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Re: ThumDV to convert p25 phase 1 AMBE frames to pcm audio? #thumbdv

davebelle85@...
 

Ah ok, cool. Thanks for that. So in theory if I can convert the frames from IMBE to AMBE it should work. Great! Thanks. 
Re: ThumDV to convert p25 phase 1 AMBE frames to pcm audio? #thumbdv

John D Hays - K7VE
 

P25 Phase 1 is IMBE and the ThumbDV™ only does AMBE (in many formats, used by many protocols).

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 6:28 PM <davebelle85@...> wrote:
Hey guys

Does the ThumbDV usb support converting P25 Phase 1 to raw audio? The website only mentions Phase II but nothing explicitly says it doesn't support Phase I. I found some sample c++ code which converts from the mbe frames to audio. I'm able to build and run it and it works with it's own samples, but my own mbe frames don't work. I suspect it may be because the sample files are Phase II frames and no one in my area is broadcasting phase II so I can't be sure.

Thanks in advanced



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Kingston, WA
K7VE

 
ThumDV to convert p25 phase 1 AMBE frames to pcm audio? #thumbdv

davebelle85@...
 

Hey guys

Does the ThumbDV usb support converting P25 Phase 1 to raw audio? The website only mentions Phase II but nothing explicitly says it doesn't support Phase I. I found some sample c++ code which converts from the mbe frames to audio. I'm able to build and run it and it works with it's own samples, but my own mbe frames don't work. I suspect it may be because the sample files are Phase II frames and no one in my area is broadcasting phase II so I can't be sure.

Thanks in advanced
Re: issue bluedv after last big windows update 1800

Kevin Hogg
 

Hi David

I have an anysecu w2 plus / n60 network radio (android v7)

I installed AMBE Bluedv on the N60 and Peanut. They look great!  Dont tell Gus but I prefer it to the CAST.  One problem I have is on AMBEBlueDV I cant get the PTT to map.  Any thoughts on how i can fix this?

Thanks Kev KL4H

Private and Confidential.

On May 22, 2018, at 13:04, David PA7LIM <info@...> wrote:

Hi,

The brandmeister server was down today. Everything is fixed now. Server is up and running again.

Greets and 73'

  David PA7LIM


On 22 May 2018, at 19:00, J G Shaw <WA6PX@...> wrote:

Yes – yesterday, BlueDV worked fine for me.  Today, BlueDV for Windows will not start.  Nothing shows up on the screen. 

I found myself wondering if it was do the overnight maintenance update Windows does.  What symptom/issue are you facing?

PS:  WinDV continues to work just fine - I can use WinDV on my PC for DSTAR via WinDV. 

       Thus, it appears to me that some unique file or action that BlueDV engages in is being forbidden by Windows.

Any ideas?

 

WA6PX 

 

From: ambe@nw-digital-radio.groups.io [mailto:ambe@nw-digital-radio.groups.io] On Behalf Of Jose Manuel Martinez Barbera
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Subject: [ambe] issue bluedv after last big windows update 1800

 


 someone else has experienced issues with bluedv and the last update of windows?

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Re: Serial not connected #bluedv #thumbdv

John D Hays - K7VE
 

Hi Andy,

"Firmware not detected" is a red herring when it comes to ThumbDV™
(and similar AMBE-3000 devices). That error belongs to some hardware
radio devices, but not the ThumbDV™ -- however, it is indicative that
there is a problem. I assume the 46080 baud rate is a typo, as it is
460800 (or 230400 on very old ThumbDVs).

I see you ran ThumbTest.exe at both baud rates. Did you unplug the
ThumbDV™ between the different baud rate tests? Did the LEDs blink on
the ThumbDV™? There are two main hardware components to the success
of the ThumbDV™. First is the FTDI USB to serial chip. Since you are
getting an indication that Windows sees it, then the DVSI chip is
probably working fine. The second is the DVSI AMBE-3000 chip which
does the actual vocoding receiving and sending packets over the serial
interface of the FTDI chip via USB to the computer.

If the AMBE chip fails (unlikely but possible) you would not have
packets going to and from the software on the computer (driver and
application/BlueDV). If you are unable to get a successful run of
ThumbTest.exe and want to send your ThumbDV™ back for evaluation, use
the form at http://nwdigitalradio.com/support

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 9:06 PM Andrew OBrien <k3ukandy@...> wrote:

I have not used my ThumbDV in a while. Today I plugged in in and installed the latest version of BlueDV. I set the baud rate in the set-up area tp 46080 and entered my comm port number in the two usual areas where we specify the desired comm port. The comm port I chose matches the number shown in my device manger. I have the top box ticked under AMBE for ThumbDV. Despite all this when I then click on SERIAL nothing happens , the firmware is not detected. I have tried it on a Windows 10PC and a Windows 7 PC.

Andy K3UK
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Kingston, WA
K7VE
Re: Serial not connected #bluedv #thumbdv

Jack Spitznagel
 

Frankly, I am confused by this statement below. 

From the beginning, installs of BlueDV have been straightforward (except once when David left a major bug in the release that caused random exceptions - that was a long while ago). Some basic understanding of Windoze devices, D-Star, and DMR was all that was required. 40 minutes first time out (mostly to adjust audio and understand programming) and less than 20 minutes on several installs for friends afterwards, including Win 7, 8, and 10.

The only machine that gave me trouble was a single Win 7 laptop loaded with crapware, pseudo “security” software, bad drivers, malware, and trackers. I asked the owner of that one to do a clean install... he bought a new laptop.

Jack - KD4IZ 


On Aug 13, 2019, at 10:33, Brent LeFevre <brent.lefevre@...> wrote:

BlueDV has a steep learning curve, I have loaded it on windows tablets, win10 and android phones, When ever I do a fresh install it takes 3-4 hours, every time I think I know what I did to get it to work on one device doesn't seem to be the same on another device. But, once its working it works flawlessly.

I was going to chime in with suggestions on what I have done to get it to work, but honestly I have no CLUE what I've done to get it right.



73

Brent LeFevre
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 12:15 PM Steve Taylor via Groups.Io <sltay456=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
I had bad luck with the current version of BlueDV. It would not connect to the ThumbDV. 

I deleted the files from my computer and went the archive files and downloaded the 09548 version.

It installed and worked perfectly.


Steve N7BEF


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Science River LLC
KD4IZ
Re: Serial not connected #bluedv #thumbdv

Brent LeFevre
 

BlueDV has a steep learning curve, I have loaded it on windows tablets, win10 and android phones, When ever I do a fresh install it takes 3-4 hours, every time I think I know what I did to get it to work on one device doesn't seem to be the same on another device. But, once its working it works flawlessly.

I was going to chime in with suggestions on what I have done to get it to work, but honestly I have no CLUE what I've done to get it right.



73

Brent LeFevre
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 12:15 PM Steve Taylor via Groups.Io <sltay456=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
I had bad luck with the current version of BlueDV. It would not connect to the ThumbDV. 

I deleted the files from my computer and went the archive files and downloaded the 09548 version.

It installed and worked perfectly.


Steve N7BEF

Re: ThumbDV and WinDV Help

John D Hays - K7VE
 

I'm glad you got it working.

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 9:17 AM Steve Taylor via Groups.Io
<sltay456=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

I gave up on WinDV and downloaded the current beta of BlueDV. It too would not connect.

I deleted that version and downloaded the 09548 version from the archive file. It works perfectly.

Steve N7BEF


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John D. Hays
Kingston, WA
K7VE
Re: ThumbDV and WinDV Help

Steve Taylor
 

I gave up on WinDV and downloaded the current beta of BlueDV. It too would not connect.

I deleted that version and downloaded the 09548 version from the archive file. It works perfectly.

Steve N7BEF
Re: Serial not connected #bluedv #thumbdv

Steve Taylor
 

I had bad luck with the current version of BlueDV. It would not connect to the ThumbDV. 

I deleted the files from my computer and went the archive files and downloaded the 09548 version.

It installed and worked perfectly.


Steve N7BEF
Re: Serial not connected #bluedv #thumbdv

Andrew OBrien <k3ukandy@...>
 

Yes, I have tried unplugging and plugging in again.  I do get the Windows sound indicating it knows a USB device has been plugged in and Device Manager shows the USB port. .  I just ran the ThumbTest.exe utility though and after I enter the baud rate , the utility briefly displays a unhandled exception and the Thumbtest aborts.  I tried both baud rates common to the ThumbDV 
Andy K3UK

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 9:16 AM Willie Williams <frewil16@...> wrote:
Have you tried to unplug thumb DV  and plug it in again?

KD4JBL

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 12:06 AM Andrew OBrien <k3ukandy@...> wrote:
I have not used my ThumbDV in a while.  Today I plugged in in and installed the latest version of BlueDV.  I set the baud rate in the set-up area tp 46080 and entered my comm port number in the two usual areas where we specify the desired comm port.  The comm port I chose matches the number shown in my device manger. I have the top box ticked under AMBE for ThumbDV. Despite all this when I then click on SERIAL nothing happens , the firmware is not detected.  I have tried it on a Windows 10PC and a Windows 7 PC.

Andy K3UK 

Re: Serial not connected #bluedv #thumbdv

Willie Williams
 

Have you tried to unplug thumb DV  and plug it in again?

KD4JBL

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 12:06 AM Andrew OBrien <k3ukandy@...> wrote:
I have not used my ThumbDV in a while.  Today I plugged in in and installed the latest version of BlueDV.  I set the baud rate in the set-up area tp 46080 and entered my comm port number in the two usual areas where we specify the desired comm port.  The comm port I chose matches the number shown in my device manger. I have the top box ticked under AMBE for ThumbDV. Despite all this when I then click on SERIAL nothing happens , the firmware is not detected.  I have tried it on a Windows 10PC and a Windows 7 PC.

Andy K3UK 

Re: Serial not connected #bluedv #thumbdv

Gwen Patton
 

I backed off from the most recent version to the previous version because there were some annoying bugs. I think the most recent version (9551) has some issues that David hasn't had time to fix. I'd try going to the archive folder and getting the 9550 version. I've been running that for months now and it works fine. I used it last night and it was fine, and my setup is a little more complex, running on a Raspberry Pi through a powered hub. I keep a PuTTY terminal open to it with Tmux, a telnet cluster on the top pane and the bottom pane running AMBEServer. It's a very lightweight setup, with a dynamic DNS punched through the firewall so I can access it from anywhere.


On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 12:06 AM Andrew OBrien <k3ukandy@...> wrote:
I have not used my ThumbDV in a while.  Today I plugged in in and installed the latest version of BlueDV.  I set the baud rate in the set-up area tp 46080 and entered my comm port number in the two usual areas where we specify the desired comm port.  The comm port I chose matches the number shown in my device manger. I have the top box ticked under AMBE for ThumbDV. Despite all this when I then click on SERIAL nothing happens , the firmware is not detected.  I have tried it on a Windows 10PC and a Windows 7 PC.

Andy K3UK 



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Re: ThumbDV and WinDV Help

John D Hays - K7VE
 

I'm not sure what you mean by "did not connect at all ..."?

Does your ThumbDV™ pass the ThumbTest in
https://nw-digital-radio.groups.io/g/ambe/files

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=291k3VxJCv0

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 5:20 PM Steve Taylor via Groups.Io
<sltay456=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

I tried BlueDV and it did not connect at all to my PC.

Steve
N7BEF

On Aug 12, 2019, at 3:32 PM, John D Hays - K7VE <@john_hays> wrote:

Hi Steve,

WinDV is getting pretty long in the tooth and Fred hasn't released anything new in years. I would suggest trying BlueDV instead.

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:26 PM Steve Taylor via Groups.Io <sltay456=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

I have tried to setup my ThumbDV and WinDV to work on my WIN10 PC.

WinDV shows that it connects but I get no audio.

Under the RF Device part of the WinDV display there is the message "Sound card unable to open 1 as input". I confirmed that the mic and speakers were selected correctly for my PC.

Any help of ideas would be a big help.

THX
Steve
N7BEF


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Kingston, WA
K7VE





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Kingston, WA
K7VE
Serial not connected #bluedv #thumbdv

Andrew OBrien <k3ukandy@...>
 

I have not used my ThumbDV in a while.  Today I plugged in in and installed the latest version of BlueDV.  I set the baud rate in the set-up area tp 46080 and entered my comm port number in the two usual areas where we specify the desired comm port.  The comm port I chose matches the number shown in my device manger. I have the top box ticked under AMBE for ThumbDV. Despite all this when I then click on SERIAL nothing happens , the firmware is not detected.  I have tried it on a Windows 10PC and a Windows 7 PC.

Andy K3UK 
Re: ThumbDV and WinDV Help

VE3MIC
 

Hi Steve,

Can you verify that your ThumbDV is being recognized by Windows as a USB device?

Here is a video that N5ZNO from AmateurLogic.TV did some months ago about getting BlueDV installed & setup on Windows 10>
https://youtu.be/R48t3S9rNN8?t=938

73 de Mike
Re: ThumbDV and WinDV Help

Steve Taylor
 

I tried BlueDV and it did not connect at all to my PC.

Steve
N7BEF

On Aug 12, 2019, at 3:32 PM, John D Hays - K7VE <john@...> wrote:

Hi Steve,

WinDV is getting pretty long in the tooth and Fred hasn't released anything new in years.  I would suggest trying BlueDV instead.

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:26 PM Steve Taylor via Groups.Io <sltay456=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
I have tried to setup my ThumbDV and WinDV to work on my WIN10 PC.

WinDV shows that it connects but I get no audio. 

Under the RF Device part of the WinDV display there is the message "Sound card unable to open 1 as input". I confirmed that the mic and speakers were selected correctly for my PC. 

Any help of ideas would be a big help.

THX
Steve
N7BEF



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John D. Hays
Kingston, WA
K7VE

 
Re: ThumbDV and WinDV Help

John D Hays - K7VE
 

Hi Steve,

WinDV is getting pretty long in the tooth and Fred hasn't released anything new in years.  I would suggest trying BlueDV instead.

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:26 PM Steve Taylor via Groups.Io <sltay456=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
I have tried to setup my ThumbDV and WinDV to work on my WIN10 PC.

WinDV shows that it connects but I get no audio. 

Under the RF Device part of the WinDV display there is the message "Sound card unable to open 1 as input". I confirmed that the mic and speakers were selected correctly for my PC. 

Any help of ideas would be a big help.

THX
Steve
N7BEF



--
John D. Hays
Kingston, WA
K7VE

 
ThumbDV and WinDV Help

Steve Taylor
 

I have tried to setup my ThumbDV and WinDV to work on my WIN10 PC.

WinDV shows that it connects but I get no audio. 

Under the RF Device part of the WinDV display there is the message "Sound card unable to open 1 as input". I confirmed that the mic and speakers were selected correctly for my PC. 

Any help of ideas would be a big help.

THX
Steve
N7BEF
Re: AmateurLogic.tv segment

Kenneth R Fowler KD4IIW <KD4IIW@...>
 

Yes I was confused about that also.  I just got back into setting up my AMBE NWDR stick and it works great but was unable to turn on Fusion.  I was just confused. 

Kenneth 
KD4IIW