Console mode
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The Console provides a means to configure all aspects of the Portsdown Transmitter Software, as well as providing an interface to operate the transmitter.
You enter console menu using the instructions listed here: https://wiki.batc.tv/Initial_setup#Console_menu
This page lists the menu options that are available as at Software Version 201704160.
Main Menu
│ 0 Transmit 437 Mhz, 333 KS, FEC 7/8. │ │ 1 Source Select Video Source (DESKTOP selected) │ │ 2 Output Configure Output (QPSKRF selected) │ │ 3 Station Station call setup │ │ 4 Receive Receive via rtlsdr │ │ 5 System System setup │ │ 6 System 2 Advanced System Setup │ │ 7 Language Set Language and Keyboard │ │ 8 Shutdown Shutdown and reboot options │
Source Menu
│ ( ) CAMH264 Pi Camera, H264 Encoding │ │ ( ) CAMMPEG-2 Pi Camera, MPEG-2 Encoding (for old Sat RX) │ │ ( ) FILETS Play a Transport stream file (.ts) │ │ ( ) PATERNAUDIO JPEG Pictures From File (no audio) │ │ ( ) CARRIER Carrier with no Modulation │ │ ( ) TESTMODE Testmode for Carrier Null │ │ ( ) IPTSIN Transport stream from network │ │ ( ) ANALOGCAM Analog (EasyCap) Video Input │ │ ( ) VNC Show PC Desktop via VNC │ │ (*) DESKTOP Show Touchscreen or Raspberry Pi Display │
Output Menu
│ 1 SymbolRate Symbol Rate Setup │ │ 2 FEC FEC Setup │ │ 3 Output mode Output Mode │ │ 4 PID PID setup │ │ 5 Frequency Output frequency(MHZ) │
FEC Menu
| ( ) 1 1/2 │ │ ( ) 2 2/3 │ │ ( ) 3 3/4 │ │ ( ) 5 5/6 │ │ (*) 7 7/8 │
Output Mode Menu
│ ( ) IQ IQ output for Portsdown filter modulator board │ │ (*) QPSKRF UGLY Test Mode. RF from pin 32. No modulator required.│ │ ( ) BATC Stream to BATC.TV │ │ ( ) STREAMER Stream to other Streaming Facility │ │ ( ) DIGITHIN Use Digithin Modulator Card │ │ ( ) DATVEXPRESS Use DATV Express connected by USB │ │ ( ) IP Transmit on IP network │
System Setup Menu
│ 1 Autostart Automatic startup │ │ 2 Display Display type │ │ 3 IP IP Address │ │ 4 WiFi Set-up SSID and password │ | 5 WiFi Off Turn the WiFi Off │ │ 6 Enable DigiThin Not Implemented Yet │ │ 7 Set-up EasyCap Set input socket and PAL/NTSC │ │ 8 Audio Input Select USB Dongle or EasyCap │ │ 9 Update Check for Updated rpidatv Software │
Autostart Menu
│ ( ) Prompt Log-on to Linux Command Prompt │ │ (*) Console Log-on to Portsdown Console Menu │ │ ( ) TX_boot Boot-up to Transmit │ │ ( ) Display_boot Boot-up to Touchscreen Display │ │ ( ) Button_boot Boot-up to Button Control │
Display type Menu
│ ( ) Tontec35 Tontec 3.5 inches │ │ ( ) HDMITouch HDMI touchscreen │ │ (*) Waveshare Waveshare 3.5 A LCD (default) │ │ (*) WaveshareB Waveshare 3.5 B LCD (alternative) │ │ ( ) Console Network Console │
Advanced System Setup Menu
│ 1 Set Presets For Touchscreen Frequencies │ │ 2 Set Presets For Touchscreen Symbol Rates │ │ 3 ADF4351 Ref Freq Set ADF4351 Reference Freq and Cal │ │ 4 ADF4351 Levels Set ADF4351 Levels for Each Band │ │ 5 DATV Express Configure DATV Express Settings for each band │ │ 6 Contest Numbers Set Contest Numbers for each band │ │ 7 Viewfinder Disable or Enable Viewfinder on Touchscreen │ │ 8 SD Card Info Show SD Card Information │ │ 9 Factory Settings Restore Initial Configuration │ │ 10 Back-up Settings Save Settings to a USB drive │ │ 11 Load Settings Load settings from a USB Drive │ │ 12 Beta Software Choose whether to use experimental software │
Language Selection Menu
│ 1 French Menus Menus Francais │ │ 2 English Menus Change Menus to English │ │ 3 German Menus Menüs auf Deutsch wechseln │ │ 4 French Keyboard Needs reboot after setting │ │ 5 UK Keyboard Needs reboot after setting │ │ 6 US Keyboard Needs reboot after setting │
Shutdown Menu
│ 1 Shutdown now Immediate Shutdown │ │ 2 Reboot now Immediate reboot │ │ 3 Exit to Linux Exit menu to Command Prompt │ │ 4 Restore TouchScreen Exit to LCD. Use ctrl-C to return │ │ 5 Button Enable Enable Shutdown Button │ │ 6 Button Disable Disable Shutdown Button │