[Skimmertalk] "Dongle Server" image available

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

Tim,

On Windows, did you edit

*%appdata%\Afreet\Products\SkimSrv\SkimSrv.ini*


before starting the program?  Lines in that file define how many receivers
are expected to be accessed and available in the HPSDR emulation.  Start
with just two receivers selected.

For example, on HF with eight receivers, I have these critical lines (in
addition to all the others in the file):

[Skimmer]
Rate=2
CenterFreqs192=1891000,3591000,7091000,10191000,14091000,18159000,21091000,24981000,28091000,50091000
SegmentSel192=0011111111

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 1:24 PM, <tim04 at swandhams.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
> Many thanks for uploading that image of the RTL_HPSDR server.
>
> My first RPi arrived yesterday and booted OK, and after some inevitable
> messing-about, I've got the RTL_HPSDR s/w running OK, with WiFi (not
> Ethernet) and a LAN address from my DHCP server on the ADSL router.
>
> I have CW Skimmer Server and RTTY Skimmer Server on a PC also networked
> via WiFi, and on that PC when either running the CW or the RTTY server
> looking for a Hermes RX, I get similar entries in the RTL_HPSDR log file.
> Both RTTY and CW skimmers report "SDR Failure: Too many receivers selected"
> (Sorry that I can't cut/paste from RPi to this PC.)
>
> Excerpt from RTL_HPSDR log file on the RPi -
> "Revealing myself as a Hermes version 2.6 rcvr. -- Skimmer Mode
> My IP Address: 192.168.0.115
> ..............
> Was discovered by 192.168.0.76
> Sent discovery acknowledgement
> ..............
> Received Stop command
> Received Stop command
> "
> And then it restarts and goes round again .....
>
> In CW Skimmer Server, in the Skimmer tab selected Receiver dropdown, the
> options shows as
> "01 RTLdngl v26 99:b0"
> where "99:b0" just happens to be the last four digits of the WiFi Mac
> address on the RPi.
>
> So can anyone offer any advice ... I feel I'm almost there, but restarting
> either piece of s/w hasn't come up with a connection yet.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> 73
> Tim Hugill
> G4FJK
>
>
>
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>  If anyone would like a (fairly) painless way to play with N1GP's
> rtl_hpsdr software that makes a bunch of RTL-SDR dongles look like an
> HPSDR Hermes with up to 8 receivers, I've uploaded a plug-and-play image
> file to http://febo.com/pages/os_images/
>
> You should be able to unzip it, load to a 2GB SD card, stick in a
> Raspberry Pi 3, and go to town.  No warranties express or implied...
>
> (I also uploaded to the same folder an image file for an RPi 2 with GPS
> working as an NTP time server, if anyone's interested in that.  And soon
> to come is a P25 scanner that also runs on an RPi using an RTL-SDR dongle.)
>
> 73,
> John
>
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