Portsdown 4 with Pluto

[VK3IE]

What are the current limitations of the Pluto as compared to the Lime.
Current new Firmware with Lime working well (local setup) Just do a new SD saves a lot of weird stuff from happening.
Not seeing many Setup\FAQ on using Pluto with Portsdown
Thanks

[G8GKQ]

The Pluto modes are still somewhat experimental in the Portsdown - hence the lack of documentation.

The Pluto modes are:

• H264 only. No MPEG-2 or H265
• 4:3 SD or basic 16:9 only. No 720p or 1080p
• You can set and store (for each band) Pluto relative power on a range of 0 to -71. This approximates to dBm, but is plus or minus 10 dB.
• I have seen it work well on symbol rates between 125 and 1000 kS.
• DVB-S or DVB-S2
• Video source Pi Cam, Comp Video, C920, Test card or Contest.
• Pluto and RPi GPIO PTT switching implemented, but the test card mode overuns after deselction of transmission
• Only tested with F5OEO's "for the brave" Pluto firmware (FIRM2101RC of 5 February 2020) .

Dave, G8GKQ

[VK3IE]

Thanks, now I have a feel of what to look for.

Lime is working 4 ks and upwards locally real well.
Just need to get some AMPS happening (watts) for vk3rtv

Cheers

[F4DVK]

Hello,

Dave,
Have you tested in DVBS with a 5/6 or 7/8 FEC?

Thank you,
Stephane.