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Ryan Malloy 23055f34ab Add alternative operating modes: spectrum, scan, monitor, lband, track
Firmware v3.02.0 adds three new vendor commands:
- 0xB7 SIGNAL_MONITOR: fast 8-byte combined signal read
- 0xB8 TUNE_MONITOR: tune + dwell + read in one round-trip
- 0xB9 MULTI_REG_READ: batch read up to 64 indirect registers

New tools/skywalker.py provides five modes that use the BCM4500's
AGC registers as a crude power detector across 950-2150 MHz IF,
even without demodulator lock:
- spectrum: sweep analyzer with ASCII/waterfall/matplotlib display
- scan: automated transponder scanner (sweep + peak detect + blind scan)
- monitor: real-time signal strength for dish alignment
- lband: direct input analyzer with L-band allocation annotations
- track: carrier/beacon tracker with CSV/JSON logging and drift detection

Extracts shared SkyWalker1 class and constants into skywalker_lib.py;
tune.py now imports from the shared library.
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docs Add consolidated master hardware/firmware reference 2026-02-12 11:55:01 -07:00
firmware Add alternative operating modes: spectrum, scan, monitor, lband, track 2026-02-12 17:29:00 -07:00
firmware-driver Extract firmware from official Genpix updater EXEs via Wine memory dump 2026-02-11 06:05:13 -07:00
firmware-dump Add Rev.2 v2.10.4 64K Ghidra image for 8051 analysis 2026-02-11 10:27:05 -07:00
site Add Starlight documentation site (32 pages, 9 sidebar groups) 2026-02-12 16:32:12 -07:00
tools Add alternative operating modes: spectrum, scan, monitor, lband, track 2026-02-12 17:29:00 -07:00
.gitignore Add Starlight documentation site (32 pages, 9 sidebar groups) 2026-02-12 16:32:12 -07:00
dvb-s2-investigation.md Add EEPROM flash tool, TS analyzer, DVB-S2 investigation, and tune.py bugfix 2026-02-11 14:46:20 -07:00
firmware-analysis-v206-vs-v213.md Correct DiSEqC analysis and add complete timing chain documentation 2026-02-11 11:11:54 -07:00
gp8psk-driver-analysis.md Add Linux gp8psk kernel driver analysis and firmware-driver correlation 2026-02-11 10:29:43 -07:00
gpif-streaming-analysis.md Add GPIF streaming path and kernel firmware format analyses 2026-02-11 12:18:09 -07:00
kernel-fw01-analysis.md Add GPIF streaming path and kernel firmware format analyses 2026-02-11 12:18:09 -07:00
rev2-deep-analysis.md Add comprehensive Rev.2 v2.10.4 firmware deep analysis 2026-02-11 12:15:05 -07:00
skywalker1-hardware-reference.md Add SkyWalker-1 tuning tool and consolidated hardware reference 2026-02-11 12:30:05 -07:00
tuning-protocol-analysis.md Add vendor command decode and tuning protocol deep analysis 2026-02-11 12:22:01 -07:00
vendor-commands-unknown.md Add vendor command decode and tuning protocol deep analysis 2026-02-11 12:22:01 -07:00