[Vk5-wx-sonde] new decoder

Sat Jun 23 01:43:35 PDT 2018

I'll give it a go and check what version of nc I have .

Cheers Tony
VK5FGMH

On Sat., 23 Jun. 2018, 6:10 pm Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde, <
vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:

> Ahh, if that's the file I sent Peter earlier in the week, then you may
> want to update to this version: http://rfhead.net/horus/RS41HUP.hex
> (The source for which is here: https://github.com/darksidelemm/RS41HUP )
>
> I've removed the gap between transmissions - it now sends MFSK symbols
> continuously, which makes the demodulator a little bit happier.
>
> Those changes won't be the cause of the errors you have been seeing
> however.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 6:01 PM, Anthony Danglmaier via Vk5-wx-sonde <
> vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>
>> Using a repurposed sonde with Horus hex file
>>
>> On Sat., 23 Jun. 2018, 5:59 pm Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde, <
>> vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The horusbinary.py script will report errors if what is receives is
>>> corrupt or invalid, but it will keep on running.
>>> I suspect the version of netcat you have on your system may take
>>> different arguments to what's on my machines (which is weird.. i've been
>>> testing on Ubuntu 18.04). Try with:
>>> nc -l -u -p 7355 localhost
>>>
>>> (If you run this command by itself, with GQRX running and UDP output
>>> enabled, you should see a bunch of gibberish flood your terminal - that way
>>> you know it's working).
>>>
>>> Your second example won't work at all. If you don't specify --stdin,
>>> horusbinary.py expects to be receiving the binary packet data via UDP,
>>> which it won't get from the horus_demod utility.
>>>
>>> What are you using as a test signal source?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Anthony Danglmaier via Vk5-wx-sonde <
>>> vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> if we run the command line the other way we get this.
>>>>
>>>> nc -l -u localhost 7355 | ./horus_demod -m binary - - | python
>>>> horusbinary.py --stdin --noupload
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2018-06-23 17:43:30,688 INFO: Hexadecimal Sentence:
>>>> 2018-06-23 17:43:30,688 ERROR: Error parsing binary telemetry - unpack
>>>> requires a string argument of length 22
>>>>
>>>> and if we run this
>>>> $ nc -l -u localhost 7355 | ./horus_demod -m binary - - | python
>>>> horusbinary.py --noupload
>>>>
>>>> we get this
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> UDP listen needs -p arg
>>>> 2018-06-23 17:46:20,767 INFO: Using User Callsign: VK5FGMH
>>>> 2018-06-23 17:46:20,767 INFO: Using Payload Callsign: HORUSBINARY
>>>> 2018-06-23 17:46:20,767 INFO: Started Habitat Uploader Thread.
>>>> 2018-06-23 17:46:20,767 INFO: Opened UDP socket on port 55690.
>>>> 2018-06-23 17:46:20,767 INFO: Started Horus Binary Uploader. Hit CTRL-C
>>>> to exit.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 8:08 AM, Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde <
>>>> vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That command line is back-to-front. The nc -l -u localhost 7335 part
>>>>> should be at the start, i.e.:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ nc -l -u localhost 7355 | ./horus_demod -m binary - - | python
>>>>> horusbinary.py --stdin
>>>>>
>>>>> If you run `git pull`, I've added in two helper scripts,
>>>>> start_gqrx_rx.sh and start_soundcard_rx.sh which you can run.
>>>>>
>>>>> (Note that if you've changed user.cfg, the 'git pull' command may
>>>>> barf. In this case, you may need to run 'git stash', then 'git pull', and
>>>>> then re-edit the config file.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 5:27 PM, Anthony Danglmaier via Vk5-wx-sonde <
>>>>> vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I can get the command line version running but it has a extra line
>>>>>> regarding UDP
>>>>>>
>>>>>> tony at mx1:~/horusbinary
>>>>>> $ ./horus_demod -m RTTY - - | python horusbinary.py --stdin
>>>>>> --noupload | nc -l -u localhost 7335
>>>>>> UDP listen needs -p arg
>>>>>> 2018-06-23 17:25:04,964 INFO: Using User Callsign: VK5FGMH
>>>>>> 2018-06-23 17:25:04,964 INFO: Using Payload Callsign: HORUSBINARY
>>>>>> 2018-06-23 17:25:04,965 INFO: Started Habitat Uploader Thread.
>>>>>> 2018-06-23 17:25:04,965 INFO: Waiting for data on stdin.
>>>>>> 2018-06-23 17:25:04,965 INFO: Started Horus Binary Uploader. Hit
>>>>>> CTRL-C to exit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 7:04 AM, Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde <
>>>>>> vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The additions needed are not in the latest FreeDV debian/ubuntu
>>>>>>> package. They won't be there for quite some time.
>>>>>>> Remember, the additions that make the Horus Binary decoding possible
>>>>>>> were only added in last weekend, and only finalised mid-last-week! This is
>>>>>>> all very very new!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Realistically your best bet at this point is to compile FreeDV-Dev
>>>>>>> from source. There are instructions on how to do this here:
>>>>>>> https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freetel/code/freedv-dev/README.txt
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alternatively, you can just use the command-line version using
>>>>>>> output from GQRX:
>>>>>>> https://github.com/projecthorus/horusbinary#demodulating-using-gqrx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm currently working on a guide to getting things running under
>>>>>>> Windows (for which we have installers), but the actual operation part will
>>>>>>> be applicable to Linux too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Mark VK5QI
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 4:28 PM, Steve via Vk5-wx-sonde <
>>>>>>> vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  no luck getting this going
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> slill using lubuntu 17.10
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> cant install latest freedv due to dependency issues
>>>>>>>> freedv wont go in coz it wants libc6 >= 2.27
>>>>>>>> libcodec2-0.8 wont go in coz it wants libc6 >= 2.27
>>>>>>>>  libc6_2.27.-3_amd64.deb   wont install ????
>>>>>>>> package just hangs with no complaints, but does nothing
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> may have to force the upgrade to 18.04 on the weekend
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There will be a re-programmed RS41 going up on the AREG/Horus
>>>>>>>> launch on the 30th of June.
>>>>>>>> It'll be running the 'Horus Binary' 4FSK modem. At the moment we
>>>>>>>> only have a linux-based demodulator for this, information on which is here:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tried following the instructions on my main box , l   , now
>>>>>>>> wx-sonde decoder not working anymore as well :(
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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