SWLog & the ATS Mini SI4732 Pocket Radio

 

Integration with Radio Control

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As part of the alternative firmware from the ATS Mini web site, the authors added the ability to download and use shortwave program schedules from EiBi. A custom firmware has been made for the ATS Mini to use some or all of the Shortwave Log databases available from SWLog. This custom firmware downloads the program schedule from SWLog instead of EIBI.

The advantage of this is that instead of just EiBi, all of the various program schedules that SWLog supports can be used. This can include HFCC, ILGRadio, EIBI, SWSkeds, AOKI, ADDX, and others. Given the nature of the ATS Mini SI4732 Pocket Radio, only HF stations will be included. MW stations are too numerous to work with the limited size of the display on the radio.

None of the real functionality of the radio has been modified. All that has been changed is instead of downloading just the EiBi files, the radio will download the Shortwave Log schedules from your local instance of SWLog.

In addition to the program schedule, the custom firmware also supports full integration with the Radio Control and Web Control programs. This is accomplished by the radio being placed on the local WiFi network.

Summary:

  • The unmodified firmware downloads a list of broadcasts from the EiBi web site.
  • The custom firmware for SWLog downloads a list of broadcasts from your local instance of SWLog.
    • This allows the radio to use other program schedules, such as HFCC, ILGRadio, SWSkeds, AOKI, ADDX, and others in addition to EiBi.
    • The schedules to use are defined in the Settings/Mobile section. It is the same setup as used for what schedules are used for the Android and iOS applications.
    • Note that only HF/shortwave schedules will be sent as the number of MW and FM stations is just too large to be useful on the small display of the ATS Mini SI4732 Pocket Radio.
  • The custom firmware supports full integration with the Radio Control & Web Control programs.

Acquiring the Firmware

The custom firmware is provided with the SWLog installation package. It is located in C:\Program Files\Shortwave and Amateur Radio Log\ATS Mini Firmware. As with any firmware, load at your own risk and no warranty is implied.