AetherSDR — Open-Source Linux Client for Flex Radios

I have noticed this but this is the same with SmartSDR. Something to look at, What is your "DISPLAY" settings at for the "Rate" and "FPS" having these set at factory or to high can cause a lot of un needed network slow downs, for me I slow these settings down quite a bit from the Factory Defaults and it helps with the Network bandwidth required to run the Radio. I have my "FPS" at 10, "Average" at 15 to 20, and Waterfall "Rate" at 8

This is way easier on the eyes and not near the Network traffic.

Remember all this data needs to go over usually a 100Mb Ethernet port on the 6000 radios and most older computers and Ethernet Switch's.

Also on AetherSDR when it gets built you can change the bandwidth to "Low Bandwidth", this is in the "Setup", "Choose Radio / SmartSDR Setup" tab I think this will help a bunch of us with the OLDER computer hardware once it is implemented. This I think will really benefit many of us that use OLD computer hardware with the LINUX OS.

73

Bret WX7Y

It's amazing how much power is available in the Raspberry Pi systems. My Anan G2 Saturn Ultra has a Raspberry Pi CM4 module in it. And it just cruises along with no real problems.

Of course PiHPSDR for the Anan radios is pretty light weight compared to Thetis. Or, probably compared to AetherSDR as well.

James

WD5GWY

What a great project! 

I've already got it running on my Mac and Win11 with my 6400M. I tried to set it up manually via the IP address with Parallels and Ubuntu (Flex didn’t show up), but I couldn't establish a real connection to the Flex, even though it showed up then. There was no waterfall, etc.

Today, I’ll try installing it on a PI4+. I had some problems initially, but it's great to see all the improvements in such a short time.

I saw 'RADE', but I'm not sure if it's already 'activated'? It would be great to see FreeDV implemented without having to start the Flex Waveform add-on separately.

Anyway, well done. 'Slowly but surely'. 

73, Stefan DF6VI

OK, I figured it out. I had two mis-configs.

I needed to use Hamlib NET for the rig to get rig control.

The audio problem was due to not having an audio server installed. I installed PulseAudio with PipeWire and now have WSJT-X functioning.

Thanks for a well-done client in such a short time. Looking forward to enabling more features and continuing to experiment.

-73, W9WLX, Chuck

I am running AetherSDR on my MacBook. Holy Cow, this thing Rocks! And new features and bug fixes come out rapidly. de WA1QZX

Hi Chuck, I'm having a heck of a time getting WSJT-X or anything else working with CAT control running Ubuntu and AetherSDR (now) 0.7.12 and has me pretty frustrated so far so glad at least someone has had luck getting something working with it.

What OS are you running? 73

Bret WX7Y

I actually moved away from the Issues with WSJT-X for a few hours and with Claude AI's help I built a Linux AetherSDR AppImage installer, It is at the bottom of this attached message and is called "Install_AetherSDR.sh" and it works really well the last to updates of AetherSDR we have had shared with us. This is actually a lot quicker install than Downloading and running the Windows version and the Script file below does it all in one step from a terminal screen, In fact I DID NOT have to

I ran the AehterSDR script from message #147 but it was only partially
worked and taking his Idea I built a new Script that does, as of right
now totally installs the Linux x86_386 version AetherSDR AppImage and
gives you a Desktop ICON like the windows setup version does.
To run, just copy and save the script file ONCE to your Home directory and from then on from a Terminal just type "sudo ./Install_AetherSDR.sh" hit enter from your Home directory and it should check for a update, down load the update, Install the update, and install the Icon on your Desktop program manager. To run AetherSDR just click on the Blue AetherSDR Icon.

this was made for Ubuntu 24.04 but should run on other.

Install_AetherSDR.sh
https://github.com/user-attachments/files/26368544/Install_AetherSDR.sh

Bret WX7Y and Claude AI

Really excited to read this thread. It opens up some community possibilities to rethink the whole user experience and be more task-oriented.

When I operate FT8 I only look at the SSDR window to confirm there are receive signals in the passband and the transmit waveform looks right. When I contest I only look at the SSDR window to see if there are signals in the band and occasionally adjust receive filter bandwidth. WSJT or N1MM are the primary operating interfaces.

Couple features I've wanted forever: one is to "promote" a slice to A. Imagine you are listening to a pileup and tuning around the band with another slice. You hear something promising on slice C, but the logger has no visibility into anything but A and B.

Another feature I've wanted to see for years is a single client supporting two radios concurrently. Ideally it would be in the same app instance. FlexLib is built around a single radio assumption so it may not be doable without replacing the low level stuff. Two radios are better than one in my opinion because you have an online fallback if something fails in a contest.

Does anyone else think a browser based SSDR would be interesting? That potentially makes multi-radio support just into browser tabs. I haven't looked at the latest FlexLib but earlier versions had a bunch of WPF dependencies and wouldn't build under .NET.

Found my problem!! My slice was locked. I unlocked it and all is good now.