Screenshots & the gallery

The app can grab the radio’s display and show it in the browser, handy for keeping a record of band conditions, settings, or an interesting screen.

Taking a screenshot

Press the screenshot button (or the C key) and the radio’s current screen appears in the app. Over USB this takes a second or two. Over Bluetooth it is much slower, around half a minute, because of how much data the wireless link can carry.

On official firmware 2.41 or newer the radio sends the picture in a more compact form, half as much data for the same image, so captures finish sooner, most noticeably over Bluetooth. There is nothing to switch on: the app picks the compact form from the firmware version the radio reports.

Auto-screenshot

Turn on Auto screenshot and the app captures the display after you change a setting, so the on-screen mirror stays in sync without you asking. For a multi-step change, say hopping several bands, it takes a single capture once the radio settles, rather than one per step.

With official firmware 2.41 or newer connected over USB, it is already on when the radio connects, because a capture there is quick, and the first screenshot is taken as soon as the radio reports in, without waiting for your first change. Over Bluetooth, or with older firmware, it starts off. Switching it off yourself holds until you disconnect.

The gallery

Captured screens collect in a session gallery of thumbnails, each with a timestamp; open any of them to view it full size and save it as an image file. The gallery keeps your most recent shots.

A couple of gotchas

• A screenshot won’t work while the radio’s screen is asleep, so wake it first. See Power management.
• Over Bluetooth, don’t fire many captures in quick succession; give each one time to finish.