cjcliffe/CubicSDR 0.2.0-beta-rc5

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Release Notes:

• Manual is now partially written and available at http://cubicsdr.readthedocs.io
• Font scale support for Gain meters, better horizontal tuning scale
• BladeRF bandwidth patch
• Better stream init handling
• Menu cleanup / refactoring
  • Unify Font / Theme to Display menu
• Added modem settings UI for analog modems
  • Added FM Stereo de-emphasis filter option
  • Modem Audio Out part of modem settings UI now
  • Modem settings can be hidden and will save view state

New modem settings UI will eventually provide an interface to provide some initial filtering and controls for the individual modes.

Using AppImage (Linux)

• Run chmod +x CubicSDR-0.2.0-beta-rc5-x86_64.AppImage to make the file executable.
• Run from shell ./CubicSDR-0.2.0-beta-rc5-x86_64.AppImage or double-click in file browser.

Using Flatpak (Linux)

• Install flatpak using instructions from http://flatpak.org/getting.html
• Install the gnome repo and 3.20 runtime if you don't have it already:

    # download and install key, add remote
    wget https://sdk.gnome.org/keys/gnome-sdk.gpg
    sudo flatpak remote-add --gpg-import=gnome-sdk.gpg gnome https://sdk.gnome.org/repo/

    # note: if the installer crashes just run it again until it finishes.
    flatpak install gnome org.gnome.Platform 3.20

• Install CubicSDR flatpak flatpak install --bundle CubicSDR-0.2.0-rc5.flatpak
• Once installed, run with flatpak run com.cubicsdr.App
• To uninstall CubicSDR flatpak (or prepare for re-install) flatpak uninstall com.cubicsdr.App

Included SoapySDR support modules

• SoapyRemote
• RTL-SDR
• AirSpy
• SDRPlay** (only AppImage supported for Linux currently)
• HackRF
• BladeRF
• Red Pitaya
• Audio Devices
• UHD (OSX / Windows Only)
• RFSpace (OSX Only)

**Note that SDRPlay requires C:\Program Files\MiricsSDR\API\x64\mir_sdr_api.dll for Win64 or C:\Program Files\MiricsSDR\API\x86\mir_sdr_api.dll (not included) to be copied to C:\Program Files\CubicSDR for windows. SDRPlay owners can obtain an installer from http://sdrplay.com/windows.html, http://sdrplay.com/linux.html or http://sdrplay.com/mac.html.