Pocket RXTX –Multimode Transceiver Control for Android
Contents
1. Width px 800 Height px 1232 Scale 1 Font size 29 SDR server www yo3ggx ro 8766 After you select the right connection ress on START button to enter the main application screen Using the SDR receiver When you start the main screen the receiver is powered off so the display will look like in the following pictures for both Landscape and portrait mode To start the reception long press on the blue power button pAOKICICD S KN34bk e 0 The screen contains the following components for Landscape mode e SDR mode displayed in the top left corner e SDR station name YO3GGX e SDR receivers location KN34bk e S level Numerical value for S is displayed on top of the S bar e A black box used to display RDS when will be available channel info or any other data saved for each memory e 8 memory buttons used to store all the settings Freq mode info etc extended to 16 memories through a FN button e A wheel used to select operation mode LSB USB CW AM Any change will be send to the server in realtime e A wheel used to change the bandwidth Normal Narrow Wide e and buttons to increase decrease frequency with 1KHz By keeping one of these button pressed you will enter a Repeat mode for faster change e A rotary knob which can be used for tuning like the one available on a real transceiver When slow rotating the step is 10Hz when fast rotating is higher e An2. auecteute sireysasaneatond A mie psaonieanteds 11 ONO DIY a E shgeseaariec ona van ceed oa aurac E E EE 11 APPNO A OY sere rere ce crea ns cc A AE 12 Introduction This is an Android only application used to remotely control several HAM radio sources e Ham Radio Deluxe through the HP IP Server CAT only sound can be done through Skype or other IP phone e A FT8x7 transceiver connected through Bluetooth bi directional CAT only no sound e ASDR multiband server located in KN34bk multi concurrent users SDR receiver for 80 40 30 and 20m bands Features Current version of the application has the following generic features for all sources Works on any Android device including smartphones tablets and Google TV with a minimum resolution of 320x240 and Android version 2 1 or higher Works in both portrait and landscape modes tuning through the rotary knob or by directly entering the frequency from a numeric keypad in MHz Up Down buttons to tune with a preset step which depends on the selected band 16 presets including frequency mode info For each of the 16 memories all parameters are saved freq alias description band mode etc ON OFF button When off the application is disconnected from the server transceiver select band from the pool of available ones select operation mode AM LSB USB CW etc display SWR in both graphical and text mode possibility to change application font size to match
3. only mandatory and then click Start You can now click OK if the service was started Start button grayed out and Stop button active 2 Android side From the application menu select SETUP You will be prompted to add Hostname and TCP port of HRD IP Server E 192 168 1 66 7809 21 07 3 a Operating in this mode is intuitive use the same procedures as in the previous chapter This mode was tested using FT 450 and FT 817 but it is designed to support IC 7200 and TS 2000 too 10 In this mode the frequency and mode is continuously read from the HRD console so if you change them from the transceiver the change will be reflected in Pocket RXTX too Using Bluetooth CAT mode The main screen look like in the following picture You can control Mode Output power Band VFO A B and PTT Changing application font size For some Android devices is possible that application fonts to be too big or too small based on the system settings or you just want to adapt it to your own preferences You can change the size of the font by simply sliding the finger over the right area of the frequency display where MHz and band info is displayed Sliding up the font size will increase with one unit Sliding down will decrease with one unit When you are satisfied with the result just exit the application in order for this information to be saved in the configuration file When you further run the appl
4. plus any other information stored in your radio before using this application cannot be held responsible for any damage caused to your Android device your transceiver or your PC You are warned Audio Configuration To use HRD mode with audio you can install Skype on both Android and PC and connect the PC to the transceiver Mic and Speaker There are several examples available on the Internet A future version of the application will directly include sound functionality Starting the application You can install the application directly from Google Play Store search for Pocket RXTX or Pocket Transceiver or using the link from the top of this document After you install the application you will have a new icon like the following Press on the icon to launch the application You will get the following startup page for Landscape and Portrait modes iver v0 4 2013 Dan Toma YO3GGX 2013 Florian Cucui tocol 2012 Ham Radio Deluxe LLC START DEVICE INFO Manufacturer samsung Model GT P6800 SDK 15 Width px 1280 Height px 752 Scale 1 Font size 29 BLUETOOTH Name FT817CAT MAC 04 11 06 01 04 79 DEVICE INFO Manufacturer samsung Model GT P6800 SDK 15 Width px 800 Height px 1232 Scale 1 Font size 29 BLUETOOTH Name FT817CAT MAC 04 11 06 01 04 79 If you have problems using the application please send me the text displayed in the INFO box for the fo
5. 4 pdf Bucharest Feb 10 20123 Dan Toma YO3GGX yo3ggx gmail com 12
6. 80m Current tuning frequency will be represented by a vertical yellow marker and the bandwidth with a semitransparent green strip Current frequency scale is displayed on top of the waterfall spectrum You can directly touch the waterfall spectrum or drag the yellow marker to tune to a specific frequency A fine tuning can then be done using the knob You can zoom into the firewall using the ZOOM button from the lower part of the screen Clicking on it you will change the zoom level in a circular way as follows 1x gt 2x gt 4x gt 8x gt 1x On 30m band you can zoom up to 4x maximum The frequency scale will change accordingly Zoom feature can be very useful if you tune for example in a CW zone where the bandwidth is very small like in the following picture Long pressing ZOOM button will automatically switch to 1x 7 05405MHz Band 40m The BUF button can be used to eventually improve the audio quality in terms of dropouts Each click will increase the value with one unit Please play with it and send me the best value for you Using the Memories Saving to a Memory location You have at your disposal 16 memories from M1 to M8 and M8 to M16 when FN key is active where you can store all the info related to a specific channel frequency To save a specific memory configure the transceiver for all the parameters and then long click on one of the memories button ex M2 The screen will change a big entry field will be a
7. ON OFF button used to turn ON or OFF the connection to the WebSDR server When OFF the display will be completely dimmed and buttons locked e A Function FN button to switch between the two groups of memories M1 M8 and M8 M16 and to further select the second function for some of the buttons in a future version e A gray slider on top of the frequency display used to access the Waterfall or Spectrum mode e ABAND button used to change the band You can select any of the available HAM bands as in the following image e A big blue PTT button This will be used for PTT in a future version IN the current version it is only used to set the frequency from the numeric keypad see further e You can directly enter the frequency you want For this purpose long press on the frequency display to activate the numeric keypad The rotary knob will be replaced by the keypad and the PTT button will change to SET as in the following images both landscape and portrait modes After you enter the desired frequency click on the big SET button in the lower right part of the screen Tuning using the Waterfall or Spectrum To access the waterfall drag the gray slider down over the frequency display The frequency display will be covered by the waterfall Current frequency will be displayed now on the Info box together with the band Use the SP WA button to toggle between Waterfall and spectrum 3 0500MHz Band 80m 3 70500MHz Band
8. Pocket RXTX Multimode Transceiver Control for Android GET IT ON gt gt Google play Version 0 4 Dan Toma YO3GGX yo3ggx gmail com Contents M IAC LON e ete ates E E marron aint ereacum E eaten teins cau E E E E E le neueseeasecs 2 FS at et gere cineca ese eet sessed E E A neato 2 ROTON S Beemer E ereirsreary a ery mere rete ree eee eee ee E ee eer rere ae 3 PUNO GOV NG ANON sree a E cco se rane algae insts do eioce T ae uen aloasiceecaieaneeecenci eae anrusedaeesesecaeeosens 4 ye g g oie 9 O a ane ene eee enna arene E E en en eee eee eer 4 STS e SORTE CEN a EA 5 TUNING using the Waterfall OF Spectr sseni A E AE ES 8 UNE TIE W o ga e I S eee ee ne ea ee ee re ee ee ee eee ee ee eee eee 8 Saving to a Memory OC ATION icscivcccssnecedessavcnneenieccsrcncseastinnnesdernanwacdenieestcibsdencstonedsales E 8 Recalling a Memory NO CAN Osea ace ccs tect ss ets T T A E ET 9 emnin a MEMON OC a LON Ms cact cece sergeant E cer E A torre nas oc es taser nooo see ee sat E E eens 9 LSS TA MO aran ete ape caedeemeate ce eeate ned EE E 9 CONTEUrE COMMUNICATION parameters eerca eT ince oadiedtivnalndd dadadeneidesenlosuatbedentendiqieniedssasvalsiienoseieleenens 10 Vane BL COU CAM Oh aoa sc eens ee Satins tetas sce ese fencer cmosaciie tee cine cosa etec ane in ScasonteicateerstuesasteiouseabeCeaceetursatesssdeenears 11 Changing application TONT SIZE emcee renee renr ee nena O eee eer 11 Proa Uca demon UU ON Nisetsipeecae e tec aeneaatpee E E
9. any device or taste Font size is then stored in the config file and displayed on the startup screen at next run aFN key to extend the number of memories to 16 and add future functionality to some buttons 16 Memories to store frequency mode and text info workin both portrait and landscape modes UTC clock included in the interface Specific functions for HRD mode Set and save the hostname or IP address and port for the HRD IP server Supports for the moment the following transceivers FT 450 FT 817 TS 2000 IC 7200 last two not tested Control the following functions of the transceiver Mode Band VFO toggle A B Power PTT ATU ON OFF Tune PTT Get feedback from HRD at startup for Power Freq Mode ATU VFO During operation you get feedback frequency and mode if changed from HRD console or from transceiver Specific functions in Bluetooth CAT mode FT8x7 Bidirectional control from smartphone or from the transceiver with feedback for frequency mode output power SWR S ALC PWR Mode Band VFO PTT Specific functions in SDR Receiver mode Control Mode AM USB LSB CW bandwidth Normal Narrow Wide Band Connect to the same receivers available through WebSDR at http websdr yoo3ggx ro 2 Display waterfall or spectrum per band Waterfall spectrum zoom up to 8x Mute button Limitations Current version of the application has the following limitations Can connect
10. ication the new font size will be used Practical demonstration A short video demo of the preview 0 3 version is available on YouTube http www youtube com watch v b3LWF4xa6nE The new Waterfall and Spectrum features in version 0 4 can be seen in the following YouTube video http www youtube com watch v qsJUC980HS8 Please subscribe to my channel Dan Toma to be automatically informed when a new video will be available Bibliography FT817 User manual The KA7OEI FT 817 pages http www ka7oei com ft817_meow html HRD IP Server Command List http forums hrdsoftwarellc com showthread php 9248 HRD IP Server Command List 11 Application history Version 0 3 Feb 3 2013 First release of the application in the current form Version 0 4 Feb 10 2013 What s new changed e waterfall and spectrum added in SDR mode e connection power status LED replaced with a circular light around power button e to toggle ON OFF you have now to long press on Power button e mute button added e waterfall spectrum zoom x1 x2 x4 x8 e you can now select the language for the online user manual or HELP menu e exit menu added e default font size is auto scaled based on device type config e other small cosmetic changes ex info frame background changed to Black rounded buttons gray background for help etc Bugs solved Please send me your feedback Further development of the application fully depends on YOU pocketrxtx_v0
11. llowing parameters Manufacturer Model SDK Width px Height px Scale Font size From the startup page you can select the connection mode and some other parameters The picture above represents the Bluetooth CAT mode where you can select from the 3 options FT817 FT857 and FT897 In the current version of the app the only difference is that Power control is supported only in FT817 mode To select Ham Radio Deluxe mode slide the picture to the left or to the right till you get the following picture represented in both portrait and landscape mode 4 2013 Dan Toma YO3GGX r 2013 Florian Cucui tocol 2012 Ham Radio Deluxe LLC START DEVICE INFO Manufacturer samsung Model GT P6800 SDK 15 Width px 1280 Height px 752 Scale 1 Font size 29 HRD IP server Hostname danpbx homeip net HRD Port 5679 Audio Port To select SDR Receiver mode slide to obtain the following picture 0 4 2013 Dan Toma YO3GGX es 2013 Florian Cucui 2 Ham Radio Deluxe LLC START DEVICE INFO Manufacturer samsung Model GT P6800 SDK 15 Width px 1280 Height px 752 Scale 1 Font size 29 SDR server www yo3ggx ro 8766 DEVICE INFO Manufacturer samsung Model GT P6800 SDK 15 Width px 800 Height px 1232 Scale 1 Font size 29 HRD IP server Hostname danpbx homeip net HRD Port 5679 Audio Port DEVICE INFO Manufacturer samsung Model GT P6800 SDK 15
12. only to my SDR receivers A limited number of transceivers are supported No feedback in HRD mode except for frequency and mode A limited number of tests were performed by the author Application for sure still has bugs or can crash for apparent no reason With your help issues will be solved one by one and new features will be added WARNING Use this application on your own risk As in HRD mode your PC can be made accessible from Internet for CAT and audio is your job to protect against attacks possible by using some kind of VPN ex PPTP Current IP Server implementation in HRD does not offer any kind of authentication so everybody can access your Transceiver for CAT if he knows the right port Some extra security features will be added in the future If you are not comfortable with this and you are not using any kind of VPN then use this only over your LAN More even this application does not send any dangerous data to the transceiver but as the protocol used by FT 8x7 for CAT does not use any error correction mechanism it is possible in some extreme situations to give you unexpected results like a software crash on the transceiver requiring to power cycle it or in a worst case scenario even a complete wipe of all EEPROM data including configuration software calibration alignment and memories Please use any program you like ex FT817 commander to save at least all soft calibration settings
13. vailable together with the standard keyboard English UK Enter the ALIAS max 6 chars you want to appear on the button for that specific frequency and a description length not limited separated by symbol 2Q80m Call frequency for 80m band Recalling a Memory location To recall a memory location you just have to click on the corresponding button All the settings saved for that location will be loaded from the configuration file freq band step mode more will follow Clearing a Memory location To clear a memory location you have to long click on the corresponding button and when asked to enter name and alias just delete everything and press ENTER on the virtual keyboard The memory button will be renamed to the original Mx Using HRD mode This application was developed and tested using Ham Radio Deluxe version 5 24 0 38 b3474 9 Configure communication parameters 1 PCside On the PC were HRD is installed you need to configure the IP Server For this purpose in the HRD main window select from the menu bar Tools gt IP Server Configure the optional IP server Port 7809 Default 7809 Network name v Start server when HAD starts Same PC connections only Listener status Started 192 168 33 201 192 168 89 2 192 168 43 1 192 168 78 1 Stop Cancel Enter the desired TCP port and then check Start server when HRD starts optional and uncheck Same PC connection
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search