[Hackrf-dev] ExtIO for HDSDR for HackRF

Karl Koscher supersat at cs.washington.edu
Tue May 12 14:31:49 EDT 2015


It looks like you need some sort of magic key to enable transmitting. I
think at one point their business model might have depended on radio
manufacturers paying for this key to enable HDSDR to transmit using their
radios.

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Mitja kocjančič <veso266 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi anyone willing to make ExtIO for HDSDR for HackRF?
>
> here are some specs what this is and how to make it
> Q: What is an ExtIO-DLL?
> A: The HDSDR software doesn't communicate with the SDR hardware
> directly. It communicates with the SDR radio hardware through an
> External Input Output Dynamic Link Library (ExtIO-DLL) file, which is
> a type of plug-in. Alberto di Bene designed the DLL interface so that
> Winrad can operate with a wide range of SDR hardware. We extended the
> DLL-interface to support TX switching. Winrad and HDSDR can support
> new hardware radios using an ExtIO-DLL file without the need to
> change the HDSDR software. ExtIO DLL files are written by anyone who
> wishes to provide support for any particular SDR hardware. In this
> manner, several radios can be used with a single piece of software.
> The software in this case is HDSDR.
>
> Q: How do I develop an ExtIO-DLL?
> A: At this point, we assume that you are a software developer
> familiar with C/C++ programming. Here is a "hopefully" well
> documented <http://www.hdsdr.de/download/LC_ExtIO_Types.h>header file
> (updated February 24, 2014), which specifies the interface between
> HDSDR and an ExtIO-DLL. Here is also an example
> <http://hdsdr.de/download/ExtIO/ExtIO_Demo_101.zip>ExtIO DLL with
> sources as public-domain, developed with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
> Express Edition.
> Balint wrote one for USPR http://wiki.spench.net/wiki/ExtIO_USRP
> dunno if it transmits.
>
> So if anyone is willing to make this DLL it would be huge benefit as we
> could finaly transmitt on windows with HDSDR
>
>
>
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