SDR# SDRSharp Pocsag Plugin

NikoMAU

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Good evening community
I Pocsag plugin works great, but I wanted to have a clarification on some settings. This is a bit of a topic in this thread, but it doesn't answer my question :/
As you can see on the attached image in the "Alpha" line I have text that displays correctly, but I don't have the end of the text, a good part is still missing.
Is it with the settings in the right hat that it is adjusted?
Could you please explain to me what these settings are for?
Sincerely
Niko
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morfis

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As you can see on the attached image in the "Alpha" line I have text that displays correctly, but I don't have the end of the text, a good part is still missing.
Is it with the settings in the right hat that it is adjusted?
Could you please explain to me what these settings are for?

How do you know there was more text in the message?
I don't know what limit the software has for the message length but it's definitey longer than your screenshot seems to show - at least for higher data rates (I see very few 512 rate messages and don't recall any being more than ~20 characters).

It's possible that the plugin doesn't fully handle multi-line messages (in the same way as early versions didn't decode the actual RIC correctly)

Though there has been no activity on the git for a long time you'd be better off contacting the developer with queries.
 

NikoMAU

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How do you know there was more text in the message?
Hello
Thank you for your answer

Because the last word is cut off ;)
I don't know what limit the software has for the message length but it's definitey longer than your screenshot seems to show - at least for higher data rates (I see very few 512 rate messages and don't recall any being more than ~20 characters).
Here it is 80 characters including spaces
It's possible that the plugin doesn't fully handle multi-line messages (in the same way as early versions didn't decode the actual RIC correctly)
I will test with PDW and multiPSK to see if there is a difference
Though there has been no activity on the git for a long time you'd be better off contacting the developer with queries.
OK I'll give it a shot
Sincerely
Niko
 

morfis

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Because the last word is cut off ;)

Here it is 80 characters including spaces

I will test with PDW and multiPSK to see if there is a difference

Just instaled it and looked again - within seconds a message (not 512 data rate) of around 200+ characters - too lazy to count exactly. One character was missed off the end. PDW also missed the last character (didn't think to try multipsk at the same time).
 

NikoMAU

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Just instaled it and looked again - within seconds a message (not 512 data rate) of around 200+ characters - too lazy to count exactly. One character was missed off the end. PDW also missed the last character (didn't think to try multipsk at the same time).
Indeed it's strange, I will check if I have the last version of the plugin, you never know.
How are your settings in the top right corner next to the "Clear" button? (see picture)
I don't know what these settings are for :/
I look at my updates to check
Sincerely
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morfis

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Indeed it's strange, I will check if I have the last version of the plugin, you never know.
How are your settings in the top right corner next to the "Clear" button? (see picture)
I don't know what these settings are for :/
I look at my updates to check
Sincerely
NikoView attachment 141485

Never messed with them but their purpose is explained on the github page
 

runnerr

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Anyone know how to fix swedish characters? åäö is not working. For instance ’å ’gets replaced with a ’{’.

Thanks!
 

jimjrfl

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I can't ge this to work at all. It opens the POCSAG window and SDRsharp is using VB cable, but No decoding. nothing. The settings are exactly the same as when using PDW and PDW works.
 
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