Surely someone out there sells a turn-key Pi device that takes scanner or audio and streams it. If not, here is an opportunity for me hire a Pi-Guru and make a few bucks on Amazon.
There is nothing wrong with creating trails and busting through snowdrifts to discover new things. But if I can buy a wheel there is no point learning the terminology of variable angular rolling motion, experimenting with round things, and building multiple trial versions. If I have the need (and the time) I can reverse-engineer store-bought wheels faster than designing them.
I have too many things of higher priority and in this case I'm a buyer, not a builder.
Yes, any old PC or laptop will do streaming, but they are either too big, expensive, crash/lock/fail for many reasons, or overkill for a simple application. I have several. Yes, I have found devices designed for other purposes "that might work, provided..." A simple, robust, plug-and-play purpose-built device would be far more better.
My immediate needs:
- 1. 3.5mm audio speaker-level input from a scanner or other source.
- 2. 10/100M LAN with a stable IPV-4 IP hard-wired to a router. (Static IP or Router-defined fixed MAC assignment.)
- 3. Web-based server (multicast to any type of remote platform) that more than one user can simultaneously get to via LAN or the Internet to hear the audio.
- 4. All parts and pieces, enclosure, power supply, etc. that can be installed quickly.
- 5. Unattended automatic startup so I don't have to drive 30 miles every time the power blinks.
- 6. Password protection of the audio stream.
- 7. PLUG AND PLAY!!!
And since I'm asking::
- A separate text config file so I don't thick-finger the main code.
- Audio input level attenuation since some inputs can not be adjusted at the source, ideally automatic and/or remote controlled.
- UPNP to configure router port forwarding (and not just external port 80!).
- Stereo input so one source can be on the left channel and a different source on the right, with independent attenuation.
- Option: W-LAN.
- Option: USB, RBG or IP camera streaming.
- Option: Send USB-connected weather data from a "Tycon Power Systems ProWeatherStation" and others to WeatherUnderground.
- Option: CTCSS, EIA control tone and/or voting receiver pilot tone removal AF filtering.
Application:
- Not primary for me at all locations, but have the ability to send audio to Broadcastify. This could easily be the main use for the majority of buyers, and make it easy for anyone with a scanner to be a feed provider without dedicating a computer's audio 24/7.
- For me, quick, easy, down-and-dirty remote monitoring of audio on any remote computing platform via a private server. I am specifically looking for a device I can order, take out of its box, plug in audio and LAN, configure my router ports, and beat feet off the cold windy ridge before the blizzard hits.
- Temporary remote RF diagnostics or radio traffic monitoring without dedicating a PC/Laptop for weeks.
Provisos:
- Remote access reset and configuration is must.
- I want to plug it in, not experiment. My searches have returned thousands of hits, but I immediately abandon any page containing "That's easy. Buy any XYX board with B+++ and other (unspecied) requirements from a hobby vendor, then modify the 8th octet of tar feather \a -2ndfr //load \\1fc:3fc:2fc:2a3/-a0 until it works".
- Installation will always be in a building or radio enclosure; protection from the elements is not an issue.
- There may be higher than normal RF energy present. I swear by Mother's R-56 standard, but Faraday cages are few and far between.
- I am NOT afraid to edit command lines, but would prefer to plug in a pre-assembled and configured device, lock down the IP and move to my next emergency.
Anyone???
(Lindsey Blanton: Hint, hint! I can't be the only buyer that doesn't want to or have time to build and experiment . Think Scannercast dual server functionality in a black box and of the Broadcastify "gray" areas that could be turned red by a non-tech with a scanner.)
There is nothing wrong with creating trails and busting through snowdrifts to discover new things. But if I can buy a wheel there is no point learning the terminology of variable angular rolling motion, experimenting with round things, and building multiple trial versions. If I have the need (and the time) I can reverse-engineer store-bought wheels faster than designing them.
I have too many things of higher priority and in this case I'm a buyer, not a builder.
Yes, any old PC or laptop will do streaming, but they are either too big, expensive, crash/lock/fail for many reasons, or overkill for a simple application. I have several. Yes, I have found devices designed for other purposes "that might work, provided..." A simple, robust, plug-and-play purpose-built device would be far more better.
My immediate needs:
- 1. 3.5mm audio speaker-level input from a scanner or other source.
- 2. 10/100M LAN with a stable IPV-4 IP hard-wired to a router. (Static IP or Router-defined fixed MAC assignment.)
- 3. Web-based server (multicast to any type of remote platform) that more than one user can simultaneously get to via LAN or the Internet to hear the audio.
- 4. All parts and pieces, enclosure, power supply, etc. that can be installed quickly.
- 5. Unattended automatic startup so I don't have to drive 30 miles every time the power blinks.
- 6. Password protection of the audio stream.
- 7. PLUG AND PLAY!!!
And since I'm asking::
- A separate text config file so I don't thick-finger the main code.
- Audio input level attenuation since some inputs can not be adjusted at the source, ideally automatic and/or remote controlled.
- UPNP to configure router port forwarding (and not just external port 80!).
- Stereo input so one source can be on the left channel and a different source on the right, with independent attenuation.
- Option: W-LAN.
- Option: USB, RBG or IP camera streaming.
- Option: Send USB-connected weather data from a "Tycon Power Systems ProWeatherStation" and others to WeatherUnderground.
- Option: CTCSS, EIA control tone and/or voting receiver pilot tone removal AF filtering.
Application:
- Not primary for me at all locations, but have the ability to send audio to Broadcastify. This could easily be the main use for the majority of buyers, and make it easy for anyone with a scanner to be a feed provider without dedicating a computer's audio 24/7.
- For me, quick, easy, down-and-dirty remote monitoring of audio on any remote computing platform via a private server. I am specifically looking for a device I can order, take out of its box, plug in audio and LAN, configure my router ports, and beat feet off the cold windy ridge before the blizzard hits.
- Temporary remote RF diagnostics or radio traffic monitoring without dedicating a PC/Laptop for weeks.
Provisos:
- Remote access reset and configuration is must.
- I want to plug it in, not experiment. My searches have returned thousands of hits, but I immediately abandon any page containing "That's easy. Buy any XYX board with B+++ and other (unspecied) requirements from a hobby vendor, then modify the 8th octet of tar feather \a -2ndfr //load \\1fc:3fc:2fc:2a3/-a0 until it works".
- Installation will always be in a building or radio enclosure; protection from the elements is not an issue.
- There may be higher than normal RF energy present. I swear by Mother's R-56 standard, but Faraday cages are few and far between.
- I am NOT afraid to edit command lines, but would prefer to plug in a pre-assembled and configured device, lock down the IP and move to my next emergency.
Anyone???
(Lindsey Blanton: Hint, hint! I can't be the only buyer that doesn't want to or have time to build and experiment . Think Scannercast dual server functionality in a black box and of the Broadcastify "gray" areas that could be turned red by a non-tech with a scanner.)