OH1KK/KiwiSDR-antenna-switch-extension

Remote hardware box to read antenna switch status and switch antennas

OH1KK opened this issue · 3 comments

OH1KK commented

Improvement idea based on Kenneth / SM0OHC feedback.

The kiwi extension though don't allow for antenna switching
when another extension is active.

Of course you could open another browser-window and send the commands.

However, how difficult is it to make the arduino code for controlling
instead of receiving commands ?
That is 8 pushbuttons and 8 led's for status and the 28J60.

OH1KK commented

ant-switch-daemon is telnet daemon so you can execute antenna switch commands from telnet

Work in progress

https://github.com/OH1KK/KiwiSDR-antenna-switch-extension/blob/ant-switch-daemon/docs/ant-switch-daemon.txt

Todo: arduino code, telnet code cleanup and documentation

OH1KK commented

Reminder. Telnet code for arduino https://playground.arduino.cc/Code/Telnet

OH1KK commented

Making arduino controller is now possible since antenna can now be selected from http url. Make your arduino to make http request using buttons

button 1: http://my.kiwisdr.org/?ext=ant,1
button 2: http://my.kiwisdr.org/?ext=ant,2
button 3: http://my.kiwisdr.org/?ext=ant,3
and so on.

Reading antenna status is currently unavailable, so status info for leds is missing.

But one step forward.