sds 200 lan question

[sjonesy99]

Wondering if theres any real advantage to hooking up the 200 to the lan without the software,( I run linux) , not really looking to control it remotely, just maybe send it to icecast without the ext speaker cable?

 

[ProScan]

Wondering if theres any real advantage to hooking up the 200 to the lan without the software,( I run linux) , not really looking to control it remotely, just maybe send it to icecast without the ext speaker cable?

How would that work? Does the scanner have a menu that configures the Icecast server IP address, port, mount, password, etc? If you find the menu then it will work but I'll save you some time looking for the menu. There is no menu so you can't connect the scanner to an Icecast server. Audio out of the scanner would be another issue since it's not mp3.

 

[sjonesy99]

How would that work? Does the scanner have a menu that configures the Icecast server IP address, port, mount, password, etc? If you find the menu then it will work but I'll save you some time looking for the menu. There is no menu so you can't connect the scanner to an Icecast server. Audio out of the scanner would be another issue since it's not mp3.

A simple no would have sufficed. 🙄

 

[sjonesy99]

Gotta luv windoze people

 

[buddrousa]

He happens to be a very smart PROGRAMMER that sells software and is very helpful he in the forums.

 

[sjonesy99]

He happens to be a very smart PROGRAMMER that sells software and is very helpful he in the forums.

yea if I wanted to be condescended to I'd ask in a facebook group. Was a straight up question, not ambiguous or stupid. I don't give a rats ass how smart you think he might be, a little courtesy goes a long way. You give an arrogant answer, expect an arrogant response. If I wanted a windoze answer, I'd ask my 12 yr old grandson. -

 

[dougjgray]

VLC will play the audio from the scanner from the lan connection. I am not familiar with icecast but maybe there is a way to grt the audio to icecast in linux. I know there is VLC for ubuntu

 

[sjonesy99]

Good to know, I’ve played with vlc a lot, docs are extensive. 👍

 

[iMONITOR]

A simple no would have sufficed. 🙄

If he had replied simply "No", your response might likely be, "Why not?". He's simply giving you a more meaningful reply by giving you a "No" along with an explanation.

 

[jtwalker]

In my humble opinion ... not only is there not much sense of plugging an SDS200 into the lan, there is not much sense buying an SDS200 if you don't own or have easy access to a pc running windows. Even if you got the dealer to program it for you initially, over time that programming will need to be adjusted. YMMV

 

[begoli]

The "Windoze" comment is so 20 years ago.

 

[buddrousa]

You ask a technical question you got a technical answer good luck in your time here as your actions will determine how much help you get.

 

[jonwienke]

In my humble opinion ... not only is there not much sense of plugging an SDS200 into the lan, there is not much sense buying an SDS200 if you don't own or have easy access to a pc running windows. Even if you got the dealer to program it for you initially, over time that programming will need to be adjusted. YMMV

The same goes for every other major brand of scanner and radio. The only radio-related software I know of that has a native Apple port is CHIRP, which is used to program Baofeng and similar CCRs. And there are a few Linux-based SDR software projects. Everything else is Windows.

 

[jonwienke]

yea if I wanted to be condescended to I'd ask in a facebook group. Was a straight up question, not ambiguous or stupid. I don't give a rats ass how smart you think he might be, a little courtesy goes a long way. You give an arrogant answer, expect an arrogant response. If I wanted a windoze answer, I'd ask my 12 yr old grandson. -

And this is why you're getting added to my ignore list. Offering an answer with more detail than yes/no is not condescending, its an attempt to be informative. Your response indicates you're far more interested in affirmation than information, which usually precludes any meaningful discussion.

 

[dougjgray]

But if i read his post it sounds like maybe his question was is there anyway to broadcast through icecast from a 200 over lan even though you cant program it through linux and i would think that program VLC is availble through linux as well as virtual audio cables are probably also avalible and that should get the audio to icecast. I have used VLC to listen to the 200 over lan But i have never broadcast a scanner so dont know if this is correct

 

[buddrousa]

If maybe you are only interested in audio only no programming or remote control.

 

[sjonesy99]

VLC will play the audio from the scanner from the lan connection. I am not familiar with icecast but maybe there is a way to grt the audio to icecast in linux. I know there is VLC for ubuntu

In my humble opinion ... not only is there not much sense of plugging an SDS200 into the lan, there is not much sense buying an SDS200 if you don't own or have easy access to a pc running windows. Even if you got the dealer to program it for you initially, over time that programming will need to be adjusted. YMMV

uh huh, sorry to burst yer bubble but i can program it without software, very handily I might add

 

[KevinC]

Closing due to bad attitudes.