I have a Remote Desktop server running on Windows Server 2012 and had a bit of free time today and decided to see if I could get BTConfig running on any device that supports (RDP) Remote Desktop Protocol (could be any device— iPhone, Android, Windows, Linux, MacOS, etc.) by using the RemoteApp functionality.
I’m happy to say I was able to use the full version of BTConfig on my iPhone and able to listen to the scanner traffic on it using Microsoft’s Remote Desktop client.
This opens the door to being able to leave your P25RX hooked up to your computer (the Remote Desktop server) and being able to access, control and listen to your P25RX wherever you may be on practically any device that supports Microsoft Remote Desktop and using .RDP files. The RDP protocol allows for the passing of audio and video in real-time from the server to the client and provides for full control of the application.
This was mainly a proof of concept exercise and it does require having Windows Server running, knowing how to set up Remote Desktop Server, utilizing the RemoteApp feature to create either an .RDP file or a URL to your shared remote application and either setting up VPN to access into your RDP server or poking a hole in your firewall to allow RDP access to your server through the internet, and of course having a Remote Desktop program on your computer or device that supports Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol and the .RDP files but it does work very well. Depending on your data connection, audio is pretty synchronized but can sometimes be a bit laggy at times by a couple of seconds or so.
I attached a screenshot of the BTConfig software being run and controlled from my iPhone while I was a couple hundred miles from home. Since I was physically away from the Remote Desktop server and did not have my P25RX hooked up to it at the time I grabbed this screenshot from my iPhone, that’s why it’s searching for the device in this picture.
Just another possible way that you can utilize the P25RX from just about anywhere and do remote listening from your “home base” from wherever you may be.
I’m happy to say I was able to use the full version of BTConfig on my iPhone and able to listen to the scanner traffic on it using Microsoft’s Remote Desktop client.
This opens the door to being able to leave your P25RX hooked up to your computer (the Remote Desktop server) and being able to access, control and listen to your P25RX wherever you may be on practically any device that supports Microsoft Remote Desktop and using .RDP files. The RDP protocol allows for the passing of audio and video in real-time from the server to the client and provides for full control of the application.
This was mainly a proof of concept exercise and it does require having Windows Server running, knowing how to set up Remote Desktop Server, utilizing the RemoteApp feature to create either an .RDP file or a URL to your shared remote application and either setting up VPN to access into your RDP server or poking a hole in your firewall to allow RDP access to your server through the internet, and of course having a Remote Desktop program on your computer or device that supports Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol and the .RDP files but it does work very well. Depending on your data connection, audio is pretty synchronized but can sometimes be a bit laggy at times by a couple of seconds or so.
I attached a screenshot of the BTConfig software being run and controlled from my iPhone while I was a couple hundred miles from home. Since I was physically away from the Remote Desktop server and did not have my P25RX hooked up to it at the time I grabbed this screenshot from my iPhone, that’s why it’s searching for the device in this picture.
Just another possible way that you can utilize the P25RX from just about anywhere and do remote listening from your “home base” from wherever you may be.
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