[RRDXA] Skimmer - Scanner additional software for Skimmer User

[Mirko Holte]

Hi SDR and Skimmer user,

I got the following information regarding a new software that work together
with the CW Skimmer. Please find below some further informations.

73 Mirko DJ1AA

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..Ever wished for your very own Jeeves to scan the bands for you while
you're busy?
Dick W3OA wrote a program called SkimScan
(http://home.roadrunner.com/~w3oa/SkimScan/)
to tune a CW Skimmer to different frequencies on one of four different
schedules you
specify, each containing up to 15 different frequencies. It runs under
Windows XP
and Vista. You'll never miss another DXpedition firing up on a "dead" band!

Skimmer Scanner:
By Dick Williams, W3OA

Skimmer Scanner (SkimScan) is a program to tune CW Skimmer to different
frequencies
on one of four different schedules you specify. SkimScan uses Skimmer's
Telnet
server to control an instance of Skimmer running on the same computer, on a
different
computer on the same LAN, or across the Internet. It runs under Windows XP
and Vista.
I've only tested SkimScan with CW Skimmer 1.3 and an SDR-IQ.

Each schedule can contain up to 15 different frequencies. You show with the
"Active?"
check box if each frequency should be included in the scan and with the
"Dwell Time"
box how long Skimmer should remain on that frequency before going to the
next.
Any changes you make to these parameters are effective immediately.

SkimScan uses just one window. Five tabs occupy most of that window, one for
each of
the four schedules plus a Setup tab. Each schedule tab has a column of 15
frequency
selection buttons. To the right of each button are the two boxes mentioned
above.
The text box at the top of each schedule tab allows you to record a title
for that
schedule.

The Setup tab allows you to specify the frequency for each of the frequency
selection
buttons on the four schedules. The bottom of the Setup tab is the place to
specify
the parameters for establishing the telnet connection to Skimmer.

There is a set of five radio buttons at the bottom of SkimScan's window.
Four let
you select which schedule should send frequencies to Skimmer. Selecting the
fifth
radio button stops scanning.

When SkimScan starts the "Don't Scan" option is automatically selected. You
can push
any of the frequency selection buttons and SkimScan will immediately send a
QSY
command to Skimmer. When you select one of the schedule selection radio
buttons
SkimScan will start at the top of the corresponding schedule, work it's way
down
to the bottom, and cycle from the bottom back to the top. Each time SkimScan
finds
a frequency selection button with a checked "Active?" box it will tell
Skimmer to
QSY to that frequency and then pause scanning for the number of minutes in
the "Dwell
Time" box.

Use the link below to download a zip file containing SkimScan.exe and
SkimScan.txt.
SkimScan.txt is an expanded version of the text on this page providing
additional
information on using SkimScan

http://home.roadrunner.com/~w3oa/SkimScan/SkimScan.zip

Last Updated: January 10, 2008
Please email comments to Dick, w3oa at roadrunner.com