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I've decided to do a little programming to integrate the serial port remote control of my BCD-396T into a public web page so I can select on which talk-groups to activate in real-time while I listen remotely over the Internet.
I'm planning to make all the code open and available for anyone to use, and I would be happy if anyone else with any level of programming background wanted to help out. Just chime in on this thread. For now, all the source code and notes will be up at https://github.com/vees/bcd396t for anyone to use and improve.
The first iteration of this will be a simple web form with a list of active talk groups and channel banks currently active. The scanner would periodically check that page to determine which channels to scan, maybe once a minute or so. It could be as simple as a text file on a Dropbox account.
I'd like to get some ideas from other 396T and 396XT users as to how this sort of thing might be useful to you. I'd also be interested if anyone else has already done this successfully, or even tried and failed but kept good notes on what went wrong.
I'll keep both my programming journal and this thread updated as I make some progress on this project. Please let me know what you think.
I'm planning to make all the code open and available for anyone to use, and I would be happy if anyone else with any level of programming background wanted to help out. Just chime in on this thread. For now, all the source code and notes will be up at https://github.com/vees/bcd396t for anyone to use and improve.
The first iteration of this will be a simple web form with a list of active talk groups and channel banks currently active. The scanner would periodically check that page to determine which channels to scan, maybe once a minute or so. It could be as simple as a text file on a Dropbox account.
I'd like to get some ideas from other 396T and 396XT users as to how this sort of thing might be useful to you. I'd also be interested if anyone else has already done this successfully, or even tried and failed but kept good notes on what went wrong.
I'll keep both my programming journal and this thread updated as I make some progress on this project. Please let me know what you think.