Thread: FM/DAB digital radio - THAT WORKS!!

Craig
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Originally Posted by Mickz

Hi, I notice a few of you are in Australia, I’m wondering how long it normally takes for this unit to arrive over here. Mine was posted on the on the 2-12. Thanks.



EDIT: Just arrived at the door.

Still waiting on mine sent on the same date supposedly!

Originally Posted by Kosti

Still waiting on mine sent on the same date supposedly!

Annoying I bet! Hope it arrives soon. I have had time to write software to control everything and now have the radio controlled from the steering wheel buttons along with the rest of my front end.

I asked for some programming info but have heard nothing yet, found a list of commands written in python code on Craig’s site and managed to figure out how to talk to it from that.

Only thing I have a question on now is the commands EQ and Shift which appear to do nothing so far? Maybe they work in DAB? I can’t receive that out here as yet.

Originally Posted by Mickz

Annoying I bet! Hope it arrives soon. I have had time to write software to control everything and now have the radio controlled from the steering wheel buttons along with the rest of my front end.

I asked for some programming info but have heard nothing yet, found a list of commands written in python code on Craig’s site and managed to figure out how to talk to it from that.

Only thing I have a question on now is the commands EQ and Shift which appear to do nothing so far? Maybe they work in DAB? I can’t receive that out here as yet.

Back on page 71, I posted an API I've been developing to help with integrating these radios into frontends. You may wanna try it out to see if it works for you. It was written for the radio module I got a few months ago so I'm not sure if its the same version as yours but might be worth a try.

Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey

Back on page 71, I posted an API I've been developing to help with integrating these radios into frontends..

HI, thanks for the info. I actually have my Radio module coded, finished and controlling the radio with every function except for the EQ and Shift codes mentioned. I will have to wait until I get in an area with a DAB signal to check the unknown two functions. I will certainly have a look at your code in case they are included there.

fork me, still nothing, damn, cmon mr postman, give me DAB+

One question re the DAB+ feed in Australia, does the radio show anything other than the station name?

For example, does it show track names or any other kind of RDS info?

From reading the specs on another board, it looks like it only has the station name, that DAB+ doesn't support packet data, only the AAC+ stream.

Just trying to get my head around what kind of data you get in conjunction with the AAC+ audio stream.

Originally Posted by Mickz

HI, thanks for the info. I actually have my Radio module coded, finished and controlling the radio with every function except for the EQ and Shift codes mentioned. I will have to wait until I get in an area with a DAB signal to check the unknown two functions. I will certainly have a look at your code in case they are included there.

Ahh, yeah I never figured those out either. Although the Radio class in my API still provides functions for sending those commands.

Originally Posted by Chester

One question re the DAB+ feed in Australia, does the radio show anything other than the station name?

For example, does it show track names or any other kind of RDS info?

From reading the specs on another board, it looks like it only has the station name, that DAB+ doesn't support packet data, only the AAC+ stream.

Just trying to get my head around what kind of data you get in conjunction with the AAC+ audio stream.

Here in Adelaide, mine shows RDS info (like the current track) along with the station name. Also (to my surprise), this also happens with some FM stations (e.g. MMM) that transmit RDS info.