radio-manager 0.2.1

A unified library for controlling various radio devices (receivers and transceivers)

Radio Manager

A unified Python library for controlling various radio devices including receivers, scanners, and transceivers.

Supported Radios

Uniden

• SDS200 - Digital scanning receiver (serial and network) ✓ Tested
• BCD996P2 - Analog/digital scanner (serial) ✓ Tested
• SDS100 - Digital scanning receiver (coming soon)
• BCD536HP - Handheld scanner (coming soon)

Motorola

• XPR4350 - UHF transceiver with GPIO control (planned)

Installation

Recommended: pipx (for CLI usage)

pipx is the recommended way to install command-line tools on Ubuntu 24.04+ and other modern Linux systems:

# Install pipx if you don't have it
sudo apt install pipx
pipx ensurepath

# Install radio-manager
pipx install /home/tomn2tsr/dev/personal/radio-manager

# Or for development (editable install)
pipx install -e /home/tomn2tsr/dev/personal/radio-manager

# Use the rmgr command anywhere
rmgr list-radios
rmgr set-volume 8

Local Development Installation (library usage)

For development or if you need to use it as a Python library:

cd radio-manager
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

From PyPI (when available)

pipx install radio-manager  # For CLI usage
# or
pip install radio-manager   # For library usage in your own projects

Quick Start

1. Create a radios.yaml file (see below)
2. Call the rmgr command

Command Line Interface (rmgr)

The easiest way to control your radios is via the rmgr command:

# List configured radios
rmgr list-radios

# Control the default radio
rmgr set-volume 8
rmgr get-volume
rmgr status
rmgr reboot
rmgr stream-audio

# Or specify a specific radio
rmgr set-volume --radio bcd996p2 5
rmgr status --radio sds200_serial

Configuration File

Create a radios.yaml file in one of these locations (in priority order):

1. ./radios.yaml (current directory)
2. ~/.config/radio-manager/radios.yaml
3. Or specify with --config /path/to/radios.yaml

Example radios.yaml:

# Optional: Set a default radio
default_radio: sds200_desk

radios:
  sds200_desk:
    type: sds200
    host: 192.168.1.23
    port: 50536

  bcd996p2:
    type: bcd996p2
    ser_port: /dev/ttyACM1
    baudrate: 115200

See radios.yaml.example for more examples.

Python Library

Uniden SDS200

Serial Connection

from radio_manager.uniden import SDS200

# Connect via USB/serial
scanner = SDS200({
    'ser_port': '/dev/ttyACM0',
    'baudrate': 115200
})

with scanner:
    # Get status
    status = scanner.get_status()
    print(f"Current channel: {status['channel']}")

    # Control volume
    scanner.volume = 15
    print(f"Volume set to: {scanner.volume}")

Network Connection

from radio_manager.uniden import SDS200

# Connect via network
scanner = SDS200({
    'host': '192.168.1.1',
    'port': 50536
})

with scanner:
    status = scanner.get_status()
    print(f"Scanner status: {status}")

Uniden BCD996P2

from radio_manager.uniden import BCD996P2

# Connect via USB/serial
scanner = BCD996P2({
    'ser_port': '/dev/ttyACM1',
    'baudrate': 115200
})

with scanner:
    # Get status
    status = scanner.get_status()
    print(f"Firmware: {status['firmware']}")
    print(f"Mode: {status['scanner_mode']}")

    # Control volume (0-15 for BCD996P2)
    scanner.volume = 8

Development Status

This library is in early alpha development. APIs may change.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details