Web App to control SDS100 and share a Scan Session!
Hi, greetings from Argentina. I've been a radio enthusiast since I was a kid and, like many of you here, I've been using the SDS100 for years with software on my PC.
A while back I started developing ScanSDS (scansds.online), a web app to control and monitor the SDS100 directly from the browser, with nothing to install. The idea came from a personal need: being able to run the scanner from any computer, without depending on Windows, and also access it remotely when I'm not physically next to the unit.
Some of what the platform does today:
- Full scanner control over USB from the browser, using Chrome's Web Serial API (volume, squelch, hold, scan, avoid, direct entry — everything you'd expect from the physical panel).
- Remote sessions: share your scanner with a 6-character code and different access levels, from "listen only" to full control — great if you want someone to follow the scanner without touching anything, or to run it yourself from your phone when you're away. Remote clients can join even from Safari on iPhone or iPad, no install needed.
- Live audio and display streamed in real time to anyone who joins the session.
- Favorites editor with a System → Department → Channel tree, real-time search, cloud backup, and direct write-back to the scanner's SD card.
- Activity log with filters, grouping, and CSV export.
- Auto Scan: sweeps a frequency range on its own, stops on active frequencies, and logs every hit.
- Several visual presets (including a night vision mode and an amber CRT one, for those of us who miss old-school displays).
- Bilingual tutorial (English/Spanish) to get started without hassle.
For the host (the PC connected to the scanner), you'll need Chrome, Edge, or Opera — the browsers that support Web Serial. Remote clients can join from any modern browser.
I'd like to invite everyone to try it free for 3 days, just by signing in with your Google account, no payment method required. After the trial it's $5/month if you want to keep going — cancel anytime.
Any comments, suggestions, or bugs you find are welcome. Feedback from people who actually use the SDS100 day to day is invaluable. Thanks in advance for your interest and for giving it a try.
www.scansds.online
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