PowerSDR KE9NS v2.8

Sweet! thanks!

Darrin, Another question. Is there a point where I can send commands too fast to this? should I keep my 'poll rate' below a threshold? my test code runs at a 1 second loop.... but I would like to bump the speed up a little (maybe 1/2 second?) just dont want to overload it, and make PowerSDR sluggish...

Oops, forgot the backup.... but no issues. Seems to work much better now. I can still crash it if I am trying 'too hard' to reset and make it recover, but in real world operations, it should be just fine! Many thanks for your work on this... It has made many more things possible now! As to my projec...

For those more inclined to use facebook for learning and asking about PSDR, I created a group tonight.

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This shows the log as I press the reset button on the arduino (simulating a power failure to the arduino) >>Command Received: ZZBS; >>PowerSDR sent: ZZBS010; >>Command Received: ZZBS; >>PowerSDR sent: ZZBS010; >>FAILURE: System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: An ex...

Video of it in action

https://youtu.be/Sb2Vhk1i6ws

Something I am noticing....

If the arduino is reset, it turns off the server in PSDR, and it has to be manually turned back on. Is there a way we can make that stay on and auto reset itself if it loses the connection?

Scratch that! I think I have it working now!!

Still unable to get the arduino to play nicely with it.

I could send you my code if you had one you wanted to try with it....


I should mention, my code communicates fine to VSPE setup as a TCP server to a ddutil port....

Hmm, not telling it to disconnect.

researching more on this... Oddly the arduino is not reading the response from Psdr either.

Not your issue at this point, as Telnet works fine.

Thanks again!

Onward.... I can get it to work with Putty via Telnet.... the arduino is giving me fits, I get this in the TCP Server window... CAT TCP Server activated. No connection >>Try to Start CAT TCP Server.. >>WAIT for Initial connection. >>CAT TCP Server STARTED on Port: 5588 PowerSDR ke9ns v2.8.177 TCP Ca...

Hmmm, its not accepting commands now... I like the feature of showing the output! Makes debugging easier! CAT TCP Server activated. No connection >>Try to Start CAT TCP Server.. >>WAIT for Initial connection. >>CAT TCP Server STARTED on Port: 5588 PowerSDR ke9ns v2.8.177 TCP Cat Connection started.....

Be careful... dont send a ZZBY;

It closes PowerSDR!!!! LOL

This is really cool!!!!!

Messing around with it, the possibilities are endless! I could even build this so it would inhibit TX if we are on the same band!! Preventing both radios from transmitting if on the same band.

Really cool stuff! I am excited now!

Ok, I think I am more up to speed now. The arduino code I was using closes the connection every time it loops. I can fix that, and that explains part of the issue. But, even when I telnet, once I close the telnet session, it unchecks the 'on' box in PSDR settings and disables the TCP server, thus re...

I send a connection request from the arduino, it responds with PowerSDR and version, and then the connection drops. In the settings, the checkbox for ON unchecks itself. I am not even getting so far as to send a command....

So it appears not so much a CAT issue yet, as a tcp connection issue.

Ok, maybe a bit too soon.... LOL

It keeps turning itself off.....

You da man!

So, some more playing around. Sending a CAT command using a Macro via TCP didnt work. I had a thought, and setup VSPE from Eterlogic (have used it in the past) and created a TCP server for a com port, and mapped it to a DDUtil port. Now, sending ZZBS; via TCP from an Arduino, I am getting a response...

I will have to see if I can pair the arduino up with the computer running ddutil. If I can connect the 2 over serial to get the data, I can use the arduino at each side to communicate to each other and handle the display. I actually did have it communicating with ddutil via the tcp server, and like ...