With respect to remote operation of a Flex. I have great luck using a VPN connection to my network and remote desktop on my XP machine. With respect to audio, IP Sound is MUCH better than Skype. You get great audio and no one knows I am remote. I sound like I am sitting in front of my rig! I touch up the audio just a bit with the TX eq to adjust for the USB headset that I use on my laptop, remote PC. While I have the floor here, hats off to K6JCA and the new display. I now have a "King Sized" and beautiful 20 inch spectrum analyzer/waterfall display on my monitor that is GREAT!!! I just love my Flex 1000. My 5000 is on order and can't wait to get it!!! Harry W9BR Message: 1 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:08:01 -0600 From: "Jim, W4ATK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Flexradio] Remote Operation of the Flex-5000A To: "Flex-Radio Reflector" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I was talking to a couple of my friends, Bill and Fritz, who are both proud owners of 7800s. Bill travels a bit and was interested in remote operation of his 7800. This peaked my interest and yesterday morning I set out to remote my Flex-5000A. I found a free product on www.logmein.com that provided the necessary function for control of a remote PC ( I know, I am cheap ). I installed the client on the XP machine that runs the radio and set the remote software up on the MacBook Pro (requires a "plug in" for Safari). Security is pretty good requiring a user name and password for Logmein and a second password to access the remote computer. With very little effort, I was moving about the console, changing bands, audio settings, and so forth on the Power SDR Console from my Mac. At this point I installed Skype on the Mac (it was already on the PC) and I was in business. I was suprised at how easy it was and confirmation of my efforts occurred this a.m. as I used the remote to keep my sked with Bill and others. There is quite a bit of latency in the control of the 5000, so your contact needs to be aware that you are on a remote. CW operation using CWGet and CWType remotely with the 5000 was flawless. On a good clean signal you do not even need the audio connection. :-) 73's Jim, W4ATK [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.mac.com/jimrogers_w4atk No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1243 - Release Date: 1/25/2008 11:24 AM ***************************************** **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
