Install Python 3 if you do not already have it. No libraries should be required (depends on json and os).
Download awacs-radios-profiles.py to a folder of your choosing. You may also choose to download the example profile as reference.
You can run the Python program to select a profile, then a .json to apply it to. By default, it searches for profiles in the same folder as itself, and a .json to write to in C:\Program Files\DCS-SimpleRadio-Standalone (the default install location for SRS).
Profiles are .json files with three sections:
- Comments: soley for the user's information. The program completey ignores this section
- radios: radio settings (things like name, default frequency, modulation, and tuneable range)
- channels: channels (name, frequency, and modulation)
The radios section contains a list of 10 items, with each item being a radio. The first item is for Radio 1, the next Radio 2, and so on (radios are numbered left to right, top to bottom, same as in SRS). Each radio has:
name: can be any string. Names that are too long will be truncated to fit in the overlay by SRS.modulation: string. Can be either AM or FM.band: string. Controls the tuneable frequency range.HF: 1 to 100 MHz (inclusive)VHF: 100 to 200 MHz (inclusive)UHF: 200 to 400 MHz (inclusive)all: 1 to 400 MHz (inclusive)
default-freq: int, float, or string. Defines the frequency the radio is tuned to when the overlay is first opened.channels: list of strings. Assigns channels to radio.- arbitrary string: assignes the channel of that name to the radio.
- all: stands in for a list of every channel, in the order of the channels section
- HF, VHF, and UHF stand in for a list of all channels that have a frequency in that range (frequency ranges are same as band settings, see above)
Can be a number (int or float) or a channel name (string). If it is a number, the radio's default frequency will be that number (MHz). If it is a string, the radio's default frequency will be the frequency of the channel with that name. For example: 251 or 251.0 will set the radio's default frequency to 251 MHz. "Channel 1" will set the radio's default frequency to the frequency of Channel 1.
The program goes through this list item by item, adding each item to the list of channels for that radio. You can create a list of channels for a radio by putting each channel's name as an item in the list. For example: "Channel 1", "Channel 2", "Channel 3" will cause the radio to have those channels in that order.
Some shortcut strings to make life easier:
| keyword | function |
|---|---|
all |
all channels |
HF |
all channels with frequency between 1 and 100 MHz |
VHF |
all channels with frequency between 100 and 200 MHz |
UHF |
all channels with frequency between 200 and 400 MHz |
Keywords add channels in the order they're listed in the channels section.
Multiple keywords can also be used. For example, the list ["UHF", "VHF", "HF"] will cause the radio to have all UHF channels, then all VHF channels, then all HF channels, listed in that order.
The program will only add channels with the same modulation as the radio. You cannot hear or talk to someone using a different modulation than you.
SRS stores settings for the AWACS overlay in awacs-radios.json, located in the SRS installation location (C:\Program Files\DCS-SimpleRadio-Standalone is the default). Channels are stored as .txt files in the same directory.
This program edits awacs-radios.json and replaces .txt files in the SRS folder to match a selected profile. Profiles dictate radio names, default frequencies, tuneable frequency range, radio modulation (AM or FM), and radio channels.