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

[ik1hgi Qrss Qrpp <ik1hgi.qrss@gmail.com>]

Hello to the Group we can try to change the Italian time to see if it works

73 ik1hgi Tony

2018-04-04 13:11 GMT+02:00 ik1hgi Qrss Qrpp <ik1hgi.qrss@gmail.com>:
> Hello Paul and group, you can manually enter the date change time from
> the PC windows the use reverse date and time 04/02/2018 ok 02/04/2018
> try on the ebnaut program to manually insert as a photo
>
> tony ik1hgi
>
> 2018-04-04 12:50 GMT+02:00 N1BUG <paul@n1bug.com>:
>> Hello Tony and group,
>>
>> OK but how to change the date? It is calculated automatically by
>> EbLaunch, we cannot edit it in the program.
>>
>> I edited the original raw text file to reverse the day and month.
>> The date displays opposite in EbLaunch but the start offset is still
>> calculated wrong.
>>
>> I have no idea how to fix this.
>>
>> 73,
>> Paul N1BUG
>>
>>
>> On 04/04/2018 06:10 AM, ik1hgi Qrss Qrpp wrote:
>>> Hello to the group a question Roger Rehr W3SZ you have, the Date and
>>> Reverse time for this gives you error date 4/2/2018, correct
>>> 02/04/2018 time error 2: 57: 19.AM.05 correct 02:57:19 , 57
>>>
>>> 73 ik1hgi Tony
>>>
>>> 2018-04-04 6:49 GMT+02:00 Roger Rehr W3SZ <w3sz@comcast.net>:
>>>> Hi Paul,
>>>>
>>>> I also get the PRQ R decode if I have message length set to 6.  But if I
>>>> set message length to 5 as suggested by Domenico, I do get the expected
>>>> DF6NM decoder output.  See attached.
>>>>
>>>> I also do not know why the strange time offset...I get the same start
>>>> offset of -195540.05 that you got and have to manually enter the 160.95
>>>> into the decoder.  But when I do that, it works :)
>>>>
>>>> You should also get a nice FFT when you click Launch Show_raw_sy.  I
>>>> attached an example.  If you don't see that then your settings are wrong.
>>>>
>>>> And then setting frequency to 137522.000313 and message length to 6 I
>>>> get IW4DXW decode as well, also attached, as Result2 and FFT2.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>>
>>>> Roger W3SZ
>>>>
>>>> On 4/3/2018 3:47 PM, N1BUG wrote:
>>>>> Here is the problem I am having. Notice the calculated time offset:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.n1bug.com/eb1.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> If I run EbNaut-rx with that I get:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.n1bug.com/eb2.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> If I edit the time in EbNaut-rx to 160.95 s and run it I get this:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.n1bug.com/eb3.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> Is the last decoder output correct?
>>>>> What could be causing the time calculation problem?
>>>>>
>>>>> 73,
>>>>> Paul N1BUG
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 04/03/2018 02:09 PM, N1BUG wrote:
>>>>>> OK, thanks Rik and Roger.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried again following Rik's instructions and it installed without
>>>>>> problems. I need to brush up on my Italian. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So far I cannot get EbNaut-rx to decode anything but I am probably
>>>>>> doing something wrong.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm a bit confused about what I should enter for frequency, since
>>>>>> one screen shot shows 137.520, the other 137.522.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am getting a start offset number in the negative thousands of
>>>>>> seconds, not the 160.95 shown in the screen shot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73,
>>>>>> Paul N1BUG
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 04/03/2018 11:32 AM, Roger Rehr W3SZ wrote:
>>>>>>> After receiving this email from Paul, out of curiosity I tried to
>>>>>>> install iz7slz EbNaut launchpad here on Windows 10 Pro 64 bit and it
>>>>>>> installed without problems and the GUI comes up OK.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am not using EbNaut so I did not do further testing of program
>>>>>>> function after the successful installation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There was one notification during install because the version of
>>>>>>> COMDLG32.OCX that it wanted to install was older than the version on my
>>>>>>> system, and it asked if I wanted to keep the version I had so of course
>>>>>>> I said Yes.  I suspect that answering either "Yes" or "No" would have
>>>>>>> been satisfactory.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The notification that I saw is here:
>>>>>>> http://http://w3sz.x10.mx/EbNautInstallError1.PNG
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The GUI I see after install, given here for "proof of life", is here:
>>>>>>> http://w3sz.x10.mx/eBNautInstallGUI.PNG
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If this didn't install for you then the issue is likely either [1]
>>>>>>> something particular to your system, or [2] a result of needed files not
>>>>>>> being included in the distribution which I happen to have because I use
>>>>>>> my system for development purposes, with the presence of these files on
>>>>>>> my system before attempted installation preventing me from getting the
>>>>>>> install error (and permitting successful installation).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>>>>> 73,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Roger Rehr
>>>>>>> W3SZ
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 4/3/2018 9:12 AM, N1BUG wrote:
>>>>>>>> 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
>>
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