Clay, See my notes inline below.
Eric On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:01 AM, Clay W7CE <[email protected]> wrote: > -snip- > > 1. When I added the 125cm transverter to the transverter menu and UCB > form, I was getting all "0's" output on the I2C slave even though I had one > of the relays selected. I had to close PowerSDR and re-open it for > everything to take effect (closing and re-opening the forms didn't do > anything). It appears that the transverter isn't recognized by the UCB form > unless it was setup when PowerSDR initially started. After re-starting > PowerSDR everything works well. This is a minor inconvenience that caused > some head scratching until I figured it out. > > 2. Every time I restart PowerSDR, the default FlexWire (I2C) output is all > zeros, even after changing bands between 2M, 70cm and 125 cm (the > transverter on VHF2). It doesn't start working until I type Ctrl-Alt-U to > open the UCB form. This is another minor inconvenience that I can live > with. > [Eric] I believe the current UCB form requires the form to be opened and THEN a band change for the FlexWire code to be sent. This is inconvenient, but it is what it is as this was a hack to make the FlexWire UCB prototype functional. > > 3. THE BIG ONE! I tried to add a 2nd transverter on VHF Band Button 3. > The problem is that none of the TX1-3 outputs are working during transmit. > I selected all three (TX1 to TX3) in the Antenna form and tested each one > by connecting it to a relay. None of them are switching. I also tested > this on VHF Band Button 4 with the same discouraging results. All three TX > outputs work fine on HF through VHF Band Button 2, but appear to be > non-functional on VHF Bands 3 and up. I've tried restarting PowerSDR > multiple times, but this doesn't seem to have any effect on the problem. > This means that I'm currently limited to one transverter. I haven't had > time to check the source code to see why the TX outputs don't work on VHF3 > and up, but will try to do so this week. I really hoped to have at least > two transverters working for the January VHF contest but I guess I'll have > to be happy with one for now. > > BTW, I am using PowerSDR 2.0.16 with all of the latest beta firmware and > drivers. I also tried it on v2.0.8 and the behavior is the same, except VHF > Band 2 also misbehaves during TX. For this version, if VHF Band 2 is > selected (my transverter), the TX outputs turn on for a fraction of a second > and then turn right back off. As with v2.0.16, the TX outputs are not > functioning for VHF Bands 3 and up. > [Eric] In the latest branches, we have tested the TX Out functionality timing and it appears to work as intended in our testing. Are you using the Expert Antenna Form mode? If so, are you setting the band to VHF3 or VHF4 to setup the TX1/2/3 outputs and delays? If you'll send me your settings, we'll see what we can do to replicate these in our lab. > > Once these problems are sorted out, the FlexWire interface and my homebrew > TX relay box will make it possible to have more than three amps and/or > transverters without the need for manual switches. I'm laying out the PCB > for a combined TX relay and XVTR IF switch that will support up to four > transverters, but I may delay that project until problem #3 above is sorted > out and I can use more than one transverter. > > Has anyone else who is playing with the FlexWire interface noticed these > problems? > > 73, > Clay W7CE > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
