I forgot networking was the big feature of the signature series.
Im not a computer engineer or computer scientist, I just hangout with a bunch of them. I know enough to make myself sound stupid (I am good at following along with the comp-Eng talk, but have learned its usually best to keep my mouth shut most of the times. Physics, Eletrical Engineering and Systems Engineering are my stronger points). Scripting and uControllers are the bulk of my software experience. (a lot of my programs requiring user interfaces is either done in LabVIEW or MS Excel or Access using embedded VB, primarily because I know enough to get 'er done.) As things exist right now I have been tinkering with some custom operating software. Having one piece of software is much more elegant and easier to use than constantly tabbing between windows. I am tired of using CAT commands over virtual linked serial ports to get the software to do what I want. If I had an API for PowerSDR, I would be happier. This is what is needed for the FLEX series of radios, because PowerSDR is where the processing takes place. I am excited to be able to control the radio over network. I have been building station accessories (rotor controlers, coax switches, transverters/sequencers, etc) that are all controlled over Ethernet. Sending simple commands over Ethernet is easy to do. To be able to send commands to the radio in the same way would sure be ideal; everything else is connected via Ethernet. I use N1MM for the most part, I like it but it works best with stand alone radios. All looging software is this way. The challenge is having the logging software and the radio control software coexist at the same time without stepping on each other's toes, from a user interface standpoint.What is really needed is a contest suite that is intimately meshed with the flex radios, not just compatible. Im hoping for the agility to do a ground up rewrite of a contest logging software that is built into the radio interface, if it meshed other logging software would be great so that during a multi Op where everyone else is using N1MM with their knob-rig, I could be using "N1MM-Flex, Contesting Super Suite" with my flex under the table. Its fun to tinker, and its fun to dream. Greg, N2GZ/1 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:39 PM To: Greg Zenger [N2GZ] Cc: Flexedge Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] (a Blue Sky note) with the 6000 series, I should be able to.... On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Greg Zenger [N2GZ] <[email protected]> wrote: And I think what George and Neal (and of course myself) are really looking for are drivers and APIs, not simply CAT controls. Protocols. Wire protocols. That is platform independent. Of course, if someone wants to produce include files that describe the data structures that is probably OK too. Still, the protocols are the actual interface, not some API. There is a need to merge logging apps with radio control application as well as other station control applications, especially while contesting where things are fast and loosing focus of the window you need to have active can be disastrous. You have the cart ahead of the horse. Make communications happen then build the applications on top of that. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 [email protected] +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) _______________________________________________ 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.
