A new experimental PRO version (3.0b) is now available for download
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:17 pm
Hello everybody,
The new version (3.0) is not available for download. Is still an experimental version (beta 1), not yet thoroughly tested. Can be installed in parallel with the Play Store version. Configuration files are no more shared, as the new version does not use the external storage anymore. To transfer radio config files for editing or backup purpose, you must use the newer version of jAReC (3.0b1).
To download the new Pocket RxTx click here.
To download the new jAReC click here
Some screenshots are available here. Click on each individual picture for a full resolution version.
The experimental PRO version does not use ads, providing all the available features. After the first installation using the link provided above, any available update is automatically presented when you start the application. As soon as an update is available, you will be required to update in order to further use it. When I will decide that the app is ready for PlayStore, you will be prompted to install the final version from there.
This is major update, with a lot of changes, mainly in the operation mode, for a better user experience.
Whats new from the Play Store version (2.1):
- use only internal device storage (no more "Access to Photos" permission required)
- audio and CAT can now be used in the background for Direct CAT mode too
- all selection wheels replaced with selection panels
- for all option buttons with more than 2 states a selection panel is used
- no more long press actions except for lock screen, power toggle and save memory location
- user switchable tuning band stops (select IARU 1/2/3)
- show my and WebSDR server coordinates and distance between them (more details if Location Service activated)
- new, bigger waterfall and spectrum display (still some issues with the smoothness)
- import/export radio configuration files through jAReC for edit/backup purpose
- USB/Serial multi-port interface support added. PTT over CAT, RTS or DTR (user selectable), same or different port (ex. Yaesu FT-991 or SCU-17 interface))
- associate locally stored radio configs with specific Bluetooth/USB/Network profile, so you can operate different radios without re-entering the configuration data each time you switch between them. Network profiles were remove.
- user configurable beep/vibration on button press (Pro)
- default radio address is automatically entered when loading a new Icom radio config (no need to enter it manually if the default one is used on the radio)
- search button in the Bluetooth configuration page
- added PMR as available band and set correct frequency steps for CB and PMR
- 11m band can now be renamed as "CB" in the radio config file
- display channel number in CB and PMR bands
- Droid ARC mode name changed to dAReC and now functional. The companion dAReC android app (the jAReC equivalent) is in final development stage and will be available soon for download. This will allow you to remotely operate the radio over the Internet without the need for a PC at home, a cheap Android smartphone can be used as a server.
- force own callsign to uppercase
- no more Bluetooth Offline mode
- radio config timestamp is automatically updated when importing a config from jAReC
- in direct CAT mode meter label visible only if respective meter read command is defined in POLLING and feedback is active
Some of the bug fixes (several bugs from 2.1 solved by the new engine) :
- do not keep Setup mode when rotating screen
- java error if started with a previously active WebSDR server saved which is now down.
- radio feedback is now working for Icom radios
- immersive mode (full screen) now always active, no more several orientation change required
- when setting font size, option buttons labels does not update in realtime.
As usual, please send me your feedback if you test the new version. I will try to fix any found bug as soon as possible and provide an update through the mechanism explained above.
The new version (3.0) is not available for download. Is still an experimental version (beta 1), not yet thoroughly tested. Can be installed in parallel with the Play Store version. Configuration files are no more shared, as the new version does not use the external storage anymore. To transfer radio config files for editing or backup purpose, you must use the newer version of jAReC (3.0b1).
To download the new Pocket RxTx click here.
To download the new jAReC click here
Some screenshots are available here. Click on each individual picture for a full resolution version.
The experimental PRO version does not use ads, providing all the available features. After the first installation using the link provided above, any available update is automatically presented when you start the application. As soon as an update is available, you will be required to update in order to further use it. When I will decide that the app is ready for PlayStore, you will be prompted to install the final version from there.
This is major update, with a lot of changes, mainly in the operation mode, for a better user experience.
Whats new from the Play Store version (2.1):
- use only internal device storage (no more "Access to Photos" permission required)
- audio and CAT can now be used in the background for Direct CAT mode too
- all selection wheels replaced with selection panels
- for all option buttons with more than 2 states a selection panel is used
- no more long press actions except for lock screen, power toggle and save memory location
- user switchable tuning band stops (select IARU 1/2/3)
- show my and WebSDR server coordinates and distance between them (more details if Location Service activated)
- new, bigger waterfall and spectrum display (still some issues with the smoothness)
- import/export radio configuration files through jAReC for edit/backup purpose
- USB/Serial multi-port interface support added. PTT over CAT, RTS or DTR (user selectable), same or different port (ex. Yaesu FT-991 or SCU-17 interface))
- associate locally stored radio configs with specific Bluetooth/USB/Network profile, so you can operate different radios without re-entering the configuration data each time you switch between them. Network profiles were remove.
- user configurable beep/vibration on button press (Pro)
- default radio address is automatically entered when loading a new Icom radio config (no need to enter it manually if the default one is used on the radio)
- search button in the Bluetooth configuration page
- added PMR as available band and set correct frequency steps for CB and PMR
- 11m band can now be renamed as "CB" in the radio config file
- display channel number in CB and PMR bands
- Droid ARC mode name changed to dAReC and now functional. The companion dAReC android app (the jAReC equivalent) is in final development stage and will be available soon for download. This will allow you to remotely operate the radio over the Internet without the need for a PC at home, a cheap Android smartphone can be used as a server.
- force own callsign to uppercase
- no more Bluetooth Offline mode
- radio config timestamp is automatically updated when importing a config from jAReC
- in direct CAT mode meter label visible only if respective meter read command is defined in POLLING and feedback is active
Some of the bug fixes (several bugs from 2.1 solved by the new engine) :
- do not keep Setup mode when rotating screen
- java error if started with a previously active WebSDR server saved which is now down.
- radio feedback is now working for Icom radios
- immersive mode (full screen) now always active, no more several orientation change required
- when setting font size, option buttons labels does not update in realtime.
As usual, please send me your feedback if you test the new version. I will try to fix any found bug as soon as possible and provide an update through the mechanism explained above.