Flex Repeater Spots Utility

FlexRepeaterSpots V1.01 is now available on GitHub:

    // ***********************************************************************
    // V1.01
    // Added an icon
    // Added mode= to config file to allow setting any valid Flex mode
    // Updated out of band checking to account for signal width
    // Added comment and timestamp to spots
    // ***********************************************************************

The user manual is partially complete, but I included it anyway. I hope to have it finished soon.

Thanks for the suggestion to add an Icon Jeff! Let me know if this works OK with your StreamDeck.

Thanks Bret, I'm glad it is working for you! Turn on the Out Of Band indicator and let me know how that works for you (File, Options, Out Of Band Indicator). Setting band edges in concert with the OOB indicator should be a killer combo.

Thanks Bret!

Thanks, Alan, I appreciate it!

Well, I am using C# and FlexLib with .net in this app, so I am not sure about how to use the text-based API directly in this case. Here is a glimpse into the RadioAdded event:

  private void API_RadioAdded(Radio radio)
    {
      _thisRadio = radio;

      SerNum = radio.Serial;

      // The properties, such as Nickname and Callsign, can't be read
      // successfully until you've received a PropertyChanged event
      // for that property... this is done after connect.

      radio.PropertyChanged += new PropertyChangedEventHandler(radio_PropertyChanged);
      radio.SliceAdded += new Radio.SliceAddedEventHandler(radio_SliceAdded);
      radio.SliceRemoved += new Radio.SliceRemovedEventHandler(radio_SliceRemoved);
      radio.PanadapterAdded += new Radio.PanadapterAddedEventHandler(radio_PanAdded);
      radio.SlicePanReferenceChange += new Radio.SlicePanReferenceChangeEventHandler(radio_PanRefChg);
      radio.VoltsDataReady += new Radio.MeterDataReadyEventHandler(_thisRadio_VoltsDataReady);
      radio.PATempDataReady += new Radio.MeterDataReadyEventHandler(_thisRadio_PATempDataReady);
      radio.GUIClientAdded += new Radio.GUIClientAddedEventHandler(_thisRadio_GUIClientAdded);
      radio.GUIClientUpdated += new Radio.GUIClientUpdatedEventHandler(_thisRadio_GUIClientUpdated);
      radio.GUIClientRemoved += new Radio.GUIClientRemovedEventHandler(_thisRadio_GUIClientRemoved);
      radio.MessageReceived += new Radio.MessageReceivedEventHandler(_thisRadio_MessageReceived);
      radio.SpotTriggered += new Radio.SpotTriggeredEventHandler(_thisRadio_SpotTriggered);
       
      radio.Connect();

Here is the SpotTriggeredEventHandler:

    private void _thisRadio_SpotTriggered(Spot spot)
    {
      selSpotName = spot.Callsign;
      SpotTriggered = true;
      setFMOptions(); // Allows clicking a spot that you are already on
      SpotTriggered = true;

      form1.txtDebug.Text += "Spot: " + ((float)spot.RXFrequency) + NL;
      form1.txtDebug.Text += "Client: " + _thisRadio.BoundClientID + NL;
    }

And finally, setting the options:

    private void setFMOptions()
    {
      form1.txtDebug.Text += "SpotTriggered: " + SpotTriggered + NL;
      if (SpotTriggered)
      {
        if(_thisRadio.ActiveSlice == null)
        {
          return;
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < spotIDX; i++)
        {
          if (_thisRadio.ActiveSlice.Freq == spotFreq[i] && spotName[i] == selSpotName)
          {
            _thisRadio.ActiveSlice.DemodMode = spotMode[i];

            if (spotMode[i] == "FM" || spotMode[i] == "NFM" || spotMode[i] == "DFM")
            {
              _thisRadio.ActiveSlice.RepeaterOffsetDirection = spotOffsetDirection[i];
              _thisRadio.ActiveSlice.FMRepeaterOffsetFreq = spotRepeaterOffset[i];
              _thisRadio.ActiveSlice.ToneMode = spotToneMode[i];
              _thisRadio.ActiveSlice.FMToneValue = spotToneValue[i];
              _thisRadio.ActiveSlice.SquelchOn = spotSquelchOn[i];
              _thisRadio.ActiveSlice.SquelchLevel = spotSquelchLevel[i];
            }
           
          }
        }

        SpotTriggered = false;
      }
    }

FlexLib makes things really easy if you can do your coding for the Windows .net environment. Probably not too useful for Node Red or Linux platforms. Hopefully, this was helpful.

FlexRepeaterSpots V1.03 is now available on GitHub:

    // ***********************************************************************
    // V1.03
    // Added code to prevent multiple instances from opening
    // Changed Restart Button background color to red if a restart is needed
    // Added error messages for missing freq= and name= parameters
    // Fixed issue where invalid mode causes DIGU to be selected
    // ***********************************************************************

No real functional changes, just a bit of clean-up.

FlexRepeaterSpots V1.05 is now available on GitHub:

    // ***********************************************************************
    // V1.05
    // Fixed to accommodate spot lengths greater than 16 chars
    // Fixed issue with comments (;)
    // Added feature to optionally turn memory into spots
    // Added "tone_val=0" and "tone_val=0.0" as legal values to blank tone in the flag
    // ***********************************************************************

To get memory spots, add the following line to your COnfig.ini file:

SpotMem: ON ; ON = use Memory to set spots. Spot: entries will also be used.

If you don't want memory spots, leave the line out, comment it out with a ";" or set it to OFF.

Note that if a Flex memory name is exactly the same name and frequency as a spot in the config file, you will only show one spot. If the names are at all different, you will get two spots on the same frequency. Since the spots set in memory happen first in the program, the duplicates in the Spot: lines in the config file come in after and overwrite them. In other words, the Spot: entries trump the memory spots in the case of duplicates.

Thanks to Martin and Bret - your conversation here prompted me to go ahead with the memory spots!

Merci Martin, I'm glad it is working!

Thanks Bret, I really appreciate it!