SDRPlay CAT interface
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 1:50 pm
Good day all,
Is there or is there any plan to provide a CAT like interface for SDRPlay?
What would be the best way to provide such an interface, through EXTIO_SDRPlay.dll or through the API? Details?
I have been poking around at finding some information on EXTIO_x.DLL programming with the hope of better understanding this interface with an eye to possibly creating my own CAT like interface for SDRPlay.
One such application is doppler tracking for satellites. Orbitron (satellite tracker software) currently has a plugin (I think it's DDE related) for SDRSharp (at least the older versions) which provides doppler tracking Gpredict (my current favourite satellite tracking program) provides the capability to tune a radio through the CAT interface as does SATPC32 (another tracking program).
An interface like this opens up the possibility for this purpose as well as scanning or other external control.
Simon Brown's SDR Console already does a lot of this but it is still not my favourite. It is a very nice and well done piece of software but try as I might, I just cant' get it sorted out in a way that I find appealing and not so busy. My preference is for a simpler and less busy user interface. SDRSharp is pretty good in that respect. Unfortunately the still born fork of SDRSharp called SDRSharper was heading in a good direction but now seems to be dead in the water.
cheers, Graham ve3gtc
Is there or is there any plan to provide a CAT like interface for SDRPlay?
What would be the best way to provide such an interface, through EXTIO_SDRPlay.dll or through the API? Details?
I have been poking around at finding some information on EXTIO_x.DLL programming with the hope of better understanding this interface with an eye to possibly creating my own CAT like interface for SDRPlay.
One such application is doppler tracking for satellites. Orbitron (satellite tracker software) currently has a plugin (I think it's DDE related) for SDRSharp (at least the older versions) which provides doppler tracking Gpredict (my current favourite satellite tracking program) provides the capability to tune a radio through the CAT interface as does SATPC32 (another tracking program).
An interface like this opens up the possibility for this purpose as well as scanning or other external control.
Simon Brown's SDR Console already does a lot of this but it is still not my favourite. It is a very nice and well done piece of software but try as I might, I just cant' get it sorted out in a way that I find appealing and not so busy. My preference is for a simpler and less busy user interface. SDRSharp is pretty good in that respect. Unfortunately the still born fork of SDRSharp called SDRSharper was heading in a good direction but now seems to be dead in the water.
cheers, Graham ve3gtc
