diff --git a/plugins/samplesource/perseus/perseusthread.cpp b/plugins/samplesource/perseus/perseusthread.cpp
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+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright (C) 2018 Edouard Griffiths, F4EXB                                   //
+//                                                                               //
+// 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 as version 3 of the License, or                  //
+//                                                                               //
+// 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 V3 for more details.                               //
+//                                                                               //
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License             //
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.          //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include <QtGlobal>
+#include "perseusthread.h"
+
+void PerseusThread::run()
+{
+	m_running = true;
+	m_startWaiter.wakeAll();
+
+	int rc = perseus_start_async_input(m_dev, 6*1024, rx_callback, 0);
+
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		qCritical("PerseusThread::run: failed to start Perseus Rx: %s", perseus_errorstr());
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		while (m_running) {
+			sleep(1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	rc = perseus_stop_async_input(m_dev);
+
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		qCritical("PerseusThread::run: failed to stop Perseus Rx: %s", perseus_errorstr());
+	} else {
+		qDebug("PerseusThread::run: stopped Perseus Rx");
+	}
+
+	m_running = false;
+}
+
+void PerseusThread::callback(const uint8_t* buf, qint32 len)
+{
+
+}
+
+int PerseusThread::rx_callback(void *buf, int buf_size, void *extra)
+{
+	qint32 nbIAndQ = buf_size / 3; // 3 bytes per I or Q
+	m_this->callback((uint8_t*) buf, nbIAndQ);
+}
+
diff --git a/plugins/samplesource/perseus/perseusthread.h b/plugins/samplesource/perseus/perseusthread.h
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+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright (C) 2018 Edouard Griffiths, F4EXB                                   //
+//                                                                               //
+// 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 as version 3 of the License, or                  //
+//                                                                               //
+// 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 V3 for more details.                               //
+//                                                                               //
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License             //
+// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.          //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef PLUGINS_SAMPLESOURCE_PERSEUS_PERSEUSTHREAD_H_
+#define PLUGINS_SAMPLESOURCE_PERSEUS_PERSEUSTHREAD_H_
+
+#include <QThread>
+#include <QMutex>
+#include <QWaitCondition>
+#include "perseus-sdr.h"
+
+//#define PERSEUS_NBSAMPLES = 1024   // Number of I/Q samples in each callback from Perseus
+//#define PERSEUS_BLOCKSIZE = 6*PERSEUS_NBSAMPLES // Perseus sends 2*3 bytes samples
+
+class PerseusThread : public QThread {
+	Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+	PerseusThread(perseus_descr* dev, SampleSinkFifo* sampleFifo, QObject* parent = 0);
+	~PerseusThread();
+
+	void startWork();
+	void stopWork();
+	void setSamplerate(uint32_t samplerate);
+	void setLog2Decimation(unsigned int log2_decim);
+
+private:
+	QMutex m_startWaitMutex;
+	QWaitCondition m_startWaiter;
+	bool m_running;
+
+	perseus_descr* m_dev;
+	qint32 m_buf[2*1024];
+	SampleVector m_convertBuffer;
+	SampleSinkFifo* m_sampleFifo;
+
+	int m_samplerate;
+	unsigned int m_log2Decim;
+	static PerseusThread *m_this;
+
+	Decimators m_decimators;
+
+	void run();
+	void callback(const uint8_t* buf, qint32 len); // inner call back
+	static int rx_callback(void *buf, int buf_size, void *extra); // call back from Perseus
+};
+
+#endif /* PLUGINS_SAMPLESOURCE_PERSEUS_PERSEUSTHREAD_H_ */