[fix](trx-frontend-http): measure auto squelch from the meter
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Auto took the spectrum's noise floor and added 6 dB, but the threshold
is compared against the channel level the meter reports, and the two sit
a long way apart: the gap is set by the FFT size and window, the channel
bandwidth, the decimation, and peak-versus-mean statistics.  Measured on
white noise it runs +22.1 dB at 48k/8k/3k, +18.7 dB at 240k/24k/12k and
-1.2 dB at 1.92M/24k/12k — a 23 dB swing across ordinary configurations.
Only the last of those is anywhere near right, so on a narrow span Auto
set the gate some 20 dB below the noise and it never closed.

It now reads the same number the DSP compares: the 20th percentile of
the meter over the last ten seconds, plus 5 dB.  The percentile keeps a
burst of traffic inside the window from dragging the estimate up, and
5 dB clears the meter's own jitter, which measured 0.9-1.6 dB.  Nothing
in it converts between scales, so no part of the signal chain can put it
out again.  With no history yet — a fresh connection, a rig switch — it
listens for a moment rather than refusing.

The fixture gained a streaming /meter, without which there is nothing to
measure, and the spectrum test pins auto to the meter it serves.

Signed-off-by: Stan Grams <sjg@haxx.space>
This commit is contained in:
sjg
2026-08-03 23:32:18 +02:00
parent aefd36c4b1
commit 2c1df75d19
4 changed files with 128 additions and 23 deletions
@@ -4727,6 +4727,7 @@ function render(update) {
const sUnits = dbmToSUnits(update.status.rx.sig);
sigLastSUnits = sUnits;
sigLastDbm = update.status.rx.sig;
recordSquelchMeterSample(update.status.rx.sig);
const pct = sUnits <= 9 ? Math.max(0, Math.min(100, sUnits / 9 * 100)) : 100;
signalBar.style.width = `${pct}%`;
signalValue.innerHTML = formatSignal(sUnits);
@@ -6369,12 +6370,28 @@ function setSdrSquelch(thresholdDb, enabled, options = {}) {
renderSdrSquelch();
if (options.submit !== false) submitSdrSquelch();
}
var SQUELCH_NOISE_WINDOW_MS = 1e4;
var SQUELCH_NOISE_MARGIN_DB = 5;
var SQUELCH_MEASURE_MS = 1500;
var squelchMeterSamples = [];
function recordSquelchMeterSample(db) {
if (!isFiniteNumber(db)) return;
const now = Date.now();
squelchMeterSamples.push({ t: now, v: db });
while (squelchMeterSamples[0] && now - squelchMeterSamples[0].t > SQUELCH_NOISE_WINDOW_MS) {
squelchMeterSamples.shift();
}
}
function squelchNoiseFloorDb() {
const now = Date.now();
const values = squelchMeterSamples.filter((sample) => now - sample.t <= SQUELCH_NOISE_WINDOW_MS).map((sample) => sample.v).sort((a, b) => a - b);
if (values.length < 4) return null;
return values[Math.floor((values.length - 1) * 0.2)] ?? null;
}
function autoSquelchThresholdDb() {
const data = lastSpectrumData || window.lastSpectrumData;
if (!data || !isNumericBins(data.bins) || data.bins.length === 0) return null;
const noiseDb = estimateNoiseFloorDb(data.bins);
if (noiseDb == null || !isFiniteNumber(noiseDb)) return null;
return clampSdrSquelchDb(noiseDb + 6);
const noiseDb = squelchNoiseFloorDb();
if (noiseDb == null) return null;
return clampSdrSquelchDb(noiseDb + SQUELCH_NOISE_MARGIN_DB);
}
function updateSdrSquelchControlVisibility() {
if (!sdrSquelchWrapEl) return;
@@ -6407,17 +6424,30 @@ if (sdrSquelchToggleBtn) {
setSdrSquelch(sdrSquelchThresholdDb, !sdrSquelchEnabled);
});
}
function applyAutoSquelch(threshold) {
setSdrSquelch(threshold, true);
showHint(`Squelch ${threshold} dB`, 1500);
}
var sdrSquelchAutoBtn = document.getElementById("sdr-squelch-auto");
if (sdrSquelchAutoBtn) {
sdrSquelchAutoBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
if (!sdrSquelchSupported) return;
const threshold = autoSquelchThresholdDb();
if (threshold == null) {
showHint("No spectrum to measure the noise from", 1800);
if (threshold != null) {
applyAutoSquelch(threshold);
return;
}
setSdrSquelch(threshold, true);
showHint(`Squelch ${threshold} dB`, 1500);
sdrSquelchAutoBtn.disabled = true;
showHint("Measuring the noise…");
setTimeout(() => {
sdrSquelchAutoBtn.disabled = false;
const measured = autoSquelchThresholdDb();
if (measured == null) {
showHint("No meter to measure the noise from", 1800);
return;
}
applyAutoSquelch(measured);
}, SQUELCH_MEASURE_MS);
});
}
if (squelchGripEl) {
@@ -8067,6 +8097,7 @@ function flushMeterDom() {
const sUnits = dbmToSUnits(dbm);
sigLastSUnits = sUnits;
sigLastDbm = dbm;
recordSquelchMeterSample(dbm);
const pct = sUnits <= 9 ? Math.max(0, Math.min(100, sUnits / 9 * 100)) : 100;
if (signalBar) signalBar.style.width = `${pct}%`;
if (signalValue) signalValue.innerHTML = formatSignal(sUnits);