Hello to the list,

I am having problems with an Plantronics Audio 655 DSP Headphones on the SDR Console.

The problem is that whatever I try to do: Speak, TUNE, or TONE, on QO-100, I hear it crackling ( what could it be?).

I have tried to use it with the Windows Recorder program and the audio is clear without any disturb.

I have the problem just with the SDR-Console. I have tried to install the program on another PC and

After made the settings, that I am not sure that it is set how is set on the first PC, I have tried

The headphone and it worked perfectly so now I am again at the beginner.

My question is: It is possible to save all the settings and configurations from the first PC

and restore the same settings and configuration to the second one?

If yes please which is the correct procedure.

Thanks in advance for any help

 

 

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Il giorno 2 ott 2022, alle ore 15:50, Max <radiomax@...> ha scritto:

On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 11:44 AM, Vincenzo Mone wrote:

Max,

Thanks for Your reply.

Will you please tell me where to go for the screenshots configurations

You need?

Hi Enzo

All the information to take a screenshot are in the link I posted to the SDR Console main support website:

https://www.sdr-radio.com/screenshot

When you take it make sure to leave "Home" tab selected in the ribbon bar and that TX DSP panel is open and showing the input selection. Do not edit or crop the screenshot and be sure to take screenshot when the radio is in the "fault" condition, one with "Tune" selected and one not transmitting so that we can see input source selector.

For the screenshot in "Tune" TX mode, scroll the TX DSP panel if necessary to be sure that the "Spectrum" scope is visible at the bottom of the TX DSP panel and showing the Tone. I've attached my own screenshot in the same condition to help.

I've got Drive set to zero to prevent TX but that's fine because the Drive level is irrelevant (IMO).

So attach two screenshots but with one in Tune and one not in TX at all so that we can see input source selector.

73

Max

Hello to the list,

I am having problems with an Plantronics Audio 655 DSP Headphones on the SDR Console.

The problem is that whatever I try to do: Speak, TUNE, or TONE, on QO-100, I hear it crackling ( what could it be?).

I have tried to use it with the Windows Recorder program and the audio is clear without any disturb.

I have the problem just with the SDR-Console. I have tried to install the program on another PC and

After made the settings, that I am not sure that it is set how is set on the first PC, I have tried

The headphone and it worked perfectly so now I am again at the beginner.

My question is: It is possible to save all the settings and configurations from the first PC

and restore the same settings and configuration to the second one?

If yes please which is the correct procedure.

Thanks in advance for any help

 

 

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Hi Enzo

Send a full screenshot of the problematic set-up including both RX and TX DSP, with TX DSP showing the mic input. Have you got a stable source selected to the mic input? Having no input or poor quality source on this input also affects the Tune and Tone functions as it's used for clocking of some sort for all the TX functions.

https://www.sdr-radio.com/screenshot

In screenshot, make sure TX DSP is scrolled to make all audio input settings visible.

73

Max

Also make sure the default sample rates are all set to 48 ksps. Mixing 44.1 and 48 can cause problems. If you have to change the setting close all programs that use audio and open one that you know prefers 48 ksps first. Then open the other programs. (Off hand I don't know of a way for a user to ask the audio device what sample rate it is running natively. It uses resampling when required to match the rate at which it was first opened the last time I fiddled with it. On many device drivers the resampling between 44.1 ksps and 48 ksps can be pretty wretched.)

{^_^}

On 20221002 02:28:48, Max wrote:

Hi Enzo

Send a full screenshot of the problematic set-up including both RX and TX DSP, with TX DSP showing the mic input. Have you got a stable source selected to the mic input? Having no input or poor quality source on this input also affects the Tune and Tone functions as it's used for clocking of some sort for all the TX functions.

https://www.sdr-radio.com/screenshot

In screenshot, make sure TX DSP is scrolled to make all audio input settings visible.

73

Max

Hello Sigi,

how I said to Max, this evening I have noticed that

if in the pull-down list of the Microphone, I do not select Plantronics Headphones but other microphone,

I do not get the issue even if the Headphones is plugged into the USB port and even if in the audio

Pull-Down list I select as speaker the Plantronics Headphones.

Thanks

 

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Da: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> Per conto di Siegfried Jackstien
Inviato: domenica 2 ottobre 2022 13:40
A: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io
Oggetto: Re: [SDR-Radio] Backup All Settings and Configurations

 

there is no easy way to save and restore ALL settings from one pc to the other (some things are stored into the registry ... some are saved in user files)

.....

try to set the headphone in a different usb socket (or the pluto) ... its a timing issue so lower your pc load

also such things as virus scanner, or other software running in background may slow down the pc to having interruptions in the audio stream towards your pluto

so at first .. switch off all not needed things .. then try around with the usb ports used

a slow usb device that shares controller with a faster device... may put that fast device on handbreak (slows it down)

sometimes it even helps to switch the mouse or keyboard to a different usb port ...

or another soundcard connected to same port (controlleer) but with different speed??

another problem on your setup is that the plantronics has 44.1kc .. but its better to switch all soundcards to 48kc

on your laptop maybe fewer things are running in parallel (so resampling plus sending data to pluto works without breaks)

on your desktop you have a lot more things connected and running.. and then resampling and sending the stream towards pluto works with only short breaks (that crackling you hear)

at best .. do not use that plantronics with builtin soudcard (with its fixed 44.1kc) but use a cheap headset with 2x 3.5mm plugs ... and a 5 bucks sound dongle or the onboard soundcard

switch all soundcards to the same 48kc speed (reduced cpu resampling work)

and ... you can try to rearrangw what is connected to what usb socket on  the desktop (swap them around and do a reboot then try again)

dg9bfc sigi

 

Am 01.10.2022 um 22:45 schrieb Vincenzo Mone:

Hello to the list,

I am having problems with an Plantronics Audio 655 DSP Headphones on the SDR Console.

The problem is that whatever I try to do: Speak, TUNE, or TONE, on QO-100, I hear it crackling ( what could it be?).

I have tried to use it with the Windows Recorder program and the audio is clear without any disturb.

I have the problem just with the SDR-Console. I have tried to install the program on another PC and

After made the settings, that I am not sure that it is set how is set on the first PC, I have tried

The headphone and it worked perfectly so now I am again at the beginner.

My question is: It is possible to save all the settings and configurations from the first PC

and restore the same settings and configuration to the second one?

If yes please which is the correct procedure.

Thanks in advance for any help

 

 

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and here we go ... plantronics headset has fixed 44.1 :-(

i told to enzo that its bad to have 44.1 kc

it worked with a different headset (and a soundcard with 48kc!!)

dg9bfc sigi

Am 02.10.2022 um 22:27 schrieb jdow:

Also make sure the default sample rates are all set to 48 ksps. Mixing 44.1 and 48 can cause problems. If you have to change the setting close all programs that use audio and open one that you know prefers 48 ksps first. Then open the other programs. (Off hand I don't know of a way for a user to ask the audio device what sample rate it is running natively. It uses resampling when required to match the rate at which it was first opened the last time I fiddled with it. On many device drivers the resampling between 44.1 ksps and 48 ksps can be pretty wretched.)

{^_^}

On 20221002 02:28:48, Max wrote:

Hi Enzo

Send a full screenshot of the problematic set-up including both RX and TX DSP, with TX DSP showing the mic input. Have you got a stable source selected to the mic input? Having no input or poor quality source on this input also affects the Tune and Tone functions as it's used for clocking of some sort for all the TX functions.

https://www.sdr-radio.com/screenshot

In screenshot, make sure TX DSP is scrolled to make all audio input settings visible.

73

Max

On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 09:27 PM, jdow wrote:

On many device drivers the resampling between 44.1 ksps and 48 ksps can be pretty wretched.)

Joanne, do you mean it's not likely to be good to use a VAC to translate between 44.1 and 48 as per attached image?

Max
Convert.jpg

I suspect this might be an extra-stupid limitation of blue tooth audio.

{o.o}

On 20221002 13:40:28, Siegfried Jackstien wrote:

and here we go ... plantronics headset has fixed 44.1 :-(

i told to enzo that its bad to have 44.1 kc

it worked with a different headset (and a soundcard with 48kc!!)

dg9bfc sigi

Am 02.10.2022 um 22:27 schrieb jdow:

Also make sure the default sample rates are all set to 48 ksps. Mixing 44.1 and 48 can cause problems. If you have to change the setting close all programs that use audio and open one that you know prefers 48 ksps first. Then open the other programs. (Off hand I don't know of a way for a user to ask the audio device what sample rate it is running natively. It uses resampling when required to match the rate at which it was first opened the last time I fiddled with it. On many device drivers the resampling between 44.1 ksps and 48 ksps can be pretty wretched.)

{^_^}

On 20221002 02:28:48, Max wrote:

Hi Enzo

Send a full screenshot of the problematic set-up including both RX and TX DSP, with TX DSP showing the mic input. Have you got a stable source selected to the mic input? Having no input or poor quality source on this input also affects the Tune and Tone functions as it's used for clocking of some sort for all the TX functions.

https://www.sdr-radio.com/screenshot

In screenshot, make sure TX DSP is scrolled to make all audio input settings visible.

73

Max

Max,

thanks for Your response.

This morning I have noticed that if I have the Headphone just plugged into the USB port

And in the SDR Console is not selected in the Microphone Drop list,

Sending the TONE or the Tune, the issue does not jump out.

Only if selected it jumps out. Also what I cannot understand is why before it worked without the issue?

I have just disassembled and reassembled my station for Maintenance and nothing has been changed since there.

Thanks

 

 

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Da: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> Per conto di Max
Inviato: domenica 2 ottobre 2022 23:30
A: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io
Oggetto: Re: [SDR-Radio] Backup All Settings and Configurations

 

On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 06:58 PM, Vincenzo Mone wrote:

Apologies but I cannot understand how you can understand the problem with screenshots as my problem is not visible but audible.

Looks like you found the issue was as we suspected. Problem with the mic source as per the other comments. Screenshot always valuable in confirming input sources set correctly and also no other settings that might cause a problem. But in your case looks like it's as we originally suspected...... an issue with the stability of the  source (or in this case a problematic sample rate of 44.1 kHz).  

Glad you confirmed it. Now to find a way to fix it. For audio input I use Behringer USB audio interface and a good quality dynamic microphone and separate speakers/headphones:

https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=P0BCG

These types of audio interface (there are lots of others) are relatively cheap on Amazon.

Good luck.

Max

and here we go ... plantronics headset has fixed 44.1 :-(

i told to enzo that its bad to have 44.1 kc

it worked with a different headset (and a soundcard with 48kc!!)

dg9bfc sigi

Also make sure the default sample rates are all set to 48 ksps. Mixing 44.1 and 48 can cause problems. If you have to change the setting close all programs that use audio and open one that you know prefers 48 ksps first. Then open the other programs. (Off hand I don't know of a way for a user to ask the audio device what sample rate it is running natively. It uses resampling when required to match the rate at which it was first opened the last time I fiddled with it. On many device drivers the resampling between 44.1 ksps and 48 ksps can be pretty wretched.)

{^_^}

On 20221002 02:28:48, Max wrote:

Hi Enzo

Send a full screenshot of the problematic set-up including both RX and TX DSP, with TX DSP showing the mic input. Have you got a stable source selected to the mic input? Having no input or poor quality source on this input also affects the Tune and Tone functions as it's used for clocking of some sort for all the TX functions.

https://www.sdr-radio.com/screenshot

In screenshot, make sure TX DSP is scrolled to make all audio input settings visible.

73

Max