Re: LF: EbLaunch - an easy application for managing Window's EbNaut-rx

[N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>]

I had a few minutes between meetings so I tried it...

It will not install in Windows 10 64 bit. There were some error
messages in Italian which I did not understand but the installation
failed.

73,
Paul


On 04/03/2018 08:51 AM, N1BUG wrote:
> Hello Domenico,
> 
> I am not yet using EbNaut. Seems not any time soon for me. But I am
> very interested.
> 
> I want to say thank you for taking the time to develop and share
> this application. As I said before, if EbNaut is ever to become a
> mainstream mode on LF it must be made easier to use and the hardware
> setup easier to understand and build.
> 
> I have no possibility to receive EbNaut over the air but I could
> install and test this under Windows 10 with the included sample
> file. I will try it when I get a bit of free time, hopefully today.
> 
> Your application is not stupid! It is an important step toward
> making EbNaut more user friendly and therefore accessible to more
> people!
> 
> 73,
> Paul N1BUG
> 
> 
> On 04/03/2018 08:04 AM, Domenico IZ7SLZ wrote:
>> Hello EbNauters,
>>
>> some time ago i wrote a very stupid application for calculating the
>> offsets for a wave file under analisys and launch the Paul
>> Nicholson's application *EbNaut-rx.exe* with some field already filled.
>>
>> Now i have added some further facilities (i know that the
>> application remains stupid  in respect the great works done by Paul,
>> Markus, Wolf !! 😀) .
>>
>> First of all, EbLaunch can launch  DF6NM's FFT application that is
>> used to convert the FFT raw text file (coming from the Spectrum Lab
>> session) to a wave file prepared for EbNaut-rx.
>>
>> Just check or fill the correct 'sr.ini'  parameters shown on the top
>> of the program (see screenshot 1). Then select the .txt file and
>> press 'Convert raw FFT...." button . A new .wav file will be
>> generated in the same directory.
>>
>> Then you can select this wave file, fill various fields as symbol
>> lenght, no.of characters, polinomian, no. of cores, and time and
>> frequency of the transmission to be decoded (see screenshot 2).  You
>> can press "calculate offsets" button to check the values, then you
>> can launch EbNaut-rx with the button.
>>
>> It works also if you are using a wave file generated directly from
>> Spectrum Lab by using EbNaut-recorder function ("Wolf's method").
>>
>> Before pressing EbNaut-rx RUN button, please check the *CRC *value
>> becouse it may differs from the default CRC16 .
>>
>> After that, you can open the 'squared signal' plot program (tnx
>> Markus)  just clicking on the button "show_raw_..."
>>
>> The program EbLaunch is uploaded on my Gdrive
>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oF6dxXqWlP5Z2mkqQr-CTooCsdHeEu7k
>> The setup program does install everythings in one directory
>> including EbNaut-rx.exe and DF6NM's utilities. There is also the
>> test FFT raw file shown in the pictures.
>>
>> EbLaunch is written in ancient VB6, i have tested it on Win7: it
>> seems working.  I ask, whom is interested, to test it and report the
>> bugs.
>>
>> Scope of this program is to help newcomers in the calculations and
>> also to help the skilled people (not me : i always make mistakes !)
>> to do immediate calculations if in hurry during an EbNaut QSO.
>>
>> 73, Domenico IZ7SLZ