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Magic RDS 4 => Release News and Tutorials => Topic started by: Jan on March 20, 2025, 01:34:12 pm

Title: Using the RDS Spy real-time RDS decoder from any PC
Post by: Jan on March 20, 2025, 01:34:12 pm

Following method applies to advanced RDS encoders which support remote RDS output monitoring and software port multiplication.

To show the RDS output from certain RDS encoder, user may simply click on the RDS Spy button in the Magic RDS 4. To get the same functionality on any other PC (in the same LAN on even anywhere in internet), follow these steps:

• Select the RDS encoder you want to monitor and click on the Virtual Ports button
• Add new Virtual port, type TCP Server, choose appropriate (free) TCP port
• Install the RDS Spy on the other PC
• In the RDS Spy from https://rdsspy.com/, go to Configure - Select RDS Source
• Select ASCII G Protocol, TCP/IP connection, RDS Encoder device type, fill IP address of the Magic RDS PC and the TCP port chosen in step 2