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Re: V3.2 Beta

Gisle Vanem
 

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 03:11 PM, Simon Brown wrote:

My gut feeling is a bad file on the system.

Still the same crash. Running inside cdb it clearly shows that a NULL-pointer is called:

EXCEPTION_RECORD: (.exr -1) ExceptionAddress: 0000000000000000 ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation) ExceptionFlags: 00000000 NumberParameters: 2 Parameter[0]: 0000000000000008 Parameter[1]: 0000000000000000 Attempt to execute non-executable address 0000000000000000

And I was able to get this call-stack from ProcessExplorer when BugTrap kicked in:

https://www.watt-32.net/misc/sdr-console-VCOMP140.png

(Hope that Groups.io does not massacres the above Markdown this time).
Re: V3.2 Beta

Nick Hall-Patch
 

Groups.io has quite a good search function using a single term , Mark .   I just did a search on "continuum" in the  SDR-Radio group, and you can see the discussion that led to Simon's work on this.

Example (message 66053):

(from SpectraVue manual:  "A continuum display for measuring spectral power over the entire span and/or the peak power within the span.")

The power is a single value displayed over time. The span can be set from one Hz to the full span being monitored.  It's derived from the FFT displayed.


I remembered that one because I sent it in, hi.   But the whole discussion is laid out quite well on the groups.io web page.

best wishes,

Nick









At 23:29 2022-06-24, Mark Cayton wrote:
Simon,

For an idiot, please, what is Continuum and what is its purpose?

TIA,
Mark

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada

Re: Cached data

Larry Horlick
 

Indeed...working as designed...Tanks.

Larry
VO1FOG

On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 1:04 PM Simon Brown <simon@...> wrote:
Thanks all, now fixed.
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Ian Kelly via groups.io <iankelly27=gmail.com@groups.io>
Sent: 23 June 2022 06:50
To: main@sdr-radio.groups.io <main@sdr-radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] Cached data
 
Hi Simon, Larry.

I can confirm that when I attempt to set a recording cache when setting up a recording preset under the data recording options and tick the box for the "cache" drop down, whatever value I select, no data is cached. When I replay the IQ file, the start time remains the same as when I hit the preset record button and I've checked the audio on the recordings, and it has not pre-fetched audio from before I hit record (in case it had cached data but not updated the time readout to allow for any cached data).


Ian Kelly
Tilehurst, Reading, UK

On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 at 05:59, Simon Brown <simon@...> wrote:
Also,

Show me your settings.
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Simon Brown via groups.io <simon=sdr-radio.com@groups.io>
Sent: 23 June 2022 05:19
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] Cached data
 
This is for data, not audio recordings. I'll check it's still working...
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Larry Horlick via groups.io <llhorlick=gmail.com@groups.io>
Sent: 23 June 2022 02:10
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] Cached data
 
Is there something else that needs to be turned on? I'm not seeing any cached data in my recordings. 

Larry

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Re: V3.2 Beta

Mark Cayton
 

Simon,

For an idiot, please, what is Continuum and what is its purpose?

TIA,
Mark

Re: V3.2 Beta

Nick Hall-Patch
 

Thank you Simon.

Have been putting the Continuum through its paces on some recorded files, and so far, works as advertised.   Much appreciated.

Nick



At 05:14 2022-06-24, Simon Brown wrote:

SDR Console V3.2 beta now available: https://forum.sdr-radio.com:4499/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=1722
V3.2 Release Notes - It's all about the Software
Writing low-level stuff to squeeze a CPUs performance is fun, haven't really done this in anger for 30 years. Written my own SSE / AVX / AVX2 code for DotProduct, managed to beat Intel's performance library by a factor of two.
forum.sdr-radio.com
Performance enhancements, bug fixes and a new Continuum display.
Have a nice weekend everyone.
Simon Brown
https://g4eli.com
https://sdr-radio.com

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Re: V3.2 Beta

Ian Kelly
 

Build 2645 of SDR Console v3.2 Beta 64 bit downloaded from Microsoft installed on my Windows 11 machine on top of a v3.1 build without a hitch.

Thanks for all your hard work, Simon. 


Ian Kelly
Tilehurst, Reading


On Fri, 24 Jun 2022, 14:55 jdow, <jdow@...> wrote:

Run the installer and accept defaults except for the question about installing for everybody or just the current user. Otherwise all warranties expressed or implied are void and you get to clean up the mess.

{^_^}

On 20220624 02:27:08, rmrrgs wrote:
Hi

Just extract all to present Console folder, or create a new one for ?

Bob


On Jun 24, 2022, at 1:14 AM, Simon Brown <simon@...> wrote:


Writing low-level stuff to squeeze a CPUs performance is fun, haven't really done this in anger for 30 years. Written my own SSE / AVX / AVX2 code for DotProduct, managed to beat Intel's performance library by a factor of two.

Performance enhancements, bug fixes and a new Continuum display.

Have a nice weekend everyone.

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Re: Cached data

Ian Kelly
 

Thanks Simon for fixing the cached data. Just installed Build 2645 of SDR Console v3.2 Public Beta (replacing 2643 which I only installed when I got home!). I can confirm the recording buffer now works. The time is shown correctly. I used a 10 second buffer for my test. You don't even have to wait 10 seconds after you want the recording to finish, it will catch everything till the moment you press the stop button.


Ian Kelly
Tilehurst, Reading

On Fri, 24 Jun 2022, 09:08 sm6fhz, <ingolf.fhz@...> wrote:
QSL.
That was the intention of my question. I was was unclear asking :-)
Now I know.
I had seen that as well, but was just puzzled at that time. I will try it out again.
A very handy feature. That is the time you need to get a IQ-recording started.
73 / Ingolf

Re: V3.2 Beta

jdow
 

Run the installer and accept defaults except for the question about installing for everybody or just the current user. Otherwise all warranties expressed or implied are void and you get to clean up the mess.

{^_^}

On 20220624 02:27:08, rmrrgs wrote:

Hi

Just extract all to present Console folder, or create a new one for ?

Bob


On Jun 24, 2022, at 1:14 AM, Simon Brown <simon@...> wrote:


Writing low-level stuff to squeeze a CPUs performance is fun, haven't really done this in anger for 30 years. Written my own SSE / AVX / AVX2 code for DotProduct, managed to beat Intel's performance library by a factor of two.
forum.sdr-radio.com

Performance enhancements, bug fixes and a new Continuum display.

Have a nice weekend everyone.

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Re: V3.2 Beta

Simon Brown
 

Sorry,

Had to go out. let's get rid of all files, so:

  1. Uninstall (select from the Windows menu)
  2. Make sure all files have been removed from the installation folder, usually: C:\Program Files\SDR-Radio.com (V3)
  3. Install.
  4. If you still have problems then make sure the redistributable kits are correctly installed, one of these files could be bad.
  5. Finally try a new identity. 
My gut feeling is a bad file on the system.
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Simon Brown via groups.io <simon@...>
Sent: 24 June 2022 12:22
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] V3.2 Beta
 
OK,

Eating - give me 15 minutes.
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Gisle Vanem via groups.io <gvanem@...>
Sent: 24 June 2022 12:19
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] V3.2 Beta
 

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 12:46 PM, Simon Brown wrote:

I can't handle these dumps you're providing

It's the Goups.IO Markdown formatter that massacres the mark-up code. Collapses all \r\n onto \n or something.
The only screenshot I was able to get was this inside the BugTrap .zip:

Even v3.1 (build 2572) crashes for me now :-(


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Re: V3.2 Beta

Simon Brown
 

OK,

Eating - give me 15 minutes.
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Gisle Vanem via groups.io <gvanem@...>
Sent: 24 June 2022 12:19
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] V3.2 Beta
 

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 12:46 PM, Simon Brown wrote:

I can't handle these dumps you're providing

It's the Goups.IO Markdown formatter that massacres the mark-up code. Collapses all \r\n onto \n or something.
The only screenshot I was able to get was this inside the BugTrap .zip:

Even v3.1 (build 2572) crashes for me now :-(


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Re: V3.2 Beta

Gisle Vanem
 

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 12:46 PM, Simon Brown wrote:

I can't handle these dumps you're providing

It's the Goups.IO Markdown formatter that massacres the mark-up code. Collapses all \r\n onto \n or something.
The only screenshot I was able to get was this inside the BugTrap .zip:

Even v3.1 (build 2572) crashes for me now :-(
Using With An Icom R8600. Sr. Level (uncertainty) Questions Re Tuning

rmrrgs <rgsrose@...>
 

Hello,

I have a few basic, very, questions that I am frankly
a bit confused regarding. I'm a long time user of this truly incredible program,
but with other receivers. Will blame my simple-minded questions on old age now.
I have to admit that I miss many of the nuances these days.

Have downloaded the latest, V 3.2 Beta.
Have a new Icom R8600

a. The Horizontal bar below the Waterfall, I guess, shows Freq. and Span.

What is the significance of the yellow (vert.) band in the center ?
The radio is locked, as it is supposed to be. Any way of using with it Un-Locked ?

But, dragging this yellow bar "seems to" actually tune the radio. (the freq. it is on is Not reflected in the digital display of the program.
And, the radio (surprisingly) updates, and reflects the freq. that this bar is on, but also on the radio's display. Nice, since the radio is "locked".

The digital freq. readout, and the green bandwidth in the Spectrum View do not change.
*Any way of having this numerical value freq. displayed on the radio instead of the yellow bar freq. ?

Is dragging this yellow bar the best, or suggested, way to tune ?

b. Or, just enter a digital frequency for tuning in the program numerical display ?

If someone could explain some of the Nuances of what is happening,
and the "best" way of tuning the radio, would be appreciative.
Not having the radio display the freq. (other than dragging the yellow bar) is confusing.

Thanks,
Bob

Re: V3.2 Beta

Simon Brown
 

OK,

I can't handle these dumps you're providing - please show me a screenshot of the error window. I'm making a kit now, I'll archive everything so I can analyse the crash dumps.
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Gisle Vanem via groups.io <gvanem@...>
Sent: 24 June 2022 11:18
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] V3.2 Beta
 

Ok, I'll try another combo.

Installed the 64-bit version from DropBox. Same crash.
So running cdb -c g "SDR Console.exe" directly (disabling BugTrap), I got this call-stack:

Lots of your dbg-trace FFT Helper alloc 11SDRFFTHelper: FFT Helper alloc 12 ModLoad: 00007ffb`f67e0000 00007ffb`f67e7000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSIMG32.dll 12:12:20.840: CSDRSpectrumApp::LoadState Ident0_001, status 112:12:20.990: m_pMainWnd = x0D3F104012:12:20.990: Opened(21ec.7e0): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance) First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling. This exception may be expected and handled. 00000000`00000000 ?? ??? 0:000> kp Child-SP RetAddr Call Site 0000001a`ee1e8bc8 00007ff7`a2fc1643 0x0 0000001a`ee1e8bd0 00007ffb`bb553804 SDR_Console!hookKeyboardProc+0x34f3 0000001a`ee1ef890 00007ff7`a30992ee mfc140u!AfxWinMain(struct HINSTANCE__ * hInstance = 0x00007ff7`a27f0000, struct HINSTANCE__ * hPrevInstance = 0x00000000`00000000, wchar_t * lpCmdLine = 0x000001a2`075b0d12 "", int nCmdShow = 0n10)+0x84 0000001a`ee1ef8d0 00007ffc`0b2c7034 SDR_Console!hookKeyboardProc+0xdb19e

Do you make any sense of it?
I'll try the 32-bit version next.


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Re: V3.2 Beta

Pekka Sorjonen
 

Hi,

 

FYI. Installed V3.2 Beta, 64-bit, to my Win10. Everything works. Thanks! 😊

 

Pekka

 

Sent from Mail for Windows

 
Re: V3.2 Beta

Gisle Vanem
 

Ok, I'll try another combo.

Installed the 64-bit version from DropBox. Same crash.
So running cdb -c g "SDR Console.exe" directly (disabling BugTrap), I got this call-stack:

Lots of your dbg-trace FFT Helper alloc 11SDRFFTHelper: FFT Helper alloc 12 ModLoad: 00007ffb`f67e0000 00007ffb`f67e7000 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSIMG32.dll 12:12:20.840: CSDRSpectrumApp::LoadState Ident0_001, status 112:12:20.990: m_pMainWnd = x0D3F104012:12:20.990: Opened(21ec.7e0): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance) First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling. This exception may be expected and handled. 00000000`00000000 ?? ??? 0:000> kp Child-SP RetAddr Call Site 0000001a`ee1e8bc8 00007ff7`a2fc1643 0x0 0000001a`ee1e8bd0 00007ffb`bb553804 SDR_Console!hookKeyboardProc+0x34f3 0000001a`ee1ef890 00007ff7`a30992ee mfc140u!AfxWinMain(struct HINSTANCE__ * hInstance = 0x00007ff7`a27f0000, struct HINSTANCE__ * hPrevInstance = 0x00000000`00000000, wchar_t * lpCmdLine = 0x000001a2`075b0d12 "", int nCmdShow = 0n10)+0x84 0000001a`ee1ef8d0 00007ffc`0b2c7034 SDR_Console!hookKeyboardProc+0xdb19e

Do you make any sense of it?
I'll try the 32-bit version next.
Re: V3.2 Beta

Gisle Vanem
 

Another thing I've never seen before is that the BugTrap GUI never manages to become the foreground window.

I can see it when I <Alt-Tab> among the top-windows. But it's always shadowed by your opening splash image.
But a huge (115 MByte) c:\temp\SDRConsole_error_report*.zip gets created eventually.
Re: V3.2 Beta

Gisle Vanem
 

64-bit from Microsoft.
Ok, I'll try another combo.
Re: V3.2 Beta

Simon Brown
 

OK,  Few questions:
  • 32-bit or 64-bit?
  • Which kit did you download: Microsoft, Dropbox or Webhost?
This 8could* be a bad download but it shouldn't have installed were that the case. Please go back to the 3.1 release.


From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of Gisle Vanem via groups.io <gvanem@...>
Sent: 24 June 2022 10:47
To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] V3.2 Beta
 

Simon Brown wrote:

Written my own SSE / AVX / AVX2 code for DotProduct, managed to beat Intel's performance library by a factor of two.

Installed it. But crashes before the GUI comes up.
Running cdb -Z c:\temp\crashdump.dmp + !analyze -v shows this:

WARNING: Unable to verify checksum for SDRDemodulation.dll ... EXCEPTION_RECORD: (.exr -1) ExceptionAddress: 0000000000000000 ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation) ExceptionFlags: 00000000 NumberParameters: 2 Parameter[0]: 0000000000000008 Parameter[1]: 0000000000000000 Attempt to execute non-executable address 0000000000000000 PROCESS_NAME: SDR Console.exe ... STACK_TEXT: 0000002a`71be8e78 00007ff6`a6831643 : 00000000`00000004 00000174`891c2e60 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : 0x0 0000002a`71be8e80 00007ffb`bc993be4 : 00007ffb`bcaa3578 00000000`00000008 00007ffb`bcaa3578 00000174`f5c0c588 : SDR_Console!hookKeyboardProc+0x34f3 0000002a`71befb40 00007ff6`a69092ee : 00000000`0000000a 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : mfc140u!AfxWinMain+0x84 0000002a`71befb80 00007ffc`0b2c7034 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : SDR_Console!hookKeyboardProc+0xdb19e 0000002a`71befbc0 00007ffc`0b4e2651 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x14 0000002a`71befbf0 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x21 SYMBOL_NAME: sdr_console!hookKeyboardProc+34f3 MODULE_NAME: SDR_Console IMAGE_NAME: SDR Console.exe STACK_COMMAND: ~15s ; .ecxr ; kb FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT_STACK_POINTER_MISMATCH_c0000005_SDR_Console.exe!hookKeyboardProc

Seems not related to your SSE/AVX code.


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Re: V3.2 Beta

Gisle Vanem
 

Simon Brown wrote:

Written my own SSE / AVX / AVX2 code for DotProduct, managed to beat Intel's performance library by a factor of two.

Installed it. But crashes before the GUI comes up.
Running cdb -Z c:\temp\crashdump.dmp + !analyze -v shows this:

WARNING: Unable to verify checksum for SDRDemodulation.dll ... EXCEPTION_RECORD: (.exr -1) ExceptionAddress: 0000000000000000 ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation) ExceptionFlags: 00000000 NumberParameters: 2 Parameter[0]: 0000000000000008 Parameter[1]: 0000000000000000 Attempt to execute non-executable address 0000000000000000 PROCESS_NAME: SDR Console.exe ... STACK_TEXT: 0000002a`71be8e78 00007ff6`a6831643 : 00000000`00000004 00000174`891c2e60 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : 0x0 0000002a`71be8e80 00007ffb`bc993be4 : 00007ffb`bcaa3578 00000000`00000008 00007ffb`bcaa3578 00000174`f5c0c588 : SDR_Console!hookKeyboardProc+0x34f3 0000002a`71befb40 00007ff6`a69092ee : 00000000`0000000a 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : mfc140u!AfxWinMain+0x84 0000002a`71befb80 00007ffc`0b2c7034 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : SDR_Console!hookKeyboardProc+0xdb19e 0000002a`71befbc0 00007ffc`0b4e2651 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x14 0000002a`71befbf0 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x21 SYMBOL_NAME: sdr_console!hookKeyboardProc+34f3 MODULE_NAME: SDR_Console IMAGE_NAME: SDR Console.exe STACK_COMMAND: ~15s ; .ecxr ; kb FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: SOFTWARE_NX_FAULT_STACK_POINTER_MISMATCH_c0000005_SDR_Console.exe!hookKeyboardProc

Seems not related to your SSE/AVX code.
Re: V3.2 Beta

Simon Brown
 

Just install. It'll overwrite as needed.
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> on behalf of rmrrgs via groups.io <rgsrose@...>
Sent: 24 June 2022 10:27
To: main@sdr-radio.groups.io <main@sdr-radio.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] V3.2 Beta
 
Hi

Just extract all to present Console folder, or create a new one for ?

Bob


On Jun 24, 2022, at 1:14 AM, Simon Brown <simon@...> wrote:


Writing low-level stuff to squeeze a CPUs performance is fun, haven't really done this in anger for 30 years. Written my own SSE / AVX / AVX2 code for DotProduct, managed to beat Intel's performance library by a factor of two.
forum.sdr-radio.com

Performance enhancements, bug fixes and a new Continuum display.

Have a nice weekend everyone.

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