Starting the decoder on Windows

This project builds Windows binaries semi-regularly, and are available under the latest-windows release page. The provided .zip file contains the openstint.exe binary with all required dll-s and integrations.

1. download and extract the release
2. open a command line (press windows icon once, and type cmd), and cd into the extracted folder
3. type openstint.exe to start the binary

Alternatively, double-click to the exe, and start with defaults;

• ignore "untrusted publisher" warnings (the code is not signed, but automatically compiled -- you can verify the whole chain yourself)
• add to firewall except list (allowing connections from local/private network only)

start.bat

We provide a start.bat with defaults you can override:

start "OpenStint" /HIGH /B openstint_rtlsdr.exe -g 20

• start "OpenStint" /HIGH /B - Windows starts OpenStint with high priority: this is important, timing precision depends on in
• openstint_rtlsdr.exe - for RTL-SDR; change to openstint_hackrf.exe if needed
• -g 20: set the radio's amplifier gain; for HackRF, there is an LNA (-l 20) and a VGA (-v 20) amplifier to play with.