Re: [IRCA] unattended Perseus recording scheduler (HDSDR)

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Neil, to be honest, I thought the same as you with Jaguar Lite, so it's
nice to have another "full-service" program.  For whatever reason, Nico has
never been interested in adding a timer function to Perseus.  He's well
aware of the desire, as many people have asked for it for years now.  There
are some promises, but nothing ever becomes of it.  Still, I'm so
comfortable with his program that it's hard to change!    73,...Walt

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 6:35 PM, Neil Kazaross <neilkaz58@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Walt, what did you think of Jaguar Lite? Its list of features didn't seem
> to be enough for me so I never tried it.
>
> Re: Perseus, I find it shocking that they can come out and sell v5 of the
> software and not have a flawless timer for recordings that can be used and
> programmed and worked while doing something else (other than recording)
> with the rx.
>
> 73 KAZ
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the input, Mark.  I love the Perseus interface, but of course,
> > there's no timer function.  I've followed your instructions and will try
> it
> > out.  Another option is Jaguar Lite....Walt
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Mark Connelly via IRCA <
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> > > From: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>
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> > > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 12:05:10 -0400
> > > Subject: unattended Perseus recording scheduler (HDSDR)
> > >
> > > After considering add-on programs such as Mestor to work with the
> > "native"
> > > Perseus software to enable scheduled unattended recordings, I decided
> to
> > > give HDSDR a try instead since it embodies receiver control and
> > scheduling
> > > inside the same program.  (This stuff is "old hat" to some of you I
> > > suppose.)
> > >
> > >
> > > Last night I did three successful unattended captures at 8 p.m., 1 a.m,
> > > and 5 a.m. EDT (0000, 0500, 0900 UTC).  These were on the south antenna
> > > since the east one is presently out of service.  Cursory playbacks
> don't
> > > show anything particularly rare.  As usual, there were many massive
> > Cubans
> > > but conditions weren't auroral enough for total suppression of Lakes
> area
> > > domestic pests (ON, OH, MI, IL) off the side of the antenna.  But at
> > least
> > > I have a new useful tool when we do get a killer aurora sometime.
> > >
> > >
> > > The set-up is fairly simple.
> > >
> > > Go to the HDSDR website ' http://www.hdsdr.de/ '.
> > >
> > >
> > > At the bottom of the screen there is a blue "Download" button.  When
> you
> > > click on that you get a pop up to save the self-extracting executable
> > > "HDSDR_install.exe" to your hard drive (typically to the Downloads
> > folder).
> > >
> > >
> > > Navigate to your downloads folder and run "HDSDR_install.exe".
> > >
> > >
> > > Follow the prompts in the set-up wizard and allow the program to
> install
> > > files to "C:\Program Files\HDSDR".
> > >
> > >
> > > You can open the program but there is one more necessary step, so exit
> it
> > > for the time being.
> > >
> > >
> > > Go to the Perseus website '
> http://microtelecom.it/perseus/software.html
> > > '.
> > >
> > >
> > > On the right side of the page, near the bottom, is a highlighted link
> > > "ExtIO DLL for Studio1 - Winrad".  Click that.  You will be downloading
> > > "ExtIO_perseus2v3b.zip".
> > >
> > >
> > > Open that zip and copy the files in it to the "C:\Program Files\HDSDR"
> > > folder.
> > >
> > >
> > > Go back to your desktop and click the HDSDR icon to start the program.
> > >
> > >
> > > The scheduler, accessible by the "Options [F7]" button, is fairly
> > > straightforward to set up.
> > >
> > >
> > > There is no formal HDSDR manual but the ' http://www.hdsdr.de/ '
> website
> > > does have links to various user-written guides which may or may not
> > address
> > > your specific questions.  The Perseus YahooGroup may also be useful if
> > you
> > > get stuck on something.
> > >
> > >
> > > It should be noted that the software will operate other SDR receivers.
> > > Those will have their own set-up idiosyncracies including different
> ExtIO
> > > DLL drivers to get.
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> > > South Yarmouth, MA
> > >
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