AndFlmsg User`s Manual For Version 1.2.0 Flmsg
Contents
1. ki a L ME q e T l O gt E O un e a d il i D A J Model Y M a SS D l 2 TIT can ma ss Wa m ERE R PER TE E gt D lt i gt e uy O ON z Le P 5 T O d a ES a a L Z t 1 cen F MIS Em D ric PEE 7 X v Ep 3 eeensanieces Wer Wwanco oy MIR de Leer iy Teisi S m a 5 E P re O 3 t e E i E i 3 c i S Page 29 Unit wired ready to plug in the transceiver Note the six ferrite sleeves on the audio cable to the TR X EU rcu Ito s F d E Ns a 3 p P x as I ta AME de Pisga f 4 m 1 a E a ries ce b corre Rees m amam wisa es ee rum m d ree m Na dias E Ale ei muse psc Ria imde TR ied ada mab ee mm CETELE d Z irdeto 2300075008 mirtacpailen k pam ian BH E r Connected clipped on the FT 817 Page 30 The whole portable set up 41M wire and tuner for end fed Fuchs antenna FT 817 with Bluetooth adapter Android phone 5Ah battery in sealed box Page 31 Circuit Diagram note that the VOX circuit 1s only required for the FT 817 as the other units have a Digital Modes VOX that triggers the PTT on reception of an audio input jndui euoudouorui sun g eui JO AjAnisues y uo Buipuedep 93 1sn py Z JOjsisueJ Ld 24 jouuoo o eBeyo uBnou Duipi oJd q pue yun g eu2. suffix made up of a dot then html What is between the first and the second dot is of no significance to the application Page 23 e Making custom forms and modifying existing form Existing forms either custom or hard coded can be modified both for data entry and display purposes For data entry forms the typical data entry field will be a one line text field which 1n the html form file will be something like E g the Station of Origin field in the radiogram form lt INPUT NAME org TYPE text SIZE 20 MAXLENGTH 40 gt This means that And Flmsg will record this as the org field with its value being text It can be 40 characters maximum in length limited at time of data entry with only 20 characters being displayed in a sliding window on screen A multi line text field 1s described in the html file as follow lt TEXTAREA NAME to ROWS 4 COLS 34 gt lt TEXTAREA gt In AndFlmsg there are a number of pre defined buttons that can be associated with a field to allow faster data entry like for time and dates Some are form specific and their usage would probably not make sense outside of the intended form like for the radiogram ARRL predefined messages Here is the list as their appear in the html data entry forms and an examples of their usage 1 Combined now date and time formatted as per preferences local zulu etc Replace datetime by your field name in both places Replace by whatever description
3. So provided the s n Is sufficient use MFSK64 or better MFSK128 rather than MFSK16 for picture transmissions On a good FM link MFSK 128 with a speed a 4x should give good results To compose a message with an attached picture select the picture html form click on the Attach Picture button A list of image sources is presented It typically includes the Camera the Gallery and any File Manager plus any other installed app that advertize itself as being able to supply an image Once you have taken a new picture or selected an existing one the app will check that the picture number of pixels is not superior to the limit set in the preferences If it is it will re size the Image to below that limit and insert it 1n the form That limit can be adjusted in the Image Attachment section of the preferences The number entered is the maximum number of MEGA pixels of the picture as in Width x Height in pixels 1Million The app will choose between the JPEG and PNG format for the smallest file size The other preference parameter named Jpeg compression quality affects the size and quality of the JPEG Images but not of the PNG ones A value between 60 and 80 provides normally the best compromise between quality and file size Once the image is attached it s GPS coordinates can be extracted to pre fill the latitude and longitude fields This works only if your device has the Geo tagging option enabled and updates the Exif fields o
4. 1 Jo seDeijs Jeyi duue jeu au Dunejosi e JOJ p nb s 3 AAuu008 punoJe Ajyoedeo wnwiuiw Jeuiduue nd usnd 104 JeuuojJsuejJ 1ndjno ue SI 4 SOJON NI v1V CI ONS ae SE a LUN sdq0096 m Eu S ino vivq sdqoozr SWUOMOL duce 1 depe g Jo Z 9H SO jndui alu o sdqoozi SW TONI INO VIVG y GY unoJ GND i gt Lld NI VIVO L AUC VO y C I Bnid ejeq SUIUOMIL uiq uIN Josu ed suld 9 SUUOMC C i 4U0L va C epoig o T tA J JeuBis uinuuuiuu ae SuluOMZT ca illlqede5 wuu00 fs cH 99S SuuuO 008 X Z Kjeullud suluo 9 BS SUOMI be LL euBis JOJ9lUJ bY LA i ie I N ES Jojdepe g Jo jndjno jexeeds o V L32MA Aq si AI99sue1 OGt L3 X9 L3 nsoeA 10 3In24I9 XOA YUM 193depy ujoojenjg sepoy eb Page 32 Mini Bluetooth Adapter The headset is a cheap eBay headset at around 10 delivered but I strongly suspect most version would work as well In my case the total cost of the project comes to around 13 15 The circuit is very simple consisting of four resistors and one capacitor For the FT 8x7 series of transceivers I used the end of an Ethernet network cable and simply attached the Bluetooth headset at the end of the plug The arrangement is given mechanical strength with a blob of Polymorph Polycaprolactone is it s real name or any oth
5. and ensure it 1s connected This 1s typically done by waiting 10 to 30 seconds or by a short press on the multifunction button of the handsfree kit Launch AndFlmsg Call the menu In AndFImsg select Bluetooth ON Ensure that the modem s volume in the Preferences 1s at 60 to 80 From now on the audio received should be from the radio and not the microphone and the sound output should be redirected towards the transceiver To stop redirecting the audio to the Bluetooth and return to the speaker Audio plug select Bluetooth OFF from the AndFlmsg menu Note that the Bluetooth volume need to be around 50 and above to provide enough signal output voltage to trigger the VOX dependent on your VOX circuit and Bluetooth unit Adjusting the volume up and down on the Bluetooth unit or on the phone should display a Bluetooth volume bar on the phone Also I noted on my phone that the media playback level also had an impact although not very large on the final output volume So in summary there is the modem volume in the AndFlmsg preferences normally set and left at 50 to 80 the Bluetooth volume adjustable when the Bluetooth device 1s connected from the handsfree kit or the phone and the media volume to a lesser extent Page 28 Original unit opened with the Internal speaker removed transformer soldered Pictures and schematics gt r i 1 d i bn D 2 S D 4 D 1 c3 vmi
6. below that limit The jpeg quality 1s to set the quality versus size compromise of the jpeg file A BIVPXelsg wmm el shv is B value of 70 to 80 is normally the best compromise Data Exchange Personal Data Date Time sug wa oan yarels Format File Name and Radiogram mimic most of the Flmsg options There is also an Extract Timeout for message reception Baisse PM PP we reset like in Fldigi GPS time Selection 1s for using the GPS time when not in mobile reception area DATE TIME FORMAT FILE NAME Please note that THOR modes in particular but also multi carrier PSKR modes DominoEx and MFSK Long Interleave modes can be very CPU demanding If your device CPU load stays above 70 to 80 more than half of the time when in these modes the top bar in the Modem screen and you have already ticked the slow CPU box in the MODEM preferences then it is better not to use them as it will result in missed characters AND possibly non decode of incoming RSIDs Page 17 The MODEM preferences are split between e z 15 33 General setting and Modes Specific settings GENERAL SETTINGS Modem volume and audio frequency since RYAN the modem is integrated in the application EEE A normal value for the Volume Is around Meme 60 to 80 udio Frequency Audio Frequency 500 to 2500Hz Slow CPU selection if your CPU load bar 9809286822 in the Modem screen stays above 75 iain select that option only affects THOR MODES SPECIFIC SETT
7. by the the buttons HX and ARL MSG The Check button will reformat the message and update the check field Fy a 09 19 Select ARL delivery codes STATION OF ORISIH CHECK HXAnn Collect landline delivery authorized within J miles Add Delivery Code HXAnn QE rd Farmat E 1121l31l4l5le6 l71s8 95 o0 ajw e n r v u Jo NE a ESESESEBE Als lo r el aal BRBBBRR BL Le Select an ARL message EIGHT Need additional mobile or portable equipment for i immediate emergency use 6 The Template View is identical to the Compose view except that saved Templates files will be displayed instead of blank forms 7 The Drafts View is again similar to the Compose View with the addition of a Delete button if the draft needs to be discarded Page 10 8 Outbox View Note that in the main Message Screen the Send IET S N 10 21 All Messages button is only enabled when the pa l Send over Outbox list of messages 1s shown saras over Delete Internet This will queue all messages in the Outbox using po ved VEA MT63_2000_LG the current mode If TxRSID 1s enabled it will be Prev POPPED Z Next Moce KECREOSRCEFS AVG Mode sent before each message The Status line at the top of the screen will display the progress of the Txing process A Simple HTML Form When selecting a specific message the message 1s Document displayed and the following actions are available Send Over Radio sends
8. featured version on the PC does Receive FImsg formatted messages any Form Forward any form message as is over the radio in Flmsg format OR over the internet via email instant messaging Facebook Tweeter or cloud services Dropbox Google drive print services E g Google Cloud Print Copy and edit received messages for replying or further forwarding all custom forms plus the following hard coded forms Blank form Radiogram IARU message Plaintext CSV all ICS and HICS forms at present plus the Picture Form Create new messages using any custom forms or the current set of hard coded forms Send created messages over the radio or internet Define and save templates for facilitating the creation of new messages Consult the activity log and the messages as sent The implemented modems are the FLMSG modems including extra modes that is all PSK PSKR modes including multi carrier modes some of the SPSK modes THOR MFSK OLIVIA MT 63 and Domino Ex modes Page 2 Installation Download the AndFlmsg apk file from the website at http www wihkj com vk2eta And save it to the SD card either from within the phone or on a PC to which the Android device 1s connected to and has the USB driver installed for that device to allow access to the SD card content from the PC From there use a file explorer to install the apk file You have to allow non Android market application to be installed for
9. haven t worked out in which circumstances If you work out the conditions of this bug please let me know e n IARU and Radiogram forms the Check button gives a word count of one when the message field is blank It gives the correct count otherwise To be fixed Page 20 e What is in the development pipeline e When calculating the transmission time of a message will add the single or double RSID TX time to the calculated time e Add some of the 8PSK FEC modes plus multi carrier versions e Add auto fill of coordinates fields with device GPS e Add progress indicator of Image Tx when sending in MFSK Image mode e Add option of viewing message in external browser of choice e Add framed display of CSV data in HTML like m Flmsg e Add HTML 5 new field input helps like calendar time week etc e Add option of saving received pictures in jpeg format as well as grey scale to reduce file size can be important for forwarding a received message e Add notification when new messages are received e Add option to extract pictures from picture message into a file e Add Log all Rx and Tx Characters e Add Signature capture on screen by signing with finger Save in black and white PNG image file less than 1KB e Add the AndPskmail adjustable TX tune option including toggle ON OFF e Add AFC screen tick box and restore AFC code for PSK and MFSK modes That s all for now Page 21 e Acknowledgements I want to thank David Freese W
10. in fact represents both the squelch level and the current received signal quality The brighter one is the signal quality and the darker one the squelch The signal quality moves In a comparable way to the Fldigi green bar on the right hand side of the waterfall The squelch up and down increases decreases the squelch value and stores it for later use so that it 1s set to the same value the next time the application starts a is EN AndFimsg Modem OFF CPU ET Rx RsID L 10 58 E Tx RsID RSID MT63_2000_LG 1499 2 Hz Start IWRAP beg WRAP If WRAP fn VK2ETA 20141221 032649z 19 m2s lt flmsg gt 2 0 hdr_fm 25 VK2ETA PC 20142312235716 hdr ed 25 VK2ETA PC 20142212093429 radiogram nbr 3 123 prec f hx 5 HXD d1 10 2014 12 21 11 5 1426L dt2 16 211423L DEC 2014 dt3 16 211424L DEC 2014 SZN NEXT SQLCH MODEM PREV SQLCH W FALL MODE The Next Mode and Prev Mode buttons will cycle either through your custom list of modes as set m the preferences OR through the whole list of modes available if the Use custom list of modes preferences Is not set Modem ON OFF stops restarts reception and processing of incoming audio This is to conserve processing and therefore batteries as well as freeing the microphone input for other applications Note Digital Modem reception is very CPU intensive and the battery drain increases quite a lot compared with a device in standby particularly on phones
11. of pixels which belong to the right hand side of the picture A small difference of 100PPMSs is sufficient to create a visibly skewed picture Use the Slant Left and Right buttons repetitively to adjust the picture as shown here then press the Save Again button to save the corrected picture Page 15 e The Menu Upon pressing the menu button on the device ES Z P 9 39 am older phone OR the menu icon on the screen recent phones and tablets the menu is EXIT displayed as per the screen copy here The EXIT option is used to returns to the Bluetooth ON previous displayed application or main device screen and stops the software modem which Bluetooth OFF is important for the power consumption of the device and for freeing the microphone for Preferences other applications It also completely removes the application from the device s memory therefore the next launch will be from a cleanly restarted application Update Forms About This section also accesses the preferences for the application The Bluetooth ON must be selected AFTER the Bluetooth headset Interface has connected to the phone or tablet From then on and until the Bluetooth OFF option is selected the audio in and out will be through the Bluetooth Interface There is also an automatic disconnect of the Bluetooth interface when a phone call 1s received This is to prevent the phone call audio from being routed to the radio via the Blueto
12. of the message text GPS coordinates fields can be auto filled with picture Geo tagging information When viewing a received picture message a clickable link bring Google Maps with the GPS position shown Added received slanted Images correction plus Save Again Picture buttons Added size limit with auto resize when attaching pictures Selection of Jpeg and png format for the smallest file size 1s done automatically Added handling of HTML elements without data entry help and validation at this time The forms used on PC Flmsg are recognized but the data entry does not show date choosers and does not validate at this point Changed defaults at new install RxRSID and TxRSID are ON mode is MT63 2000 L Page 19 Renamed FORM screen button to Compose to reflect Email concept more closely In message compose screen renamed TFER by RADIO button into TFER FORM ONLY as it could be mistaken as a way to send the composed message over radio Added UTF 8 support in Rx and Tx for international characters Should works will all left to right texts and Asian text Fixed GUI performance issue visible after large accumulation of received characters in the modem screen Brought up to date with Flmsg 2 0 12 handling of custom forms special characters Also removed quotes around TEXTAREA Now escapes all text numeric fields The limitations At this moment The encoding options are base 64 and base 128 only Base 256
13. only that Enter your name and message Share Over Internet performs as described before Prev and Next Mode cycles Pl T f ease indicate which areas of the world you through the list of modes and if available for that would like to visit mode will display the calculated TX time for the message based on the message content and the Asia compression settings Africa North America When a message is sent it will automatically be South America moved to the Sent folder UNLESS the STOP TX Antarctica button in the Modem Screen was pressed before Europe the end of transmission Australasia In that later case it is assumed that the transmission please indicate which area of the world you did not take place entirely and therefore the i message is kept in the Outbox When the message is sent the Outbox list is refreshed 1f it is the currently displayed screen Page 11 e The Modem Screen To monitor the data received and sent by the software modem and see an indicator of CPU load The top bar represents the CPU load with zero load on the left and 100 on the right This is an indication of how much time reserve the modem thread has rather than a true CPU load indicator Consistent values above 70 to 80 indicates high chances of not decoding the current mode accurately RX and TX RSID can be selected here They are remembered between AndFlmsg sessions and so is the last mode used The bottom bar 2 overlaying bars
14. recommended to use a custom list of modes sd 7 wa in the preferences to make the cycling through the Wapa desired modes faster RSID PSK125RX5 1499 2 Hzr IbnvdxunexTuciRvwruno There is a slight delay when changing modes as the previous audio buffer needs to be cleared ua completely before switching mode WRAP beg WRAP If WRAP fn VK2ETA 20141221 032649zZ 19 m2sl lt flmsg gt 2 0 3 hdr_fm 25 VK2ETA PC 2 l I I 500 1000 2000 2500 3000 M S2N NEXT SQLCH MODEM MODE ON OFF SIUE IA PREV SQLCH Serre W FALL MODE DOWN IUE ON OFF Page 13 Transmitting Receiving and Adjusting Pictures Messages containing a picture can be composed and sent either in a complete digital fashion or a mix of digital and analog modes In practical terms only small pictures typically JPEG colour pictures of 50x50 pixels e g avatar pictures or PNG black and white 200x50 pixels e g scanned signatures which result In a saved file size of around 2kB or less can be sent digitally Above that size AndFlmsg has the option of sending the text In digital mode and the image in analog mode The received picture is then digitized and saved In the message body as if it was transmitted digitally Therefore it is a tradeoff between quality digital of course is 100 and speed faster in analog mode for larger pictures In analog image mode in most cases the wider the mode and the slower the transmission speed the better the quality of transfer will be
15. this to work This 1s found under Settings Security Unknown Sources OR Setting Applications Unknown Sources for older versions of Android You will be asked to accept a series of permissions that are explained below a Your location to provide GPS location for Picture forms or provide accurate time when out of cellular range available but not displayed yet b Storage Read and write to the SD card For storing and accessing the working files under the NBEMS files directory c Your Personnal Information log data to allow reporting of the context of an error in case of an application crash the user can decide to send or not the information after reviewing it d Network Communication as in Bluetooth and Full Internet access to allow connection to the Bluetooth handsfree kits or headsets used as audio interfaces AND to share Forward messages over the internet e Phone calls as in reading phone status to disconnect the Bluetooth interface when AndFlmsg s audio is running through the Bluetooth interface AND a phone call comes in This is to prevent the call s audio from going to the radio f Hardware controls audio settings and recording required for receiving and transmitting sound g Bluetooth administration to redirect the sound via a Bluetooth interface In your applications list you should now have an Flmsg logo called AndFlmsg Page 3 Usage I have tried to maintain a similar philosophy of opera
16. window Please select your modem speed over 38400 Return is the same as pressing the hardware return button twice and reverts to the message list Please enter your address Here at home Page 8 5 Compose View To Create a new Message using a listed form long press on the desired form A new blank message will be created and will automatically display The Save buttons are located at the bottom of the form and include saving to Outbox ready for sending saving to Drafts for further editing and saving as as Template in the FImsg sense See screen copy below left Date and time or date time combined fields with auto fill buttons will use the preferences options to format the time and date screen copy below right The file name is currently fixed as defined in the preferences options When saving a message as a Template a file name dialogue will be proposed for choosing a meaningful file name In this case the extension is not mandatory E g the Template name can be Ics 213 for Net123 ao lla 20 12 PUE Fem nr Please indicate which area of the world you live Asia Africa AIGIN North America South America Antarctica Europe Australasia Please select your modem speed over 38400 Please enter your address Here at home Submit Save Submit Save in Outbox in Drafts Submit Save as Temnlate Page 9 Example of Radiogram below right form specific popups are triggered
17. you want to show for the button lt INPUT NAME datetime1 TY PE text SIZE 11 MAXLENGTH 20 gt lt INPUT TY PE button onclick datetimeprefill datetime1 VALUE gt 2 Now date formatted as per preferences local zulu etc Replace datel by your field name in both places Replace by whatever description you want to show for the button lt INPUT NAME datel TYPE text SIZE 11 MAXLENGTH 20 gt lt INPUT TY PE button onclick datetimeprefill date1 VALUE gt 3 Now time formatted as per preferences local zulu etc Replace timel by your field name in both places Replace by whatever description you want to show for the button lt INPUT NAME timel TY PE text SIZE 11 MAXLENGTH 20 gt lt INPUT TY PE button onclick timeprefill timel VALUE gt 4 Radiogram specific button delivery field hx Brings up a dialog popup and updates the specified field here hx lt INPUT TY PE button onclick arlhxdialog hx VALUE HX gt 5 Radiogram specific button checks the message specified in first paramter here msg re format it as required The field in the second parameter here ck is updated with the work ARL if ARRL messages are included in the first field value plus the word count of that same Page 24 field The third parameter here std 1s the check box field which indicates 1f the message must be reformatted
18. AndFImsg User s Manual For Version 1 2 0 FImsg with integrated Fldigi modems for Android John Douyere VK2ETA on 6 of September 2015 Page 1 Introduction The main objective of this development is to provide a low power highly portable as in mobile or backpack Flmsg Fldigi solution Rigs like the Yaesu s FT 817 Icom s 703 and Elecraft s KX3 would be the typical companions of the Android phone or tablet running AndFlmsg thereby providing a low weight low energy requirement access to most Flmsg services The integration of Internet sharing forwarding makes this solution attractive as a relay option possibly a mobile or portable station in a pertinent geographical location The inclusion of modes like MT 63 and long interleave MFSK modes allows audio coupling to be used effectively without the need for an audio interface The addition of images and GPS data inclusion opens the usage to practical field reporting too In a more developed configuration for example with a 10 tablet connected to a Bluetooth or USB keyboard plus mouse and maybe also with an audio interface the operation we get including data input nears the performance and practicality of a laptop configuration but without the power consumption and cost of the later Also the data entry forms can be re modeled independently of the display forms In order to match the screen real estate of the target devices What does it do Basically most of what the fully
19. CI ASI Once selected the message 1s displayed together with the actions available for that NOCAL 20150822 050025Z 7 k2s message see screen copy below NOCAL 20150822 0501097Z 8 k2s NOCAL 20150816 0 2518Z 1 k2s NOCAL 20150822 0459457 6 k2s NOCAL 20150820 1248497 4 b2s NOCAL 20150820 124833Z 3 b2s NOCAL 20150820 1248267 2 b2s MACAL ANTENA 1110227 Laa INBOX COMPOSE TEMPLAT ES DRAFTS OUTBOX SENT Page 7 4 Inbox View message display and associated actions Buttons behavior is as follow Bo Bg sl C 20 16 view ae view a View as Share View as Html Html delivery and plan text If the Seinen L cos Plain Text Forward required form is not available the raw message will be displayed and a warning issued Share Forward is for sending the message over the internet using the Android Share facility This means any installed application that can handle Copy to Copy to the sharing will be proposed for the action p Coss indicate which area of the world you This includes email client cloud services instant messaging and file transfer facilities Asia Copy to Drafts is typically used when a message Africa needs editing before being sent or forwarded The North America file name becomes Copy of then the old file South America name Antarctica Copy to Outbox is for direct forwarding without Europe changes The file name is preserved as received Australasia Delete will popup a verification
20. IHKJ and team for the Fldigi and Flmsg programs which code under GPL was the basis of the modem s and message processing implementation in AndFlmsg David s vision of a GPL set of software for Amateur Radio is an inspiration Thank you to the NBEMS community for their ongoing feedback and support Enjoy 73 John VK2ETA P S In depth folders structure and custom forms plus circuit diagram for a simple audio cable and two Bluetooth interfaces below in the appendix Page 22 Appendix e Storage Folders and Forms Android devices normally provide an sdcard storage area which can be either internal or mapped to a real external SD card if present The root folder NBEMS files of AndFlmsg 1s created In that memory space by default but can now be included In any other folder or sub folder The sub folders under that root folder are Inbox Drafts Templates EntryForms DisplayForms Outbox Sent Temp Logs and NBEMS Images The content of the folders 1s pretty evident with the particularity of having display and entry forms split in two separate folders This has been done to cater for devices with reduced screen real estate as it allows to have say a standard display form but a customized entry form narrower and taller for example to facilitate data entry on smaller devices AndFlmsg will handle any custom form plus the set of per defined forms as supplied with the application But unlike the PC version the entry a
21. INGS modes at present IDs The modes specific options bring up similar choices as the Fldigi options for these DOMINOEX modes Only the options relevant to Flmsg have been THOR brought over OLIVIA MT63 Notes on GPS Time Selection preferences In this section we can elect to display the GPS time as sent by the GPS satellites The Leap Seconds Correction is normally not needed and should be left at zero as the devices GPS engines automatically correct the GPS time to bring it to the UTC time despite regular almost yearly increases In the leap seconds On some devices e g Motorola Xoom the current leap seconds are not included and the value 15 as of 2014 needs to be entered In that field Note that the devices own clock is not changed only the time displayed in the Terminal screen When using Auto Fill buttons in forms the device own clock is used and the value needs to be corrected is required Page 18 e Typical hardware configuration Android phone or tablet running Android 2 2 onwards Simple audio coupling speaker to microphone 1s giving good results with the proper modes MT 63 in particular But for sending images a cable interface is recommended for best picture quality A simple easy to make single cable plus six resistances interface 1s described in the appendix section of this manual An alternative to an audio interface cable 1s a Bluetooth audio device which allows for a ca
22. Use the Modem On Off button to conserve battery The Tune button produces a 3 seconds tune at the current set level of the modem s volume Handy for testing SWR and tuning The Stop TX button is for immediate silencing of the modem in case of unwanted transmission The decoded RSID mode and center frequency are also displayed In the Modem screen The received modem data can be selected for copy and paste in another application like a text editor Just Long Press on the text to bring the select copy dialog on the screen This 1s only available on devices with Android version 3 0 and above Page 12 Note The text can only be selected when the Modem is Off Modem On Off Button as it makes the selection much easier and prevents the flickering of the screen when data is received The waterfall can be displayed by pressing the W FALL on off button See screen copy below Be aware that the CPU load increases when displaying the waterfall and on some old and slow devices doing so while on multi carrier PSKR or any of the THOR modes can lead to losses of data AND making RSID not detectable Use this waterfall display sparingly on these devices On most modern devices there is no significant load difference with or without waterfall display Modem screen with waterfall MIL Ko 11 04 Note the tick mark on the top side of the waterfall Meg which represents the current signal centre frequency EZ Rx RsID Ef Tx RsID It is
23. ble free link between the android device and the radio The devices used are the typical Bluetooth Handsfree car kit or the Headset version The adaptation of two of these is described in the appendix There is also to my knowledge at least one commercial interface for Android devices Google Wolphi link interface This is a homebrew interface similar to the Wolphi Link 3 parts blog http waynemerry wordpress com 2012 08 16 designing a phoneradio interface http waynemerry wordpress com 2012 08 22 ft 8 1 7 phone audio interface part 2 http waynemerry wordpress com 2012 1 1 02 ft 8 17 ft 897 phone audio interface part 3 Application compatibility has been tested on HTC EVO 4G HTC Desire HUAWEI Sonic DELL Streak Mini 5 Motorola XOOM 10 1 3G Medion Lifetab 10 1 3G HTC Velocity 4G HTC One XL Asus Memo Pad 7 X86 CPU Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 v2 LG G3 Samsung S3 Dragon Touch tablet A1X It should run on any device with Android 2 2 or later to the exception of some devices due to ROM incompatibilities with Android see below in the Quirks section e What is new in version 1 2 0 Added CSV form Editing is in plain text OR via an external CSV handling app e g OfficeSuite Added some 8PSK modes which are usable on phone devices Added Picture form Transmission of attached image is done either digitally as part of the message small images fast modes or in MFSK image modes immediately after the transmission
24. changed to all capital letters and limited in words per line If the third parameter is blank as in open quote close quote then it is assumed TRUE and reformatting always occurs This is used for the IARU message form lt INPUT TYPE button onclick arlmsgcheck msg ck std VALUE CHECK gt Radiogram specific button Brings up a dialog popup to select ARRL messages and their parameters if any then updates the specified field here msg lt INPUT TYPE button onclick arlmessagesdialog msg VALUE ARL MSG gt Page 25 Simple audio interface cable for FT 817 857 897 450 and many other radios 1J AI 9SUB1 BU ui y 0 XOA 3U JO BSN y s uinb 1i eoejiejul siu Page 26 91e dnBueu jeo euoud OLH eui Ag sindur joluoo se pe aie sen eA MO OM JEU njpuruJ eq anjena 9 eu Bu BuEeuo J 4 SION SUlUuO MI SUlUuO MI 9H vy ndu SI suuo pir 418 13 eJiseg OLH yvr Jexeeds Mover 1espeeH a punoJe SWUO OL SWUO OL cH ZH QNO OIW OL p gt os INO olpny SWUO Zp OIN OL LH NAAOd isv4 OND OND JIN Ol Using a Bluetooth HandsFree car kit Adapter with Android Phones running AndFlmsg The price ranges from 15 to around 250 for the top of range units Low cost units seem to work well By removing the internal speaker I was able to fit all the signal l
25. data plug at the back of the unit Luckily there is ample signal strength to allow simple resistive circuits for the signal adaptation both Way I wanted the VOX circuit to be simple and not pull energy from the battery of the unit or the transceiver The original audio output circuit of the Bluetooth unit is based on a H circuit as there is not much supply voltage to go around at 3 7V single cell integrated lithium battery and therefore it 1s not referenced to ground So I used a transformer to isolate it and at the same time boost the voltage so that the VOX has ample voltage to work with A small output transformer normally used on the final stage of a low power audio amplifier 1s used for that purpose It has an 8 Ohms secondary and a 2 x 500 Ohms primary I use it In reverse so that I can get 10 15Vpep on the secondary at full volume Ample to trigger the VOX circuit even at low volume settings which is a great plus Page 27 A few decoupling capacitors are required for signal cleanliness and stability I added for good measure some ferrite sleeves on the short cable between the unit and the radio just in case The circuit diagram 1s shown with the pictures further down Please note that tt can be adapted to most other rigs quite easily Operation Every time you want to use the Bluetooth interface perform in that sequence start Bluetooth on the phone Assuming the handsfree kit was paired before start the handsfree kit
26. e size of the batteries and the comparative talk times Reduced talk time 3 4Hours versus 10 hours Does not allow charging while being turned ON Cuts the speaker out unless a splitter plug 1s used Page 34 Schematic 31ndui peouejeq e SI I SOSe2 OWOS ul Se S8JIM u oq Adj 8Sspe u ujoojen g JO jndu uoudo oIll P G AnebDou A yeq osje Ajay SOW punog lt SUO MOL Ve SWUO Mb cal Z18 L4 JO yoyr Jexeeds lt NO419 jnd no H ue ney saol op s u JO SOUJ SOUIS YIOM pinoys 9JIM 194 1 8Spe u yzoo njg WO LNO OIpny Joxyeods o ldied SWUO OL cH JUO LO IN OIW OL p gt SUIUO MIL La OIN OL gt ZL 9 1Ld JO Bnid uoudo oIlN NAAOCI QNO OIN OIA Page 35
27. er potting solution which encapsulates the 5 components located between the plug and the headset Required adaptation Once I opened the Bluetooth headset I basically de soldered and removed the microphone and the earpiece speaker I then extended the wires through where the earpiece speaker was and closed the unit back I then simply wired the five components from the microphone plug to the headset and enclosed the lot in a blob as mentioned above The circuit is shown at the bottom of this document Page 33 Operation is identical to the Bluetooh handsfree car kit described above Results They have been excellent and in fact from a radio to Android device direction better than the larger car kit unit simply because there does not seem to be any noise reduction function in these little cheap headsets So the signal quality 1s excellent both ways I get the receiving Fldigi reporting between 36 and 30dB of IMD m the PSK modes which is very good for an on air test No hash or birdies were detected In my initial tests Comparison with the Handsfree Car Kit version E m i c lt Advantages and disadvantages of the mini version Size and weight of course Simpler circuit although the NO VOX circuit here can be used with a handsfree car kit too Better audio towards the phone tablet since there is no noise reduction applied to the signal Reduced power consumption not measured but implied due to th
28. erve batteries The squelch 1s also adjusted there and the waterfall 1s accessible from that screen RSID Tx and Rx are enabled disabled here and the modes are cycled through their list Movement between these screens is done by a swipe movement on the screen either towards the left or the right The menu is called by pressing the Menu button on the device phones typically or the three vertical dots screen button on tablets and later devices From the menu we access the exit function the user s preferences and the switching of the audio Bluetooth interface on off There is automatic bug reporting but with user s control in case of a program error causing a Forced close the user 1s presented with the option to email the stack trace where the fault occurred and a very brief history of the event log prior to the crash The user can review the email and decide to sent it if happy with the content Page 4 Screens description 1 Terminal Screen Note the small yellow FLDIGI icon in the notification area at the top of the screen to remind the user that the modem is running Pulling down the notifications and clicking on the FLDIGI notification brings the application back to the foreground Only on Android version 3 0 and above At the top of the application window the status line shows the session s status Listening Transmitting and Modem OFF In the title bar we also display the current Welcome
29. evel adaptation and the VOX Inside the unit rather than have a separate box but that 1s a personal choice as keeping the loud speaker can provide extra feedback These units typically clips on the sun visor of the car and have a built in rechargeable battery giving around 10 hours of run time are small approx in cm 10 x 5 x 1 7 or in inches 4 x 2 x 0 7 and light weight around 100g originally The minimal device specifications are that it handles either the hands free or the headset Bluetooth profile The A2DP profile is of no use in that case as it is for one way high resolution stereo audio The thicker the unit the easier it will be to fit the electronics inside The model I used is an Advantalk Nova but I am sure a lot of other units would fit the bill The key criterion 1s that these units pair with your phone or tablet and can be used in a phone call as interface for audio in and out Required adaptation I basically left all the electronics of the units as 1s which 1s a plus as it 1s all small surface mount components Only the integrated speaker and microphone were removed The two functions required to be added are signal level and 1mpedance adaptation for the input and output to from the transceiver and the VOX circuit 1f necessary It is worth noting that most modern radios integrate a digital mode VOX and therefore only need the signal adaptation But for portable work with the FT 817 I wanted both so that I could use the
30. f the picture There 1s normally a Geo tagging option in the Camera setting When the picture message if saved the Image is base64 encoded and integrated In the message body so that it can be shared printed or copied as one file Page 14 To Tx the message proceed as usual from the Outbox Fo folder Extra buttons are shown to adjust the mode and the method R7 1253 SHARE DELETE RETURN of sending the picture RADIO p The Image Mode button cycles through Digital PREV 5 ie NEXT MFSK16 to MFSK128 ies MFSK128 Color X4 The Speed Color button cycles through a combination of puede 224secs pope Color and Grey scale and the different speeds of transmission Note that at that moment only speeds x1 to x4 are compatible with Fldigi MFSK image mode X8 speed is only available between Android devices and requires fast devices If the CPU is not fast enough for the x8 speed the received picture will be torn horizontally On the Rx side the picture receiving pop up window shows IM Ner w 3 02 PM the progressive reception of the image ee TO MODEM SLANT SLANT SAVE LEFT RIGHT AGAIN When the reception Is completed three extra buttons will be enabled to allow for the correction of the image if it is slanted As illustrated in the picture on the right the image is slanted due to a difference in the clocks of the Tx and Rx devices soundcards visible as the left hand side triangle
31. gle line field and the Send Text button are for sending short unformatted messages over the radio Since this is not a ragchew or contesting PSK31 application it does not have macros and other QSO logging facilities When messages are being received the details appear in the terminal including the latest received message and if they were received correctly or not Page 5 If the checksum of a received message 1s wrong the received text will be displayed here The text received will be saved in the message named Last Bad CrC Rx Example on the right Receiving File VK2ETA 20141221 0326497 19 m s Checksum failed 9719 in file B525 computed File contents WRAP fn VK2ETA 20141221 032649Z 19 m2s flmsg 2 0 Adr_tm 25 VK2ETA PC 2014241 2000406 Adr_ed 25 VK2ETA PC 20142212093429 lt radiogram gt nbr 3 123 prec 1 7 Ax 5 HXD d1 10 2014 12 21 t1 5 1426L dt 16 211423L DEeeO1 4 dt3 16 21142 rtzcC 2014 to 4 Mr x tel 13 555 1234 5678 msg 14 AHL SIXTY ONE Page 6 2 Message Screen The buttons Inbox Compose Templates RU D JT SB 9 29am Drafts Outbox Sent and Logs cycle the view between their respective folders Shown here is the Inbox view which lists all received messages The list is can be scrolled up and down NOCAL 20150821 101933Z 5 k2s TEST RC4 20150822 161352Z 401 k2s To select an entry long press on the message FPO NIY IS VPN T BI
32. nd display forms can be customized even if they are part of the pre defined set The limitation to ensure compatibility with the PC version is that all the field names MUST be kept as is the names between the two like for example from But the display format E g number of columns per line column width font size column title etc can be changed while still allowing exchange with the PC version of Flmsg Please note that the file name of the form must be in lower case for NON custom forms E g 1cs213 radiogram etc In the DisplayForms folder there can be up to three files for the same form xyz html xyz fc html and xyz txt They relate respectively to the HTML display form the HTML File Copy form and the plain text form If the requested display form is not present AndFlmsg will instead display the raw data file and alert the operator This 1s handy for using the app as a relay station as any message from any form can be relayed even if it cannot be displayed under the standard format on the Android device In the EntryForms folder there can be multiple files for the same custom or hard coded form to accommodate different screen size or orientation preferences as in portrait or landscape For example we can have radiogram html radiogram portrait html and radiogram landscape html The only musts are the prefix which defines the form E g radiogram terminated by a dot and the
33. oth interface The Update Forms option is to restore the entry and display forms as per the default version as supplied with the application plus copy any new forms included with the application Therefore 1f you have modified forms on the device after installation see next section this will overwrite the changes This 1s also used useful to add new forms while keeping all the application setting after an application upgrade as a full uninstall re install would also wipe out your settings If the application was uninstalled then re installed the program assumes it 1s dealing with a fresh installation and will override all existing forms with the original ones at first run There is also an About screen which displays the version and some information as usual Page 16 e The Preference screen Preferences are now grouped in preference groups ac 9 44am accessed by clicking on the item AndFlmsg This is a scrollable list of options In a nutshell Use Custom list of modes makes active RUBRUM Coli lis Mel III CE the Mode List described below Use custom list of modes Mode List brings a multi selectable list to reduce the cycling of modes through a PRESE smaller sample of modes Tick the modes wanted Modem is a reduced version of the Fldigi ERIS MI a A options See description below Image Attachment allow to set the maximum size of pictures attached in a message before it is down sized
34. tion with the PC version The key difference 1s the organization by folders like an e mail system One other difference with a PC environment is the fact that the sound devices cannot be shared between applications Therefore if AndFlmsg is running and the modem is active which is the default when the application starts the microphone will not be available for other applications like Skype and others The microphone or Bluetooth interface if selected will be released on either toggling of the modem OFF in the Modem screen OR when the application is explicitly exited from the menu If the application is just sent in the background by calling another application the modem will keep running and will still keep the microphone input for itself A notification Icon now appears in the top or bottom system status bar to remind the user when the modem of the application 1s ON Clicking on the notification brings the AndFlmsg application back to the foreground This is only available on devices with Android version 3 0 and above When you launch the AndFlmsg application you are presented with the Terminal screen which displays key functional messages and errors The other screens available are e Message screen where the content of the folders inbox compose templates drafts outbox sent and logs are displayed e Modem screen where all the received and transmitted characters are shown and where the modem can be turned ON and OFF to cons
35. to AndFilmsg Version A0 2 0 2014 11 02 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU General Public License for more details Swipe across the screen to navigate to the other screens and use the device Menu button to get Rx Tx mode and the RX TX status Light Blue RX Yellow TX White Modem OFF access to the preferences and additional functions Visit www w1hkj com for more details Below is the time displayed as MM SS 73 The Fidigi Team This is used when working for long periods outside of cellular network coverage as the clocks on these devices tend to drift quite a lot WASAK EA Tel if not resynchronised regularly inii I m2s The colour yellow indicates that only the internal clock of the device is used to calculate the current time SEND TEXT If you select Use GPS Time in the preferences AND the GPS is active see device Location settings then the time s colour will turn green when the GPS time is used instead This is a very accurate time The received text can be scrolled up and down The received text can be selected for copy and paste in another application like a text editor Just Long Press on the text to bring the select copy dialogue on the screen This is only available on devices with Android version 3 0 and above The sin
36. will be added later There is no Export Import of Q forms files yet There is no sound card PPM clock adjustments Know limitations quirks and bugs in version 1 2 0 Limitations Quirks Bugs e When attaching pictures large images typically above 2 to 4 Mega Pixels may crash the app with an Out of Memory error Keep the Preference Maximum Mega Pixels below that value In any case transmitting large images will take a very long time too e Some Samsung and Wiko devices but only those running android version 4 2 will crash due to an incompatibility in their ROM with the Google libraries Upgrading to a more recent Android version most will upgrade to at least 4 4 will fix the issue To implement a workaround would affect all other devices so I decided to leave it as is e Some devices e g HTC Velocity 4G seem to have an issue with the keyboard prediction window which pops up just above the on screen keyboard This means that when entering a form it may crash the application The current work around is to disable the word prediction in the device keyboards preferences not the best solution but It works Using a USB or Bluetooth keyboard resolves the issue since the built in on screen keyboard then remains hidden I will investigate 1f there are application AndFlmsg based work arounds for that device specific issue e When using a custom form the password fields are not always displayed correctly I
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search