[rtl-sdr][PATCH 2/2] rtl_fm: Add squelch timeout

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Nikolay Dimitrov picmaster at mail.bg
Sat Jul 4 12:42:23 UTC 2015


The current squelch logic waits until the received signal drops below
the squelch value and then continues the frequency scan. If there's any
continuous transmission on the air, it will block the scanning process
forever. This patch adds support for squelch timeout to prevent the
scanner from locking forever to a single signal.

Signed-off-by: Nikolay Dimitrov <picmaster at mail.bg>
---
 src/rtl_fm.c |   21 +++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/rtl_fm.c b/src/rtl_fm.c
index 04f08a2..51313d3 100644
--- a/src/rtl_fm.c
+++ b/src/rtl_fm.c
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@
 
 #define FREQUENCIES_LIMIT		1000
 
+#define SQUELCH_TIMEOUT			100
+
 static volatile int do_exit = 0;
 static int lcm_post[17] = {1,1,1,3,1,5,3,7,1,9,5,11,3,13,7,15,1};
 static int ACTUAL_BUF_LENGTH;
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ struct demod_state
 	int      squelch_conseq;
 	int      squelch_hits;
 	int      squelch_signal_rms;
+	int      squelch_timer;
 	int      terminate_on_squelch;
 	int      downsample_passes;
 	int      comp_fir_size;
@@ -762,6 +765,7 @@ void full_demod(struct demod_state *d)
 			}
 		} else {
 			d->squelch_hits = 0;
+			d->squelch_timer++;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -830,10 +834,18 @@ static void *demod_thread_fn(void *arg)
 			do_exit = 1;
 		}
 
-		if (d->squelch_level && d->squelch_hits > d->squelch_conseq) {
-			d->squelch_hits = d->squelch_conseq + 1;  /* hair trigger */
-			safe_cond_signal(&controller.hop, &controller.hop_m);
-			continue;
+		if (d->squelch_level) {
+			if (d->squelch_hits > d->squelch_conseq) {
+				d->squelch_hits = d->squelch_conseq + 1;  /* hair trigger */
+				safe_cond_signal(&controller.hop, &controller.hop_m);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if (d->squelch_timer >= SQUELCH_TIMEOUT) {
+				d->squelch_timer = 0;
+				safe_cond_signal(&controller.hop, &controller.hop_m);
+				continue;
+			}
 		}
 
 		pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&o->rw);
@@ -972,6 +984,7 @@ void demod_init(struct demod_state *s)
 	s->squelch_conseq = 10;
 	s->terminate_on_squelch = 0;
 	s->squelch_hits = 11;
+	s->squelch_timer = 0;
 	s->downsample_passes = 0;
 	s->comp_fir_size = 0;
 	s->prev_index = 0;
-- 
1.7.10.4




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