Spots via API

[CT2IRY]

Guys,

Is possible to send spots from an external source to the Thetis panadaptor?

I use DXLabs suite, and it has SpotCollector, which gather spots from multiple sources, and make them visible with color codes, so that you know at a glance wich one will advance on your awards.

I know that SmartSDR from Flex has an API that let it convey the spots to the Spectrum, with color codes, see attach file, if you see the spots are from different colors, each color indicates that this QSO would advance your award, so you should work ity.

SpotCollector provides a webserver, I've try to connect to it through Spotting in Thgetis but that didn't work.

So is there a possibility of make this work?

Or is there an API that DXLab author can use, or another method of convey the spots from SpotCollector to the Spectrum of Thetis?

Thanks in advance.

73,
Nuno, CT2IRY

[oe3ide]

You can send spots via TCI, thats how LogHX is doing it.

[CT2IRY]

Hi OE3IDE,

I know that TCI support all that and much more, but most of the developers don't want to support another protocol that is bad documented.

And the main thing is that the spots are color coded, when I got home I'll put a screenshot of the spots in SpotCollector, so you guy's can see it.

[oe3ide]

TCI is well documented: https://github.com/ExpertSDR3/TCI

And you can add a color code to each single spot.

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[CT2IRY]

Hi OE3IDE,

Well, lots of guys ask for the implementation of TCI, he doesn't want to waste development cycles on another protocol, since he supports TCP/IP.
Like many other developer's from other programs.

Flex to don't support another protocol put out an API for lots of stuff.

I was thinking that Thetis could have something like that, so one can use.

Another way could be, if I could connect to the Spot collector internal webserver,

I've Spotcollector filter with an SQL expression to show only spot's consider needed to advance my award's,, so I just need to pass does spots to spotting in Thetis, that could work, I miss the colors but, know that the spot that show on the spectrum are needed for some awards, so have to work them.

But Thetis Spotting window refuses to connect to my Localhost, even if they are on same PC, Thetis and DXLab.

[CT2IRY]

Since this doesn't get much attention.

How about connecting Thetis Spotting with the webserver running on Localhost, this would facilitate the job, and would filter the incoming spots to the display, and only show the ones that I would need.

I've try to connect, but Spotting is refusing the connection.