Bill, Thanks for the update. I've never used the parallel port on my PC to talk to the SDR - even when I was using the Delta 44 card, I was using the USB-parallel option. I actually have a printer plugged in to the parallel port - maybe PowerSDR is reading that for the power levels! It still amazes me that this appears to fail so gracefully. In my experience when those pesky 1s and 0s are left to themselves, they tend to naughtiness ;)
Question: is it possible to use A/J/O in soundcard-only mode and control the SDR via the USB-Parallel option or do I have to use the parallel port? (I can always move the printer off the parallel port to a usb port if necessary since it talks either way). > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Tracey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:58 AM > To: Thompson, Peter; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: RE: [Flexradio] A/J/O + 100 watt SDR 1K > > Well I just looked at the code and the amplifier ADC is definitely > not being read via OJ ... it in fact is being read directly from the > parallel port which would seem to me that you'd get back garbage data > since presumably there's nothing connected to the parallel port. > > If you want to confirm the code is in the path I think it is, run > PowerSDR from the command line with stdout and stderr redirected to a > file: > > PowerSDR 2>&1 >runlog.txt > > And look at the contents of runlog.txt after running -- if the code > is were I think it is you'll see some messages like: > > warning - Ozy ADC read not implemented!! > > Next time I'm in there changing code I will change it to explicitly > fail if you try and read the ADC via OJ -- this will be > temporary until I've gotten the read ADC code written, something I > hope to get to soon as I've now installed the 100 watt amp in my SDR > 1000. > > Regards, > > Bill (kd5tfd) > > > At 02:46 PM 8/13/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flexradio- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > radio.biz] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 3:10 PM > > > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] A/J/O + 100 watt SDR 1K > > > > > > I'm confused! > > > >That makes two of us ! > > > > > > > > I have been running AJOFlex since day one and all versions (1.6, > 1.9, > > > 1.91) > > > read my forward and reverse powers and display the powers correctly > > > as well as calculating/displaying the SWR on PowerSDR. My only > > > connection to the PC is via USB. > > > > > > >I must admit, I'd only assumed that the power levels being reported > were > >correct - when everything appears to work there doesn't seem to be a > >reason to go looking for problems. If, as Bill indicates, that the > >firmware is incomplete, then it must be a first in the history of > >computers that it works and appears to work well ! I'd have expected > to > >see some smoke by now ;) I'm really curious to hear what the dickens > it > >is doing with the current state of the firmware and also if there was > >some documentation I missed during initial setup that would have > advised > >against using the USB control option if the 100w PA is present - I've > >got to believe that most of the SDR-1Ks connected to A/J/O are NOT the > >1w variety. > > > >Pete, N3EVL > > > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
