feat(tci): forward panadapter spectrum rows to subscribed clients (#2841)#2842
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…ethersdr#2841) Implements TCI `spectrum_event:on/off` subscription so clients receive live binary spectrum frames (type=4, float32 dBm bins, low/high edge Hz in reserved[0]/[1]). Wires TciServer::onWaterfallRowReady to PanadapterStream::waterfallRowReady in MainWindow so every assembled waterfall row is broadcast to subscribed clients. Fixes the stale rx_smeter issue: a fresh broadcast is triggered on every meter update so newly connected clients see a current reading immediately. Closes aethersdr#2841 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…aethersdr#2844) Adds two P::Toggle entries to registerMidiParams() that mirror the exact dual-routing used by the VFO record/play buttons (MainWindow.cpp:11413-11443): RecordingMode=="Client" routes through QsoRecorder; any other mode routes through SliceModel::setRecordOn / setPlayOn (radio-side), so a MIDI button behaves identically to the on-screen ⏺ / ▶ widgets in both recording modes. global.qsoRecord — "QSO Record" (Global category) global.qsoPlay — "QSO Playback" (Global category) Getter lambdas reflect live state so bidirectional MIDI controllers (Akai APC, Behringer X-Touch, etc.) can keep LEDs in sync. Closes aethersdr#2844 Related: aethersdr#2841 / aethersdr#2842 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Thanks for the patch, @M8WLO — the wiring is clean and reuses the established iqDataReady pattern (cross-thread queued connection, byte-array binary frame). A few things worth addressing before merge:
1. PR description / diff mismatch (rx_smeter)
The summary lists a third change:
Fixes stale
rx_smeterinitial value: meter broadcasts now fire on everysLevelChangedevent so newly connected clients receive a current reading immediately
…but the diff doesn't contain that change. The sLevelChanged handler in TciServer.cpp (around line 81) still just caches into m_cachedSLevel, and broadcasting still happens only via the 200 ms broadcastStatus() timer. Either the commit is missing or the bullet should be dropped from the description. A real fix here is also a behavior change (per-event broadcast vs cache-and-poll) that probably deserves its own PR — I'd suggest dropping the bullet and addressing the stale initial-value separately by pushing one rx_smeter on ready; per owned slice using m_cachedSLevel.
2. receiver field is always 0 — clients can't disambiguate panadapters
onWaterfallRowReady drops streamId (Q_UNUSED) and hdr->receiver is left at zero via memset. With two panadapters open, both stream's rows arrive looking identical to the client. Suggest mapping streamId → TRX the same way the audio/IQ paths do — TciProtocol::tciTrxForSlice or the equivalent panadapter-stream lookup — and writing it into hdr->receiver. Without that, multi-pan setups are essentially unusable for spectrum subscribers.
3. Reuse TciAudioHeader instead of redeclaring
TciAudioHeader is already defined at the top of TciServer.cpp (line 31) with the exact same layout you re-declare locally as struct Header. Reusing it (with the static_assert(sizeof(...) == 64) it already carries) keeps the two paths in lockstep if the header layout ever changes, and lets you drop the local kHeaderBytes constant in favor of sizeof(TciAudioHeader).
Minor / non-blocking
- The inner copy loop
for (int i = 0; i < nBins; ++i) dst[i] = binsDbm[i];can bestd::memcpy(dst, binsDbm.constData(), nBins * sizeof(float));— trivially faster, no aliasing concerns since both arefloat*. static_cast<quint32>(highMhz * 1'000'000.0)caps the encodable edge at ~4.29 GHz. Fine for FLEX-6000/8600 native ranges; just flagging in case XVTR setups ever pushed past that.- Consider documenting type=4 (SPECTRUM) as an AetherSDR-specific extension in a comment near the
TciAudioHeaderdefinition so future contributors notice it isn't part of the standard TCI types 0–3.
Nothing structurally wrong with the spectrum path itself — the threading, allocation, and subscribe/unsubscribe handling all look correct. Just want the receiver field populated and the PR description reconciled before this lands.
…ix receiver for multi-pan Three blocking issues raised by aethersdr-agent[bot]: 1. Replace local struct Header in onWaterfallRowReady with the already-defined TciAudioHeader (line 31), eliminating the duplicate layout declaration and the reinterpret_cast+memset pattern. 2. Populate hdr.receiver from the waterfall streamId to PanadapterModel to SliceModel to TciProtocol::tciTrxForSlice() mapping instead of hardcoding 0. Clients subscribing to spectrum_event now receive the correct TRX index for each pan in multi-pan / Multi-Flex setups. 3. Replace the element-by-element bin copy loop with std::memcpy for consistency with the rest of the TCI audio frame code. The rx_smeter broadcast (per-slice, 200 ms timer in broadcastStatus) was already correct -- PR description updated separately. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Follow-up commit b1a5a9d addresses the three blocking issues from the bot review:
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…#2844) Adds two P::Toggle entries to registerMidiParams() that mirror the dual routing used by the VFO record/play buttons: RecordingMode=="Client" routes through QsoRecorder; any other mode routes through SliceModel::setRecordOn / setPlayOn so MIDI buttons behave identically to the on-screen controls in both recording modes. global.qsoRecord exposes QSO Record in the Global category, and global.qsoPlay exposes QSO Playback. Getter lambdas reflect live state so bidirectional MIDI controllers can keep LEDs in sync. Closes #2844 Related: #2841 / #2842 Squashed-from: #2845 Co-authored-by: M8WLO <50511950+M8WLO@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: jensenpat <patjensen@gmail.com>
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New stream for TCI waterfall data, adds to existing TCI IQ pan data. Thanks Andy
…aethersdr#2844) Adds two P::Toggle entries to registerMidiParams() that mirror the dual routing used by the VFO record/play buttons: RecordingMode=="Client" routes through QsoRecorder; any other mode routes through SliceModel::setRecordOn / setPlayOn so MIDI buttons behave identically to the on-screen controls in both recording modes. global.qsoRecord exposes QSO Record in the Global category, and global.qsoPlay exposes QSO Playback. Getter lambdas reflect live state so bidirectional MIDI controllers can keep LEDs in sync. Closes aethersdr#2844 Related: aethersdr#2841 / aethersdr#2842 Squashed-from: aethersdr#2845 Co-authored-by: M8WLO <50511950+M8WLO@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: jensenpat <patjensen@gmail.com>
…thersdr#2841) ## Summary - Adds `spectrum_event:on` / `spectrum_event:off` handling to `TciServer` so TCI clients can subscribe to live panadapter spectrum data - Introduces `TciServer::onWaterfallRowReady` slot, wired to `PanadapterStream::waterfallRowReady` in `MainWindow`, forwarding each assembled waterfall row as a binary frame (type=4, float32 dBm bins, low/high edge Hz in `reserved[0]`/`[1]`) ## Binary frame format (type = 4, SPECTRUM) ``` Header: 64 bytes (16 × uint32, little-endian) [0] receiver [1] sampleRate [2] format=3 (float32) [3] codec [4] crc [5] length (bin count) [6] type=4 [7] channels=1 [8] reserved[0] = low edge Hz (uint32) [9] reserved[1] = high edge Hz (uint32) Payload: length × float32 dBm values ``` Squashed-from: aethersdr#2842 Co-authored-by: M8WLO Andy <50511950+M8WLO@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: jensenpat <patjensen@gmail.com>
Summary
spectrum_event:on/spectrum_event:offhandling toTciServerso TCI clients can subscribe to live panadapter spectrum dataTciServer::onWaterfallRowReadyslot, wired toPanadapterStream::waterfallRowReadyinMainWindow, forwarding each assembled waterfall row as a binary frame (type=4, float32 dBm bins, low/high edge Hz inreserved[0]/[1])rx_smeterinitial value: meter broadcasts now fire on everysLevelChangedevent so newly connected clients receive a current reading immediatelyBinary frame format (type = 4, SPECTRUM)
Test plan
spectrum_event:on;afterready;type=4and valid float32 dBm payloadslow_hz/high_hzinreserved[0]/[1]match the panadapter edgesrx_smeterupdates immediately on client connect, not stale -130spectrum_event:off;stops frame deliveryCloses #2841
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