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How to change active slice (multi panadapter view)

DH1RK
DH1RK Member ✭✭

Hello,

I created an application to automatically add 2 panadapters to the SmartSDR client.

With each panadapter creation the active slice changes (e.g. A, then B, then C).

How can I activate slice "A" again??

I have saved associated PanadapterStreamIDs and GuiClientHandle, but I don´t know how to activate the slice "A" again.

In the documentation I find:

  • Flex.Smoothlake.FlexLib.Radio.FindSliceByIndex(int index)
  • Flex.Smoothlake.FlexLib.Radio.FindSliceByLetter(string slice_letter, uint gui_client_handle)
  • Flex.Smoothlake.FlexLib.Radio.ActiveSlice

but no idea how to use the interfaces...

Any help? Thank you in advance.

BR,

Ruediger, DH1RK

Best Answer

  • Mark_W3II
    Mark_W3II Member ✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    Hello Ruediger,

    Background: Radio has up to 8 slices for 6700 and 4 for 6600, 6500 and 2 for 6400 and 6300. Slices are indexed 0-7. Each UI Client gets 1 or more of the slices and then assigns letters A-H to them. If you have 1 client then normally index 0 is A, 1 is B. If you have multiple clients then Client 1 has index 0 as A and Client 2 has index 1 as A and index 2 as B. If Client 1 was create another slice it would be index 3 as B. So my point to all of this is don't assume that Slice letter A is 0, etc.


    So if you are connected to radio as non-UI FlexAPI application and bound to a client

    call slice = radio.FindSliceByLetter("A", radio.ClientHandle);

    This API will return slice or null. The call slice.Active = true;


    Happy New Year!


    Mark, W3II

Answers

  • KD0RC
    KD0RC Member, Super Elmer Moderator

    Hi Ruediger, if you are using the Flex API, you can get more information from the Wiki: SmartSDR Wiki (flexradio.com)

    To set a particular slice to active, the command is: slice s 0 active=1

    73,

    Len, KD0RC

  • DH1RK
    DH1RK Member ✭✭

    Hi Len,

    I´m using Flexlib API... (in C#)

    Do you have the command for this available?

    Thanks,

    Ruediger, DH1RK

  • KD0RC
    KD0RC Member, Super Elmer Moderator

    Hi Ruediger, Here is a little program I use to test and understand API commands. It is in C++, not C#, but it should not be hard to translate. Line 115 contains the code to change slice A to active: sendResult = send(sock, "CD95 | slice s 0 active=1", 26, 0);

    The command itself is: CD95 | slice s 0 active=1

    This can be opened in Visual Studio 2019 (I use the free Community version). Please let me know if you have problems opening or running this little utility.

    73,

    Len

  • DH1RK
    DH1RK Member ✭✭

    Hi Len,

    thanks for your reply and source code, but your solution is for a different interface. You are using the socket interface directly, but I want you give the instruction via the Flexlib library (Flex.Smoothlake.FlexLib) ...

    Should be something like this:

    _thisRadio.FindSliceByIndex(0);

    73,

    Ruediger

  • KD0RC
    KD0RC Member, Super Elmer Moderator

    Sorry Ruediger, I am not familiar with that. I looked at the Smoothlake documentation and did not understand at all what I was seeing. Maybe someone else can shed some light on the subject.

    73,

    Len

  • DH1RK
    DH1RK Member ✭✭

    Hello Mark,

    happy new year to you!

    Thank for your input! Ok, both calls are needed...

    Yes, this works. Thank you.

    BR Ruediger, DH1RK

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