New Open Tuner update - 0.7f (2023/05/08)
Misc bugfixes and (BATC) Wideband Chat overhaul 
https://www.zr6tg.co.za/2023/05/08/open-tuner-update-0-7f
73,
Tom - ZR6TG
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Sieht zwar nicht schön aus, aber funktioniert. Mein Umbau des MiniTiouner V2 der BATC auf DualTune.
This looks great Frank
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Hi All,
Sorry for the late reply. I had to translate all the messages first :p
The software should work out of the box for any minitiouner that has 2 usb ports. No hardware or firmware changes required.For either of the Tuner you can use either input A (top) or input B (bottom) or both.
If you have built your own dual minitiouner then make sure the ftdi chip on the 2nd port is programmed via ftprog (this allows open tuner to detect it properly).
There is a new version out that fixes a bunch of bugs and improves the audio on ffmpeg :
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Hi All,
New Open Tuner is out. Thanks to the help from Brian (G4EWJ) Open Tuner now supports both TS channels. Its been a big rewrite, but it also supports the option to select either VLC or FFMPEG decoding and viewing. The FFMPEG option allows for h266 decoding. On a Minitiouner Pro variant with two usb ports it should work out of the box, but you can also add a 2nd channel to the BATC V2 Minitiouner. Either DIY the addon, or purchase one of the daughterboards in the Batc shop.
- 2nd Channel PCB on BATC shop
- More info on 2nd Channel
73,
Tom - ZR6TG
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Hi Tom,
many thanks for this nice software.
My homemade MiniTiouner V2 is running perfect with the Version 04/01.
More info on qrz.com
Thanks Rolf, I've actually been testing it on one of your boards that I borrowed from Gary (ZS6YI) with the dual setup for using both transport streams, I've got all the basics working, just cleaning it all up for the next release. Btw - are there Gerbers available and Bill of materials for your boards anywhere?
73,
Tom
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New Version: https://www.zr6tg.co.za/open-tuner/
BATC Wideband Chat Integration
Added pl, es languages
Spectrum Callsigns
Fullscreen Toggle (F11)
Misc optimizations, fixes, error checking -
New version availalbe - 2023/03/21, thanks for all the feedback
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New version available:
- adds media control, lnb supply switching, misc settings and fixes couple of issues.
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Hi All,
What started as an effort to learn more about the Nim module (On the BATC Minitiouner V2) and how it works sent me down a rabbit hole and I ended up converting a big chunk of Longmynd to windows. This is the end result, its still buggy and missing some features. But its something to play with and all the sourcecode is on github. Get all the info and download on my site: https://www.zr6tg.co.za/open-tuner/
Only tested with the Batc Minitiouner V2... but minimal testing, seriously, this project only came together the last week or two :p
Have a good weekend,
73,
Tom, ZR6TG
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New Longmynd client available, fixes a few stability issues, and also integrates the batc wideband chat into the client. All info available here.
73,
Tom - ZR6TG
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Hi All,
I'm going to be digging into HSmodem code in the next few weeks to make some changes and fix a few issues. I'd be keen to hear what feature requests or bugs there might be so that I can look at it while trying a few things. Or if there are any tutorials needed to help with using it. I think it has lots of potential on the QO-100 narrowband, but just needs some applications, improvements
Some info:
Sending Weather Station Data via External Data Port
Any feedback, info will be greatly appreciated.
73,
Tom - ZR6TG
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Hi All,
I'm doing some work on the Longmynd and Winterhill Clients in the coming two weeks. While I'm at it I can sort out any feature requests still outstanding. Please post your features requests/bugs in this thread:
Thanks for everyone who has given feedback!
- Tom - ZR6TG
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Still figuring out winlink, but connection to your server seems to be working fine
Thank you!T
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Hi Erik,
I'll try that out on my side and see if I can reproduce it.
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GM,
my browser resolves your clickable link to http://https//www.zr6tg.co.za/…odem-and-weather-station/
Please check and modify it to make it work.
Nice work on your website. Tnx for providing a installable version without the need to insert the code.
73, Martin
Apologies, link has been fixed.
Please let me know of any success, or failures
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Hi All,
I've been playing with the High Speed Modem from Amsat-DL as used for the Multimedia Beacon. One of the features is the external data interface and the example in the documentation is to send weather station data via QO-100. I've played with the concept to get it up and running as an experiment. I have documented it all here:
https://www.zr6tg.co.za/2022/1…odem-and-weather-station/
Hopefully its interesting for others to do similar experiments
73,
Tom - ZR6TG
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Hi All,
I've been playing a bit with the high speed modem and the multimedia beacon. I love it! Lots of potential for cool experiments on the satellite. I had the same problem with disconnects and recv errors and I've been hacking at the code to try a few fixes.
I've increased the receive buffer and I have also changed some logic on how it closed the websocket connections (file descriptor) which causes it to crash. Not sure if the fix is the right way, but its been running happily on my side now for a while.
I've got a compiled windows version if others with the same issue would like to try available here.
73,
ZR6TG
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I've been experimenting with creating an offline version of the batc wideband monitor, mostly for when the internet is down or for use in a portable station. I've documented the install instructions and added a modified webinterface and a modified version of Rob's quicktune where you can link to the local fft data instead of the online data.
Details here
73,
Tom - ZR6TG
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Hi All,
Similar to the longmynd client, I now have a Winterhill client available for testing. It does however require a few changes to the original winterhill software so if you are trying it out then I suggest you use a seperate sd card for testing purposes so that you can revert should something go wrong.Info available here
73,
Tom - ZR6TG
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Thanks for all the feedback everyone. New version available!
New features include better network handling, dish calibration helper and a scalable spectrum monitor. Get all the details here:
