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Technical Topics => Software => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on December 14, 2013, 2137 UTC
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New update to the app:
Shortwave Broadcast Schedules helps the SWL find shortwave broadcasts to listen to, as well as identify the station that is tuned in. You can double click on an entry to tune your radio to that frequency. You can also manually tune your radio, and the list of possible broadcasts will scroll along with the frequency, helping you identify the station.
It is available for Windows, Mac OS X, as well as linux.
New to this version:
You can download the latest EIBI CSV schedule file from http://www.eibispace.de/ the direct download URL for the current latest version is: http://www.eibispace.de/dx/sked-b13.csv
Rename it to sked.csv.txt
And place it in the same directory as the application. The app will look for it at launch. If it finds it, it will use that file in place of the schedule that comes with the app. When it finds the file, it will display a message indicating that, so you can verify it was read.
(http://www.radiohobbyist.org/blog/mypics/SWBC-screenshot.png)
If you'd like to try it out, you can download a copy using the following links:
Windows: http://www.radiohobbyist.org/blog/mypics/ShortwaveBroadcastSchedules-Windows.zip
Mac OS X: http://www.radiohobbyist.org/blog/mypics/ShortwaveBroadcastSchedules.zip
Linux: http://www.radiohobbyist.org/blog/mypics/ShortwaveBroadcastSchedules-Linux.zip
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Works wonderfully in Ubuntu Linux....Talking to a Windows machine running SDRdx. Excellent!I downloaded the lastest EIBI file, and the app stated using this local copy----it works great!
Thank You for your work on this!
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Chris,
Two issues have come up on my 0.0.2b2 version.
1) When I open the program, I get a repeating pop-up window saying that "this beta version has expired".
2) When I download the latest sked and renamed the file to sked.csv.txt, I was expecting some confirmation that the program was using it. This did not happen.
Please advise.
Z
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I am also getting that message, but in the Linux version, the application appears to work, it sends up the "expired" message frequently however. It appears to be using my recently downloaded EIBI sked, though.
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I have uploaded version 0.0.3b1, here are the download links:
Mac: http://www.radiohobbyist.org/blog/mypics/ShortwaveBroadcastSchedules.zip
Windows: http://www.radiohobbyist.org/blog/mypics/ShortwaveBroadcastSchedules-Windows.zip
Linux: http://www.radiohobbyist.org/blog/mypics/ShortwaveBroadcastSchedules-Linux.zip
The major changes:
1. Got rid of the expired message. You're good until 2015.
2. You can put your sked.csv.txt file into the documents directory for your user account, and the SWBC Sked App will use it. This is the Mac location, for Windows I assume this is the Documents & Settings directory. I have no idea where this is for Linux :-) Actually, if the app finds the file there, it will display a message to that affect with the full path, so that will tell you where it is.
3. There is an option now for the app to check for updates to the sked.csv.txt file and automatically download it and place it in your documents directory (even if you have no idea where that is). Go to the File menu and select New Sked Check, to check it. The app will now check for an updated schedule file, and will do so each time you start the app. I just realized it doesn't tell you if it has downloaded a new version, but you will see it in your documents directory, assuming you know where that is. I'll add something to display a message to that effect.
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OK folks, now try downloading 0.0.3b1 for Windows. The previous download link was still the older version.
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The major changes:
1. Got rid of the expired message. You're good until 2015.
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Any chance of an update now that its 2015 and the annoying pop ups have returned?