Using the Ryde software alongside Portsdown

It is possible to load the Ryde software alongside the Portsdown 4 Software. This facility is primarily intended to support the use of web-controlled Portsdowns with no touchscreens that are driving an HDMI display, but can also be used to display the received picture on the touchscreen. The Ryde can then be tuned for QO-100 using M0DTS's excellent QuickTune software on a Windows PC.

To set up the Ryde software, go to Menu 2, File Menu, and select "Install Ryde RX". The install will take 5 to 10 minutes and the Portsdown will reboot back to Menu 1 when the install is complete.

To start the Ryde software, connect a tuner and select Menu 2, "Ryde Receiver". The Ryde software will run until the touchscrren (or web control) is touched and then Portsdown software will restart.

Control of the Ryde software will require the use of QuickTune or a similar application. An IR sensor could be installed and a remote control used, or the /home/pi/ryde/config.yaml file could be manually edited to achieve the desired start-up settings.

The audio output destination can be selected from Menu 3, and is set to the same as the internal Portsdown receiver.

The video output resolution will be 800*480 @ 60fps like the Portsdown screen.

If using the Portsdown 'Ryde' and you need to set the frequency etc. manually use Putty to log on to the RPi. Then

sudo nano /home/pi/ryde/config.yaml

Select the preset you want to start with (note they are labelled 01,02,03 etc.) and set up the parameters you want. Then move further down to where it says 'default: *preset01'and alter the 01 to the preset number you want. Write Out and Exit then Menu and select Reboot.

You can also edit the audio level if you look further down the config:

audio:

   muteOnStartup: False
   volumeOnStartup: 60
   volumeStep: 10
   enableMenu: False

Note that MAX = 99