Version 1.6.0

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.1)
 project (dumpvdl2 C)
 
 set (DUMPVDL2_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set (DUMPVDL2_VERSION_MINOR 5)
+set (DUMPVDL2_VERSION_MINOR 6)
 set (DUMPVDL2_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set (DUMPVDL2_VERSION "${DUMPVDL2_VERSION_MAJOR}.${DUMPVDL2_VERSION_MINOR}.${DUMPVDL2_VERSION_PATCH}")
 set (CMAKE_C_STANDARD 11)

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 dumpvdl2 is a VDL Mode 2 message decoder and protocol analyzer.
 
-Current stable version: 1.5.0 (released Nov 17, 2018)
+Current stable version: 1.6.0 (released Jan 19, 2019)
 
 ## Features
 

doc/NEWS.md

@@ -1,68 +1,80 @@
 # NEWS
 
-### Version 1.5.0 (2018-11-17):
-* Sync with the latest SDRPlay API v. 2.13 which is now required to
-  compile the program
-* Added support for SDRPlay RSPduo (with tuner selection, bias-T and
-  notch filters)
+## Version 1.6.0 (2019-01-19):
+* New build system based on cmake. Refer to README.md for new installation
+  instructions.
+* FANS/1-A CPDLC, ADS-C and ACARS decoders have been removed. These features
+  have been moved to libacars library, which is now a mandatory dependency
+  (compilation will fail if libacars is not installed). Refer to README.md for
+  details.
+* Added support for SoapySDR library (contributed by Fabrice Crohas). However
+  there are still some limitations with respect to SDR types which dumpvdl2
+  can work with. As of now, the device must support a sampling rate of 2100000
+  samples per second. This will be addressed in a future release.
+* The program should now compile and run on MacOS, however this hasn't been
+  tested well. Feedback and bug reports are welcome.
+* Minor bugfixes
+
+## Version 1.5.0 (2018-11-17):
+* Sync with the latest SDRPlay API v. 2.13 which is now required to compile the
+  program
+* Added support for SDRPlay RSPduo (with tuner selection, bias-T and notch
+  filters)
 * Added support for RSP1A features: Bias-T and broadcast notch filter
 * Minor bugfixes
 
-### Version 1.4.0 (2018-08-01):
-* Major improvements to the DSP and decoding engine - gives much
-  better decoding success rate, especially for weak transmissions
-  from distant aircraft.
-* Each VDL2 channel is now processed in a separate thread, which
-  allows balancing the load onto multiple CPU cores.
-* Fixed a nasty decoder bug which caused good frames to be corrupted
-  during decoding stage and therefore missed.
-* Added CRC checking for ACARS messages. If there is a CRC mismatch,
-  the message will still be logged, but with an appropriate warning.
-* New StatsD metric `avlc.msg.air2air` - counts messages from aircraft
-  to aircraft (however strange it seems, such things happen in real
-  life).
-* New StatsD metric `decoder.errors.too_long` - counts VDL2 bursts
-  dropped due to unreasonably large value in the length field.
-* Due to changes in the decoding engine, the following StatsD metric
-  are now obsolete and have been removed: `avlc.errors.no_flag_start`,
+## Version 1.4.0 (2018-08-01):
+* Major improvements to the DSP and decoding engine - gives much better decoding
+  success rate, especially for weak transmissions from distant aircraft.
+* Each VDL2 channel is now processed in a separate thread, which allows
+  balancing the load onto multiple CPU cores.
+* Fixed a nasty decoder bug which caused good frames to be corrupted during
+  decoding stage and therefore missed.
+* Added CRC checking for ACARS messages. If there is a CRC mismatch, the message
+  will still be logged, but with an appropriate warning.
+* New StatsD metric `avlc.msg.air2air` - counts messages from aircraft to
+  aircraft (however strange it seems, such things happen in real life).
+* New StatsD metric `decoder.errors.too_long` - counts VDL2 bursts dropped due
+  to unreasonably large value in the length field.
+* Due to changes in the decoding engine, the following StatsD metric are now
+  obsolete and have been removed: `avlc.errors.no_flag_start`,
   `avlc.errors.no_flag_end`, `decoder.errors.no_preamble`.
-* Added `--extended-header` command line option which causes a few
-  decoder diagnostic parameters to be logged for each message.
-  Refer to the FAQ in README.md for description of the fields.
+* Added `--extended-header` command line option which causes a few decoder
+  diagnostic parameters to be logged for each message.  Refer to the FAQ in
+  README.md for description of the fields.
 * Other minor bugfixes and improvements.
 * C11-capable compiler is now required to build the program.
 
-### Version 1.3.1 (2018-05-27):
-* Added `decpdlc` utility which decodes FANS-1/A CPDLC messages
-  supplied from command line or from a file. Can be used to decode
-  CPDLC traffic received via other media than VDL-2 (eg. ACARS,
-  HFDL, SATCOM). Refer to "decpdlc" section in README.md for details.
+## Version 1.3.1 (2018-05-27):
+* Added `decpdlc` utility which decodes FANS-1/A CPDLC messages supplied from
+  command line or from a file. Can be used to decode CPDLC traffic received via
+  other media than VDL-2 (eg. ACARS, HFDL, SATCOM). Refer to "decpdlc" section in
+  README.md for details.
 
-### Version 1.3.0 (2018-04-11):
+## Version 1.3.0 (2018-04-11):
 * Added decoder for FANS-1/A ADS-C messages
 * Added decoder for FANS-1/A CPDLC messages
-* Human-readable formatting of CPDLC and Context Management messages
-  (if you still want the old format, add `--dump-asn1` command line
-  option)
+* Human-readable formatting of CPDLC and Context Management messages (if you
+  still want the old format, add `--dump-asn1` command line option)
 * Added install rule to Makefile
 * Added a sample systemd service file
 * Bug fixes
 
-### Version 1.2.0 (2018-01-01):
-* Better input signal filtering - reduced bit error rate, 10-50% more
-  messages successfully decoded.
-* SDRPlay: major bugfixes in sample buffer handling code - shall now
-  perform equally well as RTLSDR (or even better).
-* SDRPlay: --gain knob replaced with --gr (gain reduction). This makes
-  gain configuration in dumpvdl2 compatible with other SDRPlay apps.
-  See README.md for details.
+## Version 1.2.0 (2018-01-01):
+* Better input signal filtering - reduced bit error rate, 10-50% more messages
+  successfully decoded.
+* SDRPlay: major bugfixes in sample buffer handling code - shall now perform
+  equally well as RTLSDR (or even better).
+* SDRPlay: --gain knob replaced with --gr (gain reduction). This makes gain
+  configuration in dumpvdl2 compatible with other SDRPlay apps. See README.md
+  for details.
 * SDRPlay: support for selecting device by serial number.
-* Added optional build-time PLATFORM knob which sets CPU-specific
-  compiler flags to optimize the code for various flavours of
-  Raspberry Pi. Supported values: rpiv1, rpiv2, rpiv3.
+* Added optional build-time PLATFORM knob which sets CPU-specific compiler flags
+  to optimize the code for various flavours of Raspberry Pi. Supported values:
+  rpiv1, rpiv2, rpiv3.
 * Other minor bug fixes
 
-### Version 1.1.0 (2017-06-20):
+## Version 1.1.0 (2017-06-20):
 * Support for SDRPlay RSP1 and 2 using native binary API
 * Added dissector for ISO 8073/X.224 Connection-oriented Transport Protocol
 * Added dissectors for ICAO Context Management and CPDLC
@@ -71,5 +83,7 @@
 * Output formatting fixes
 * Bug fixes
 
-### Version 1.0.0 (2017-02-26):
+## Version 1.0.0 (2017-02-26):
 * First public release
+
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