Stereo Tool

Some more RDS findings, now on Beta 7. We're slowly getting there

I've used two receivers and a Pira P175 FM analyzer with its accompanying Windows software - RDS Spy - for the tests.
The RDS Spy software seems to have some display issues. It doesn't always show the correct characters (maybe due to the character set on the PC?),
so I've had to dig into the raw data captured by the analyzer.

ª Feminine Ordinal Indicator.
Win-1252 code 0170, RDS code 160.
Shown as £, RDS code 170 on both receivers. For some reason shows OK in RDS Spy.
Untranslated raw RDS character 160 shown OK on both receivers. Shown as blank in RDS Spy, but looking into the raw data the correct code is there.

‰ Per Mille Sign.
Win-1252 code 0137, RDS code 163.
Shown as ù, RDS code 137 on one receiver, blank on another. Most often a solid block (skipped) in RDS Spy, but sometimes shown as ª, it changes between test runs.
Untranslated raw RDS character 163 shown OK everywhere.


Ý Latin Capital Letter Y With Acute.
Win-1252 code 0221, RDS code 229.
Shown as Ź, RDS code 237 on one receiver, blank on another. Solid block (skipped) in RDS Spy.
Untranslated raw RDS character 229 shown OK everywhere.

ý Small Letter Y With Acute.
Win-1252 code 0253, RDS code 245.
Shown as ź, RDS code 253 on one receiver, blank on another. Solid block (skipped) in RDS Spy.
Untranslated raw RDS character 245 shown OK everywhere.



These discrepancies are still there. I've tested on several Win7 Ultimate 64 and XP 32 computers, it's the same on all of them.








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Ragnar

Hans,

Are you planning to make a specific "METERING" page ?
Since adjusting is not nessesairy all te time, it would be nice to have a page wich has big meting readout.

This has a more professional look, when installed at a transmitter site.