Software for COHIRADIA: Details and problem-solving

Dear friends of COHIRADIA,

In order to keep the main COHIRADIA thread compact, from now on all technical contributions about software will be concentrated in this new thread. So if you want to discuss software problems and solutions or maybe contribute new code, please reply here and not in the main thread. Examples could be:

•     Extending the functionality of the COHIRADIA_RFCorder
•     Extensions or standardization of the data format
•     code contributions (as soon as I have started the GITHub project)
•     new SDR solutions
•     possibly also ideas concerning signal processing and representation
•     ... and many more

The goal is to keep the main thread compact ad readable in the sense of general and historical aspects. Therefore in the future only issues like

•     interesting comments on recorded material
•     reports about the use of COHIRADIA on historical devices
•     other activities involving COHIRADIA (e.g. in museums, at events or similar)
•     general comments not related to technical details

should be posted there.

In any case, I am looking forward to exciting suggestions for improvement, problem solutions and discussions around the software.

With best regards

Hermann Scharfetter

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Alternative software for COHIRADIA:

The COHIRADIA files can also be played with alternative SDR software. For example, I installed sdr# version 'with community plugins' and then installed the plugin Rtl433-for-SDRSharp afterwards. For this purpose you have to create a folder \RTL_433 under \Plugins in the installation directory of sdr#. Then download the three dll-s from GITHub and copy them into this folder. After restarting sdr# this RTL_433 should be selectable in the main menu. After some familiarization with the interface you can play COHIRADIA files directly on your PC, if you rename the extension from *.dat to *.raw and choose cs16 as data format. sdr# offers a nice interface where one can select the single transmitter peaks from the spectrum by mouse and where one can also fast forward and rewind along the timeline. This is nice for analyzing recordings without needing a STEMLAB nor a radio.

Best regards

Hermann Scharfetter

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