Pluto Transceiver Control Software Part 2

If you missed it, please see Part 1 (prior posting on this topic).

Continuing to have success in setting up the Pluto SDR control package by F1ATB called Remote SDR. The Raspberry Pi 5 computer with attached Pluto SDR ran overnight and was easily connected to again this morning. (Stability is good! No apparent memory leaks!)

Below is the home page for Remote SDR accessed by typing the Pi's IP address into another computer's browser window. The operator can select Settings, Tools, or Remote SDR from this page.

I had noted that the program has a Check for Updates function and wanted to see if it was present, and if updates were needed. Clicking on the Look for Updates button kicked off the update changes in the right side (black) column.

Rebooting the system (another button in the upper left grouping) and then checking for updates again yielded this screen. All up to date!

With that completed, it was time for another functionality test. For this test, I wanted to send a test signal from one of the Pluto SDRs using SATSAGEN signal generator mode to the Pluto controlled by Remote SDR. That setup is below. (Had the mini-antennas on the Plutos for this test.)

Here is the SATSAGEN control screen showing the signal generator controls in the lower right of the control panel.

The result was hearing a 1 KHz tone on the Remote SDR Pluto and good signals in the audio decode portion (upper left) and the spectrum display in the middle of the window.

Still feeling pretty good about this working out for my Pluto SDR 902 MHz transceiver. Will try to setup a transmit test from Remote SDR next (likely down on 446 MHz and received by one of the Yaesu VX-8DR HT's).

More testing fun ahead (now with remote control).

All author photos captured with an iPhone 16e.