On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:39 AM, Brian Morgan <brianmor...@netspace.net.au> wrote: > The Flexwire project will surely interest anyone who has an interest (as do > I), in operating their Flex radio, remote. I know that we are largely spoilt > by how easy it is to do so now, but it is not so easy to adjust output > power, to control a linear amplifier and, most importantly, to be able to > verify that the linear is following band changes that we make. > > Steve, I would be happy to pay in the order of $100 (which in Australian > dollars is closer to $200 at present), so that I can regain this function > from my old steam driven system that I used on my FT1000 MP.
My only comment is that using FlexWire to interface to the "stunt box" means that the box may only be used with Flex radios. If one were to use some other interface, IP-over-Ethernet would be my first choice, then it could be used with any radio in any shack as the Rig Control Program could send it commands just as easily. PowerSDR can just as easily send CAT commands via a network socket as it can a dedicated Flexwire socket. Yes, it would require the "stunt box" to have an IP stack in it but more and more that is available with microcontrollers. For example, if you don't want to have to build the network stack you can start with something like the Maxim 'TINI'. http://www.maxim-ic.com/products/microcontrollers/tini/ I am sure there are others but that is one that is just off the top of my head. 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL _______________________________________________ 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://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
