What's all included in the Q-Dock program

Features

• Enhanced preset/channel scanner
• Hardware level VFO (experimental)
• Enhanced LCD display cloning. Font and color selection.
• Channel Editor with ability to adjust multiple channels simultaneously. See video
• RepeaterBook Integration
• Spectrum Analyzer with monitor mode
• Waterfall display
• Audio passthrough

Recent Changes

• Microphone level indicator bar (must be activated in Settings)
• Added microphone level boost on passthrough up to 10x amplification
• VOX (in XVFO)
• Logging received frequency (in CSV-format)
• Various Keyboard shortcuts added
• Reordering of channels in a scan list
• Scanner windows now follow LCD colour settings
• CAT Control via real or virtual serial port (currently only frequency adjustment)
• Connect to a networked radio hosted via QDNH
• DTMF decoding implemented
• Messenger
• XVFO CW Mode
• CHIRP Fix
• Preset selector wheel
• Watch and Respond feature
• Multiple VFOs A, B, C and D added
• Mouse wheel changes XVFO freq by set step when pointer is over jog wheel.
• Individual digit adjustment with mouse wheel
• XVFO Scanner facelift
• XVFO preset scanner (very early design, functional but ugly. Just like me).
• Fixed two erroneous DCS codes
• Added Ultra Wide and Ultra Low bandwidth settings, not sure how useful they'll be though. (XVFO)
• Fixed bug in channel editor preventing entry of negative offset frequency.
• Auto Squelch (XVFO).
• Channel import to XVFO Presets.
• Mic Gain (XVFO).
• RX CTCSS/DCS Implemented (XVFO).
• XVFO TX implemented as well as other features. See video

Multiple Radios on the same PC

• Supply config file name in command line to allow multi instance (control more than 1 radio)
• See the video, for instructions (press picture)

XVFO functions

4 VFO's

• The XVFO now has 4 distinct VFOs, A, B, C and D.
• Swap between these with the VFO button or with the Tab key on the keyboard.
• Watch and Respond mode is also available with these.

RANGE memory channel

XVFO channels can now define a range of frequencies for the scanner. To do this:

• Create a channel with a split frequency, the RX frequency is the start of the range, the TX frequency is the end
• It will scan through the range in steps defined by whatever the step is set to.
• When saving the channel save it with a name that starts with RANGE (must be UPPER CASE)
• Scanning of Multiple RANGE(s) also works.

Scanning RANGE(s) Extended configuration

• Define the memory channels per band, with "RANGE" at beginning of channelname.
• Add those memory channels to an XVFO setting. This example ALL RANGE(s)

• Start Scan in and enjoy ;-)

Better bar-graph plotting for scan RANGEs.

and also: Monitor message in scan window now displays the actual frequency being monitored in a RANGE.

That looks like this

But have a LOOK at THIS .... it all works

AGC or RF-gain adjustable

• AGC is the normal mode , RF Gain overrides it
• When the RF Gain button is lit, the AGC is disabled and the specific gain represented by the position of the slider is applied

DTMF decoding

Unlock TX

• Bij default TX is locked (see panel-key in red circle).
  • When mouse clicking on PTT button, a window that inform's that "you have to unlock TX"

Keyboard key-assignment

• A B C D select distinct VFO: A, B, C or D
• Tab swap between the VFO's. Or use VFO on the screen
• PgUp and PgDown selecting/change presets/channels. Or use lower rotary encoder on the screen
• Q toggle squelch open/close
• S toggle squelch setting (SQ-1 ..- 4 or -R) (Same function as clicking the button)
• W bandwidth
• F FM Wide/Narrow toggle; quick select to Modulation FM and toggle Bandwith FM-Wide/Narrow
• G Mic gain
• T pressed during transmit (PTT active), sends 1 second 1750Hz tone
• M modulation toggle RX-mode (TX-mode is always FM)
  • FM
  • AM (No TX)
  • USB
  • BYP (just for test)
  • RAW (just for test)
  • CW1 (TX carrrier only, no audio, squelch open)
  • CW2 (TX with Tone)
• P for vary Power
• . , or * decimal separator
• Numbers and . for entering frequency
• Case DTMF key 0..9 A..D * # starts TX temporarily and generates the corresponding DTMF tone
• ENTER accept (possible) entered numbers
• BACKSPACE and - (Numeric keypad) delete entered numbers "." or "*"
• Arrow change VFO frequency
• Space is assigned to PTT (and will Stop scanning)
  • When TX is NOT enabled, there is NO reaction (like pressing PTT gives popup)
  • During an XVFO scan, it toggles Pause and Continue the scan

• Esc stops scanning

Logging received frequency (in CSV-format)

• Can be activated in Settings.

• A unique file (in CSV-format) is created in the directory ...Documents\QuanshengDock\scanlogs, with the extension .CSV

• After closing Q-dock, the file can be inserted into Excel for analysis

• A date, B time, C RX frequency, D modulation, E signal strength, F Channel name, G Duration

VOX

• When VOX activates the PTT, the TX turns RED and the VOX letters turn BLUE

• VOX Sensitivity can be controlled in Settings

Microphone boost & level indicator bar (On Passthrough)

• Must be activated in Settings

• Only works with Passthrough ON. That's what it takes the data from

• Must be adjusted yourself, with Microphone Boost

  • boosts on passthrough up to 10x amplification

• Then should look like this

TX on FM only

When SET (default) NO TX when PTT-button is pressed and MODE is not FM, CW1 or CW2

• For testing purposes it is possible to disable this setting.
• Radio only can TX in FM-mode
• BEWARE when UNSET: Transmitting (mode FM) on AIR-band frequencies (mode AM) is possible !

EXIT - wait 5 seconds

When EXIT is pressed, XVFO Q-Dock returns to the main screen (Normal mode). The screen does not respond to keys (e.g. PTT) for the first 5 seconds.

• This delay is necessary because the radio and the Q-Dock program must first synchronize the initialization properly.
• The delay also occurs when Q-dock is started.

Messenger

• Select the Messenger button and this screen will appear

• You can determine the Callsign in Settings

Features are explained in videos

The best thing you can do now is watch this video explaining the XVFO-basics

More specific XVFO functions are explained and demonstrated in separate videos

See page 80 - All the videos