[Lowfer] running multiple instances of Argo

[Douglas D. Williams]

Well, in an effort to clear some desk space, I removed the older of the two
PCs I had been using from my "shack". So now I'm down to one computer, but
it is fairly modern.....quad core, 8 gig of ram, solid state drive, Windows
7.

I use two LF receivers, often simultaneously, an R75 and an SDR. The SDR
inputs it's audio stream into third party software, such as Argo, via a
"virtual audio cable". The R75 just uses the mic/line in jack on the PC
sound card.

I figured if I wanted to monitor two different frequencies for QRSS
signals, say 137 kHz and 185 kHz, I would just run two different instances
of Argo, and set one to the "virtual audio cable" input and the other to
the microphone input. I installed Argo twice, into two different folders
and set them up as described. The problem I am now running into is Argo
seems to get "confused" about the installs and does not "remember" the
separate settings for each instance. In other words, if I close an Argo
instance and reopen it, it often reverts back to the microphone input even
though it was set for the virtual audio cable when I closed it. It also
seems to not remember the sensitivity and contrast settings.

I can get the two instances to work simultaneously if I manually adjust the
settings each time I open Argo.

I'm thinking there must be an .ini or a .cfg file somewhere that Argo uses
to remember these settings, but I didn't see it in the Argo folder.

Anyone ever ran into this? Thought would ask here before I bother the
author.

I could always just manually adjust the settings each time, or I could run
Argo with one receiver and Spectran or Spectrum Lab on the other receiver,
but I really like the simplicity of Argo.

73, Doug KB4OER