Linux POCSAG decoder

[Robert Ford]

Yep, another POCSAG decoder, but this time for Linux and you even get
to peek at the source code.

Note, this is not really what I would call a piece of software, it is more
along the lines of a verbalized idea to see if it works. Do not send
me e-mail complaining about how I only sampled one byte at a time or
that I used some global variables. You can certainly send questions
asking why I put a certain loop in, etc.

The program is capable of decoding 512 baud POCSAG but I wouldn't bet my
life on anything faster, in any case it will not automatically switch
speeds.

You need a scanner with a discriminator tap (it won't work for the audio
jack with the current algorithm) and a sound card.

It would be fun to add more stuff and fix it up before giving this out to
anybody, but given time restrictions, I will simply leave it to somebody
who is interested. The only thing that I ask is that you send me any
improvements (there are lots of things to do).

If you can comments or questions about this, drop me an e-mail or post
to this group. Perhaps the intersection of the set of scanner people and
Linux people is empty and nobody wants this....

You can grab the software from ftp://grover.mta.ca/pub/pocsag.tgz. This
is a Linux machine which is occasionally unavailable if DOS is running, but
most evenings after 5pm ADT it should be up.

Robert Ford
rf...@mta.ca