7000DLE Ethernet board type?

[neoklis]

Hi all

I am trying to add code to my "sdrx" SDR receiver application, to discover the 7000DLE. I hope eventually to be able to add some code to sdrx to make it receive from the 7000DLE. My discovery code reports the rig as below:

sdrx: Discover_IF():
Found device # = 0
Board name = Unknown
Software ver. = 24
Status = 2
IP address = 192.168.2.5
MAC address = (54:10:EC:9A:DE:CA)
on Interface = enp4s0

This means the rig is the first discovered (only one ), the Ethernet interface board name is unknown (reported as device type 10)
and software version is 2.4. The device types I have are as follows (copied from the source of ghpsdr).

#define DEVICE_METIS 0
#define DEVICE_HERMES 1
#define DEVICE_GRIFFIN 2
#define DEVICE_ANGELIA 4
#define DEVICE_ORION 5
#define DEVICE_HERMES_LITE 6

So it seems that device type 10 is ANAN specific but I don't know the relevant name, if any. Also would like to know if software version 2.4 is the latest or whether I should update.

My thanks in advance

Neoklis http://www.5b4az.org

[John-G0ORX]

Ghpsdr only supports protocol 1. The device types are different in protocol 2. I think the protocol 2 types are in the protocol 2 document.

-- John

[John-G0ORX]

Sorry after writing the previous I realised it is protocol 1 and not 2. Ghpsdr has not been updated recently so does not have the Orion 2 defined.

The defines in linHPSDR are:

#define OLD_DEVICE_METIS 0
#define OLD_DEVICE_HERMES 1
#define OLD_DEVICE_GRIFFIN 2
#define OLD_DEVICE_ANGELIA 4
#define OLD_DEVICE_ORION 5
#define OLD_DEVICE_HERMES_LITE 6
#define OLD_DEVICE_ORION2 10

#define NEW_DEVICE_ATLAS 0
#define NEW_DEVICE_HERMES 1
#define NEW_DEVICE_HERMES2 2
#define NEW_DEVICE_ANGELIA 3
#define NEW_DEVICE_ORION 4
#define NEW_DEVICE_ORION2 5
#define NEW_DEVICE_HERMES_LITE 6

Where OLD is protocol 1 and NEW is protocol 2.

-- John

[w-u-2-o]

Looking at ghpsdr at Github, it has not been updated in two years. This is probably not a good guide for development.

You should be looking at the clients that remain currently under development for guidance. That would be PowerSDR mRX for Protocol 1 firmware, and Thetis for Protocol 2 firmware. The source code for both is here:

https://github.com/TAPR

You will also find the documentation for both the Protocol 1 and Protocol 2 interfaces, although the P1 doc's are pretty sketchy.

73,

Scott

[neoklis]

Sorry after writing the previous I realised it is protocol 1 and not 2. Ghpsdr has not been updated recently so does not have the Orion 2 defined.
-- John

Thanks John, so the 7000DLE MkII is using protocol 1? Since it reports itself as device type 10 (Orion2)?

[neoklis]

Looking at ghpsdr at Github, it has not been updated in two years. This is probably not a good guide for development.

You should be looking at the clients that remain currently under development for guidance. That would be PowerSDR mRX for Protocol 1 firmware, and Thetis for Protocol 2 firmware. The source code for both is here:
Scott

OK Thanks Scot, I have installed Windows 7 on my laptop and managed to get PowerSDR to work with the 7000DLE, but Thetis doesn't seem to discover the rig. And PowerSDR doesn't produce any sound O/P on the laptop speakers. Since I have never used Windows (since retiring many years ago!) I guess I will have to learn it first and try again!