From 6f0bb5bc00e3a6618124ba572d921eb1608d2353 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Andr=C3=A1s=20Retzler?= Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 18:15:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9717f9d..15206cd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ It has the following features: - OpenWebRX now supports URLs like: `http://localhost:8073/#freq=145555000,mod=usb` - UI improvements were made, thanks to John Seamons and Gnoxter. +**News (2017-04-04)** +- *ncat* has been replaced with a custom implementation called *nmux* due to a bug that caused regular crashes on some machines. The *nmux* tool is distributed with *csdr*. +- Most consumer SDR devices are supported via rx_tools, see the OpenWebRX Wiki on that. + > When upgrading OpenWebRX, please make sure that you also upgrade *csdr*, and install the new dependency, *ncat*! ## OpenWebRX servers on SDR.hu @@ -44,11 +48,6 @@ First you will need to install the dependencies: - libcsdr - rtl-sdr -- ncat (On Debian/Ubuntu, it is in the *nmap* package). - -> By the way, *nmap* is a tool commonly used for auditing network security, and it is not used by OpenWebRX in any way. We need to install it, because the *ncat* command is packaged with it. -> -> *ncat* is a better *netcat* alternative, which is used by OpenWebRX for internally distributing the I/Q data stream. It also solves the problem of having different versions of *netcat* on different Linux distributions, which are not compatible by their command-line arguments. After cloning this repository and connecting an RTL-SDR dongle to your computer, you can run the server: @@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ Please note that the server is also listening on the following ports (on localho Now the next step is to customize the parameters of your server in `config_webrx.py`. -Actually, if you do something cool with OpenWebRX (or just have a problem), please drop me a mail: +Actually, if you do something cool with OpenWebRX, please drop me a mail: *Andras Retzler, HA7ILM <randras@sdr.hu>* ## Usage tips @@ -85,4 +84,4 @@ If you want to run OpenWebRX on a remote server instead of *localhost*, do not f OpenWebRX is available under Affero GPL v3 license (summary). -OpenWebRX is also available under a commercial license on request. Please contact me at the address *<randras@sdr.hu>* for other licensing options. +OpenWebRX is also available under a commercial license on request. Please contact me at the address *<randras@sdr.hu>* for licensing options.