Would like to have a private stream?

[Forts]

I user ScannerCast for my private feeds. Works great, each feed is on a different port. I also use noip.com to make sure I can reach my PC from the outside world. On the mobile side of things I use XiiaLive as a client. Works very well for me... some feeds are coming straight from a radio via a USB audio dongle into ScannerCast. Others are being done with FMP24/DSD+ thru a virtual cable to ScannerCast. Only downfall is that the feeds can't be password protected somehow, but as long as you keep the address private you are good to go.

 

[trauts14]

hardware

@rbm
what machine are you using to host all those feeds at one time? multiple scanners or can you just use one scanner and assign certain freqs to certain feeds. it seems like it would take a great deal of hardware to simultaneously run so many feeds. without getting too technical how does one run so many feeds at once?

I have 11 private feeds running and two on Broadcastify.

On two of my private feeds I use FreeSCAN to run a 'Remote Control Server'.

Those two feeds I can control from my smart phone using RemoteFS app.
http://forums.radioreference.com/scanner-programming-software/315648-remote-control-app-android.html
That combination works GREAT and gives me complete control over those feeds remotely.

The following is a 'lift' from my older post here:
http://forums.radioreference.com/st...rding/338551-setting-up-feed.html#post2628735
You can see some screen captures there.

Setting up a private feed is easy. BUT confusing at first.

You need to set up port forwarding on your modem for the port(s) you will be using.
You will need one port for audio, and another for text tags or remote control if you want either of those.

You can Google how to do port forwarding for you modem.
A sample for my modem is in the link below.
http://forums.radioreference.com/st...0-scannercast-port-selection.html#post2296929

THEN, allow those port(s) through your firewall.
How to Open a Port in the Windows 7 Firewall - dummies

You can refer to my older post here for some help.
http://forums.radioreference.com/st...0-scannercast-port-selection.html#post2296833

In my case, I use ScannerCast for the audio and the FreeSCAN server for remote control.
And RemoteFS on my Android phone.

Since you can only use one program on your radio's computer port at a time, you either can send text tags OR setup for remote control.
But NOT both at the same time.

Then, since most people don't have static IP addresses and their IP address may change randomly from time to time:
Use something like no-ip.org to get your own host name that will not change when your IP address changes.
Free Dynamic DNS - Managed DNS - Managed Email - Domain Registration - No-IP

Then, you would access your feed using something like this in your player: (without the quotes)
"myfeed.no-ip.org:12345"
(replace 'myfeed' with your host name and the 12345 with the port number you set up for the AUDIO)

Rich

 

[rbm]

@rbm
what machine are you using to host all those feeds at one time? multiple scanners or can you just use one scanner and assign certain freqs to certain feeds. it seems like it would take a great deal of hardware to simultaneously run so many feeds. without getting too technical how does one run so many feeds at once?

Yep, a GREAT deal of hardware!

More than 40 Uniden scanners and eleven computers running 24 x 7.

Most of the computers have Intel Quad Core i7 processors with 12GB of RAM and 10-15TB of hard drives each for logging.

Most of them are running Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit operating systems.

The feeds and logging scanners are distributed across all of the computers.

Rich

Edit: You can see some of the hardware at the link for Shack Photos above.
That photo is probably around 8 years or more ago.
Lots more 'stuff' has been added since then.

You can also see a video here of more than 20 Uniden scanners getting a 'Close Call' hit at the same time.
That's only 5 years old.
And lots more 'stuff' added since then too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSPOaHaf-Qk

.

 

[trauts14]

that is crazy (in a good way). my main computer is running win7 pro x64. i is hard to think of the price associated with running all of your hardware. is there a way to run all of that on virtual machines or at what point would it be better...if possibly cheaper, to get a few rackmount servers and do it that way. that is a LOT of RAM you have.

btw, are most of you scanners monitoring trucked freqs? i just saw your youtube vid. cool stuff.

 

[rbm]

In my area, there are only a few trunking systems that I monitor.
Most of the scanners are logging and/or feeding my county and the surrounding 7 or so counties.
Most of them are still using conventional frequencies.

My feeds are targeted to specific areas or agencies within those counties.

Three of my feeds can be totally controlled remotely using the RemoteFS Android app.
So friends can set them up for any large scale 'event'.

I've never looked into using virtual machines.

All of my computers have 3 or more sound cards installed. (of different makes/models)

I've been into electronics my entire life in one way or another as a hardware engineer and software engineer.

I worked on satellite RF systems and learned the value of redundant systems.
They use n +1 to ensure continuity. I use at least n +2 or more.

Now, if anything breaks, any feed or logging barely skips a beat before it's moved to another system.

Rich

 

[trauts14]

nice! i agree with you on redundancy. i am using RTL-SDR, DSD+, and Unitrunker for monitoring P25. i wish the price of scanners that can monitor various "flavors" of DMR would come down in price. one day hopefully.

 

[Dufus]

I user ScannerCast for my private feeds. Works great, each feed is on a different port. I also use noip.com to make sure I can reach my PC from the outside world. On the mobile side of things I use XiiaLive as a client. Works very well for me... some feeds are coming straight from a radio via a USB audio dongle into ScannerCast. Others are being done with FMP24/DSD+ thru a virtual cable to ScannerCast. Only downfall is that the feeds can't be password protected somehow, but as long as you keep the address private you are good to go.

Do you have a quick tutorial on setting up scannercast with noip? I have a rtl-sdr dongle unitrunker/dsd+/vbcable working and a no-ip account for my cams. I'm using win10 with cable modem with netgear wireless router.
Any tips? End goal is to be able to listen to my computer audio (sdr) via my android cell. tia

 

[ak4fn]

Do you have a quick tutorial on setting up scannercast with noip? I have a rtl-sdr dongle unitrunker/dsd+/vbcable working and a no-ip account for my cams. I'm using win10 with cable modem with netgear wireless router.
Any tips? End goal is to be able to listen to my computer audio (sdr) via my android cell. tia

This is the most ideal method of setting up no-ip.org:
How to setup Dynamic DNS on a NETGEAR router using www.no-ip.com | Answer | NETGEAR Support

If your netgear router does not support no-ip.org you could use this software made by no-ip.org:
Dynamic DNS Update Client (DUC) for Windows - No-IP

 

[Dufus]

thanks, that part is in the router already. don't i need to set up a port or something and i need a url to listen to scannercast feed?

 

[trauts14]

yes, decide what port you want to use and forward that port in the router. in the router, you will use the same local IP address that is assigned to scannercast. check your PM