Frustration set in and I uninstalled everything and eventually even lost my working RTTY Skimmer Server config files. I'm pretty sure I can reconstruct them though as I went through enough pain to get them working in the first place that I probably remember enough of the details.
But, the trouble I'm having is getting RTTY Skimmer Server to even recognize the 6700 at all. Using the skimmer/sdr command only lists the QuickSilver device where I was expecting to also see the 6700. I do remember having to copy some files from the SDR-Bridge install to RttySkimServ directory to get things going last time. I even found a couple of posts talking about that but they seem to be out of date.
Is there an installation procedure for all of this that I've missed? At this point I have the most recent version of SmartSDR, SDR-Bridge, RTTY Skimmer Server, and CW Skimmer Server (also not working), and CW Skimmer all installed. Suggestions would be much appriciated!
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To get to this point, it's important to install SDR-Bridge after installing the skimmer servers. The installer for SDR-Bridge writes files to the RttySkimServ and SkimSrv install directories. These files are needed by the servers to communicate with the radio. Do it in the wrong order and the needed files wont be available.
Now, I seem to be bumping into a different problem. RTTY Skimmer Server isnt able to open the I/Q device. In the DAX display the channels usually show as 'in use by another computer'. Sadly it doesnt say which other computer. There are a few threads here talking about this but folks seem satisfied when told to take the message literally and look for another computer that has a stream open. In my case I dont. Further, this doesnt seem to get in the way of CW Skimmer using the I/Q stream when launched from SDR-Bridge.
Back when everything was working I'd occasionally get into a state where jiggling the panadapter or toggling the stream number in the DAX interface was necessary to get things in sync. So far, none of that helps.
...so, some progress at least.
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I am in exactly the same situation as you described above. Shame as I was hoping to use this weekend.
One observation if the IQ Streams in Dax are selected and Yellow with the Busy and in use by another computer. If I terminate RTTY server then they turn blue and say streaming. I had read in another post they should be greyed out suggesting the rtty server doesn't use DAX to access the IQ streams.
Also setting DeviceName in the ini file to 01 or 02 doesn't seem to change the rtty server behaviour.
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Does anybody at flex know if anything has changed in V2.0 that would prevent RTTY Skimmer working.
Rather than me continue investing time in trying to get it working.
Thanks
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I have sent an email to Alex the author of RTTY Skimmer.
I am now going to concentrate on getting N1MM Spectrum display optimised with the RBN and try to filter to meaningful spots.
I will try and get back to the RTTY Skimmer after this weekend RTTY contest. I am surprised there aren't more flex owners on the forum doing the data contests and looking to use tools like RTTY skimmer.
Shame we haven't had any input from flex as I know there was some revisions to the N1MM spectrum Monitor that uses IQ after V2 SW was released. The requirement for these changes may affect all SW that uses IQ streams.
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http://www.sites.google.com/site/rckskimmer/
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Thanks, I will test that today.
.....After testing
It supports PowerSDR and OmniRig but not SmartSDR Dax IQ
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SDR is recognized as 4x96 khz but the band scope can be used from RX0 to RX7. I do not recall if it was the same behaviour last time.
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http://www.qrv.com/download/SDR-Bridge_v1.6.4_beta_Setup.exe
has been working great for me with both SkimmerServer and RTTYSkimmerServer.
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But.. if you've never used RTTYSkimmerServer before, you'll have to dig into how it's config file works. It's a bit tricky.
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