Network export

Send live IQ or decoded aircraft to other programs.

None of these ports use the server's token or TLS. Keep them on trusted networks. A listener address belongs to the server: use its LAN address or 0.0.0.0 to accept other machines.

Raw IQ over UDP or TCP

1. Add Network IQ and wire one Device iq lane or one channel baseband.
2. Pick the protocol, encoding, and destination host:port.
3. Start the receiving program, then press Start export.
4. Set the receiver to the rate and centre frequency shown on the node.

Channel baseband sends only that channel, at its lower rate. The sample rate is locked during export. Retuning works, but you must update the receiver yourself. The node counts bytes, writes, and errors.

Samples are interleaved I, Q, I, Q, with no header or timestamps:

Names follow SigMF. VITA 49 and DIFI are not supported.

UDP sends whole samples in datagrams of up to 1,400 bytes. In GNU Radio's UDP Source, set header to None and payload size to 1,400. There are no sequence numbers, so lost packets cannot be detected.

TCP connects to your listening program. If it reads too slowly, the export stops with an error.

rtl_433

1. Tune the Device to 433.92 MHz.
2. Wire Device iq into Network IQ and pick rtl_tcp server (rtl_433) on 127.0.0.1:1234.
3. Press Start export and run rtl_433 with the rate and frequency shown:

rtl_433 -d rtl_tcp:127.0.0.1:1234 -s 1024000 -f 433920000 -F json

A channel's baseband works too if it covers the sensor. Commands from the client cannot retune the radio; set that on the canvas. Up to eight clients can connect. A slow one is dropped without affecting the others.

ADS-B Beast

1. Wire the ADS-B channel's events into Event output.
2. Pick ADS-B Beast TCP, set 127.0.0.1:30005, and press Open server.
3. Point your feeder at that address.

The server sends Beast binary frames with 12 MHz timestamps and signal levels. Timestamps count samples, not GPS time, and restart after gaps. Use one ADS-B channel per output. Up to 16 clients can connect.