Tool Documentation:
multimon-ng Usage Example
Take raw input from rtl_fm (-t raw
), add the POCSAG512, POCSAG1200, POCSAG2400, and SCOPE modules (-a POCSAG512 -a POCSAG1200 -a POCSAG2400 -a SCOPE
), decode in alpha mode (-f alpha
), reading from stdin (/dev/stdin
):
root@kali:~# rtl_fm -f 149.614M -s 22050 -p -19 | multimon-ng -t raw -a POCSAG512 -a POCSAG1200 -a POCSAG2400 -a SCOPE -f alpha /dev/stdin
multimon-ng (C) 1996/1997 by Tom Sailer HB9JNX/AE4WA
(C) 2012/2013 by Elias Oenal
available demodulators: POCSAG512 POCSAG1200 POCSAG2400 EAS UFSK1200 CLIPFSK AFSK1200 AFSK2400 AFSK2400_2 AFSK2400_3 HAPN4800 FSK9600 DTMF ZVEI1 ZVEI2 ZVEI3 DZVEI PZVEI EEA EIA CCIR SCOPE
Enabled demodulators: POCSAG512 POCSAG1200 POCSAG2400 SCOPE
Found 1 device(s):
0: Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN: 00000001
Using device 0: ezcap USB 2.0 DVB-T/DAB/FM dongle
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Oversampling input by: 46x.
Oversampling output by: 1x.
Buffer size: 8.08ms
Tuned to 149867575 Hz.
Sampling at 1014300 Hz.
Output at 22050 Hz.
Exact sample rate is: 1014300.020041 Hz
Tuner gain set to automatic.
Packages and Binaries:
multimon-ng
The successor to multimon, with support for more modes and improved compatibility with moderns systems. It decodes the following digital transmission modes commonly found on VHF/UHF bands:
POCSAG512 POCSAG1200 POCSAG2400 FLEX EAS UFSK1200 CLIPFSK AFSK1200 AFSK2400 AFSK2400_2 AFSK2400_3 HAPN4800 FSK9600 DTMF ZVEI1 ZVEI2 ZVEI3 DZVEI PZVEI EEA EIA CCIR MORSE CW X10
Multiple decoders can run concurrently on the same signal, which is provided via a file or a pipe. Common setups are: a radio connected via a sound card (may require modifications to the radio); samples provided via a GNU Radio sink or the UDP audio stream in gqrx (via netcat and sox).
Installed size: 138 KB
How to install: sudo apt install multimon-ng
Dependencies:
- libc6
- libpulse0
- libx11-6
multimon-ng
Program to decode radio transmissions
root@kali:~# multimon-ng --help
multimon-ng: unrecognized option '--help'
multimon-ng 1.3.0
(C) 1996/1997 by Tom Sailer HB9JNX/AE4WA
(C) 2012-2023 by Elias Oenal
Available demodulators: POCSAG512 POCSAG1200 POCSAG2400 FLEX FLEX_NEXT EAS UFSK1200 CLIPFSK FMSFSK AFSK1200 AFSK2400 AFSK2400_2 AFSK2400_3 HAPN4800 FSK9600 DTMF ZVEI1 ZVEI2 ZVEI3 DZVEI PZVEI EEA EIA CCIR MORSE_CW DUMPCSV X10 SCOPE
Usage: multimon-ng [file] [file] [file] ...
If no [file] is given, input will be read from your default sound
hardware. A filename of "-" denotes standard input.
-t <type> : Input file type (any other type than raw requires sox)
-a <demod> : Add demodulator
-s <demod> : Subtract demodulator
-c : Remove all demodulators (must be added with -a <demod>)
-q : Quiet
-v <level> : Level of verbosity (e.g. '-v 3')
For POCSAG and MORSE_CW '-v1' prints decoding statistics.
-h : This help
-A : APRS mode (TNC2 text output)
-m : Mute SoX warnings
-r : Call SoX in repeatable mode (e.g. fixed random seed for dithering)
-n : Don't flush stdout, increases performance.
-j : FMS: Just output hex data and CRC, no parsing.
-e : POCSAG: Hide empty messages.
-u : POCSAG: Heuristically prune unlikely decodes.
-i : POCSAG: Inverts the input samples. Try this if decoding fails.
-p : POCSAG: Show partially received messages.
-f <mode> : POCSAG: Overrides standards and forces decoding of data as <mode>
(<mode> can be 'numeric', 'alpha', 'skyper' or 'auto')
-b <level> : POCSAG: BCH bit error correction level. Set 0 to disable, default is 2.
Lower levels increase performance and lower false positives.
-C <cs> : POCSAG: Set Charset.
-o : CW: Set threshold for dit detection (default: 500)
-d : CW: Dit length in ms (default: 50)
-g : CW: Gap length in ms (default: 50)
-x : CW: Disable auto threshold detection
-y : CW: Disable auto timing detection
--timestamp: Add a time stamp in front of every printed line
--label : Add a label to the front of every printed line
Raw input requires one channel, 16 bit, signed integer (platform-native)
samples at the demodulator's input sampling rate, which is
usually 22050 Hz. Raw input is assumed and required if piped input is used.
Updated on: 2024-Mar-11