[fix](trx-backend-soapysdr): increase WFM S-meter attack time constant to 50 ms
With block-rate correction the 2 ms IARU attack τ saturated α to ~1.0, making the meter track raw block power with no smoothing. 50 ms gives ~3-frame settling at 30 Hz refresh — responsive but visually stable. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Stan Grams <sjg@haxx.space>
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@@ -308,16 +308,19 @@ pub struct ChannelDsp {
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impl ChannelDsp {
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/// Compute asymmetric IIR coefficients for S-meter envelope tracking.
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///
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/// Attack: ~2 ms time constant (fast response to signal increase).
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/// Attack: ~50 ms time constant (responsive but visually stable).
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/// Decay: ~300 ms time constant (slow fall for stable reading).
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/// This matches the IARU Region 1 Technical Recommendation R.1 for
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/// S-meter behaviour in professional receivers.
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///
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/// Note: these alphas are applied once per decimated *block*, not per
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/// sample, with block-rate correction (`1 − (1−α)^N`). The 50 ms
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/// attack gives ~3-frame settling at 30 Hz meter refresh — fast
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/// enough to follow signal changes, smooth enough to avoid jitter.
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fn smeter_alphas(channel_sample_rate: u32) -> (f32, f32) {
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if channel_sample_rate == 0 {
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return (0.3, 0.01);
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}
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let sr = channel_sample_rate as f32;
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let attack = (1.0 - (-1.0 / (sr * 0.002)).exp()).min(1.0); // τ = 2 ms
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let attack = (1.0 - (-1.0 / (sr * 0.050)).exp()).min(1.0); // τ = 50 ms
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let decay = (1.0 - (-1.0 / (sr * 0.300)).exp()).min(1.0); // τ = 300 ms
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(attack, decay)
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}
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