DSDPlus Can DSD+ be a stand-alone scanner ?

[slicerwizard]

Uh, the OP was quite clear that he's trying to avoid use of SDR#.

 

[DRL-XM43]

I live in a rural area and only need to scan two P25 frequencies, and our local Ham DMR repeater. No trunking.

I have a stack of old laptops in my garden shed from years ago when I worked as an I.T. monkey.

Does DSD+ have the ability to scan those three frequencies without running heavy receiver software like SDRSharp ?

I did due-diligence research, but all the DSD+ tutorials focus on trunking, which I do not need.

Any help appreciated!

You said "heavy receiver software like SDRSharp ?". It can be a hog but have you played with the un-skinned version with the FFT display tuned right down or even turned off and the minimum plugins.... I know when I have it set up on low spec machines it can run things quite well - so that may be worth playing with.

As an example I have a dedicated copy of it tuned right down just doing TETRA decode on a very modest HW - I don't need the FTT displays turned on and it set specifically to do the one thing using only 20% of the processor capacity--anyway I just enjoy MAKING stuff work for me

 

[charlieprimero]

...have you played with the un-skinned version with the FFT display tuned right down or even turned off and the minimum plugins

I have not, but this is a great idea. Thank you!

The only plug-in I really need is that Russian guy's scanner plugin. It is the fastest scanner I have found.

I will give this a try. Let the chop-down begin!

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For anyone watching, here is my current batch file for monitoring just our DMR Repeater.

cd C:\dsdplus
start FMP -i1 -o2 -f440.000 -_1 -wsl600.800
TIMEOUT 2
c:\dsdplus\DSDPlus -fr -I180 -rv -_15 -O "C:\Users\Charlie\Desktop\SDR Radio\Recordings\DMR-Record-%date%.mp3"

Switches:
FMP: -i1 "use my dongle as input one", -o2 "output to VB Cable", -f440.000 "tune to 440 MHz, -_1 "minimize the console window", -wsl600.800 "put the spectrum window on the lower right part of my screen".

DSDPlus: -fr "only decode DMR", -I180 "make a new recording file every three hours", -rv "role is voice decoder", -_15 "minimize all windows", -O "output to this file with a date stamp"

 

[charlieprimero]

Note: In my Windows batch file above the %date% variable for the file name jacks up DSD+ and causes it to die. Don't use that variable.

 

[W4KRR]

I am experimenting with both FMP24 and FMPA for scanning. I notice that FMP24 (dongle) seems to scan faster than FMPA (Airspy). Any reason this should be? Also, the window that shows the information being scanned is different; the FMP24 window shows all information (frequency, delay, mode, alpha tag) whereas the FMPA window shows only the frequency ("Tuning to 443.350") and nothing else. Both my FMP24 and FMPA scanlists are identical.

 

[slicerwizard]

They're different programs, maybe written by different authors, and they have different features. I've never seen any squelch options in FMPA, so it's going to scan slower if it has to wait for DSD+ to tell it whether or not to move on to the next channel in your scan list.