[Vk5-wx-sonde] new decoder

Sat Jun 23 02:07:47 PDT 2018

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/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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