Al, This approach is the "all things to all people through complete configurability" approach. But with complete configurability comes complexity. I would prefer to hide all the checkboxes and have a standard configuration that can be enabled. Even if there are a few of these, I would rather have a list of them and you just pick the configuration you have. Then the details would be handled in the radio without the user having to check all the boxes... Do you think this would work?
Steve On Saturday, September 1, 2012, Al K0VM wrote: > Steve, > I my mind, as a start, I see a table that allows a FW I2C codes to be > related to each band. I realize that raw I2C data codes could be a bit > daunting for most users, but there could be a couple of default sets. One > set would activate only one bit for each band for up to 16 different bands. > A second set could activate a bits in a BCD ( or binary ) fashion per > band. An alternate could be a matrix ( 20? x 16 )that you fill in your own > bit order per band.. > Thinking further, there may other PSDR/SDR signals that would be useful > to have as outputs other than band data ( PTT, MODE, ?? ). > > It could look like the HPSDR Penny/Hermes Ctrl panel ( screen shot > attached ). > > AL, K0VM > > > > > > On 9/1/2012 3:09 PM, Stephen Hicks, N5AC wrote: > > Al, > > We'd be happy to support Phil's board in SmartSDR. To do so requires a > little bit of code to send out the signals (this is the easy part). The > harder part is making sure that it works for more than just one person -- > that the solution suits a broad audience. It would be great if someone in > the community that understood the needs would coordinate this part: getting > consensus on what we need to send out and if there is any kind of setup > required that would vary based on differing implementations. Phil has > ordered a 6700 so I suspect he would be interested in participating in the > discussion. > > Steve > > On Saturday, September 1, 2012, Al K0VM wrote: > >> K3TUF's Flexwire UCB board ( http://www.k3tuf.com/FW.html ) would do >> that if PSDR/SSDR would co-operate.. i.e. Send a unique FW I2C string for >> each band. >> >> As it is now, DDUTil can generate a FW sequence per band change and pass >> it through PSDR to the FW port, But that is another piece of software.. >> >> AL, K0VM >> >> On 9/1/2012 8:26 AM, Lloyd Berg wrote: >> >>> Hi Steve! >>> >>> Thanks for the quick reply. >>> >>> I would like to see a FLEX-6000 accessory that would output control lines >>> indicating Band Of Operation ( without going through a 3rd party PC based >>> application ). >>> >>> I other words, I'd like to see an accessory that would provide an >>> individual >>> "pull to ground" output for each band, 160m, 80m, 60m, etc all the way >>> through the VHF/UHF/microwave transverters. >>> >>> This would be used for controlling amplifier band selection, selecting >>> antennas by band, selecting external transverters, etc. >>> >>> Hope something like that will become available with signaling provided by >>> the Accessory Connector. >>> >>> 73 >>> >>> Lloyd - N9LB >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of >>> Stephen Hicks, N5AC >>> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 8:13 AM >>> To: Lloyd Berg >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] FLEX-6000 Accessory Connector >>> >>> >>> We have not yet released a piece of equipment to connect to the >>> accessory >>> port, but providing frequency data or band data from the I2C port is a >>> reasonable use for the port. Did you have an existing piece of hardware >>> in >>> mind that would be looking for I2C band data? >>> >>> >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM >>> VP Engineering >>> FlexRadio Systems™ >>> 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 >>> Austin, TX 78728 >>> Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 >>> Email: [email protected] >>> Web: www.flexradio.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Tune In Excitement™ >>> PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Lloyd Berg <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I just received The Flex Insider - Issue 3... >>> >>> For the FLEX-6000 series, will the I2C data from the Accessory >>> Connector >>> support automating band selection for external amplifiers and >>> transverters? >>> >>> 73 >>> >>> Lloyd - N9LB >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. 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It is >> used for posting topics related to SDR software innovation and other >> technical SDR topics. >> > > > -- > > Steve > > Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM > VP Engineering > FlexRadio Systems™ > 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 > Austin, TX 78728 > Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 > Email: [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > Web: www.flexradio.com > > > > *Tune In Excitement™* > PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems > > > > -- Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: [email protected] Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems _______________________________________________ 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. 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