"I shall assume you can have both radio's plugged in (with 2 fire wire ports available) and powered up - but you have to select the Master in the flex driver to determine which one you will be taking control of?"
That does not work so well (tried it yesterday with a FLEX-5000 and Flex-3000). Only power up or physically connect one radio at a time and everything works fine. Running multiple radios from a single PC is a one of the primary design goals of the Deep Impact software. -Tim -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Richard Clafton Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 12:34 AM To: rclaf...@riroc.com; 'Tim (W4TME)'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] what if i have two flex how this will work v2.0 I suppose another way you could run multiple radios is to have multiple users: As it stores the pertinent information within your profile in the following folder - for example mine: "C:\Users\rclafton\AppData\Roaming\FlexRadio Systems\PowerSDR v1.19.3" You could have radio1 and radio2 users Which would store the database.xml and other relevant files in their own appdata folders like so. "C:\Users\radio1\AppData\Roaming\FlexRadio Systems\PowerSDR v1.19.3" "C:\Users\radio2\AppData\Roaming\FlexRadio Systems\PowerSDR v1.19.3" That way you can maintain unique information such as TX Profiles per radio. Or the easy way (having just found the article I saw a few days ago!) http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50469.aspx I shall assume you can have both radio's plugged in (with 2 fire wire ports available) and powered up - but you have to select the Master in the flex driver to determine which one you will be taking control of? That's a step I cannot confirm as I don't have two flexes (yet!). ------------------------------- Richard A Clafton, W5\G7EIX 'the brITish guy' - rclaf...@riroc.com RIROC - Hosting - Development - Technology - www.riroc.com -----Original Message----- From: Richard Clafton [mailto:rclaf...@riroc.com] Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:10 PM To: rclaf...@riroc.com; 'Tim (W4TME)'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] what if i have two flex how this will work v2.0 Out of curiosity....I had another look... Here it is... <State> <Key>fwc_last_cal_date_time</Key> <Value>129187834324955815</Value> </State> <State> <Key>fwc_serial_num</Key> <Value>34933256</Value> </State> <State> <Key>fwc_trx_serial_num</Key> <Value>8129028</Value> </State> <State> <Key>rx2_last_cal_date_time</Key> <Value>0</Value> </State> <State> <Key>rx2_serial_num</Key> <Value>0</Value> </State> <State> <Key>rx2_trx_match_serial</Key> <Value>0</Value> </State> -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Richard Clafton Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:06 PM To: 'Tim (W4TME)'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] what if i have two flex how this will work v2.0 Tim, have you posted this information somewhere before? I recall this being the case, but cannot find where I saw it. -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Tim (W4TME) Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 9:29 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] what if i have two flex how this will work v2.0 Actually he can run multiple radios from one database. When PowerSDR inits, it looks at the S/N of the radio and compares it to what is in the database, if they do not match, then it will populate the DB with the EEPROM data from the attached radio. You can do this with multiple FLEX-5000s or FLEX-5000 and a FLEX-3000. Eric was really crafty when he coded in this fail-safe feature Although if you want speedier loading, you can use the runtime option to tell PowerSDR what base folder to use for storing the variable user data. http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50469.aspx And would probably be the preferred method of running multiple radios on one computer. This is how I run a FLEX-1500 and a FLEX-5000/3000 on the same computer *at the same time*. -Tim --- W4TME FlexRadio Systems - Info Management Admin. "Tune in Excitement" On 5/27/2010 10:13 PM, Ray - K9DUR wrote: > Richard, > > No, he needs separate database files for each radio since the calibration > for each specific radio is stored in the database file. If he were to > follow the procedure you suggest, the file would only have the calibration > data for radio #2,& radio #1 may not work properly. Unless, of course, you > were suggesting that he repeat that procedure every time he switched radios. > > The driver will only allow one radio to be on at a time, but he can set > things up to use different databases for each radio. This can only be > accomplished by a new feature in v2.0 Beta that may not be documented yet. > Basically, it involves specifying a command-line parameter in the shortcut > used to start PowerSDR to tell PowerSDR what database file to use. I know > the feature exists (at least it did in the SVN revisions), but I do not know > the correct syntax of the command-line parameter to be used. > > 73, Ray, K9DUR > http://k9dur.info > > > -----Original Message----- > From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz > [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Richard Clafton > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 6:58 PM > To: 'paim'; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] what if i have two flex how this will work v2.0 > > I think I know what you are asking. > > You only need to upgrade the PowerSDR software once - as that is the front > end. It does not affect your Flex hardware. Now to > upgrade firmware you will connect one Flex at a time and perform the > upgrade. Once you have done one, disconnect, plug in the other > and upgrade firmware. > > Or have I got it wrong too? ;-) > > Richard W5/G7EIX > > -----Original Message----- > From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz > [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of paim > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 5:47 PM > To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] what if i have two flex how this will work v2.0 > > well this is not the answer for my question > so is any one from flex can please tell me how to do it ???? > > > E.P > > --- On Thu, 27/5/10, Tim Ellison<telli...@itsco.com> wrote: > > > From: Tim Ellison<telli...@itsco.com> > Subject: RE: [Flexradio] what if i have two flex how this will work v2.0 > To: "paim"<paimg0...@btinternet.com>, "flexradio@flex-radio.biz" > <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> > Date: Thursday, 27 May, 2010, 23:37 > > > You cannot attach two Firewire based FlexRadio SDRs to the same computer and > have them on at the same time. > > > -Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz > [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of paim > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 5:52 PM > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: [Flexradio] what if i have two flex how this will work v2.0 > > hi > since i have two flex 5000 one have all install atu + 2nd rx the other have > only atu . > how this will work if i load the v2.0 can i load it on one of the flex then > it will load all the > new into the 2ND flex 5000 by itself ?one computer only this time . > or i need 2 computer for each 5000 to load the v2.0 ? > many thanks > elan g0uut > > > E.P > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
