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. This page lists the menu options that are available as at Software Version 201703060.
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 French Keyboard Needs reboot after setting │ │ 4 UK Keyboard Needs reboot after setting │ │ 5 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 │