From 57ef481004abb303dd533e3043e34b3b53167329 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Franke Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 20:24:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] First steps toward 2-pass decoder that attempts to subtract strong signals. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/wsjt/wsjt/branches/wsjtx@5611 ab8295b8-cf94-4d9e-aec4-7959e3be5d79 --- lib/wsprd/wsprd_exp.c | 1026 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 1026 insertions(+) create mode 100644 lib/wsprd/wsprd_exp.c diff --git a/lib/wsprd/wsprd_exp.c b/lib/wsprd/wsprd_exp.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000..02fb3e10b --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/wsprd/wsprd_exp.c @@ -0,0 +1,1026 @@ +/* + This file is part of program wsprd, a detector/demodulator/decoder + for the Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR) mode. + + File name: wsprd.c + + Copyright 2001-2015, Joe Taylor, K1JT + + Much of the present code is based on work by Steven Franke, K9AN, + which in turn was based on earlier work by K1JT. + + Copyright 2014-2015, Steven Franke, K9AN + + License: GNU GPL v3 + + This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program. If not, see . + */ + +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include + +#include "fano.h" +#include "nhash.h" +#include "wsprd_utils.h" +#include "wsprsim_utils.h" + +#define max(x,y) ((x) > (y) ? (x) : (y)) +// Possible PATIENCE options: FFTW_ESTIMATE, FFTW_ESTIMATE_PATIENT, +// FFTW_MEASURE, FFTW_PATIENT, FFTW_EXHAUSTIVE +#define PATIENCE FFTW_ESTIMATE +fftw_plan PLAN1,PLAN2,PLAN3; + +unsigned char pr3[162]= +{1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,0, + 0,1,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,1, + 0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,1, + 1,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,1, + 0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0, + 0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,1, + 0,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,1, + 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,0, + 0,0}; + +unsigned long nr; + +int printdata=0; + +//*************************************************************************** +unsigned long readc2file(char *ptr_to_infile, double *idat, double *qdat, + double *freq, int *wspr_type) +{ + float buffer[2*65536]; + double dfreq; + int i,ntrmin; + char *c2file[15]; + FILE* fp; + + fp = fopen(ptr_to_infile,"rb"); + if (fp == NULL) { + fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open data file '%s'\n", ptr_to_infile); + return 1; + } + unsigned long nread=fread(c2file,sizeof(char),14,fp); + nread=fread(&ntrmin,sizeof(int),1,fp); + nread=fread(&dfreq,sizeof(double),1,fp); + *freq=dfreq; + nread=fread(buffer,sizeof(float),2*45000,fp); + + *wspr_type=ntrmin; + + for(i=0; i<45000; i++) { + idat[i]=buffer[2*i]; + qdat[i]=-buffer[2*i+1]; + } + + if( nread == 2*45000 ) { + return nread/2; + } else { + return 1; + } +} + +//*************************************************************************** +unsigned long readwavfile(char *ptr_to_infile, int ntrmin, double *idat, double *qdat ) +{ + unsigned long i, j, npoints; + int nfft1, nfft2, nh2, i0; + double df; + + nfft2=46080; //this is the number of downsampled points that will be returned + nh2=nfft2/2; + + if( ntrmin == 2 ) { + nfft1=nfft2*32; //need to downsample by a factor of 32 + df=12000.0/nfft1; + i0=1500.0/df+0.5; + npoints=114*12000; + } else if ( ntrmin == 15 ) { + nfft1=nfft2*8*32; + df=12000.0/nfft1; + i0=(1500.0+112.5)/df+0.5; + npoints=8*114*12000; + } else { + fprintf(stderr,"This should not happen\n"); + return 1; + } + + double *realin; + fftw_complex *fftin, *fftout; + + FILE *fp; + short int *buf2; + buf2 = malloc(npoints*sizeof(short int)); + + fp = fopen(ptr_to_infile,"rb"); + if (fp == NULL) { + fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open data file '%s'\n", ptr_to_infile); + return 1; + } + nr=fread(buf2,2,22,fp); //Read and ignore header + nr=fread(buf2,2,npoints,fp); //Read raw data + fclose(fp); + + realin=(double*) fftw_malloc(sizeof(double)*nfft1); + fftout=(fftw_complex*) fftw_malloc(sizeof(fftw_complex)*nfft1); + PLAN1 = fftw_plan_dft_r2c_1d(nfft1, realin, fftout, PATIENCE); + + for (i=0; inh2 ) j=j-nfft2; + fftin[i][0]=fftout[j][0]; + fftin[i][1]=fftout[j][1]; + } + + fftw_free(fftout); + fftout=(fftw_complex*) fftw_malloc(sizeof(fftw_complex)*nfft2); + PLAN2 = fftw_plan_dft_1d(nfft2, fftin, fftout, FFTW_BACKWARD, PATIENCE); + fftw_execute(PLAN2); + + for (i=0; i0) & (k syncmax ) { //Save best parameters + syncmax=ss/totp; + best_shift=lag; + fbest=f0; + } + } // lag loop + } //freq loop + + if( mode <=1 ) { //Send best params back to caller + *sync=syncmax; + *shift1=best_shift; + *f1=fbest; + return; + } + + if( mode == 2 ) { + *sync=syncmax; + for (i=0; i<162; i++) { //Normalize the soft symbols + fsum=fsum+fsymb[i]/162.0; + f2sum=f2sum+fsymb[i]*fsymb[i]/162.0; + } + fac=sqrt(f2sum-fsum*fsum); + for (i=0; i<162; i++) { + fsymb[i]=symfac*fsymb[i]/fac; + if( fsymb[i] > 127) fsymb[i]=127.0; + if( fsymb[i] < -128 ) fsymb[i]=-128.0; + symbols[i]=fsymb[i] + 128; + } + return; + } + return; +} +//*************************************************************************** +void subtract_signal(double *id, double *qd, long np, + float f0, int shift0, float drift0, unsigned char* channel_symbols) +{ + float dt=1.0/375.0, df=375.0/256.0; + int i, j, k; + double pi=4.*atan(1.0),twopidt, fp; + + double i0[162],q0[162]; + double c0[256],s0[256]; + double dphi, cdphi, sdphi; + + twopidt=2*pi*dt; + + printf("subtract_signal f0: %f shift0: %d drift0: %f\n",f0,shift0,drift0); + for (i=0; i<162; i++) { + fp = f0 + ((float)drift0/2.0)*((float)i-81.0)/81.0; + + dphi=twopidt*(fp+((float)channel_symbols[i]-1.5)*df); + cdphi=cos(dphi); + sdphi=sin(dphi); + + c0[0]=1; s0[0]=0; + + for (j=1; j<256; j++) { + c0[j]=c0[j-1]*cdphi - s0[j-1]*sdphi; + s0[j]=c0[j-1]*sdphi + s0[j-1]*cdphi; + } + + i0[i]=0.0; q0[i]=0.0; + + for (j=0; j<256; j++) { + k=shift0+i*256+j; + if( (k>0) & (k path to writeable data files, default=\".\"\n"); + printf(" -e x (x is transceiver dial frequency error in Hz)\n"); + printf(" -f x (x is transceiver dial frequency in MHz)\n"); + // blanking is not yet implemented. The options are accepted for compatibility + // with development version of wsprd. + // printf(" -t n (n is blanking duration in milliseconds)\n"); + // printf(" -b n (n is pct of time that is blanked)\n"); + printf(" -H do not use (or update) the hash table\n"); + printf(" -m decode wspr-15 .wav file\n"); + printf(" -n write noise estimates to file noise.dat\n"); + printf(" -q quick mode - doesn't dig deep for weak signals\n"); + printf(" -s slow mode - much slower, yields a few more decodes\n"); + printf(" -v verbose mode\n"); + printf(" -w wideband mode - decode signals within +/- 150 Hz of center\n"); + printf(" -z x (x is fano metric table bias, default is 0.42)\n"); +} + +//*************************************************************************** +int main(int argc, char *argv[]) +{ + extern char *optarg; + extern int optind; + int i,j,k; + unsigned char *symbols, *decdata; + signed char message[]={-9,13,-35,123,57,-39,64,0,0,0,0}; + char *callsign,*grid,*grid6, *call_loc_pow, *cdbm; + char *ptr_to_infile,*ptr_to_infile_suffix; + char *data_dir=NULL; + char wisdom_fname[200],all_fname[200],spots_fname[200]; + char timer_fname[200],hash_fname[200]; + char uttime[5],date[7]; + int c,delta,maxpts=65536,verbose=0,quickmode=0,writenoise=0,usehashtable=1,wspr_type=2; + int shift1, lagmin, lagmax, lagstep, worth_a_try, not_decoded; + unsigned int nbits; + unsigned int npoints, metric, maxcycles, cycles, maxnp; + float df=375.0/256.0/2; + float freq0[200],snr0[200],drift0[200],sync0[200]; + int shift0[200]; + float dt=1.0/375.0, dt_print; + double dialfreq_cmdline=0.0, dialfreq, freq_print; + float dialfreq_error=0.0; + float fmin=-110, fmax=110; + float f1, fstep, sync1, drift1, tblank=0, fblank=0; + double *idat, *qdat; + clock_t t0,t00; + double tfano=0.0,treadwav=0.0,tcandidates=0.0,tsync0=0.0; + double tsync1=0.0,tsync2=0.0,ttotal=0.0; + + // Parameters used for performance-tuning: + maxcycles=10000; //Fano timeout limit + double minsync1=0.10; //First sync limit + double minsync2=0.12; //Second sync limit + int iifac=3; //Step size in final DT peakup + int symfac=50; //Soft-symbol normalizing factor + int maxdrift=4; //Maximum (+/-) drift + double minrms=52.0 * (symfac/64.0); //Final test for plausible decoding + delta=60; //Fano threshold step + + t00=clock(); + fftw_complex *fftin, *fftout; +#include "./metric_tables.c" + + int mettab[2][256]; + float bias=0.42; + + idat=malloc(sizeof(double)*maxpts); + qdat=malloc(sizeof(double)*maxpts); + + while ( (c = getopt(argc, argv, "a:b:e:f:Hmnqst:wvz:")) !=-1 ) { + switch (c) { + case 'a': + data_dir = optarg; + break; + case 'b': + fblank = strtof(optarg,NULL); + break; + case 'e': + dialfreq_error = strtof(optarg,NULL); // units of Hz + // dialfreq_error = dial reading - actual, correct frequency + break; + case 'f': + dialfreq_cmdline = strtod(optarg,NULL); // units of MHz + break; + case 'H': + usehashtable = 0; + break; + case 'm': + wspr_type = 15; + break; + case 'n': + writenoise = 1; + break; + case 'q': + quickmode = 1; + break; + case 's': + maxcycles=20000; + iifac=1; + break; + case 't': + tblank = strtof(optarg,NULL); + break; + case 'v': + verbose = 1; + break; + case 'w': + fmin=-150.0; + fmax=150.0; + break; + case 'z': + bias=strtof(optarg,NULL); //fano metric bias (default is 0.42) + break; + case '?': + usage(); + return 1; + } + } + + if( optind+1 > argc) { + usage(); + return 1; + } else { + ptr_to_infile=argv[optind]; + } + + // setup metric table + for(i=0; i<256; i++) { + mettab[0][i]=round( 10*(metric_tables[2][i]-bias) ); + mettab[1][i]=round( 10*(metric_tables[2][255-i]-bias) ); + } + + FILE *fp_fftw_wisdom_file, *fall_wspr, *fwsprd, *fhash, *ftimer; + strcpy(wisdom_fname,"."); + strcpy(all_fname,"."); + strcpy(spots_fname,"."); + strcpy(timer_fname,"."); + strcpy(hash_fname,"."); + if(data_dir != NULL) { + strcpy(wisdom_fname,data_dir); + strcpy(all_fname,data_dir); + strcpy(spots_fname,data_dir); + strcpy(timer_fname,data_dir); + strcpy(hash_fname,data_dir); + } + strncat(wisdom_fname,"/wspr_wisdom.dat",20); + strncat(all_fname,"/ALL_WSPR.TXT",20); + strncat(spots_fname,"/wspr_spots.txt",20); + strncat(timer_fname,"/wspr_timer.out",20); + strncat(hash_fname,"/hashtable.txt",20); + if ((fp_fftw_wisdom_file = fopen(wisdom_fname, "r"))) { //Open FFTW wisdom + fftw_import_wisdom_from_file(fp_fftw_wisdom_file); + fclose(fp_fftw_wisdom_file); + } + + fall_wspr=fopen(all_fname,"a"); + fwsprd=fopen(spots_fname,"w"); + // FILE *fdiag; + // fdiag=fopen("wsprd_diag","a"); + + if((ftimer=fopen(timer_fname,"r"))) { + //Accumulate timing data + nr=fscanf(ftimer,"%lf %lf %lf %lf %lf %lf %lf", + &treadwav,&tcandidates,&tsync0,&tsync1,&tsync2,&tfano,&ttotal); + fclose(ftimer); + } + ftimer=fopen(timer_fname,"w"); + + if( strstr(ptr_to_infile,".wav") ) { + ptr_to_infile_suffix=strstr(ptr_to_infile,".wav"); + + t0 = clock(); + npoints=readwavfile(ptr_to_infile, wspr_type, idat, qdat); + treadwav += (double)(clock()-t0)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC; + + if( npoints == 1 ) { + return 1; + } + dialfreq=dialfreq_cmdline - (dialfreq_error*1.0e-06); + } else if ( strstr(ptr_to_infile,".c2") !=0 ) { + ptr_to_infile_suffix=strstr(ptr_to_infile,".c2"); + npoints=readc2file(ptr_to_infile, idat, qdat, &dialfreq, &wspr_type); + if( npoints == 1 ) { + return 1; + } + dialfreq -= (dialfreq_error*1.0e-06); + } else { + printf("Error: Failed to open %s\n",ptr_to_infile); + printf("WSPR file must have suffix .wav or .c2\n"); + return 1; + } + + // Parse date and time from given filename + strncpy(date,ptr_to_infile_suffix-11,6); + strncpy(uttime,ptr_to_infile_suffix-4,4); + date[6]='\0'; + uttime[4]='\0'; + + // Do windowed ffts over 2 symbols, stepped by half symbols + int nffts=4*floor(npoints/512)-1; + fftin=(fftw_complex*) fftw_malloc(sizeof(fftw_complex)*512); + fftout=(fftw_complex*) fftw_malloc(sizeof(fftw_complex)*512); + PLAN3 = fftw_plan_dft_1d(512, fftin, fftout, FFTW_FORWARD, PATIENCE); + + float ps[512][nffts]; + float w[512]; + for(i=0; i<512; i++) { + w[i]=sin(0.006147931*i); + } + + memset(ps,0.0, sizeof(float)*512*nffts); + for (i=0; i511 ) + k=k-512; + ps[j][i]=fftout[k][0]*fftout[k][0]+fftout[k][1]*fftout[k][1]; + } + } + + fftw_free(fftin); + fftw_free(fftout); + + // Compute average spectrum + float psavg[512]; + memset(psavg,0.0, sizeof(float)*512); + for (i=0; ismspec[j-1]) && (smspec[j]>smspec[j+1]) && (npk<200)) { + freq0[npk]=(j-205)*df; + snr0[npk]=10*log10(smspec[j])-snr_scaling_factor; + npk++; + } + } + + // Compute corrected fmin, fmax, accounting for dial frequency error + fmin += dialfreq_error; // dialfreq_error is in units of Hz + fmax += dialfreq_error; + + // Don't waste time on signals outside of the range [fmin,fmax]. + i=0; + for( j=0; j= fmin && freq0[j] <= fmax ) { + freq0[i]=freq0[j]; + snr0[i]=snr0[j]; + i++; + } + } + npk=i; + + t0=clock(); + /* Make coarse estimates of shift (DT), freq, and drift + + * Look for time offsets up to +/- 8 symbols (about +/- 5.4 s) relative + to nominal start time, which is 2 seconds into the file + + * Calculates shift relative to the beginning of the file + + * Negative shifts mean that signal started before start of file + + * The program prints DT = shift-2 s + + * Shifts that cause sync vector to fall off of either end of the data + vector are accommodated by "partial decoding", such that missing + symbols produce a soft-decision symbol value of 128 + + * The frequency drift model is linear, deviation of +/- drift/2 over the + span of 162 symbols, with deviation equal to 0 at the center of the + signal vector. + */ + + int idrift,ifr,if0,ifd,k0; + int kindex; + float smax,ss,pow,p0,p1,p2,p3; + for(j=0; j smax ) { //Save coarse parameters + smax=sync1; + shift0[j]=128*(k0+1); + drift0[j]=idrift; + freq0[j]=(ifr-256)*df; + sync0[j]=sync1; + } + } + } + } + } + tcandidates += (double)(clock()-t0)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC; + + nbits=81; + symbols=malloc(sizeof(char)*nbits*2); + memset(symbols,0,sizeof(char)*nbits*2); + decdata=malloc((nbits+7)/8); + grid=malloc(sizeof(char)*5); + grid6=malloc(sizeof(char)*7); + callsign=malloc(sizeof(char)*13); + call_loc_pow=malloc(sizeof(char)*23); + cdbm=malloc(sizeof(char)*3); + float allfreqs[npk]; + memset(allfreqs,0,sizeof(float)*npk); + char allcalls[npk][13]; + memset(allcalls,0,sizeof(char)*npk*13); + memset(grid,0,sizeof(char)*5); + memset(grid6,0,sizeof(char)*7); + memset(callsign,0,sizeof(char)*13); + memset(call_loc_pow,0,sizeof(char)*23); + memset(cdbm,0,sizeof(char)*3); + char hashtab[32768][13]; + memset(hashtab,0,sizeof(char)*32768*13); + int nh; + + if( usehashtable ) { + char line[80], hcall[12]; + if( (fhash=fopen(hash_fname,"r+")) ) { + while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fhash) != NULL) { + sscanf(line,"%d %s",&nh,hcall); + strcpy(*hashtab+nh*13,hcall); + } + } else { + fhash=fopen(hash_fname,"w+"); + } + fclose(fhash); + } + + int uniques=0, noprint=0; + /* + Refine the estimates of freq, shift using sync as a metric. + Sync is calculated such that it is a float taking values in the range + [0.0,1.0]. + + Function sync_and_demodulate has three modes of operation + mode is the last argument: + + 0 = no frequency or drift search. find best time lag. + 1 = no time lag or drift search. find best frequency. + 2 = no frequency or time lag search. Calculate soft-decision + symbols using passed frequency and shift. + + NB: best possibility for OpenMP may be here: several worker threads + could each work on one candidate at a time. + */ + + for (j=0; j minsync1 ) { + worth_a_try = 1; + } else { + worth_a_try = 0; + } + + int idt=0, ii=0, jiggered_shift; + double y,sq,rms; + not_decoded=1; + + while ( worth_a_try && not_decoded && idt<=(128/iifac)) { + ii=(idt+1)/2; + if( idt%2 == 1 ) ii=-ii; + ii=iifac*ii; + jiggered_shift=shift1+ii; + + // Use mode 2 to get soft-decision symbols + t0 = clock(); + sync_and_demodulate(idat, qdat, npoints, symbols, &f1, fstep, + &jiggered_shift, lagmin, lagmax, lagstep, &drift1, symfac, + &sync1, 2); + tsync2 += (double)(clock()-t0)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC; + + sq=0.0; + for(i=0; i<162; i++) { + y=(double)symbols[i] - 128.0; + sq += y*y; + } + rms=sqrt(sq/162.0); + + if((sync1 > minsync2) && (rms > minrms)) { + deinterleave(symbols); + t0 = clock(); + not_decoded = fano(&metric,&cycles,&maxnp,decdata,symbols,nbits, + mettab,delta,maxcycles); + tfano += (double)(clock()-t0)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC; + + /* ### Used for timing tests: + if(not_decoded) fprintf(fdiag, + "%6s %4s %4.1f %3.0f %4.1f %10.7f %-18s %2d %5u %4d %6.1f %2d\n", + date,uttime,sync1*10,snr0[j], shift1*dt-2.0, dialfreq+(1500+f1)/1e6, + "@ ", (int)drift1, cycles/81, ii, rms, maxnp); + */ + } + idt++; + if( quickmode ) break; + } + + if( worth_a_try && !not_decoded ) { + for(i=0; i<11; i++) { + if( decdata[i]>127 ) { + message[i]=decdata[i]-256; + } else { + message[i]=decdata[i]; + } + } + + // Unpack the decoded message, update the hashtable, apply + // sanity checks on grid and power, and return + // call_loc_pow string and also callsign (for de-duping). + noprint=unpk_(message,hashtab,call_loc_pow,callsign); + + unsigned char channel_symbols[162]; + get_wspr_channel_symbols(call_loc_pow, channel_symbols); + + subtract_signal(idat, qdat, npoints, f1, shift1, drift1, channel_symbols); + + // Remove dupes (same callsign and freq within 1 Hz) + int dupe=0; + for (i=0; i\n"); + + if ((fp_fftw_wisdom_file = fopen(wisdom_fname, "w"))) { + fftw_export_wisdom_to_file(fp_fftw_wisdom_file); + fclose(fp_fftw_wisdom_file); + } + + ttotal += (double)(clock()-t00)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC; + + fprintf(ftimer,"%7.2f %7.2f %7.2f %7.2f %7.2f %7.2f %7.2f\n\n", + treadwav,tcandidates,tsync0,tsync1,tsync2,tfano,ttotal); + + fprintf(ftimer,"Code segment Seconds Frac\n"); + fprintf(ftimer,"-----------------------------------\n"); + fprintf(ftimer,"readwavfile %7.2f %7.2f\n",treadwav,treadwav/ttotal); + fprintf(ftimer,"Coarse DT f0 f1 %7.2f %7.2f\n",tcandidates, + tcandidates/ttotal); + fprintf(ftimer,"sync_and_demod(0) %7.2f %7.2f\n",tsync0,tsync0/ttotal); + fprintf(ftimer,"sync_and_demod(1) %7.2f %7.2f\n",tsync1,tsync1/ttotal); + fprintf(ftimer,"sync_and_demod(2) %7.2f %7.2f\n",tsync2,tsync2/ttotal); + fprintf(ftimer,"Fano decoder %7.2f %7.2f\n",tfano,tfano/ttotal); + fprintf(ftimer,"-----------------------------------\n"); + fprintf(ftimer,"Total %7.2f %7.2f\n",ttotal,1.0); + + fclose(fall_wspr); + fclose(fwsprd); + // fclose(fdiag); + fclose(ftimer); + fftw_destroy_plan(PLAN1); + fftw_destroy_plan(PLAN2); + fftw_destroy_plan(PLAN3); + + if( usehashtable ) { + fhash=fopen(hash_fname,"w"); + for (i=0; i<32768; i++) { + if( strncmp(hashtab[i],"\0",1) != 0 ) { + fprintf(fhash,"%5d %s\n",i,*hashtab+i*13); + } + } + fclose(fhash); + } + + char c2filename[15]; + double carrierfreq=10.1387; + int wsprtype=2; + strcpy(c2filename,"000000_0001.c2"); + printf("Writing %s\n",c2filename); + writec2file(c2filename, wsprtype, carrierfreq, idat, qdat); + + if(fblank+tblank+writenoise == 999) return -1; //Silence compiler warning + return 0; +}