[Skimmertalk] 8 bands on Red Pitaya

[Björn Ekelund]

So it seems. Once I had added an eighth "1" in the ini file I could also
check eight boxes in the UI.
I think there is a defect in the UI.

73,

Björn SM7IUN


Den ons 28 nov. 2018 kl 07:34 skrev <dd5xx at web.de>:

> Hello Björn,
>
> I guess you are describing what I also experienced and still experiencing:
>
> in SkimSrv UI sometimes it's not possible to add the 8th band. I am not
> sure if this is a known bug or similar but by accident I found how to solve
> it. You need first to uncheck any other band (so you have 6 bands in
> summary) and then click the APPLY button. Then try again to add two
> additional bands so you have 8 bands in total and finally press the APPLY
> button again. I don't know why this happens, but it works all the time for
> me on two different computers where I have this issue. This little
> workaround works fine for me, maybe you can try also.
>
> Good luck and 73
> Saki, DD5XX
>
>
>
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. November 2018 um 07:22 Uhr
> Von: "Björn Ekelund" <bjorn at ekelund.nu>
> An: skimmertalk at contesting.com
> Betreff: Re: [Skimmertalk] 8 bands on Red Pitaya
> Thanks all for the responses,
>
> I was able to to find an old post on this reflector by Bob N6TV hinting
> about modifying CW Skimmer Server's ini file and by using RTTY Skimmer
> Server's
> manual (there seem to be none for CW Skimmer Server) I was able to
> understand its syntax. (It seems CW Skimmer Server's UI simply prevent you
> from
> checking more than 7 boxes.) In the ini file I also found the list of
> center frequencies, I assume this is what I have to modify to cover 60m.
>
> My skimmer now cover all eight bands 80-10m. I might get a second RP to
> cover also 160, 60m and 6m.
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Björn SM7IUN
>
> Den ons 28 nov. 2018 kl 03:56 skrev Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net>:
>
> > Are you using CW Skimmer Server v1.6?
> >
> > One possible cause is that you're not seeing the full list of available
> > segments in CW Skimmer Server UI, which must be scrolled with the scroll
> > bar on the right side of the *Skimmer* tab to see all the check marks.
> >
> > Another possibility, are you starting 8 receiver slices in the Red Pitaya
> > itself?
> >
> > If you log in to the Red Pitaya and enter the following Linux command:
> >
> > ps aux | grep -i sdr
> >
> > You should see a long line ending with 8 numbers, like this:
> >
> > .../sdr-receiver-hpsdr 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> >
> > There are eight 1s in this example (8 receiver slices all listening on
> > antenna port 1). If you see only 7 numbers listed, you will not be able
> to
> > define more the 7 segments in CW Skimmer Server. To fix it, you must edit
> > the following file using the following commands on the Red Pitaya:
> >
> > *cd /opt/redpitaya/www/apps/sdr_receiver_hpsdr*
> > *rw* (makes file system writeable)
> > *nano start.sh* (opens full screen editor, so make your changes)
> > *ro* (makes file system read only)
> > *./stop.sh* (stops the current SDR program)
> > *./start.sh* (restarts the new SDR program)
> >
> > 73,
> > Bob, N6TV
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 3:59 PM Wes Cosand <wes.cosand at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Björn:
> >>
> >> Yes, I'm using it on 60 meters without any issues of which I am aware.
> At
> >> the moment I'm covering 60 meters with two 45 khz bands for weird and
> >> probably stupid reasons having to do with my coverage of 630 meters. But
> >> it seems just a matter of building the right band segments in the
> skimmer
> >> server ini file. (I usually use 192 khz for the RP.)
> >>
> >> I don't know if I've ever tried to cover 8 bands or not. Again, I would
> >> expect it to be merely a matter of the skimserver ini file.
> >>
> >> Wes WZ7I
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 6:26 PM Björn Ekelund <bjorn at ekelund.nu> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I see 8 bands at 192kHz advertised for the Red Pitaya 125-14. I can't
> >> seem
> >> > to get more than 7 bands on mine, regardless of bandwidth.
> >> > I'm using the latest version of Pavel Demin's software (From May 23'rd
> >> this
> >> > year).
> >> > Is there a setting or an ini file or something else I've missed?
> >> >
> >> > Also, have anyone successfully made it cover 60m?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance,
> >> >
> >> > Björn SM7IUN
> >>
> >
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