Radio-SkyPipe II Help

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Radio-SkyPipe is a data collection program which allows sharing digitally sampled analog data in real-time over the internet or other TCP/IP connection. R-SP may also be used as a standalone data collection utility which accepts data either by sound card or via a simple analog to digital converter connected to the computer's parallel port. 

Topics preceded by an * are new to version 2 of Radio-SkyPipe. See What's New in Radio-SkyPipe II.

Modes of Operation

Stand Alone Mode - The PC acts as a data collection device, taking in data either through the sound card or an ADC.  Data is displayed in a strip chart that scrolls as new data is collected.  After an observation is completed, the file data file may be saved and recalled later for viewing or editing.

Server Mode - This is an extension of the Stand Alone Mode.  Data collected may be sent as it is collected via a TCP/IP connection to one or more remote PCs.

Client Mode - In this mode the PC receives and displays data being sent from a Radio-SkyPipe server, that is, from a PC running the same program in Server Mode at some remote location.

You may use Radio-SkyPipe as a server or a client using either a permanent or dial-up type connection to the internet.  You do not need a permanent IP address because R-SP uses a ILS (Internet Locator Service) to help you find serving PCs and to allow others to find you when you are acting as a server. This ILS is a free private service which runs at the Radio-Sky Website for all Radio-SkyPipe users.

Configuring Radio-SkyPipe

Using Radio-SkyPipe Standard Features

Pro Features

Miscellaneous Topics

Analog to Digital Converters  

    Parallel Port ADCS

*    LabJack ADCs

*    New! Using Sound Cards as ADCs

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