Hi Chuck, I have seriously considered separating the hardware from the software and, as you suggest, producing a hardware manual and a common software manual. However, there are a lot of subtle interactions between the hardware and the software and, in fact, a fair chunk of the software has become very hardware dependent. As some examples, for the FLEX-5000 series there are additional operational forms (ATU, Mixer, Antenna) and several of the Setup Form tabs are either different (General-Hardware Config, PA Settings, Tests) or omitted (Ext Ctrl) when compared to the SDR-1000. The list is not exhaustive. And I'm not even mentioning all the differences due to the FLEX-5000 second receiver.
I concluded that attempting to write a common software manual would lead to many repeats in the respective hardware manuals as well as whole sections that are relevant for one, not the other; vice versa; or relevant for both - the result being a very unreadable, artificial attempt at separation. It is my understanding, though, that in the new architecture, the specific hardware elements of the software, relevant to each radio, would be separated out, leaving a more clean core software part common to all radios. We'll have to see how that all pans out. (BTW, I have decided to combine all versions of the FLEX-5000 series into one manual) 73 de Joe - AB1DO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Mayfield - AA5J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "FlexRadio Reflector" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 18:15 Subject: Re: [Flexradio] [www] New FLEX-5000 Owner's Manual available for download > Tim Ellison (W4TME) wrote: >> The updated FLEX-5000 Owner's Manual is now available for download from >> the >> FlexRadio Systems web site. It is aligned with the 1.12.0 version of >> PowerSDR. >> >> You can access it using the following URL: >> http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=183 >> >> It is a 3 MB download, so it might take a little while to download, >> especially if everyone tries to download it at once. Contrary to popular >> belief, the Internet does not have infinite bandwidth :-) >> >> - Tim >> --------- >> FRS Internet Systems Administrator >> W4TME >> > I am an SDR-1000 user. I also, therefore, use PowerSDR. Since the major > thing that changes about SDR radios is the software and not the > hardware, is it not reasonable to have a PowerSDR manual that changes > frequently and separate setup manuals for the hardware? I would like to > see Flex make a Flex 5000 series of manuals that talk about the hardware > and a companion PowerSDR manual that is kept up to date as the software > changes. I may be out in right-right field (like in the stands), but > that would be much better for me, since I have to read two manuals to > try to keep up anyway. I really don't see reading the 5000 C and 5000 D > manuals to try to decipher the changes in PowerSDR. > > > Regards, > Chuck AA5J > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ 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/
