elad an_1 fdm-duo cw skimmer application note rev 1.0 032615
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1. Communication ELAD Application Notes AN 001 rev1 0 Integrating FDM DUO Transceiver and CW Skimmer Table of contents rooe O EE EN EE EE ME 2 1 FDM DUO and CW Skimmer Basic operation 3KHz AUDIO J isesesesrseveveveverevvesesesenerenenereveverenvenesenenensveverensener 2 1 1 REN av 2 1 2 Hardware ConnectHio OE EE E aE EN 2 1 3 Software seen 2 1 3 1 SW Skimmer CAT CohnecHoh sucesores 2 1 3 2 CW Skimmer AUDIO connection srarsesvsssrsnrvsnrasnrovnsavavavannvansvansennsesnsesesnnesessnenenssnenensnvsrnvsnnvsnsesnsesnsenene 3 2 FDM DUO amp CW Skimmer Advanced operation uuvervvrvervvrnvvnvvnnvennarnernvrnnernervenvvrnvenvvnnvnnnarsernerenernenr 2 1 REN AR 4 2 2 NO aca EI E NA A AE EE EEE NE 4 2 3 Software Installation eee 4 2 3 1 ATEN 4 2 3 2 VERN 4 2 3 3 FDM SW2 Audio IF Installation i seersvevevrveveverereverenererrrererensnenerenensnenenenenenenenenenenensnsnvsesvsnenssenensnenenennn 5 2 3 4 CW Skimmer Audio Installation searararsnovsnrvsnrasnrornrovavovanevavsvansennnesnnenenenesenenenenesenenensavsrnvsnsvsnsesnsesnsenere 6 230 Setting up CW Skimmer as a server cluster ssmrseserrrereseeeererereresrerereeerereeesee 8 2 3 6 Setting FDM SW2 to view DX Cluster Spots auavaseqaeemmseusmesmnn enna 8 www eladit com ELAD AN 001 1 0 03 2015 Introduction These application notes outline basic and advanced options along with required configuration settings to integrate CW Skimmer software with ELAD s FDM2. electronic photocopying or otherwise without prior written permission of ELAD S r l ELAD AN 001 1 0 03 2015 Open the CAT TAB Click on Configure ee z Omni Rig settings Radio Audio CAT Misc Operator Telnet Calls RIG I RIG 2 About CAT Interface UseRadio1 lad DUO lg oe EEE C Use Radio2 Elad DUO Port COM 4 vl Configure Baudrate 38400 l Data bits 8 vi Parity None E Stopbis f vi RTS High v DTR Low vi Poll int ms 200 Timeout ms 1000 j x te Set parameters to match FDM DUO settings for COM port and Baud rate settings Menu 70 and click the OK button When the configuration parameters are properly set the correct frequency will be displayed on CW Skimmer and the FDM DUO LCD Display as shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 B WS ammer 1 o Milan File View Commands Help EE av X O MVIT E TISTT TN NETITT BT ZKLT UNS IN T THET BAV I END o CONNECTED IN MY LIL BRAIN SRI HEE BUT ALWAYS KNOW WH P o 3 DE GEWHZ T669 569 DE G3EIQT K E RCF MG3HUATL GE DAN GD o E4 IN CA CAES P DAT DAN HW NE4HMTT DIRS6UAHUY TTTE o T QH AR SFHINIS ASUA EE EEE SRI SEEIARWMETTTETEEEE o ETS EEE EEE Enea EEE BEEN oO O EMTTUMIMMNTEEEMNIEEUREMEIRTTAEEEETET O EEDEEEAAEIEIANEEETTMEA S 2 ETEMEMTIEAEAIEGEENTEEATTISTTEETTTEEE O EIUKEIRTUAEESTIEHEIUEAASHETIEEHTSENEEEEID gt gt gt
3. DUO Transceiver FDM DUO 1 Basic Configuration Connecting CW Skimmer via an audio port cable with the FDM DUO 2 Advanced Configuration FDM SW2 software allowing CW Skimmer to function in IF mode which provides additional decoders and internal CW Skimmer Cluster connection with SW2 Software for spot display in order to allow wider point and click frequency change to spots 1 FDM DUO with CW Skimmer Basic Operation 3 KHz Audio Bandwidth 1 1 Requirements e FDM DUO Transceiver and a personal computer running Windows Win XP Win 7 Win 8 Win 8 1 e CW Skimmer software by Afreet Software Inc http www dxatlas com CwSkimmer e OmniRig which installs automatically with CW Skimmer OmniRig is freeware from Afreet Software http www dxatlas com OmniRig 1 2 Hardware Connections Section 1 2 outlines required hardware connections for connecting an FDM DUO to a personal computer The FDM DUO requires a USB CAT port cable connection in order to function with Omnirig Follow the procedures in user manual for driver installation The FDM DUO also requires a USB cable connection to the TX port for the audio connection 1 3 Software Installation 1 3 1 CW Skimmer CAT Connection Launch CW Skimmer program and open the settings panel VIEV omman ds Help 208 8 8 EE B 2015 ELAD S r l All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced published used disclosed or disseminated in any form or by a means
4. Skimmer OmniRig is freeware from Afreet Software http www dxatlas com OmniRig e Virtual audio cable software to transfer audio wave streams between applications and or devices http software muzychenko net eng vac htm or equivalent software 2 2 Hardware Section 2 2 describes essential hardware connections required for linking the FDM DUO with a PC to make the software running correctly FDM DUO need the USB cable connection CAT port for working with CW Skimmer Omnirig follow the procedure in user manual for driver installation FDM DUO requires a USB cable connection to RX port in order to allow FDM SW2 software to run 2 3 Software Installation 2 3 1 CAT rig connection Refer to Section 1 3 1 Page 2 2 3 2 Virtual Audio Cable VAC Installation Virtual audio cables for audio playback and recording devices must be created Configuration panels appear as Shown below in the Sound and Line 1 properties panels exhibited below Sound oe P Line 1 Properties eer Playback Recording Sounds Communicators General Levels Advanced Select playback device below to modify As settings Default Format Select the sample rate and bet depth to be used when running in IMared mode 2 channel 16 bit 48000 Hz DVD Quality X P Test Speakers Exchusiwe Mode HO Audio HDMI out J Aow applications to take exclusive control of this device J Give exchusive mode applications priority Line 1 48067 Line 2 Set Def
5. examples exhibited on page 8 2015 ELAD S r l All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced published used disclosed or disseminated in any form or by a means electronic photocopying or otherwise without prior written permission of ELAD S r l ELAD AN 001 1 0 03 2015 Setup Tuning Step Tuning Audio Graphics Demod Settings advanced TMate TMate2 Station Memory Recording Server About Settings x Radio Audio CAT Misc Operator Telnet Calls BW Presets CW Settings CW BFO Freg Hz FM Settings BW Hz Enabled CW SH Delta Freq Hz 00 gt USB LSB Settings Filter start frequency Hz DC remove filter WB FM Settings 150 Tuning frequency Filter start frequency RTTY Settings am 7 V VI v z a a a W v Select with Z and X keys or TMate function buttons ss Delete RTTY BFO Freq Hz 1 900 sort Restore Default Default Audio LP Filter Hz 2 500 De emphasys time constant Hardware Type C 3 kHz Radio C SoftRock LO Frequency Hz C SDR 0 C QSIR C Mercury C Perseus Sampling Rate 48 kHz C 96KkHz 192kHz2 ces ox Ce 2 3 5 Setting CW Skimmer as a server cluster Check Enable Telnet Server box in skimmer Settings Cancel M Require Password Password Do not send callsign
6. w w w w w w w w w w DDD O www on wi hi AD AD fe oy nm ui M N pH A M N H 4 v 4 4 a 4 A p DXCluster Host 127 0 0 1 M A H gt mo DODDO OOO OOo yp ll MN www 83 L EL AJ AD AD Wh td td ms 0 0 Oe gt N hd t er BM fell al G ian wo aoa J K K K K R K K po oe um o f f he AD AD AD ve td ft i pd oO ww ww M N G gt N gt td to L a Pay Pa 2 M N lt Ae to td W a hj Calls will also be displayed in the Contacts panel Clicking on spots will tune the FDM DUO to a selected frequency 2015 ELAD S r l All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced published used disclosed or disseminated in any form or by a means electronic photocopying or otherwise without prior written permission of ELAD S r l ELAD AN 001 1 0 03 2015 Please notify ELAD of recommended additions or changes to this document E mail to eladit eladit com Include CW Skimmer in the subject line 2015 ELAD S r l All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced published used disclosed or disseminated in any form or by a means electronic photocopying or otherwise without prior written permission of ELAD S r l
7. 7ceeb Load File Unload File Edit File New File 7 250 000 Radio Vaticana 7 355 000 BBC DRM DXCluster Y 7 370 000 DRM RUVR 2A Host 127 0 0 1 Max Contact Number 10 7 375 010 The Mighty KBC USB D China Radio International CRI Port 8000 Expire Timeout 10min vw J Show Log Time UTC Show Expire Timeout Station info display al ee on Close the Setup panel Next Click on MEM button to set the DX Cluster connection Memory Screen Opens WS DX Cluster Interface soe x DXCluster Host 127 0 0 1 Port 8000 Connect IU3ADL Send Callsign In the memory screen window type HOST 127 0 0 1 IP address of local host Verify port number is the same as the Telnet port in CW Skimmer in this case 8000 When the terminal requests a Callsign type your Call in the space provided and click Send Callsign Once your call is entered the terminal displays each Callsign recognized by CW Skimmer 2015 ELAD S r l All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced published used disclosed or disseminated in any form or by a means electronic photocopying or otherwise without prior written permission of ELAD S r l ELAD AN 001 1 0 03 2015 NS DX Cluster Interface DXCluster Host 127 0 0 1 M om iw 83 Ww MN gt AR AD AD dW e ti of vo OG OG og A H J T e E FL CL eP M A 1 H OD b hd er gt wW w
8. ault IV Properties 2015 ELAD S r l All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced published used disclosed or disseminated in any form or by a means electronic photocopying or otherwise without prior written permission of ELAD S r l ELAD AN 001 1 0 03 2015 4 Sound Select a recording device Detow to modify its settings Oels Format Select the tample rate and bit depth to be uses when running in shared mode 2 channel 16 bit 48000 Hz DVD Quality ciune Mode Allow applications to take exchusve control of this device Give exchupve mode appbcation preety 2 3 3 FDM SW2 Audio IF Installation In the Setup window Audio Tab check VRX1 Enable AUX Out Line 1 Virtual Audio Cable and Mode IF 48 kHz to feed CW skimmer software in IF mode IF SOftrock Setup z Tuning tep Tuning Aude Graphics Demod Settings veces ate Tate Staton menory Recording server ot AGC Settings Fast Attack ms 1 Decay ms 1 000 Medium Attack ms 54 Decay ms 2 0004 Slow Attack ms 104 Decay ms 4 000 Audio Out Use Soundcard audio out Volume Gain Multiplier ao Main Output Device Speakers VIA High Definitic v Mute On TX or CAT Keyed status F Freeze Spectrum On Mute or CAT Keyed status VRX1 V Enable AUX Out Output Device Line 1 Virtual Audio Cable w Mode IF48kHz w VRX2 Enable AUX Out Jutput Device Speakers VIA High Definitic Mode Audio VRX3 Enable AUX Ou
9. ghts reserved No part of this document may be reproduced published used disclosed or disseminated in any form or by a means electronic photocopying or otherwise without prior written permission of ELAD S r l ELAD AN 001 1 0 03 2015 After proper CW Skimmer settings are established decoded CW signals display over a 48KHz frequency range m cW Skimmer 1 8 Registered to France ME laJ le File View Commands Help oll B E BE i 7021 88 ar x B 1 NN44HEJEE TUKEE MI49A4N 949 ON40N ON S N ON4ON OTY AN ens 4584 550 SM6 LS584L FB RST SNN K EE S58IL EGP A3GEG PSE K CQ CQ Q DE PASGEG PA3GEG PSE E A D o AAR CA CO CA CA CQA CO NE E45B K E45BZ EE5BQ EAIBO QAR DP UTSU4 TU HR AN K I IVE 75M02 MUT ES DE NR S4R OD NER DAE P S R TD o Eee R EKSEJ DE AUASPSO TAASO VY H3IUEE T UTA QRZ EE RA A R3 o PG 8 TT ETT EE TTNOD S POTSDAM AND OP BED Hw BK KD 4 DGOUCE GMU MRHBTN DID ASAQAP gt EN gt A AR CQ CO cae ce ca ca NE EFAS EASBZ EESBOQ EAIBO QAR 7 Decoders 60 of 60 SNR 3 dB 23 WPM Tin 1 user NOTE Check alignment of CW skimmer against the FDM SW2 software display and select options as listed below 1 If your preference for RX1 in FDM SW2 is SSB USB or LSB set the Audio IF in CW Skimmer to 0 zero 2 If your preference for RX1 in FDM SW2 is CW the value of pitch set in FDM SW2 must be the same as the Audio IF in CW Skimmer Refer to
10. gt gt gt mA 2 Decoders 14 of 14 07 WPM Tin 1 user 1 3 2 CW Skimmer AUDIO connection Open Settings and Radio Panel Select 3 kHz Radio sonos Radio Audio CAT Misc Operator Telnet Calls Radio Audio CAT Misc Operator Telnet Calls Soundcard Driver Hardware Type MME C WDM LO Frequency Hz 3 kHz Radio C SoltRock Signal I O Device SoftRock IF Cw Pitch Hz i 01 Line FDM DUO Audio Devi 500 3 Select Line FDM DUO ine FDM DUO Audio Device zi C SDRIQ i Audio Device gt Audio 0 Device Audio IF Hz 07 Speakers VIA High Definition bai C Mercury 1500 p Audio Volume Channels i erseus f Left Right 0 i C Left Right 0 Sampling Rate Shift Right Channel Data by 1 sample amp D samples C 1 sample i Cancel 2015 ELAD S r l All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced published used disclosed or disseminated in any form or by a means electronic photocopying or otherwise without prior written permission of ELAD S r l ELAD AN 001 1 0 03 2015 2 FDM DUO and CW Skimmer Advanced operation wide Bandwidth CLUSTER and tune to Cluster Spots 2 1 Requirements e FDM DUO Transceiver and a personal computer running Windows Win XP Win 7 Win 8 Win 8 1 e CW Skimmer software by Afreet Software Inc http www dxatlas com CwSkimmer e OmniRig which installs automatically with CW
11. s without CO M Allow SKIMMER commands M Only to from this User 2 3 6 Setting FDM SW2 software to view DX Cluster spots Open the FDM SW2 Station Memory panel Set Station Memory Source to DX Cluster in the pull down menu Set Station info display mode to If in frequency range and labels Orientation to Horizontal to show the spots on spectrum Refer to example on page 9 2015 ELAD S r l All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced published used disclosed or disseminated in any form or by a means electronic photocopying or otherwise without prior written permission of ELAD S r l ELAD AN 001 1 0 03 2015 Setup Tuning Step Tuning Audio Graphics Demod Settings Advanced TMate TMate2 Station Memory Recording Server About Default station memory directs D MEMORIE Change Station Memory Soue DX Cluster vw D MEMORIE sked a14 csv Browse D MEMORIE sked a14 cs Browse Enable CW Skimmer Telnet Interface RX Sync with CW Skimmer RX1 Y Enabled Color D MEMORIE Broadcast xm D MEMORIE Utility xml fe7ceep D MEMORIEISTANAG xmi J 3 ta7ceeb Freq Hz Name File CMP Campagnano 702 000 CRI RADIO CHINA INT 1 170 000 Radio Capodistria Dil 3 965 000 RFI 5 846 000 BBC DRM 6 095 000 KVC 6 145 000 DRM RUVR 1A D MEMORIE STANAG_2 xml fe7ceeb D MEMORIE NDB_NEst_Italy xml fe7ceeb D MEMORIE disturbi xmi fe
12. t Jutput Device Speakers VIA High Definitic Mode Audio VRX4 Enable AUX Out tput Device Speakers VIA High Definitic Mode Audio Soundcard Play Buffer Size ms 300 7 Mute the VRX not selected 2015 ELAD S r l All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced published used disclosed or disseminated in any form or by a means electronic photocopying or otherwise without prior written permission of ELAD S r l ELAD AN 001 1 0 03 2015 fl noise Reduction Mi Auto Notch RX1 Vol 1 39 y Vol2 o 70 N The I Q audio level can be adjusted using Vol2 while Land R buttons must be on as indicated by the red arrow 2 3 4 CW Skimmer Audio Open Settings in CW Skimmer and set Radio as Softrock IF as shown below Settings Settings Radio Audio CAT Misc Operator Telnet Calls Radio Audio CAT Misc Operator Telnet Calls Hardware Type LO Frequency Hz Soundcard Driver 3 kHz Radio 7024980 f MME GC WDM SoftRock On Audio TAB the I O Cw Pitch Hz device must be set as Line Signal 1 0 Device 500 of Virtual Audio Cable gt 02 Line 1 Virtual Audio Cable v Audio 170 Device Audio IF Hz 07 Speakers VIA High Definition A C Mercury 500 Perseus Audio Volume Channels fe Left Right 0 J C Left Right 0 Sampling Rate 48kH2 Shift Right Channel Data by 96 kHz C 1 sample amp O samples 1 sample 192 kHz Cancel 2015 ELAD S r l All ri
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