[Vk5-wx-sonde] new decoder

Sat Jun 23 02:46:26 PDT 2018

Hopefully this is looking better

tony at mx1:~/Desktop/horusbinary
$ sudo nc -l -u -p 127.0.0.1:55690 | ./horus_demod -m binary - - | python
horusbinary.py --stdin --noupload
[sudo] password for tony: 2018-06-23 19:15:03,611 INFO: Using User
Callsign: VK5FGMH
2018-06-23 19:15:03,611 INFO: Using Payload Callsign: HORUSBINARY
2018-06-23 19:15:03,612 INFO: Started Habitat Uploader Thread.
2018-06-23 19:15:03,612 INFO: Waiting for data on stdin.
2018-06-23 19:15:03,612 INFO: Started Horus Binary Uploader. Hit CTRL-C to
exit.

On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 9:07 AM, Anthony Danglmaier <vk5fgmh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Running Netcat 1.10-41
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 8:43 AM, Anthony Danglmaier <vk5fgmh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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/projecthoru
>>>>>>>>> s/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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