Introducing SDRconnect - SDRplay Hamvention 2022 demo

This video shows the demo we showed at Hamvention 2022, in Dayton, Ohio.
This demonstrates the core underlying technology behind what we’re calling “SDRconnect”
“SDRconnect” is the new name for the multiplatform version of SDRuno (up till now we called it SDRuno V2)
We demonstrated the completely rewritten Core DSP engine for Spectrum and Waterfall displays - with the prototype software running on a Mac M1 computer. We also show the networking capability by remotely accessing an RSP based in the UK.
This is still an early stage demo, and the software team have a lot to do to complete the graphical user interface.
Work is underway on the new graphical user interface which:
• Retains the style and popular features of SDRuno
• Offers a more consistent and intuitive layout
• Addresses fixes and improvements suggested by users ever since SDRuno was first adopted.
SDRplay plans to release the first version of SDRconnect before the end of 2022.
SDRplay is promising that SDRconnect will fully support the older obsolete RSP2 and RSP2pro products, although the original RSP1 (phased out in 2017) will not be supported by SDRconnect.
(SDRuno V1.42 will continue to be available for RSP1 users).
The new graphical user interface will bring a lot of advantages based on what users have been asking for - like more consistency in the way panels and menus are organised making it more intuitive and easy to use, and the ability to lock panels together.
This is one of many videos from SDRplay - makers of the RSP family of SDR radios. See the full list of SDRplay videos and applications documents on: www.sdrplay.com/apps-catalogue/
The RSP family of SDRs from SDRplay cover 1kHz to 2 GHz with no gaps and give up to 10MHz spectrum visibility.
SDRplay is a UK company. The RSP SDR receivers are made in the UK and can be purchased for worldwide delivery directly from www.sdrplay.com/ (click on purchase and select your country to view shipping costs) or you can buy from any of our worldwide resellers listed here: www.sdrplay.com/distributors/ Many of the resellers offer local free shipping and/or local language technical support.
The SDRplay KZbin Channel is: / sdrplayrsp

[@A.D.D.808]

Us Linux users have been waiting for a long time. Thank you.

[@BeingRomans829ed]

RSP1A and SDRUno has been my most satisfying radio experience since my old days on CB back in the mid '70's.

[@Bdub1952]

"The ability to lock panels together" THANK YOU!

[@nmaster2042]

Wow ! Very nice work guys. As a linux user I'm waiting for the multi platform and remote connection for long time. I'm very excited by this new SDRConnect 👍

[@cURLybOi]

Oh yes please :) As a software architect, I love the effort being put into this as opposed to endlessly duct-taping features to an older system :)

[@cURLybOi]

Now I am very glad I purchased RSPduo this year after not playing with SDR for 8 years since listening to TETRA with my old rtl-sdr. Looking forward to what's coming

[@thuff3207]

Mac people have been waiting for this and thank you this will be wonderful to play with.

[@8981USMC]

Looking forward to this!

[@chrisgardner2548]

Good work, I have been very much looking forward to Linux compatibility of SDRuno.

[@VK5014SWL]

I might’ve purchased an Android tablet specifically to take advantage of SDRconnect. I’m very excited 😀

[@MatthiasLenardt]

Wonderful new surprise! I'm looking forward to this out on my receiver. Thanks for announcing it! Much love 💕 Matthias & Thought Genie DL1NDG

[@daytona1212]

Well, can't wait for it to ready. Love my RSP1A.

[@ByteOfSilicon]

This is great news, I heard you wee working on it. You just keep making this better and better, I have windows, linux and mac and network access on a server is just perfect!!

[@Isalys555]

ability to lock panels together : very good news!

[@earlrichardet2102]

I've recently moved from Microsoft Windows platform to Apple MacOS. I'm very excited to be able to use SDRConnect on my Macbooks. Thank You and Good Luck pulling it all together. Cheers!!

[@s9plus20]

Nice! Can hardly wait!

[@viacheslavstarr3563]

Thank You!

[@wb5plj]

Excellent! I am waiting and watching...

[@philipcaldwell3187]

Bang up job crew! The entry level M1 paradigm is a warp jump to the next galaxy and it is great to hear the forthcoming SDR software is a total rewrite based on forward looking software and hardware technology. Once upon a time in the late 70’s the x86 approach was a game changer for me as I went from applying “mini computers” to hand built x86 hardware, with hand coded CPU instructions, for scientific R&D applications. The x86 instructions and chip sets were a real enabler for instrumentation automation at this point in technology. That advantage rapidly faded and by the 90’s was a ball and chain as a random accumulation of workarounds grew exponentially to keep the x86 architecture alive. The new on ramp moving forward is M1 (and similar by others) and it is great to see this future proof change occurring. The new release is going to put a lot of fun back into the hobby as it enables a huge shift back to the Ham Radio aspect of the hobby and away from time wasted patching the latest software tech failure (no contest points awarded for being a software bug fixer).

[@RangerUT]

On track to release by end of year 2022!!!!! LOL

[@miketutt4232]

Hi, congratulations on this new version of SDR Uno. Please, please, please, can you give a thought while you are developing the user interface as to how this software can be made accessible to blind hams? There is very little accessible software for using SDR radios and this is a great opportunity to make something that is fully accessible. If the web GUI follows usual web accessibility standards it should be possible to make all the controls accessible. Granted it may be more difficult to make the waterfall accessible, though not impossible, but if we can tune the radio, change modes, and add/subtract filters etc. that would be a great start. Thanks for taking this on board. Mike W4LLJ

[@M0JHN]

Yes please!

[@KarlWitsman]

Yay! Excited about the Android possibilities with a tablet or Chromebook. Thanks for your hard work on this.

[@justlenmiz]

I can't tell you how excited I am for this. SDRUno is the only reason I still keep Windows around.

[@paulsharp5473]

Great stuff a nod towards Mac users.

[@tmanF4]

Excited for this! My only portable computer is a Mac, and I've long wished to be able to bring my RSPdx along with me. Also, please explore accessibility features for blind hams.

[@cbllbc244]

To be honest SDR Console V3 still has a better GUI.

[@robertpaxton1382]

Can't wait for a version that runs on Mac OS!

[@47Hobbies]

I’ve been using the original RSP since the beginning, using a Windows based server and HDSDR to RDP into, didn’t see a need to upgrade, but this! This is a game changer! This will allow me to finally ditch my server!!!

[@elonlovesyou]

I am having trouble setting up my windows based server. Any help would be appreciated.

[@5mxg]

cool!

[@erlendse]

Will it have extIO support or the rtl-tcp client for simpler recievers? Or is only RSP(good recievers) supported?

[@DXingSlovenija]

What will happen with existing SDRUno plugins, will they continue to work on SDRConnect Also what kind of hardware limitation did prevent you from using RSP1 with SDRConnect?

[@Doomsdaypress]

It would be great if you could make an video and explain the Zero-IF en Low-IF function. It's not really clear to me what the difference is.

[@camerong4944]

Once this hits the market I will provide and update an AUR install for us Arch users.

[@roba2440]

Will you retain compatibility with the usb virtual here technology? It is really nice to be able to just put a usb to lan converter near the radio (e.g. ras pi) without having to install any application software. I want to minimise the number of computers I have to manage. Your client server architecture still works, it just means the server can benefit from virtual here. The client can still be on any networked computer including the same one as the server…

[@Doomsdaypress]

Well, I'm always interested in new SDR software for my RSP1A.

[@roba2440]

I guess all the DSP is done in the server and just the fft data is sent over the network? Or is more of the display processing (freq binning and colour map entry selection) done in the server as well?

[@paulnakroshis9732]

Wonderful! Will this work on x86 macs too? I am so excited to see that the cross-platform solution is coming!! I wonder if there would be a way (maybe by screen sharing?) to use an M1 iPad pro to interact with SDRconnect?

[@SDRplayRSP]

Yes, x86 MacOS is planned

[@paulnakroshis9732]

@@SDRplayRSP Great...eventually I will get an M1 Mac, but right now I am using the x86 macs. Super psyched about the new software!

[@dave10524]

will this run adequately on the low cost chromebooks ?

[@rjinnh3933]

Great news! Will Connect function on an Rpi4 running RaspbianOS? 73..

[@SDRplayRSP]

Yes, RPi support is planned

[@rjinnh3933]

Fantastic.....

[@YrarcOrg73]

Wondering about plug-ins. Support of SDRUno plug-ins and also roadmap for plug-in developers on the new platform.

[@SDRplayRSP]

The tools for plugin developers are multiplatform so this should make it easy for multiplatform plugin apps to be compatible.

[@BillyNoMates1974]

Love the concept. I was wondering if I could have a RSP1A connected to my Raspberry Pi 3 server and use a Linux laptop as the client. At the moment I have to connect the RSP1A to my laptop running Fedora 36 and run up a virtual machine of Windows 11 to use the software. Fedora 36 is too new to get SDR++ running.

[@SDRplayRSP]

that will be possible when SDRconnect arrives :-)

[@BillyNoMates1974]

@@SDRplayRSP brilliant. I will wait for it

[@manuelmaseda4875]

IPad support?

[@tpcdude]

Does it run on windows 7?

[@SteveStandeford]

I guess I will keep the RSP1A around abit longer to try this SDRConnect Mac M1 version. CubicSDR is okay with the SDRplay on the Mac but just unimpressed. Honestly I can get more done with a Raspberry Pi 3 and a $35 Nooelec NESDR Smart. Need to step it up boys.

[@SDRplayRSP]

While you wait for SDRconnect, have you looked at SDR++ which runs native on the Mac?

[@earlwithmore9065]

I bought your SDRplay 2 that I think you discontinued. It has been 3-4 years and still haven't used it for more than 10 minutes. Will your new program work on the SDR 2?

[@SDRplayRSP]

Yes. We plan for it to work with both the RSP2 and RSP2pro

[@hampibyw3djs]

Both ARM and Linux are mentioned... So will there be any support for Raspberry Pi? HamPi users would eat this up!

[@stevenfeavearyear7567]

Thats my thought exactly, A Pi 4 should eat this up and be able to run continuously with minimal power draw, or even better at a remote location.

[@robertreidmd]

Vaporware

[@Mrdibzahab]

I would love to convert my last Windows machine to Linux a.s.a.p.

[@saxon12qa]

Brill, can’t wait to get my hands on sdr-connect so I can get rid of Microsoft’s windows once and for all.

[@ianwilliams5915]

"due to hardware limitations the RSP1 is not supported" - should be "we are choosing not to support the RSP1". Other SDR packages are managing to do so, at least on Windows, OSX & Linux. Abandoning your RSP1 customers is not the answer nor is telling them "use SDRUno - but we will only do bug fixes". If for some reason you do not think some remote use will not perform with the RSP1 for example then just make it clear remote cannot be used.

[@SoCalFreelance]

Those Apple people are pretty rabid about demanding support for their platform. Hopefully this will end their constant whining!

[@johndav5230]

It is good to see a linex based platform that is far superior to Windoze finally being supported.

[@SoCalFreelance]

@@johndav5230 I like and use Linux all the time. Superior? That is certainly up for debate. What OS supports the most powerful graphics cards and top shelf games? What OS has the most native support from top shelf productivity software (sometimes ported to other platforms with mixed results). What OS allows you to create a custom and upgradeable computer? What OS has the most hardware, peripherals, and driver support?

[@roscoe1052]

I received my RSPA1 last week and have been playing around with it to some degree. I am much interested in the upcoming UI update! I've been wondering if I should contact you to offer my assistance with the UI since I work with UIs and UX professionally. Please contact me if this is of any interest to you still, also down the road for testing and so on. Cheers.

[@terryleach5108]

I can't wait!!! My M1 Mac and Debian desktop will have new uses! Thanks es 73s de WA5ZKP