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Overview
The SDRplay Radio combines together the Mirics flexible tuner front-end and USB Bridge to produce a
SDR platform capable of being used for a wide range of worldwide radio and TV standards. This
document contains information on the SDRuno application.
Contents
1.
Installation .............................................................................................................................................5
2.
Basics and Concepts...........................................................................................................................10
2.1
Application instance ....................................................................................................................10
2.2
Main window ...............................................................................................................................10
2.3
Virtual Receiver (VRX) ................................................................................................................10
2.4
Workspaces ................................................................................................................................11
3.
Getting Started ....................................................................................................................................11
3.1
Creating a workspace .................................................................................................................11
3.2
Managing Workspaces ...............................................................................................................11
3.3
Selecting an input source ...........................................................................................................12
3.4
Selecting an output device for a VRX .........................................................................................12
3.5
Selecting input SR (WME and ASIO input only) .........................................................................12
3.6
Starting the DSP engine .............................................................................................................12
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SDRuno User Manual
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    SDRuno User Manual Overview The SDRplay Radio combines together the Mirics flexible tuner front-end and USB Bridge to produce a SDR platform capable of being used for a wide range of worldwide radio and TV standards. This document contains information on the SDRuno application.
  • Page 2 Using multiple VRX while playing IQ files ...................13 3.13 RDS ............................13 RDS “DX-mode”..........................14 3.14 3.15 IQ Wav files maximum length .....................14 “Hidden” functions in SDRuno ......................14 Selecting the recording folder .....................14 Using the custom controls ......................14 4.2.1 Sliders .............................14 4.2.2 Wheel Edit Dials ........................15 The spectrum “quick browser”...
  • Page 3 9.10.5 SYNC RX MODE ........................25 9.11 The RSYN button........................25 Tmate and Tmate 2 ........................25 10.1 What do I need to use Tmate (and Tmate 2) with SDRuno? ............25 10.2 The Tmate server ........................25 10.3 Tmate server options ........................26 10.3.1 ENABLE SERVER ......................26 10.3.2...
  • Page 4 Sorting the memory bank ....................34 11.12.2 Searching the memory bank ....................34 11.12.3 Selecting and copying multiple cells ...................34 11.12.4 Creating a composite bank from several source banks ............34 11.13 Filtering data ...........................34 Legal Information ..........................35 R1.1 Copyright © 2016 SDRplay Limited...

  • Page 5: Installation

    SDRuno User Manual 1. Installation Download the SDRuno installer from the Windows section of the website (http://www.sdrplay.com/windows.html) which is shown below. Run the downloaded installation file and you will see this, click Yes to continue. R1.1 Copyright © 2016 SDRplay Limited...
  • Page 6 SDRuno User Manual Please read and accept the license agreement. The next screen will display important information. Read and then click Next. R1.1 Copyright © 2016 SDRplay Limited...
  • Page 7 SDRuno User Manual The next screen shows the installation directory. Check you have enough disk space and then click Next The next screen allows the Start Menu folder to be changed if needed. R1.1 Copyright © 2016 SDRplay Limited...
  • Page 8 SDRuno User Manual The next screen confirms where the software will be installed to. If correct, click Install. Check the next window for important information about installing the hardware drivers. R1.1 Copyright © 2016 SDRplay Limited...
  • Page 9 SDRuno User Manual This completes the installation; clicking Finish will close the installer and optionally start SDRuno. R1.1 Copyright © 2016 SDRplay Limited...

  • Page 10: Basics And Concepts

    For the RSP, SDRuno can create and run multiple VRX inside the same application instance. When you run an instance of SDRuno, one VRX is always created: it is the “master” VRX or VRX #0. VRX #0 has some peculiarities: can’t be disabled or deleted...

  • Page 11: Workspaces

    SDRuno User Manual 2.4 Workspaces In SDRuno a workspace is a data set of visibility information (position, size and show/hide status) relative to all the VRX, Main and Recorder windows used in an instance. The RDS Info window parameters of each VRX are also saved.

  • Page 12: Selecting An Input Source

    The default input device is the SDRplay RSP. If there is no available RSP, either none are connected or all connected RSPs are in use, SDRuno will load an ExtIO dll from the SDRuno folder and as long as the relative hardware is connected and ready.

  • Page 13: Entering Frequency Directly

    3.10 Minimize/Restore All option As the SDRuno GUI is made of many independent windows, an option to minimize or restore all the windows of an instance with a single action can be very handy sometime. The “minimize-restore all”...

  • Page 14: Rds "Dx-Mode

    In fact, in the Wav file header size is stored as a 32 bit unsigned integer so the storable maximum size is 2^32 bytes. In the future SDRuno will offer the option to store IQ data in another format, without the above limitations.

  • Page 15: Wheel Edit Dials

    Usually in AM, SAM (DSB) and FM mode, dragging one edge has the effect of controlling simultaneously the other in order to create a symmetric filter (around 0). In SDRuno the selectivity filter high and low frequency parameters can be different. If you wish to set up an asymmetrical filter drag one edge while pressing the CTRL key.

  • Page 16: Temporary Lo Lock

    But if you need only a temporary lock simply press the SHIFT key while tuning. 4.7 Quick recording SDRuno includes a feature to put a SDRuno instance in recording mode “on the fly”, without opening the Recorder window. When you wish to start recording simply press ‘*’ on the keyboard (the relative SDRuno instance must have the focus).

  • Page 17: Adjusting The Proportion Of Spectrum And Waterfall Displays

    Shows the ExtIO panel (if loaded) Instance B - b Shows the Memory Panel window Instance Up/Down Change frequency by step size Arrows Note 1: Controls not available when the memory panel has focus. R1.1 Copyright © 2016 SDRplay Limited...

  • Page 18: The I/O Sample Rate Difference Issue

    SSB mode) or select any other reception mode. 5.1 SAM: what is new? In SDRuno the SAM PLL has its own AGC and selectivity filter. There are many advantages in using this configuration: The demodulation AGC timing can be optimized for listening while a much faster PLL AGC can...

  • Page 19: Frequency Calibration

    All the SAM settings are available in RX Control->Settings->SAM/HP Tab. 6. Frequency calibration In SDRuno the hardware frequency calibration can be done manually in Main Window->Settings->Cal or automatically in the VRX Control Window->Settings->Cal. For manual calibration, you can input a value in Parts Per Million;...

  • Page 20: External Converter Offset

    SDRuno User Manual 8. External converter offset Up to four converter offsets can be stored in each instance of SDRuno. Offset settings are available in Main window->Sett.->OFFSET. 8.1 Changing a converter frequency offset Enter the new frequency in the edit box to the left of the relative button then press the ENTER key.

  • Page 21: How Sdruno Implements Cat

    9.1 How SDRuno implements CAT CAT has been designed in SDRuno so that the application can act as a controlled device and a controlling one at the same time. More precisely, each VRX can be seen as a separate radio on a different com port while at the same time it can control a physical external device via Omnirig.

  • Page 22: Enable & Connect

    Start creating a pair of virtual com ports named COM10 – COM11; do not select the “emulated baud rate” (you need to do this only once). Launch SDRuno; assuming we wish to control VRX#0, open the CAT settings of that VRX. COM10 is selected per default; check “ENABLE & CONNECT”, the status should change to “CONNECTED”. Close the RX Settings window.

  • Page 23: Omnirig Installation And Set-Up

    VRX(s) to/from Omnirig thru an internal own “server”. The latter is created in the SDRuno instance #0. Omnirig can control up to two devices at once; at a given time only one VRX, of whatever SDRuno instance is allowed to connect to an Omnirig device (RIG1 or RIG2); a mutual exclusion logic prevents overlaps.

  • Page 24: Which Parameters Are Synchronized

    SDRuno User Manual 9.9 Which parameters are synchronized The following parameters are sent/received from SDRuno to/from the controlled device: Omnirig SDRuno Note VFO A frequency VFO A frequency If the controlling device has only one VFO, VFO A is used...

  • Page 25: Sync Center Freq. (Lo)

    (supplied with SDRuno) must be included in your SDRuno folder(s): For Tmate: ELAD_Encoder.dll. For Tmate 2: TMATE2_DLL.dll. If SDRuno doesn’t find the needed dll it disables the server and reports the status in the Tmate settings window. 10.2 The Tmate server The Tmate server implements bi-directional communication between the Tmate and whatever VRX you like, even across multiple application instances (more on this later).

  • Page 26: Tmate Server Options

    If AUTO ASSIGN is checked, the VRX controlled by the Tmate is the one that currently has one of its SP1, SP2, RX Control or RX EX Control windows focused (the “SDRuno” label in the window plate is red). This is the simplest and fastest way to assign the Tmate controls to a VRX.

  • Page 27: Tmate Controls

    (hardware) receivers and transceivers. A further increment in speed triggers a 10X multiplying factor. The knob can be locked (see below). Pushing the tuning knob selects the current VFO (A – B). R1.1 Copyright © 2016 SDRplay Limited...

  • Page 28: E1 Encoder

    Noise Blanker on/off (NBW only). 10.5.8 F5 – RX MODE This button selects the current receiving mode. 10.5.9 F6 – VRX SELECTION This button assigns the Tmate to the next VRX of the same instance. R1.1 Copyright © 2016 SDRplay Limited...

  • Page 29: Memory Banks

    11.2 The memory bank file format SDRuno uses its own extension (.s1b) for memory bank files but the file format itself is not proprietary: it is a common CSV text file, a format that can be easily handled by many software tools.

  • Page 30: The "Memory Panel" Window

    11.4 The “Memory Panel” window The Memory Panel window is an instance resource: you can have one for each instance of SDRuno (you actually need two of them in order to perform some advanced operations, more on this later); the window is resizable and its visibility parameters are stored in the workspace.

  • Page 31: The Data Grid

    11.7.3 Manually inserting a new row New rows are always inserted after the current one. To manually insert a new (blank) row press the Ins key. R1.1 Copyright © 2016 SDRplay Limited...

  • Page 32: Deleting A Row

    Open bank option. Caution: in order to speed up operations, SDRuno will not bother you with pop-up windows asking if you have saved your data. So if you made modifications to the current bank, make sure to save it before loading a new one.

  • Page 33: Saving A Bank With A Specific Name

    In this context recalling a memory location means assigning its Frequency and Mode parameters to a SDRuno VRX. As an instance of SDRuno can have more than one VRX you need a way to tell the Memory Panel which is your “target” VRX: this is the purpose of the MCTR button on the RX Control window.

  • Page 34: Advanced Editing Operations

    Creating a composite bank from several source banks You can copy-paste from the Memory Panel of a given SDRuno instance to the one of another instance; this capability allows complex editing operations like the composition of a bank including data from different “source”...

  • Page 35: Legal Information

    Mirics product could create a situation where personal injury or death may occur. Should Buyer purchase or use SDRPlay or Mirics products for any such unintended or...

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