Thetis 2_8_11 changes/ideas/wants/wishes

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Postby kc2rgw » Sun Nov 14, 2021 11:38 pm

AG5CK wrote:
That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.

I can't count the number of times I adjusted the filter when band conditions were poor and never realized it didn't do anything. Fortunately my audio chain has a quick and easy low cut adjustment.

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Just to be sure it’s clear, for TX you can certainly set your high and low pass in AM mode. Don’t confuse the RX band pass filters with your TX filters. Your TX width is determined by your TX profile settings.
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Postby AG5CK » Mon Nov 15, 2021 12:59 am

kc2rgw wrote:
AG5CK wrote:
That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.

I can't count the number of times I adjusted the filter when band conditions were poor and never realized it didn't do anything. Fortunately my audio chain has a quick and easy low cut adjustment.

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Just to be sure it’s clear, for TX you can certainly set your high and low pass in AM mode. Don’t confuse the RX band pass filters with your TX filters. Your TX width is determined by your TX profile settings.


I'm not confused. The low cut filter in the TX profile tab does nothing for AM. You can change the setting but it doesn't do anything. The high frequency cutoff alone will determine the total AM bandwidth.

Try changing the low filter in the TX profile using AM and see what happens when you inject a tone that's lower in frequency than your setpoint. You can find test tone on YouTube.

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Postby RA3PKJ » Mon Nov 22, 2021 3:56 pm

Please restore the functionality of the hotkeys back. Setup > Keyboard. :!: :!: :!:
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Postby w-u-2-o » Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:01 pm

RA3PKJ wrote:Please restore the functionality of the hotkeys back. Setup > Keyboard. :!: :!: :!:

Go to Setup > General > Options > Options-1 and enable the keyboard options (lower right side of that window).
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Postby RA3PKJ » Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:17 pm

Many thanks!
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Postby K1LSB » Mon Nov 22, 2021 11:15 pm

Just an idea, should the Enable Keyboard Shortcuts option perhaps be relocated to the Keyboard tab?

That would certainly reduce such confusion.

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Postby RA3PKJ » Mon Nov 22, 2021 11:19 pm

A great idea.
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Postby RA3PKJ » Tue Nov 23, 2021 11:01 pm

The keyboard shortcuts change Width and Shift very slowly . After releasing the keys, the change continues further. It slows down.
Width - Ctrl+F and Alt+F.
Shift - K and L.
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Postby w-u-2-o » Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:27 pm

RA3PKJ wrote:The keyboard shortcuts change Width and Shift very slowly . After releasing the keys, the change continues further. It slows down.
Width - Ctrl+F and Alt+F.
Shift - K and L.

Interesting. I had no idea that these keyboard shortcuts even existed because they do not show up in the keyboard setup page.

I can duplicate these problems here. For me, when I hold a key down, the UI does not keep up with the key repeat rate and I wind up with a random setting depending on how long I hold the key down.

Even worse, these shortcuts act to change whatever filter preset you are on, rather than automatically switching to Var 1 like dragging passband edges in the panadapter does.

So a lot to improve here: add the shortcuts to the keyboard setup, fix things so that the UI keeps up with keyboard repeat rates, and change to Var 1 when such commands are received.
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Postby RA3PKJ » Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:29 pm

Yes, that's right.
But the full list is much longer. Probably need a help button for shortcuts.
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Postby w-u-2-o » Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:46 pm

Where did you find that list?
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Postby RA3PKJ » Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:59 pm

These shortcuts were in PowerSDR from FlexRadio. Shortcuts are transferred to all modifications of the program (PowerSDR > PowerSDR mRX > Tethis).
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Postby oe3ide » Wed Dec 29, 2021 5:57 pm

Hey,

maybe I have missed a setting/switch...
It would be nice, to store NB/NB2, NR/NR2 and SNB per band :-) Maybe in the bandstack?

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Postby vk1hx » Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:56 am

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Postby Yevgeni » Wed Jan 12, 2022 6:41 pm

Hey.
Is there a possibility and desire to add the "ATT on Tx" checkbox for RX2.
The user activates the checkbox and selects the attenuator value he needs for each receiver during transmission.
It would be very convenient and practical.
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Postby Yevgeni » Wed Jan 19, 2022 10:37 pm

Hey.

This would make the meaning of the level clearer.
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Postby KA5KKT » Sun Jan 30, 2022 5:56 pm

Thanks Richie re: sticky RX1 & RX2 gain control on Diversity Panel.


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Postby w9mdb » Tue Feb 01, 2022 4:50 am

Easy one..

256,000 baud rate
Why would you ever need it to go so fast?
Also AI; support freq, mode, ptt using standard FA, FB, MD, and TX, RX for PTT.
What does all this mean?
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Postby W7GES » Tue Feb 01, 2022 5:49 pm

Does Thetis allow CAT control via TCP?

N1MM just added capability for radio control via TCP/IP address and IP port.

I couldn't find this in the settings menu. Is there a way to add this?

Thanks,

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Postby w-u-2-o » Tue Feb 01, 2022 6:41 pm

W7GES wrote:Does Thetis allow CAT control via TCP?

Negative.
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Postby KA5KKT » Sun Feb 06, 2022 12:46 am

When operating RX2, VAC 1 and VAC 2, it might be useful to be able to 'gang' control of RX1-AF and RX2-AF. The same goes for RX1 MUT and RX2 MUT under the same circumstances. For my intent, there needn't be an added AF slider nor MUT button, but a default to RX1 controls would be nice. Or perhaps an illuminated button or something similar appropriately located could indicate the ganged circumstance. ...maybe highlighted slider control as is found with the AGC Gain for Show Zero Line.
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Postby ramdor » Sun Feb 06, 2022 1:01 am

KA5KKT wrote:When operating RX2, VAC 1 and VAC 2, it might be useful to be able to 'gang' control of RX1-AF and RX2-AF. The same goes for RX1 MUT and RX2 MUT under the same circumstances. For my intent, there needn't be an added AF slider nor MUT button, but a default to RX1 controls would be nice. Or perhaps an illuminated button or something similar appropriately located could indicate the ganged circumstance. ...maybe highlighted slider control as is found with the AGC Gain for Show Zero Line.


you can hold ctrl when moving rx1/rx2 af sliders to link them btw

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Postby KA5KKT » Sun Feb 06, 2022 1:13 am

ramdor wrote:
you can hold ctrl when moving rx1/rx2 af sliders to link them btw

R.



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Postby NN3RP » Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:31 am

W7GES wrote:Does Thetis allow CAT control via TCP?

N1MM just added capability for radio control via TCP/IP address and IP port.

I couldn't find this in the settings menu. Is there a way to add this?

Thanks,

George / W7GES



Maybe one of these days, George.
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Postby ramdor » Mon Feb 07, 2022 3:59 am

NN3RP wrote:
W7GES wrote:Does Thetis allow CAT control via TCP?

N1MM just added capability for radio control via TCP/IP address and IP port.

I couldn't find this in the settings menu. Is there a way to add this?

Thanks,

George / W7GES



Maybe one of these days, George.


are you guys talking about implementing a server side version of the TCI protocol from ExpertElectronics? Or some N1MM bespoke TCP/IP interface? can you link the doc/spec from N1MM?

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Postby W7GES » Mon Feb 07, 2022 4:43 am

Richie,

N1MM is not using a special specification as the TCI protocol. It’s just connecting to an Ethernet IP and designated port that listens for regular CAT commands FA; or any of the commands accepted by the rig in the Catstructs file.

In the N1MM configuration pane where you normally select a COM port there is a new choice for TCP. If you choose this you need to have an IP address and port that the rig is listening on (of course the same one Thetis is using to communicate with the rig). There is a text box you enter the IP info into: 192.168.1.30:xxxx

The commands are sent and received just like they are on a serial port. Some rigs have a set port number (I know the Kenwood TS-890 uses port 60000). I don’t have a Flex so I’m not sure if it’s a set port number or something configured in SmartSDR.

Let me know if I haven’t explained this well.

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Postby ramdor » Mon Feb 07, 2022 6:12 am

yes, perfect thanks ;)

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Postby w-u-2-o » Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:41 am

IMHO the ideal implementation of this would be, for each CAT instance, to add a TCP checkbox under the enable CAT checkbox and then parse the port field as a TCP port value. Gray out the other parameters, of course.

This would be a most welcome addition as recently I have discovered the wonders of Node Red for amateur radio:

https://groups.io/g/nodered-hamradio
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Postby oe3ide » Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:11 am

MNF manual notch filter:

Would it be possible to change the cursor while hovering a MNF? Currently is hard to know if you move the MNF, the rx-filter or the passband.

Also there is no user-feedback, when pushing MNF ... the MNF is set on the beginning of the passband but there is no visual indication, that something has happened. Maybe adding a info-text (like dx cluster spots) to the screen would be helpful. i.E. "MNF 14.243,400 | 200hz"

Thanks & 73 Ernst

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