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Export the snapshot to a file to attach to a bug report

Use this page to save the JSON snapshot from the Slice Troubleshooting dialog to a file on disk so you can attach it to a support request or bug report.

Before you start

  • AetherSDR must be connected to a radio. The Slice Troubleshooting dialog requires an active radio connection.
  • Open the Slice Troubleshooting dialog via Help > Slice Troubleshooting... if it is not already open.

Steps

  1. Open the Slice Troubleshooting dialog: Help > Slice Troubleshooting...
  2. Click Refresh Snapshot to ensure the snapshot reflects current slice state.
  3. Click Export JSON....
  4. In the file save dialog that appears, choose a destination folder and filename, then confirm the save.
  5. Check the status label at the bottom of the dialog to confirm the export succeeded.
  6. Attach the saved file to your bug report or support ticket.

Tips

  • If you have made changes to slice settings since opening the dialog, click Refresh Snapshot again before exporting to capture the latest state.
  • If you only need to paste the snapshot into a web form or email rather than attach a file, use Copy JSON instead of Export JSON....
  • To share the detected problems in plain language rather than raw data, click Copy Summary to copy the issue summary tab content to the clipboard.
  • To search within the current tab, type a term into the Find: field. Click Find Next to jump to the next match. The status label shows the number of matches in the current tab.
  • The dialog remembers its window position and size. A future session will reuse those geometry settings.

What the Issue Summary includes

The Issue Summary tab displays a plain-language bullet list of detected problems. As of v26.8.4, the summary includes these sections:

  • Slices — lists each slice by index, frequency, mode, filter bandwidth, audio device, RX antenna, and mute state. Also includes the slice connection status showing connected and active slice IDs, and whether attention is required.
  • Panadapters — lists each panadapter by ID, center frequency, bandwidth, RF gain, preamp state, WNB active/inactive, and waterfall ID. When slice connection status data is available, it shows the connection state summary, connected slice IDs, and active slice IDs, with an (attention) marker if the radio indicates a problem.
  • Transverters — lists each transverter by name, frequency range, IF frequency, and validity.
  • DAX channels — lists each DAX channel by index, name, frequency, mode, and squelch level.
  • Audio endpoints — reports the operational and running state, sample rate, channel count, sample format, resampling status, buffer statistics, and underrun count for each audio endpoint. When available, audio endpoint details also include voice input normalization to 48 kHz, voice egress resampling to 24 kHz, and RADE resampling to 24 kHz flags.
  • Remote audio RX — reports the stream ID, whether a stream is expected, whether creation is pending, whether a status message has been seen, whether the stream is owned by this client, and the compression setting in use.
  • Remote audio route note — a free-text routing note that may indicate why a remote audio RX stream is not functioning as expected.
  • Client DSP snapshot — reports the NR2 noise reduction settings including AE filter, gain max, gain floor, gain smoothing, and QSPP. Also reports the NR4 noise reduction enabled state and noise estimation method.
  • TX meters — when TX meter data is not live, the summary includes a warning line indicating that TX forward power is the last received value rather than a current reading, and that TX SWR is omitted. The line includes the age of the last sample when known.

Each slice audio route section also now includes a Radio stream route line that reports the remote audio RX stream ID along with its expected, create-pending, remove-requested, status-seen, and owned-by-us flags. Review these lines first when diagnosing remote audio RX problems before contacting support.

Using Find within the dialog

The dialog includes a Find: field that searches the active tab (either Issue Summary or JSON):

  1. Click the tab you want to search (Issue Summary or JSON).
  2. Type a search term into the Find: field. The field has a placeholder "Search snapshot..." and a clear button.
  3. As you type, matching occurrences are highlighted and the status label shows the number of matches found in the current tab.
  4. Press Enter or click Find Next to jump to the next match. The search wraps within the current tab.
  5. Click the clear button in the Find: field to clear the search.

Troubleshooting

  • The status label shows no confirmation after clicking Export JSON... — You may have cancelled the file save dialog without choosing a location. Click Export JSON... again and confirm the save.
  • Export JSON... is unavailable — The dialog requires an active radio connection. Verify AetherSDR is connected to the radio before opening the dialog.
  • The remote audio RX fields all show placeholders — AetherSDR has not yet received a status message from the radio for that stream. Click Refresh Snapshot after the radio has had a moment to send stream status, then check the Issue Summary tab again.
  • Panadapter bullets show "Slice link state unavailable." — The radio did not provide slice connection status data for that panadapter. This may be normal for older firmware versions or during startup. Click Refresh Snapshot to try again.
  • The Issue Summary shows a warning that TX meters are not live — This indicates the radio is not currently providing fresh TX meter data. TX forward power shows the last received value rather than a current reading, and TX SWR is omitted rather than displayed stale. This warning is expected when the transmitter is inactive or during certain radio states.
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