MicroP25RXMon

[btt]

The MicroP25RXMon software is a simple application for monitoring the audio and display information from the MicroP25RX over USB. It can be run on Windows, Mac, Linux. You can access the latest source code and install instructions on the github page here: GitHub - tvelliott/MicroP25RXMon: A monitoring application for the MicroP25RX receiver written for the Processing development environment. You will need to install the Processing language / software development environment in order to compile the software.

There is also an executable version for WIndows 64-bit that can be downloaded here: MicroP25RXMon

 

[freqseeker]

I tried this earlier today and received a syntax error. See picture. I probably didn't load something right as it appears to be looking for something on the C drive.

 

[FreqNout]

From your picture, it looks like you are trying to load the github web page....not the files you need to run. On that github web page, under the green code button you can download the code in a zip file.

 

[freqseeker]

Yes I'm not familiar with Github downloads. I downloaded it correctly and now it is looking for the micro on the com ports. Making progress. I know it's simple. I will try again tomorrow.
Thanks for the tip.

 

[freqseeker]

I was able to get it working. The first problem was what @FreqNout suggested. User error. Thank you.
The second problem was the program kept searching comports for the micro. In my case com 3 and com 9. Com 9 is a Uniden and com 3 is the micro. I tried different cables and and USB ports with the same results.
I found in Device Manger that there were two com 3's, one was the micro and the other was a USB to serial DB9 for another radio. I unplugged the DB9 USB and all is working great now. Not sure why Windows 10 allowed two devices on the same port but it did.
Thank you @btt and @goldmyne99 for the email suggestions to getting it to work and for writing this utility making the Micro even better.

 

[alphaacres]

Thanks for the updates to MicroP25RXMon Config now I can update on the fly instead of pulling the memory card. 😊

 

[btt]

Thanks for the updates to MicroP25RXMon Config now I can update on the fly instead of pulling the memory card. 😊

Still working on it. You can read the configuration over USB. I will try and get the write to configuration over USB done today. I'm working on it.

 

[btt]

fw0105-02 and MicroP25RXMon version 0105-02 are available. Reading /Writing configuration over USB is now supported. It isn't well tested yet. Mack a backup to SD first!

 

[freqseeker]

Nice! I will give it a try tomorrow.

 

[freqseeker]

Couldn't wait. I changed a few RID descriptions and modified the name of one talkgroup over several read and writes. It saved to the card and reads from the card as expected, no problem.
Great work. Thank you.

 

[btt]

Couldn't wait. I changed a few RID descriptions and modified the name of one talkgroup over several read and writes. It saved to the card and reads from the card as expected, no problem.
Great work. Thank you.

Thanks for testing. The read/write functions don't modify the card. The <read config> reads directly from flash memory. The <write config> writes to ram, then is transferred directly from ram to the flash memory. If you want the configuration changes on the SD card, then you can use the SD BACKUP function to transfer from the flash memory to the SD card after doing a <write config> operation.

 

[brndnstffrd]

Thanks for testing. The read/write functions don't modify the card. The <read config> reads directly from flash memory. The <write config> writes to ram, then is transferred directly from ram to the flash memory. If you want the configuration changes on the SD card, then you can use the SD BACKUP function to transfer from the flash memory to the SD card after doing a <write config> operation.

Sounds simple enough. Gonna try this out at some point this weekend.

 

[btt]

version 010603 is available on github. goldmyne99 added TG history to the display. A file menu with LOAD/SAVE configuration file options has been added.

 

[btt]

version 0107-05 is available. goldmyne made a few improvements to the display. The read/write config functions have also been made more robust. (write config does retries if a USB packet is dropped), there are more status messages. There is an executable available for Windows 64-bit if you don't want to install the Processing development environment on that platform.

 

[dustinsterk]

This is cool, running on OSX. When I try to read the config from the device, it freezes and never comes back. Anything I can do to debug?

 

[btt]

This is cool, running on OSX. When I try to read the config from the device, it freezes and never comes back. Anything I can do to debug?

Thanks for giving it a test on OSX. It has only been tested on Linux and Windows up to now. I will get an OSX machine setup and see if I can reproduce here later this afternoon.

 

[dustinsterk]

Thanks for giving it a test on OSX. It has only been tested on Linux and Windows up to now. I will get an OSX machine setup and see if I can reproduce here later this afternoon.

Anytime. Here is the output in the console before it hangs:

config button pressedread config

 

[btt]

Anytime. Here is the output in the console before it hangs:

config button pressedread config

What happens if you press the read button again after 5-10 seconds? Still locked or do you see more console output?

 

[dustinsterk]

What happens if you press the read button again after 5-10 seconds? Still locked or do you see more console output?

I cannot click again, spinning wheel, during this time the other main GUI thread is still showing and processing voice, etc.

 

[btt]

I cannot click again, spinning wheel, during this time the other main GUI thread is still showing and processing voice, etc.

I tested the application on an Intel-based Mac Air Book. It works flawless for me. Are you using an Intel-based or Apple silicon-based machine?