I should have included Brian's most helpful instructions, so here they are now, copied from Brian's earlier posting: ************************************************************ I have had my 1500 flatline and appear to brick over the course of alpha testing. I found that resetting the database (which shuts down PowerSDR), turning off the 1500, disconnecting the 1500, rebooting Windows, waiting until everything has started in Windows (30-60 seconds after login appears complete), reconnecting the 1500, turning the 1500 on, and starting PowerSDR again, has brought the 1500 back to life.
As just a data point, for versions of PowerSDR that were not totally broken for the 1500, I found that reinstalling the software was not needed to fix anything. FWIW, the new driver for the 1500 has made the 1500 a good performer. When I am not making an Olivia or Contestia contact (1500 running barefoot) it is running WSPR. The radio is on and being used almost 24hrs/day now. Its performance with the new driver has been quite stable. And then there is the last caveat -- I still run WindowsXP. If you are running Win7 then YMMV. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) ******************************************************* I apologize for not posting what Brian said in my earlier email. 73, Carter N3AO Blacksburg, VA _____ From: br...@lloyd.com [mailto:br...@lloyd.com] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 1:54 PM To: carter...@verizon.net Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-1500 Cured of its Deafness!!! On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Carter Craigie <carter...@verizon.net> wrote: Hello FLEXERS, I have just found the instructions posted on this reflector by Brian Lloyd WB6RQN, which he sent on Tuesday, November 09, 2010, at 1:08 PM. I followed his instructions exactly, and my FLEX-1500 sprang right right back to life! It can hear--PERFECTLY! No traces of deafness now! I just transmitted SSB on 7.255 and got great reports from many stations! I will keep my ver.. 2.0.8 for a while before trying to upgrade to ver.. 2.0.16, as it is so much fun having my FLEX-1500 running so happily again!!! Thanks to all, especially to Brian Lloyd! _______________________________________________ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
