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28 step-by-step guides for the ATS Mini and this app, from the first USB connection to firmware recovery. Written for beginners, still useful for seasoned DXers.

Connection & basics

  • Connection & basics

    Connecting your ATS Mini: USB vs Bluetooth

    USB or Bluetooth LE, the one-time Ad hoc setting, supported browsers, and which connection to choose.

  • Connection & basics

    Reading the status panel

    What the live status feed shows, field by field: RSSI, SNR, BFO, calibration, battery and more.

Tuning

  • Tuning

    Bands & the band plan

    FM, shortwave meter bands, mediumwave, ham bands and CB: how the radio’s coverage is organised and how to switch.

  • Tuning

    Tuning: steps, direct entry & fast tune

    Type any frequency and the app drives the radio to it, with steps per mode, grid snapping, and fast tune on firmware 2.34+.

  • Tuning

    Reception modes: FM, AM, LSB & USB

    Choosing the right mode: AM for broadcast, LSB/USB for hams and utility, and how to catch Morse.

Signal & audio

  • Signal & audio

    Bandwidth & selectivity

    Trade audio quality against interference: the filter widths per mode and when to narrow down on a crowded band.

  • Signal & audio

    Gain: AGC, attenuator, AVC & soft mute

    Tame strong signals and lift weak ones with AGC, the RF attenuator, and the AVC and soft-mute menu settings.

  • Signal & audio

    Streaming the radio’s audio to your browser

    Hear the radio through your computer or phone: the cable, the browser permission, and when it is worth doing.

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Welcome to ATS Mini Controller

This web app connects to your ATS Mini radio over USB or Bluetooth LE and lets you control it directly from a computer or phone. It adds remote tuning, memory slot management, screenshot capture, audio streaming, spectrum scanning, theme editing and other features on top of the device's built-in firmware.

Firmware 2.34+: pick a connection method

Starting with firmware 2.34 the radio accepts remote control over USB or Bluetooth LE. Pick by what matters more for you: fast screenshots (USB) or clean audio from the radio’s 3.5 mm output (Bluetooth) — the two transports trade off in opposite directions.

  • USB Serial

    Settings USB Port change Off to Ad hoc

    Works in any Chromium-based browser. Requires a data-capable USB-C cable (opens in a new tab).

    Best for screenshots and theme work. Transfers complete in a second or two. Audio capture is noisy while the cable is connected — the radio lacks the filtering needed to isolate its 3.5 mm output from the USB power rail, so hum and switching noise bleed into the audio path.

  • Bluetooth LE

    Settings Bluetooth set mode to Ad hoc

    Chrome / Edge / Opera on desktop or Android. BLE is experimental in firmware 2.34.

    Best for clean audio. Bluetooth LE carries the remote control only, never sound: the audio still travels by cable from the radio’s 3.5 mm output to your computer. With no USB cable attached the radio runs on its battery, so that output stays free of the USB power-rail noise that bleeds through on a wired connection. Screenshots are much slower (~30 s) because of the firmware's BLE throughput cap.

More than one firmware

Besides the official firmware, the app carries profiles for the Monster fork and for H. J. Berndt's firmware. It works out which one your radio runs from the replies it gets, so there is nothing to pick. When nothing matches, it says so instead of guessing.

  • Berndt firmware is never assumed. It reuses some of the official firmware's keys and what they do there is not established, so the app asks you before switching to it.
  • Missing controls are deliberate. Whatever a firmware cannot do is left off the page rather than greyed out, and on Berndt firmware, commands go out one at a time, a few seconds apart.
How the app handles other firmwares (opens in a new tab)
Guides & gear (opens in a new tab)Firmware on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

Keyboard shortcuts

Single keys control the radio on the Controller page, except while you type in a field.

←→
Tune one step
↑↓
Volume up / down
Enter
OK
BN
Next / previous band
MV
Next / previous mode
SA
Next / previous step
WQ
Next / previous bandwidth
GF
AGC up / down
LK
Backlight up / down
IU
Calibration up / down
OP
Sleep on / off
T
Toggle status log
C
Screenshot
H
Log reception
D
Cockpit view
⌘K
Search pages & stations