WM er wad um vy i rers 5980 5985 5990 2995 6000 6005 6010 6015 Figure 106 Notch 1 and Notch 2 activated and filterin
72. y the user is exceeded see par 4 5 5 for details Recording can be e manual e Scheduled see par 4 4 e by session loading see par 4 1 2 Manual recording In order to visualize the Rec controls group expand the Narrowband Scope toolbar by clicking on the expansion button shown in Figure 97 TitanSDR User Manual 47 LJ Figure 97 Expansion button Then to start recording click the start recording button Figure 98 within the Rec controls group Figure 99 Figure 98 Start recording button mond M War Gee T3 00 00 00 Output Figure 99 Expanded Narrowband Scope toolbar If the user selected destination folder to record the narrowband channels is not detected at record button click a popup appears Figure 100 warning that recording is ongoing in default folder NDocumentsNTitanSDR ArchivesNWav Warning Destination folder not found File will be saved in default folder A wi Documents Titans DR Archives Wav Figure 100 Narrowband channel recording warning popup for destination folder not found TitanSDR User Manual 48 Clicking the start recording button implies changing the button icon into stop recording button Figure 101 If it doesn t happen a window pops up Figure 102 warning that
73. zoom TitanSDR User Manual 33 Automatic custom setting of max min spectrum amplitudes Narrowband channel spectrum can be resized upward downward by clicking up down arrows Figure 63 re k Figure 63 Upward downward spectrum resize buttons 2 3 2 Tuning of narrowband channel The carrier frequency Is indicated in the Edit box on the right of narrowband channel name The highest lowest possible carrier frequency depends on the number of narrowband channel allocated in relevant wideband channel e one narrowband channel allocated the highest lowest possible carrier frequency Is that which determines the narrowband channel shaded area to have its upper lower end matching 0 40MHz range retuning if needed wideband channel e two or more narrowband channel allocated the highest lowest possible carrier frequency is that which determines the narrowband channel shaded area fo have its upper lower end matching the wideband channel maximum minimum frequency Therefore the highest lowest possible carrier frequency depends on chosen modulation mode In this case wideband channel can not be retuned Tuning of a narrowband channel can be moditied by e Editing the carrier frequency e Turning of mouse wheel up down e Dragging the narrowband channel shaded area e Frequency shift buttons of the Tuning controls group Tuning by editing the carrier frequency The narrowband channel carrier frequency in the Edit box of Figure

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