Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Volume control on multiple RCForb clients

My previous post showed 3 instances of the RCForb client running on a single computer / monitor setup. The receive audio from all clients connects to a single set of speakers. Although the receive volume sliders on the clients can be used to select the best audio for a given received signal, this is not the most convenient method. An alternative is to use the Windows Volume Mixer.

The (Windows 10) screen shot below includes 2 RCForb client audio sliders.


Any audio source can be adjusted independently from this mixer panel. Any source can be muted by clicking on its blue speaker icon at the bottom of its slider, as shown in the screen shot below.


Send me any questions or comments.

73,
John WA5MLF





Thursday, June 21, 2018

3 Remote Rigs on One Screen

During today's RV Service Net (2nd hour) the net control station W4BXI had the use of 3 remote stations, connected via RemoteHams software.  At my location I arranged a display of the 3 remote clients on my wide screen (2560 x 1080) monitor.  Below is a screen shot of the arrangement.
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The RemoteHams RCForb client software provides a single user interface that resembles an Elecraft K3 transceiver, regardless of the brand and model of the transceiver it controls. Each station owner can choose which controls to make available to the remote users.

I closed some of the extra elements of the RCForb client windows, and slid the bottom parts (chat window and list of users) below the bottom edge of my desktop. I could still move a window up temporarily to take a peek at the user list.

The 3 client windows, from left to right, are connected to: WA5MLF, W4UOA and KC4GO. 

The upper left corner of the screen displays the KE9NS version of the PowerSDR program that controls my Flex-3000 transceiver. There I could view the strength and quality of the received and transmitted signals, and access settings that I have not enabled for the remote users.

The upper right has my Firefox web browser window where our Bell Ringers chat window is seen. I have other browser tabs (e.g. email) available for quick viewing with a single mouse click.

Send me any questions or comments.

73,
John WA5MLF