Robert,IMHO touch control works well on a small-ish screen when it's close to you, and it's mounted horizontally. If you like to spread out on a big-ish monitor, or multiple monitors, or any vertically-oriented monitor, touch screen is an ergonomic nightmare. My neck hurt, my shoulders knotted up, even my elbows got tennis-elbow when trying out a touch screen in a normal desktop environment. I think that continuously reaching for frequency control with my fat fingers on a streaked screen would do me in. Some of the techno-critics don't like Windows 8. John Devorak at MarketWatch said most recently it's an "unmitigated disaster that could decidedly hurt the company and its future." And he liked Vista. I'm thinking I may want to wait for the dust to settle before moving to 8.
Jim KJ2P > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 11:21:36 -0700 > Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Android SDR client > > Jack, > > I would love to have my Flex controlled over the internet and communicate via > my Android. There are YouTube videos where someone controls a flex on their > smart phone. I also have seen PowerSDR controlled via a touch screen. > Considering that Windows 8 will be released in less than 6 months and that OS > is very touch-centric, I would hope that future releases of PowerSDR would be > tailored for touch control. > > 73, > Robert > KB6QXM > "Ham Radio Open Conversation" > Yahoo group owner/moderator > > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Jack Haverty." <[email protected]> > To: "Flexedge" <[email protected]> > Subject: [FlexEdge] Android SDR client > Date: Fri, Jun 8, 2012 11:03 am > > > I just downloaded an Android SDR client program called "glSDR". It's > truly a thin client - less than a megabyte download. Downloaded and > was listening to 20M from an SDR in Alaska a minute later, using my > Asus Transformer 10" tablet while walking around the house. Very > cool. It presents a "panafall" style display. There is of course > noticeable latency across the Internet (especially since my connection > is via satellite) but it's not too bad for casual monitoring. > > Has anyone tried doing something like this with their current Flex > 1500/3000/5000? I'd sure like to be able to use this with my > Flex-3000 across my house WiFi where latency will be minimal. > > I'm wondering if it's possible to kludge something together, maybe > using the I/Q output (and a little software glue) to have PowerSDR > appear (at the PCs Ethernet port) to be one of the Ethernet-based > HPSDRs (HPSDR Metis). This is the client/server architecture of the > ghpsdr3 project, so all the pieces are there except for the "glue" to > connect the Flex. HPSDR used to support the SDR-1000 as one of the > hardware options but lists it now as not supported. Not sure why > though. > > Maybe this Flex/HPSDR "glue" already exists? Or is it impossible for some > reason? Anybody know? > > 73, > /Jack de K3FIV > > PS - I know about the Teamviewer and other Windows remote tools. I've > tried them but I find that the PowerSDR GUI is really painful to use > with a touchscreen. So I'm looking for an app that is designed to be > used with a touchscreen, and this glSDR looks like a good start. Plus > Android programming might be fun to get into. The question is whether > or not my Flex-3000 can be the hardware RF component. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
