Transmitting video with ADALM PLUTO to Satellite receiver
I was able to transmit video using ADALM PLUTO and DATV Express to a Satellite receiver.
ADALM PLUTO is modified to transmit up to 6GHz.
The software I used are DATV Express and vMix Basic. They are both free.
DATV Express is beta so use at your own risk.
The laptop is Acer Aspire Timeline X Core i7 with 8GB RAM.
The receiver is a cheap DVB-S2 receiver from China. Nothing fancy. I cannot find any brand name or model number. I will not be able to upgrade to a newer firmware. I bought it for $21 from eBay. The wifi dongle came broken. That does not affect our project. But with wifi dongle, I can watch YouTube from this little box. The replacement is on the way from China. The antenna did not come with it. I borrowed one from USB TV tuner I had.
This is the exact model as shown in these videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qknWQi54oCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m290NR5pEfY&t=1121s
Since I've never used satellite receiver before, finding the right settings for the receiver was a time-consuming process. But this was the setting that worked. If your receiver is different from mine, the UI and settings will be different.
The next thing I needed to do is to configure DATV Express.
I am just going to put pictures that show the settings that worked. The transmitting frequency is 1279MHz.
I used vMix Basic for video input since I do not have a video camera that works with this setting. Built-in Web cam should work even though I was not able to make it work.
This YouTube video shows the final result. The video is blurred to protect the innocent.
https://youtu.be/sHauNkcZ1Lo
* Disclaimer: You need to have proper license to follow the above. It is illegal to transmit radio waves without license. I am not responsible for any damages caused by following this posting. This posting is for informational purposes only.
ADALM PLUTO is modified to transmit up to 6GHz.
The software I used are DATV Express and vMix Basic. They are both free.
DATV Express is beta so use at your own risk.
The laptop is Acer Aspire Timeline X Core i7 with 8GB RAM.
The receiver is a cheap DVB-S2 receiver from China. Nothing fancy. I cannot find any brand name or model number. I will not be able to upgrade to a newer firmware. I bought it for $21 from eBay. The wifi dongle came broken. That does not affect our project. But with wifi dongle, I can watch YouTube from this little box. The replacement is on the way from China. The antenna did not come with it. I borrowed one from USB TV tuner I had.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qknWQi54oCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m290NR5pEfY&t=1121s
Since I've never used satellite receiver before, finding the right settings for the receiver was a time-consuming process. But this was the setting that worked. If your receiver is different from mine, the UI and settings will be different.
LNB Freq = Unicable A
IF_Channel = 2
Center Freq =1279
I am just going to put pictures that show the settings that worked. The transmitting frequency is 1279MHz.
This YouTube video shows the final result. The video is blurred to protect the innocent.
https://youtu.be/sHauNkcZ1Lo
* Disclaimer: You need to have proper license to follow the above. It is illegal to transmit radio waves without license. I am not responsible for any damages caused by following this posting. This posting is for informational purposes only.
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