Joe - AB1DO wrote: > 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 Joe, I appreciate your taking the time to reply. Those manuals are apparently hard to maintain, what with all the "rampant functionitis". HI
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