wrgtk Version 1.0 works with the Internal and Serial Port families of general WiNRADiO computer radio receivers.
Tested so far on WR-1000i & WR-1500e receivers with good results.
Download wrgtk Version 1.0 (in compressed tar format) :- wrgtk-1.0.tgz
Tested so far under the following Linux distributions :-
(Corel Linux 1.0)
(Mandrake Linux 7.0)
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/
(my favourite Linux distribution!)
Please email me your test report summaries (thanks in advance!) to :-
yuri@win.co.nz
Installing and Running wrgtk under XFree86/Xwindows :-
Untar the package using the Linux shell command line "tar -zxvf wrgtk-1.0.tgz" which should create the directory Wrkit-GTK. Change directory to it "cd Wrkit-GTK" and then type"./configure" to run P. Brisset's configure script.
Then if all goes well, type "make" and if that also goes well type "make install". The wrkit and wrgtk binary files etc should get installed in to your /usr/local/bin directory. You can then run my wrgtk program from XFree86/Xwindows (hopefully the GTK+ and GDK library packages are already installed!).
A Point of Caution :- the "make install" feature will overwrite an already existing installation of Pascal's original wrkit (OOPS!). I must work on a solution for this as it's my bluey! :) Luckily the current version 0.4 of wrkit matches.
This all has to be done as root. At this point in time only root user can run my wrgtk program. I'll try to create a "module" version of the wrgtk (for non-root users) in time for Version 1.1 about early November 2001, all going well!
In this Version 1.0 pre-release of wrgtk only the main window's frontend widgets have any function.
All the windows that are brought up via the pull down menus and buttons have no real function, except for the program quit! Thanks for your patience - Yuri.
Known Program Runtime Issues :-
Slightly messy a widget layout as a result of different versions of GTK+/GDK.
wrgtk sometimes takes about a minute to terminate upon exit (too many program variables?).
The frequency lower and upper limits are not yet implemented for the receiver models.
The Frequency value is only displayed in values of MHz (not kHz or GHz).
The signal strength shows 120 (100%) in FMN & FMW modes when powered off!
(For the solutions - tune in to the upcoming episodes of wrgtk! ;-)
Credits :-
Particular thanks goes to Eric Harlow and the publisher New Riders for their splendid book :-
*** Most definitely a book worth reading! ***
It inspired me to proceed with the wrgtk (WiNRADiO Gimp Tool Kit) GNU GPL project.
Thanks also to Pascal Brisset for his well engineered `` wrkit'' (WiNRADiO tcl/tk tool Kit) - particularly the vanilla C source library wrlib and Makefile which makes `` wrgtk '' possible.
We dedicate these GNU GPL projects to all the people at WiNRADiO Communications - past, present and future. The low level driver source was made possible by this company.
Thanks also goes to the Internet Service Provider (ISP) that makes the http://www.linradio.com website possible. Both this and the http://www.winradio.com websites look most professional!
Thanks also to the numerous people worldwide whose WWW searchable GTK+ and GDK C programming examples solved many of the intricate problems that would have otherwise put at least another 2 months on the project! Keep up the good work guys!
Finally, a special thanks to all WiNRADiO Customers , for your feedback on a nunber of occasions. I am most pleased with the variety of engineering, scientific and educational applications you are putting the WiNRADiOs to. I wish everyone the best of luck with any future applications!
It all helps!
- Yuri "George" Muzyka, ZL1GYM (N.Z.C.E. - Electronics & Computer Technology)
My Personal Web Links :-
The radio DX club I am most involved with (as Auckland Branch Secretary) :-
New Zealand Radio DX League, Inc. (NZRDXL) - http://www.radiodx.com/
The national radio amateur organisation I am with :-
New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters, Inc. (NZART) - http://www.nzart.org.nz/
My favourite radio station 93.4 Solid Gold FM (which helped me through this whole project!) :-
Solid Gold FM - http://www.solidgoldfm.co.nz/
My current employer (where I have achieved my engineering qualification) :-
Gamma Computers NZ Ltd 1989 - http://www.gamma.co.nz
The polytechnic/university where I obtained most of my software engineering skills and
studied for much of the NZCE :-
Auckland University of Technology (AUT) - http://www.aut.ac.nz/
The polytechnic where I first learnt about Unix and had my first taste of C/C++ programming :-
Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) - http://www.manukau.ac.nz/