SDRPLAY SDRuno - ENABLE & CONNECT; Example: connecting to Ham Radio Deluxe; Applications; SDRuno as the controlling device - Omnirig

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SDRuno User Manual
9.2.4 ENABLE & CONNECT
This option enables CAT and starts the connection to the selected com device. Once enabled, the
connection is effective until disabled or until the deletion of the relative VRX; also the connection is
performed automatically every time the VRX is created. The status of the connection is indicated by the
label placed on the bottom of the window (STATUS: CONNECTED – NOT CONNECTED). To save
system resources, do not enable unused connections.
9.3 Example: connecting to Ham Radio Deluxe
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.
Launch HRD; click on “Connect”. The first time you need to create a new radio connection: select
“Kenwood” as “Company” and TS-440S (for basic controls) or TS-480 (for additional AF gain, squelch
level and S-meter controls) as radio type. Select COM11 as “COM Port” and click “Connect”.
Once the connection has started you can try to change frequency, mode etc.
In other programs select a generic Kenwood as radio or the above models.
9.4 Applications
- Log applications
- Frequencies databases
- Digital modes decoders
- Satellite tracking
- Special controllers
- Others
9.5 SDRuno as the controlling device – Omnirig
SDRuno can control other devices (via CAT) thru the Omnirig COM server, a brilliant utility developed by
Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA of Afreet Software, Inc. The main purpose (and advantage) of Omnirig is to
provide a common “transparent” interface to applications; the controlling application doesn’t have to deal
with a specific radio but instead sends and receives commands to Omnirig that in turn acts as a “bridge”.
Omnirig can be “instructed” to work with a specific radio by “rig description” files that are relatively simple
to create. There is already a huge list of supported devices and others can be added when needed,
without the need to modify the code of neither Omnirig nor the application using it. In the past, Omnirig
has become a standard and a huge list of applications relies on it: it is freeware, reliable and easy to
install and set-up. For details please see the Omnirig web site http://www.dxatlas.com/omnirig/