CW Skimmer without SDR Bridge or Slice Master?

Hi Bob,
There is not a way to do it without a third party app currently.  

There is a request to integrate CW Skimmer directly into SSDR.  It would save screen space ( only 1 waterfall needed instead of one each for CWS and SSDR).  Also it would provide a wider display of signals that matched the SSDR panadapter.   And there would be the option to turn the skimmer display off if not needed.  Here is a link to the idea:  

https://community.flexradio.com/flexradio/topics/pfskimer_what_is_the_possibility_for_a_smartsdr_display_that_combines_panadapter_waterfall_cw_skimmer

Regards, Al / NN4ZZ  
al (at) nn4zz (dot) com
6700 Win10 SSDR V2.4.9

Bob,

The answer depends a bit on you use of CW Skimmer and how much bandwidth you expect to decode at once. 

If you are happy with just 3khz, there is no need for Slice Master or SDR Bridge.  Instead, you can simply use OmniRig (included with CW Skimmer) to connect to SSDR CAT for rig control and have CW Skimmer decode the audio from a DAX (not DAXIQ) channel.  This works pretty well if all you want to see is the decoded CW.  

If, on the other hand, you also want to use CW Skimmer for spotting across a much wider frequency range, you'll need to feed it an IQ stream.  When operating in this mode, you lose rig control.  SDR Bridge and Slice Master are there to provide rig control for this set up.

--Don