Re: [Flexradio] FLDIGI XMIT
Make sure you have the latest version of PowerSDR.xml as it (and SmartSDR.xml) was updated when Fldigi v3.22.x was released. http://www.w1hkj.com/xmls/sdr/PowerSDR.xml Tim Ellison, W4TME Customer Experience Manager FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln, Suite 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email: t...@flexradio.com mailto:t...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flexradio.com On 1/16/2015 10:41 AM, Dan Mees via FlexRadio wrote: I am a witts end with getting powerSDR to transmit using Fldigi.. I was doing fine till I downloaded the latest version of Fldigi ... I then deleted the version that I was using. guess I learned a lesson there.. with this latest version I am unable to to get it to transmit.does anyone have a setup that I could try. I'm using win7 on my macbook and fledge v3.22.04 thank you 73 danno ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit
Simple thought-- what are you using for virtual com cables? Like Com0Com? I don't see your comm port settings for that in your list. On 11/14/2013 1:34 PM, Don wrote: Johnnie, W6HTY The only thing I see different in what you have listed is that I have a check next to VSP Enable at the bottom under Cat Command for PTT. Don, kd6hq -Original Message- From: Johnnie Spotts Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:02 PM To: Flex Radio Subject: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit Hi All, Still cannot xmit on fldigi. here is what I am running: Flex-3000 PowerSDR 2.6.4 Fldigi 3.21.72 Fldigi set, Rig Cat PowerSdr.xml 3-50-25 devise com6 Use Cat Catcom for PTT PowerSDR Cat control Com 16 9600 none 8 1 Receive is great, but will not key the xmitter. text in Fldigi will send internal, but not key the xmitter. Help please, what am I missing. thanks, Johnnie W6HTY ___ 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/ ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit
Johnnie, W6HTY The only thing I see different in what you have listed is that I have a check next to VSP Enable at the bottom under Cat Command for PTT. Don, kd6hq -Original Message- From: Johnnie Spotts Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:02 PM To: Flex Radio Subject: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit Hi All, Still cannot xmit on fldigi. here is what I am running: Flex-3000 PowerSDR 2.6.4 Fldigi 3.21.72 Fldigi set, Rig Cat PowerSdr.xml 3-50-25 devise com6 Use Cat Catcom for PTT PowerSDR Cat control Com 16 9600 none 8 1 Receive is great, but will not key the xmitter. text in Fldigi will send internal, but not key the xmitter. Help please, what am I missing. thanks, Johnnie W6HTY ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit
Hi Johnnie, Going back to basics. When you setup Fldigi, and you placed PowerSDR.xml under Rig Description file:, did you click on the Open button to tell the program where the file is? Don -Original Message- From: Johnnie Spotts Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:44 PM To: Don Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit Don, I enabled VSP enabel, but no joy thanks, On Thu, 11/14/13, Don kd...@sonic.net wrote: Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit To: [FlexRadio] FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 1:34 PM Johnnie, W6HTY The only thing I see different in what you have listed is that I have a check next to VSP Enable at the bottom under Cat Command for PTT. Don, kd6hq -Original Message- From: Johnnie Spotts Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:02 PM To: Flex Radio Subject: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit Hi All, Still cannot xmit on fldigi. here is what I am running: Flex-3000 PowerSDR 2.6.4 Fldigi 3.21.72 Fldigi set, Rig Cat PowerSdr.xml 3-50-25 devise com6 Use Cat Catcom for PTT PowerSDR Cat control Com 16 9600 none 8 1 Receive is great, but will not key the xmitter. text in Fldigi will send internal, but not key the xmitter. Help please, what am I missing. thanks, Johnnie W6HTY ___ 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/ ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit
I also have some screen shots I could send but it would have to be to an e-mail address. My e-mail is kd...@sonic.net you can respond their if you want them... Good Luck 73 Don, kd6hq -Original Message- From: Johnnie Spotts Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 2:49 PM To: Don Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit yes it is in the rig file, but will check and see all is ok thanksa On Thu, 11/14/13, Don kd...@sonic.net wrote: Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit To: Johnnie Spotts n12...@yahoo.com Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 1:59 PM Hi Johnnie, Thought it might be better just to e-mail you. Going back to basics. When you setup Fldigi, and you placed PowerSDR.xml under Rig Description file:, did you click on the Open button to tell the program where the file is? Don -Original Message- From: Johnnie Spotts Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:44 PM To: Don Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit Don, I enabled VSP enabel, but no joy thanks, On Thu, 11/14/13, Don kd...@sonic.net wrote: Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit To: [FlexRadio] FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 1:34 PM Johnnie, W6HTY The only thing I see different in what you have listed is that I have a check next to VSP Enable at the bottom under Cat Command for PTT. Don, kd6hq -Original Message- From: Johnnie Spotts Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:02 PM To: Flex Radio Subject: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit Hi All, Still cannot xmit on fldigi. here is what I am running: Flex-3000 PowerSDR 2.6.4 Fldigi 3.21.72 Fldigi set, Rig Cat PowerSdr.xml 3-50-25 devise com6 Use Cat Catcom for PTT PowerSDR Cat control Com 16 9600 none 8 1 Receive is great, but will not key the xmitter. text in Fldigi will send internal, but not key the xmitter. Help please, what am I missing. thanks, Johnnie W6HTY ___ 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/ ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit
Johnnie I just happen to think. When you try to transmit, does the radio seem to try to transmit. That is, does the radio seem to be transmitting and you just get no signal out ? Or does the radio just stay in receive? Also what mode are you using cw, psk, rtty? Dinner time, I will check back later but also be here tomorrow. Don, kd6hq -Original Message- From: Johnnie Spotts Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 3:12 PM To: Don Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit It shows in the rig file on fldigi, but I am not sure it is in the rigs file . am trying to check and see. I am not real swift on this yet. Thanks, Don 73 Johnnie My email is n12...@yahoo.com, I would appreciate any help you cana give me, it is so frustrating. On Thu, 11/14/13, Don kd...@sonic.net wrote: Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit To: [FlexRadio] FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 2:58 PM I also have some screen shots I could send but it would have to be to an e-mail address. My e-mail is kd...@sonic.net you can respond their if you want them... Good Luck 73 Don, kd6hq -Original Message- From: Johnnie Spotts Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 2:49 PM To: Don Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit yes it is in the rig file, but will check and see all is ok thanksa On Thu, 11/14/13, Don kd...@sonic.net wrote: Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit To: Johnnie Spotts n12...@yahoo.com Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 1:59 PM Hi Johnnie, Thought it might be better just to e-mail you. Going back to basics. When you setup Fldigi, and you placed PowerSDR.xml under Rig Description file:, did you click on the Open button to tell the program where the file is? Don -Original Message- From: Johnnie Spotts Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:44 PM To: Don Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit Don, I enabled VSP enabel, but no joy thanks, On Thu, 11/14/13, Don kd...@sonic.net wrote: Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit To: [FlexRadio] FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 1:34 PM Johnnie, W6HTY The only thing I see different in what you have listed is that I have a check next to VSP Enable at the bottom under Cat Command for PTT. Don, kd6hq -Original Message- From: Johnnie Spotts Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:02 PM To: Flex Radio Subject: [Flexradio] Fldigi/PowerSDR xmit Hi All, Still cannot xmit on fldigi. here is what I am running: Flex-3000 PowerSDR 2.6.4 Fldigi 3.21.72 Fldigi set, Rig Cat PowerSdr.xml 3-50-25 devise com6 Use Cat Catcom for PTT PowerSDR Cat control Com 16 9600 none 8 1 Receive is great, but will not key the xmitter. text in Fldigi will send internal, but not key the xmitter. Help please, what am I missing. thanks, Johnnie W6HTY ___ 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/ ___ 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/ ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi
Johnnie: I run FLDIGI and is the RIGCAT setup with the PowerSDR.xml setup file available on the FLDIGI website. I then check CAT for PTT in the setup form. Let me know if you need more help. 73, Greg - K5GJ On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Johnnie Spotts n12...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi all, I am running Flex3000 and fldigi 3.21.77. I cannot get the program to turn on the transmit, what can I check. Johnnie W6HTY ___ 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/ -- Greg Jurrens - K5GJ VP, Sales and Marketing FlexRadio Systems 4616 W Howard Lane Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 T: 512-535-4713 x203 E: g...@flexradio.com SKYPE: WD0ACD “Tune in Excitement” ™ PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems Web: www.flexradio.com 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi
Most likely it is the serial port assignments in the CAT control chain. Microsoft Operating System is famous for reassigning serial com ports if a change is made. Look there. Also, if you use DDUtil, check and make sure those serial ports are all aligned as you have previously assigned them. At least this has happened to me with previous changes. Steve WA7DUH On 9/9/2012 5:51 AM, Robert Kearbey wrote: Hi all Have 2.4.4 update flex update for my flex 5k. Now fldigi won't trigger flex To transmit. Of course have VAC. Receives fine, when control T or hit TUNE button or T/R button fldigi itself goes into transmit but it doesn't key the flex. Have tried everything I think but obviously have missed something. Bob K6DDS iPhone ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] FLDIGI soundcard settings.
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:31 PM, David Walker vk...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi folks, I have VAC 4.11 working. No problems now. The soundcard settiings for FLDIGI show AUTO, and a range of other sample rate settings. Should I set fldigi to AUTO or 48000? It doesn't matter as long as it works. I have done both at different times. General rule-of-thumb: if it is working, leave it alone. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi and CW question
Lee, K4LHP I also use a 3000 with Fldigi and my observations are the same as yours. It is my belief that if you want to use the cw mode in PowerSDR you will need to make up a Comm port keying cable that will plug into the Key port on the 3000. Since the only thing hooked up to my 3000 is the Firewire cable I have no choice but to use the VAC - audio to send cw. I could be incorrect about this but someone will correct me if I am. The other thing is of course since you are in Digital mode, when recorded to the logbook it records digital instead of CW (at least for me) so I then need to go back and edit the logbook. I've never used WinLog32 but would be interested in hearing about how you got Fldigi to automatically log to it. Probably off line would be better for that. Don, kd6hq kd...@sonic.net -Original Message- From: Lee Pavel Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 2:28 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] fldigi and CW question I have a 3000 for almost a year now, and have successfully been using MMTTY for RTTY with my radio. When I got the radio, I had a new version of Windows 7 that fldigi wouldn't install; now it does. So, after installing, I wanted to try my hand at CW, especially with the big contest this weekend. All settings were checked and double and triple checked. I went to an empty frequency and sent out a call. The panadapter was flat. The meter was set to mic, and it appeared to be modulating. When I set the meter to forward power: flat. I then set the output of flex digi to my computer speakers: CW coming through loud and clear. Then after pondering the situation, for giggles, I turned the PowerSDR software from CWL to DigL, sent a call, and there was a great spike on the panadapter. Then I tried it on a contester and got an immediate response. So, I think what is going on here is that since my signal is coming through VAC, the PowerSDR is only picking up the sound generated by fldigi as though it is a digital mode. I suppose the CW mode only works with a key, even though there is a VAC button on the screen in CW. My configuration worked well in the contest after some tweeking of the macros in fldigi. Plus, I was able to get my contacts to automatically post in my logging program, Winlog32. So, my questions are: Am I off base here, or should this be working when PowerSDR is set for CW? If not, does anyone have any suggestions for checking settings in any of the software (PowerSDR, fldigi) that would make this work? Or, should I just keep using it the way it is? Thank you and 73, Lee K4LHP ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi and CW question
On 11/7/2011 11:22 AM, Don wrote: Since the only thing hooked up to my 3000 is the Firewire cable I have no choice but to use the VAC - audio to send cw. I could be incorrect about this but someone will correct me if I am. Um, I'm not trying to correct you, but why are you doing it this way? My F3K has a perfectly functional KEY jack, that I drive with my Bencher paddles through a SuperKeyer3. Works just fine. If you are doing some remote thing, then OK, but otherwise why would you even use VAC for CW? 73 Alf NU8I Scottsdale AZ DM43an ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi CW
Mike: I am still trying to get my F3k and PwrSR 2.2.3 to be good on CW. Can you enlighten me as to what your PWRSdr settings are for CW? Latency seems to be a problem. Are you using the internal keyer? If so, or even if not, what are all the latency and buffer settings that you are using? I know that when I use an external keyer, I have to turn off the PWRSdr sidetone because the delay/latency there between key down and when the sidetone appears totally messes me up. Tnx es 73 de Arnie W8DU On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Mike Carletta mcarl...@rochester.rr.comwrote: Hi Has anyone been able to integrate full control of Fldigi CW over PowerSDR CW.? I currently use the PowerSDR CWX to transmit and the Fldigi CW to receive. CW moves to fast to fiddle with changes. Thanks in advance. 73's Mike K2OI ___ 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/ -- http://www.danasoft.com/sig/Thereyouareduh.jpg ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] FLDigi
https://fedorahosted.org/fldigi/wiki/Documentation/HOWTO/PowerSDR -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Scott Blixt Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 5:37 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] FLDigi Im trying hard to get FLDigi going on my Flex In trying to get the CAT settings going, it talks about the rigs XML file. I did find a web page that is supposed to have them, all I get is a web page full of text. I tried saving that text and calling it an XML file. That didnt work Anyone have this XML file to make FLDigi work? The wiki sends one off to another web site which is some what helpful. Ive read and re-read many times. Im using 2.0.19 Any help would be most appreciated Scott Blixt A Minnesota MadMan sbl...@means.net ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] FLDigi
Oh yeah, I forgot. I have gotten to XML file to work, because I wrote it :-) -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 5:52 PM To: Scott Blixt; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FLDigi https://fedorahosted.org/fldigi/wiki/Documentation/HOWTO/PowerSDR -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Scott Blixt Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 5:37 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] FLDigi Im trying hard to get FLDigi going on my Flex In trying to get the CAT settings going, it talks about the rigs XML file. I did find a web page that is supposed to have them, all I get is a web page full of text. I tried saving that text and calling it an XML file. That didnt work Anyone have this XML file to make FLDigi work? The wiki sends one off to another web site which is some what helpful. Ive read and re-read many times. Im using 2.0.19 Any help would be most appreciated Scott Blixt A Minnesota MadMan sbl...@means.net ___ 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/ ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi error
What software and version are you using for the virtual com port pairs. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Warner Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 3:57 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] fldigi error I am suddenly getting an error when I start fldigi, although fldigi seems to still work after the message noted below (although I could only find CW this morning). Here is a re-write of the event log, since the image of the log was rejected by the moderator I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM2 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM3 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM4 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM5 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM7 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM8 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM9 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM10 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM12 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM14 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM15 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM17 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM18 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM19 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM20 E: OpenPORT: Invalid handle E: rigCAT_init: Cannot open serial port COM16 I: open_talker: Talker Server not available I: speak: Talker server not available I have only one physical COM port in the machine (COM1), and I created the ports in pairs 2 and 12, 3 and 13, ...6 and 16... etc I am also using COM16 for Ham Radio Deluxe solely for the Log (only when fldigi is not running), and I looked at the processes that were active in Windows Task Manager, and did not see HRD running, so I do not think that is causing the conflict. I am running SDR 2.0.16 on a Windows 7- 64 bit machine, with Fldigi 3.20.34 What is wrong? Gary WG1I ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi error
Tim, I am not home with that computer, but it is the version that Steve Nance sent me on 1/2/2011-the file properties of the setup file say that it was modified in 10/30/2009 . The pdf file that is included in the zip file says VSP Manager by K5FR- Version 1.0.1.006. Gary On 1/12/2011 1:05 PM, Tim Ellison wrote: What software and version are you using for the virtual com port pairs. -Tim -Original Message- From:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Warner Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 3:57 PM To:FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] fldigi error I am suddenly getting an error when I start fldigi, although fldigi seems to still work after the message noted below (although I could only find CW this morning). Here is a re-write of the event log, since the image of the log was rejected by the moderator I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM2 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM3 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM4 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM5 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM7 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM8 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM9 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM10 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM12 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM14 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM15 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM17 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM18 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM19 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM20 E: OpenPORT: Invalid handle E: rigCAT_init: Cannot open serial port COM16 I: open_talker: Talker Server not available I: speak: Talker server not available I have only one physical COM port in the machine (COM1), and I created the ports in pairs 2 and 12, 3 and 13, ...6 and 16... etc I am also using COM16 for Ham Radio Deluxe solely for the Log (only when fldigi is not running), and I looked at the processes that were active in Windows Task Manager, and did not see HRD running, so I do not think that is causing the conflict. I am running SDR 2.0.16 on a Windows 7- 64 bit machine, with Fldigi 3.20.34 What is wrong? Gary WG1I ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi error
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Gary Warner garyw...@gmail.com wrote: I am suddenly getting an error when I start fldigi, although fldigi seems to still work after the message noted below (although I could only find CW this morning). Here is a re-write of the event log, since the image of the log was rejected by the moderator I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM2 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM3 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM4 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM5 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM7 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM8 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM9 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM10 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM12 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM14 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM15 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM17 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM18 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM19 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM20 E: OpenPORT: Invalid handle E: rigCAT_init: Cannot open serial port COM16 I: open_talker: Talker Server not available I: speak: Talker server not available I have only one physical COM port in the machine (COM1), and I created the ports in pairs 2 and 12, 3 and 13, ...6 and 16... etc I am also using COM16 for Ham Radio Deluxe solely for the Log (only when fldigi is not running), and I looked at the processes that were active in Windows Task Manager, and did not see HRD running, so I do not think that is causing the conflict. I am running SDR 2.0.16 on a Windows 7- 64 bit machine, with Fldigi 3.20.34 What is wrong? These look like standard logging messages from fldigi but not sure. I don't usually leave the software status logging turned on. You really need to go ask on the fldigi mailing list. It is linux...@yahoogroups.com. Most of the guys there run linux but fldigi is supported on windows and MacOS too. -- 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) ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi error
Hi Gary fldigi did not find the cat comm pair you are using. Double-check that it is indeed defined as well as being used by PSDR. Could there be another program running that owns Com6-16? 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Gary Warner garyw...@gmail.com wrote: I am suddenly getting an error when I start fldigi, although fldigi seems to still work after the message noted below (although I could only find CW this morning). Here is a re-write of the event log, since the image of the log was rejected by the moderator I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM2 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM3 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM4 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM5 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM7 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM8 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM9 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM10 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM12 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM14 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM15 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM17 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM18 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM19 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM20 E: OpenPORT: Invalid handle E: rigCAT_init: Cannot open serial port COM16 I: open_talker: Talker Server not available I: speak: Talker server not available I have only one physical COM port in the machine (COM1), and I created the ports in pairs 2 and 12, 3 and 13, ...6 and 16... etc I am also using COM16 for Ham Radio Deluxe solely for the Log (only when fldigi is not running), and I looked at the processes that were active in Windows Task Manager, and did not see HRD running, so I do not think that is causing the conflict. I am running SDR 2.0.16 on a Windows 7- 64 bit machine, with Fldigi 3.20.34 What is wrong? Gary WG1I ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi error
Neal, I am going to double check tonight by re-booting the computer and then just starting SDR and fldigi to see if the error goes away. If it does, then there is some residual service left running when HRD is closed. HRD does in fact use that port when it is running, but it is not on at the same time as fldigi. Gary On 1/12/2011 4:16 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: Hi Gary fldigi did not find the cat comm pair you are using. Double-check that it is indeed defined as well as being used by PSDR. Could there be another program running that owns Com6-16? 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Gary Warner garyw...@gmail.com mailto:garyw...@gmail.com wrote: I am suddenly getting an error when I start fldigi, although fldigi seems to still work after the message noted below (although I could only find CW this morning). Here is a re-write of the event log, since the image of the log was rejected by the moderator I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM2 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM3 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM4 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM5 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM7 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM8 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM9 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM10 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM12 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM14 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM15 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM17 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM18 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM19 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM20 E: OpenPORT: Invalid handle E: rigCAT_init: Cannot open serial port COM16 I: open_talker: Talker Server not available I: speak: Talker server not available I have only one physical COM port in the machine (COM1), and I created the ports in pairs 2 and 12, 3 and 13, ...6 and 16... etc I am also using COM16 for Ham Radio Deluxe solely for the Log (only when fldigi is not running), and I looked at the processes that were active in Windows Task Manager, and did not see HRD running, so I do not think that is causing the conflict. I am running SDR 2.0.16 on a Windows 7- 64 bit machine, with Fldigi 3.20.34 What is wrong? Gary WG1I ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz mailto: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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi error
You may just want to use a unique port pair for Fldigi -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Warner Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 7:29 PM To: Neal Campbell Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] fldigi error Neal, I am going to double check tonight by re-booting the computer and then just starting SDR and fldigi to see if the error goes away. If it does, then there is some residual service left running when HRD is closed. HRD does in fact use that port when it is running, but it is not on at the same time as fldigi. Gary On 1/12/2011 4:16 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: Hi Gary fldigi did not find the cat comm pair you are using. Double-check that it is indeed defined as well as being used by PSDR. Could there be another program running that owns Com6-16? 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Gary Warner garyw...@gmail.com mailto:garyw...@gmail.com wrote: I am suddenly getting an error when I start fldigi, although fldigi seems to still work after the message noted below (although I could only find CW this morning). Here is a re-write of the event log, since the image of the log was rejected by the moderator I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM2 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM3 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM4 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM5 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM7 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM8 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM9 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM10 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM12 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM14 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM15 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM17 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM18 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM19 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM20 E: OpenPORT: Invalid handle E: rigCAT_init: Cannot open serial port COM16 I: open_talker: Talker Server not available I: speak: Talker server not available I have only one physical COM port in the machine (COM1), and I created the ports in pairs 2 and 12, 3 and 13, ...6 and 16... etc I am also using COM16 for Ham Radio Deluxe solely for the Log (only when fldigi is not running), and I looked at the processes that were active in Windows Task Manager, and did not see HRD running, so I do not think that is causing the conflict. I am running SDR 2.0.16 on a Windows 7- 64 bit machine, with Fldigi 3.20.34 What is wrong? Gary WG1I ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz mailto: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/ ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi error
I went home and rebooted my computer. Then I tried to open SDR, and it would not open. I tried and tried to open it, and it simply would not do so. I then ran the SDR setup again and did a repair of the SDR installation. Once that was done, everything worked fine- both SDR and fldigi. No more conflicts or messages. By the way, I do not think that I can use a different pair of COM ports for HDR's logbook than I do with fldigi, or I would have to keep changing the COM port in SDR, wouldn't I? Anyway it works fine again, so I guess the old adage is true about Windows- reboot and everything is fine again until it is necessary to reboot again. Gary WG1I On 1/12/2011 5:52 PM, Tim Ellison wrote: You may just want to use a unique port pair for Fldigi -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Warner Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 7:29 PM To: Neal Campbell Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] fldigi error Neal, I am going to double check tonight by re-booting the computer and then just starting SDR and fldigi to see if the error goes away. If it does, then there is some residual service left running when HRD is closed. HRD does in fact use that port when it is running, but it is not on at the same time as fldigi. Gary On 1/12/2011 4:16 PM, Neal Campbell wrote: Hi Gary fldigi did not find the cat comm pair you are using. Double-check that it is indeed defined as well as being used by PSDR. Could there be another program running that owns Com6-16? 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.comhttp://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:56 PM, Gary Warnergaryw...@gmail.com mailto:garyw...@gmail.com wrote: I am suddenly getting an error when I start fldigi, although fldigi seems to still work after the message noted below (although I could only find CW this morning). Here is a re-write of the event log, since the image of the log was rejected by the moderator I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM2 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM3 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM4 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM5 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM7 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM8 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM9 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM10 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM12 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM14 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM15 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM17 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM18 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM19 I: testCommPorts: Found Serial port COM20 E: OpenPORT: Invalid handle E: rigCAT_init: Cannot open serial port COM16 I: open_talker: Talker Server not available I: speak: Talker server not available I have only one physical COM port in the machine (COM1), and I created the ports in pairs 2 and 12, 3 and 13, ...6 and 16... etc I am also using COM16 for Ham Radio Deluxe solely for the Log (only when fldigi is not running), and I looked at the processes that were active in Windows Task Manager, and did not see HRD running, so I do not think that is causing the conflict. I am running SDR 2.0.16 on a Windows 7- 64 bit machine, with Fldigi 3.20.34 What is wrong? Gary WG1I ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.bizmailto: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/ ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi test message sites?
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Gary Warner garyw...@gmail.com wrote: Is there anywhere on the airwaves that I can listen to sample digital messages in each, or at least several of the digital modes that fldigi is capable of?I know that ARRL does this for CW, but are the other modes regularly put out as test messages? I have seen a number of You Tube presentations, but seeing and doing are two different things. On the fldigi site there are examples of the sounds of the different modes so you can identify them by ear. Conversely, if you want to hear what they sound like, change the fldigi output from your VAC stream to your computer's sound-card output and then when you transmit with fldigi, the sound of the signal will come out your speaker instead of going to PowerSDR. -- 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) ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi test message sites?
Brian, Good thought. Thanks. Gary On 1/5/2011 12:43 PM, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Gary Warner garyw...@gmail.com mailto:garyw...@gmail.com wrote: Is there anywhere on the airwaves that I can listen to sample digital messages in each, or at least several of the digital modes that fldigi is capable of?I know that ARRL does this for CW, but are the other modes regularly put out as test messages? I have seen a number of You Tube presentations, but seeing and doing are two different things. On the fldigi site there are examples of the sounds of the different modes so you can identify them by ear. Conversely, if you want to hear what they sound like, change the fldigi output from your VAC stream to your computer's sound-card output and then when you transmit with fldigi, the sound of the signal will come out your speaker instead of going to PowerSDR. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com mailto:br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi test message sites?
Gary, Go to this site, for WB8NUT. He has quite a few.. http://www.wb8nut.com/digital.html 73, Dudley WA5QPZ FlexRadio Systems (512) 250-8595, Option 2 Email: dud...@flexradio.com dud...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com Tune in excitement! ™ On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Gary Warner garyw...@gmail.com wrote: Is there anywhere on the airwaves that I can listen to sample digital messages in each, or at least several of the digital modes that fldigi is capable of?I know that ARRL does this for CW, but are the other modes regularly put out as test messages? I have seen a number of You Tube presentations, but seeing and doing are two different things. Gary WG1I ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi test message sites?
Dudley, Thanks. It has good sounds, but no images (at least as far as I can see). Rick Bischoff (K7ET) suggested http://www.nonstopsystems.com/radio/radio-sounds.html , which has both good images and good sounds. Gary WG1I On 1/5/2011 4:53 PM, FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry wrote: Gary, Go to this site, for WB8NUT. He has quite a few.. http://www.wb8nut.com/digital.html 73, Dudley WA5QPZ FlexRadio Systems (512) 250-8595, Option 2 Email: dud...@flexradio.com mailto:dud...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com Tune in excitement! ™ On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Gary Warner garyw...@gmail.com mailto:garyw...@gmail.com wrote: Is there anywhere on the airwaves that I can listen to sample digital messages in each, or at least several of the digital modes that fldigi is capable of?I know that ARRL does this for CW, but are the other modes regularly put out as test messages? I have seen a number of You Tube presentations, but seeing and doing are two different things. Gary WG1I ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz mailto: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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi test message sites?
Gary, yes that is a good one too.. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ FlexRadio Systems (512) 250-8595, Option 2 Email: dud...@flexradio.com dud...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com Tune in excitement! ™ On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Gary Warner garyw...@gmail.com wrote: Dudley, Thanks. It has good sounds, but no images (at least as far as I can see). Rick Bischoff (K7ET) suggested http://www.nonstopsystems.com/radio/radio-sounds.html , which has both good images and good sounds. Gary WG1I On 1/5/2011 4:53 PM, FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry wrote: Gary, Go to this site, for WB8NUT. He has quite a few.. http://www.wb8nut.com/digital.html 73, Dudley WA5QPZ FlexRadio Systems (512) 250-8595, Option 2 Email: dud...@flexradio.com dud...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flex-radio.com Tune in excitement! ™ On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Gary Warner garyw...@gmail.com wrote: Is there anywhere on the airwaves that I can listen to sample digital messages in each, or at least several of the digital modes that fldigi is capable of?I know that ARRL does this for CW, but are the other modes regularly put out as test messages? I have seen a number of You Tube presentations, but seeing and doing are two different things. Gary WG1I ___ 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi test message sites?
This link has 'Sights And Sounds': http://www.w1hkj.com/FldigiHelp-3.12/Modes/index.htm Paul Delaney - K6HR paul.hamra...@verizon.net http://k6hr.dyndns.org:8080 -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Gary Warner Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 4:57 PM To: supp...@flex-radio.com Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] fldigi test message sites? Dudley, Thanks. It has good sounds, but no images (at least as far as I can see). Rick Bischoff (K7ET) suggested http://www.nonstopsystems.com/radio/radio-sounds.html , which has both good images and good sounds. Gary WG1I ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:15 PM, jim howard jim_h...@yahoo.com wrote: I have fldigi up and running. Everything works but I do not get the Flex freq read-out in the fldigi freq window. Any ideas. That means that CAT is not working properly. Have you read my article about configuring fldigi to play with PowerSDR? See: http://www.flexradiowiki.com -- 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) ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi and Flex Bug
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Richard Lawn rjl...@gmail.com wrote: I'm now using Flgidi on my Flex 5K and it works great with one hitch. After using if for a bit the text labeling all the macro button taps disappears. Anyone else experience this bug? There are four sets of macro buttons. Check to see if you might accidentally switched to a different macro set. Other than that, I have not seen what you are describing and I use fldigi extensively. -- 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) ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi and mfsk
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:31 AM, willisw...@msn.com wrote: I have just installed and configured fldigi using VAC as the soundcard to powerSDR and the rigcat interface. It works fine on PSK31 and rtty but have not been able to decode mfsk signals. I wondering if there are others using it through VAC for doing mfsk? I use fldigi to do MFSK16 and other MFSK modes, e.g. Olivia, Contestia, DominoEX, Thor, etc., all the time. Do remember that you need to transmit in DIGU for MFSK to work properly. PSK31 doesn't care and some people use DIGL or LSB for RTTY (old habits die hard) so if you have set up your system to send in LSB/DIGL mode, it will reverse the order of the MFSK tones, thus making it impossible for MFSK to decode. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 +1.931.492.6776 (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem
FWIW DXLabs Commander is having the same issues as you describe with FLDIGI.When I try to connect through Commander with the secondary CAT port FLDIGI doesnot communicate with CAT. If I connect directly to the SDR CAT then all is well. I just switched to Win7 a few weeks ago and I don't recall having this issue with XP. Not sure if it an issue with FLDIGI or the PowerSDR RigCat file that is not playingright with Win7?? Dan KG0AQ Hi Tim, That's what I did after I sent the email and found that it works fine without ddutil in the path. I have sent an email to the ddutil reflector to see if others have had this problem. Thanks and 73, Harry W0LS -- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 6:58 PM To: willisw...@msn.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem Yeah. Divide and conquer. Take DDUTIL out of the loop and connect Fldigi directly to PowerSDR and see if the problem still exists. I assume you are using the PowerSDR.xml control file for RigCAT? -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of willisw...@msn.com Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 11:48 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem I have just configured fldigi through ddutil to powersdr (5000a). It works very well but with my limited hands on time I noticed one issue. If I attempt to change frequency in the fldigi window it works but then loses track and goes off to never never land. For example I will be around 14.070 put the cursor on the lower digit and click several times. It will work but then all of a sudden go to 00.001 or something similar. I am using the rigcat interface. Any ideas?? 73, Harry W0LS ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem
It probably isn't the RigCAT file since it works perfectly directly connected to PowerSDR. It might be the RigCAT or the comport handling logic in Fldigi. I believe that DXLabs Commander was designed with interfacing to a physical serial port in mind, so it might have problems handling virtual comport traffic like HRD has been known to do sometimes. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Dan Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 5:19 PM To: Flex Reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem FWIW DXLabs Commander is having the same issues as you describe with FLDIGI.When I try to connect through Commander with the secondary CAT port FLDIGI doesnot communicate with CAT. If I connect directly to the SDR CAT then all is well. I just switched to Win7 a few weeks ago and I don't recall having this issue with XP. Not sure if it an issue with FLDIGI or the PowerSDR RigCat file that is not playingright with Win7?? Dan KG0AQ Hi Tim, That's what I did after I sent the email and found that it works fine without ddutil in the path. I have sent an email to the ddutil reflector to see if others have had this problem. Thanks and 73, Harry W0LS -- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 6:58 PM To: willisw...@msn.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem Yeah. Divide and conquer. Take DDUTIL out of the loop and connect Fldigi directly to PowerSDR and see if the problem still exists. I assume you are using the PowerSDR.xml control file for RigCAT? -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of willisw...@msn.com Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 11:48 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem I have just configured fldigi through ddutil to powersdr (5000a). It works very well but with my limited hands on time I noticed one issue. If I attempt to change frequency in the fldigi window it works but then loses track and goes off to never never land. For example I will be around 14.070 put the cursor on the lower digit and click several times. It will work but then all of a sudden go to 00.001 or something similar. I am using the rigcat interface. Any ideas?? 73, Harry W0LS ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem
AA6YQ comments below -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz]on Behalf Of Tim Ellison Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 10:40 PM To: Dan; Flex Reflector Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem It probably isn't the RigCAT file since it works perfectly directly connected to PowerSDR. It might be the RigCAT or the comport handling logic in Fldigi. I believe that DXLabs Commander was designed with interfacing to a physical serial port in mind, so it might have problems handling virtual comport traffic like HRD has been known to do sometimes. No problems with Commander and virtual serial ports have so far been reported. If you believe you have one, please provide the details so I can track it down and correct it. Also, please elaborate on how an application correctly designed to control a physical serial port through standard Windows components might have problems controlling a correctly implemented virtual serial port through those same components. 73, Dave, AA6YQ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem
Yeah. Divide and conquer. Take DDUTIL out of the loop and connect Fldigi directly to PowerSDR and see if the problem still exists. I assume you are using the PowerSDR.xml control file for RigCAT? -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of willisw...@msn.com Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 11:48 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem I have just configured fldigi through ddutil to powersdr (5000a). It works very well but with my limited hands on time I noticed one issue. If I attempt to change frequency in the fldigi window it works but then loses track and goes off to never never land. For example I will be around 14.070 put the cursor on the lower digit and click several times. It will work but then all of a sudden go to 00.001 or something similar. I am using the rigcat interface. Any ideas?? 73, Harry W0LS ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem
Hi Tim, That's what I did after I sent the email and found that it works fine without ddutil in the path. I have sent an email to the ddutil reflector to see if others have had this problem. Thanks and 73, Harry W0LS -- From: Tim Ellison telli...@itsco.com Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 6:58 PM To: willisw...@msn.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem Yeah. Divide and conquer. Take DDUTIL out of the loop and connect Fldigi directly to PowerSDR and see if the problem still exists. I assume you are using the PowerSDR.xml control file for RigCAT? -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of willisw...@msn.com Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 11:48 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] FLDIGI Problem I have just configured fldigi through ddutil to powersdr (5000a). It works very well but with my limited hands on time I noticed one issue. If I attempt to change frequency in the fldigi window it works but then loses track and goes off to never never land. For example I will be around 14.070 put the cursor on the lower digit and click several times. It will work but then all of a sudden go to 00.001 or something similar. I am using the rigcat interface. Any ideas?? 73, Harry W0LS ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi and logger32
OK, the DDutil settings file was corrupt, as Steve suggested. After deleting it, everything is coming up roses! Thanks to all? Russ AI4OH On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Dudley Hurry jhu...@austin.rr.com wrote: Russ, Do you already have DDUtil installed? 73, Dudley WA5QPZ russ wrote: I've not been able to get fldigi logger32 to work at the same time using VAC (not demo) and vspMgr. If I start either fldigi or Logger32 it tracks the freq, but not both at the same time. Tried to install DDUtil, but it errors out on startup - ...has encountered a problem and needs to close... Couldn't locate a thread on this. Anyone have a fix? 5KA XP Pro SP3 SVN 3505 fldigi 3.12.4 DDUtil 1.8.0 vspMgr 1.0.1.017 Russ Moorman AI4OH -- r ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi and logger32
You have to use DDUtil. There is no way to have two CAT enabled applications talking to PowerSDR at the same time (there is only one pSDR CAT port). Post your problem with DDUtil to their list on Yahoo, I am sure you will get a fix from someone there. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of russ Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:40 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] fldigi and logger32 I've not been able to get fldigi logger32 to work at the same time using VAC (not demo) and vspMgr. If I start either fldigi or Logger32 it tracks the freq, but not both at the same time. Tried to install DDUtil, but it errors out on startup - ...has encountered a problem and needs to close... Couldn't locate a thread on this. Anyone have a fix? 5KA XP Pro SP3 SVN 3505 fldigi 3.12.4 DDUtil 1.8.0 vspMgr 1.0.1.017 Russ Moorman AI4OH -- r ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi and logger32
Russ, Do you already have DDUtil installed? 73, Dudley WA5QPZ russ wrote: I've not been able to get fldigi logger32 to work at the same time using VAC (not demo) and vspMgr. If I start either fldigi or Logger32 it tracks the freq, but not both at the same time. Tried to install DDUtil, but it errors out on startup - ...has encountered a problem and needs to close... Couldn't locate a thread on this. Anyone have a fix? 5KA XP Pro SP3 SVN 3505 fldigi 3.12.4 DDUtil 1.8.0 vspMgr 1.0.1.017 Russ Moorman AI4OH ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi Flex 5000A; DDUtil
Brian: Many thanks for these detailed instructions. I've been postponing the setup attempt for months, wanting to keep from screwing up the Flex 5000. Now, no more excuses Pierce W4ZDI - Original Message - From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com To: FlexRadio reflector flexradio@flex-radio.biz Cc: Stelios Bounanos s...@enotty.net Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 2:32 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] fldigi Flex 5000A; DDUtil I have promised to write a how-to for configuring fldigi to work with PowerSDR on the Windows platform for the fldigi folks. I run mine without any problems whatsoever but then, I am still running XP. I have no intention of even considering Windows 7 until Microsoft comes out with SP1. I can tell you how to configure VAC, VSPmgr, PowerSDR, and fldigi but if anything is Win7 dependent/specific, I can't help with that. Also, these instructions do not address using ddutil. If you want to do rig control of an amplifier, rotator, or other external device in addition to fldigi, you can add that later. For now follow these steps in order to get fldigi and PowerSDR to play together. It is perfectly OK to add ddutil into the mix later. Here are the steps. 1. Download all the software pieces you need. Here is a list of the software you are going to need: a. PowerSDR (http://flex-radio.com) b. the flex FireWire driver (http://flex-radio.com) c. fldigi (http://www.w1hkj.com/Fldigi.html) I am running the alpha version 3.13BK right now but you can run the production version. d. the PowerSDR rig description XML file for fldigi's RigCAT (http://www.w1hkj.com/xmlarchives.html) e. VAC v4.09 (http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.html) You must purchase the release version. You MUST NOT run the demo version. f. VSPmanager (http://k5fr.com/ddutilwiki/index.php?title=VSP_Manager) 2. Install the Flex firewire driver. I am not going to address which one because it depends on which version of PowerSDR your are running. For the purposes of these instructions you should assume that you are installing the latest released version of the driver. Follow Flex's instructions. I use a buffer size of 2048 and a sample rate of 96ksps. 3. Install PowerSDR. Again, I assume you are installing the release version and it is compatible with the driver you have installed. Make sure that the sample rate and buffer size (SetupAudioPrimary) match the driver. (The new driver may automatically track the settings in PowerSDR. Even so, verify they are set the same.) 4. Make sure that PowerSDR both transmits and receives. It should run normally. 5. Install VAC. Follow the instructions provided with VAC. There are some differences between installing with XP, Vista, and Win7 so be sure you read the instructions, most notably in how to deal with unsigned drivers in Vista and Win7. NOTE: you MUST MUST MUST use the purchased-version of VAC 4.09. You MUST NOT, MUST NOT, MUST NOT use the demo version! Go ahead and buy it. It will work. 6. Open the VAC control program Control Panel and configure VAC. You get to the VAC control panel from the Windows Start button under All Programs. Look for the Virtual Audio Cable menu item and then select Control panel. In the upper left hand corner of the control panel for VAC you want to set it for 2 cables. I left all the other settings alone. Click the 'Set' and 'Restart' buttons. If you want to check, here is what I have all the VAC parameters set for: SR 22050..48000, BPS 8..16, NC 1..2, Max inst 20, Ms per int 7, Stream fmt Cable Range, Volume control (unchecked), Connected source lines line, Clock corr% 100.000. Once you click the Restart button you should see cable 1 and cable 2 appear in the lower section of the Virtual Audio Cable Control Panel (if not sooner). 7. Now set up VSPmgr. For now you will create a single port-pair that will be used for CAT control of fldigi by PowerSDR. Both rig control and PTT will be handled by this single port-pair. Start the VSPmgr utility. It will show you your physical serial ports and offer to create a virtual port pair. Make sure that your virtual port pair starts above any possible physical serial port numbers. It is possible for virtual ports to conflict with physical ports if the physical ports are added later. In my case I created port pair COM6/COM7 for communications between PowerSDR and fldigi. Most of the examples use COM6/COM16 or COM7/COM17 but I discovered that some programs, e.g. WSJT and WSPR, have problems with port numbers above 9. Therefore by creating a port-pair where both com numbers are below 10 means that the configuration may be used later on to communicate with these other programs. Setting up the port-pair is nothing more than selecting the desired values for End 1 and End 2, COM6 and COM7 in this case, and clicking the Create Pair button. 8. Set up PowerSDR to use VAC. With PowerSDR running, click on Setup, select the Audio, and then the VAC tabs to display the VAC
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi Flex 5000A; DDUtil
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Larry Rappaport r...@lmr.com wrote: Windows 7 Pro 32 bit, Flex 5000A, both less than a month old. 1. I'm trying to get FLDIGI to run but having no luck. No rig control, no audio getting there. Using a virtual serial port (17 7) and VAC, but no joy with anything. Can someone please send me their settings? I have the XML program from the website, stuck it in the program directory, read it in and saved it, but there must be something more. I have promised to write a how-to for configuring fldigi to work with PowerSDR on the Windows platform for the fldigi folks. I run mine without any problems whatsoever but then, I am still running XP. I have no intention of even considering Windows 7 until Microsoft comes out with SP1. I can tell you how to configure VAC, VSPmgr, PowerSDR, and fldigi but if anything is Win7 dependent/specific, I can't help with that. Also, these instructions do not address using ddutil. If you want to do rig control of an amplifier, rotator, or other external device in addition to fldigi, you can add that later. For now follow these steps in order to get fldigi and PowerSDR to play together. It is perfectly OK to add ddutil into the mix later. Here are the steps. 1. Download all the software pieces you need. Here is a list of the software you are going to need: a. PowerSDR (http://flex-radio.com) b. the flex FireWire driver (http://flex-radio.com) c. fldigi (http://www.w1hkj.com/Fldigi.html) I am running the alpha version 3.13BK right now but you can run the production version. d. the PowerSDR rig description XML file for fldigi's RigCAT (http://www.w1hkj.com/xmlarchives.html) e. VAC v4.09 (http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.html) You must purchase the release version. You MUST NOT run the demo version. f. VSPmanager (http://k5fr.com/ddutilwiki/index.php?title=VSP_Manager) 2. Install the Flex firewire driver. I am not going to address which one because it depends on which version of PowerSDR your are running. For the purposes of these instructions you should assume that you are installing the latest released version of the driver. Follow Flex's instructions. I use a buffer size of 2048 and a sample rate of 96ksps. 3. Install PowerSDR. Again, I assume you are installing the release version and it is compatible with the driver you have installed. Make sure that the sample rate and buffer size (SetupAudioPrimary) match the driver. (The new driver may automatically track the settings in PowerSDR. Even so, verify they are set the same.) 4. Make sure that PowerSDR both transmits and receives. It should run normally. 5. Install VAC. Follow the instructions provided with VAC. There are some differences between installing with XP, Vista, and Win7 so be sure you read the instructions, most notably in how to deal with unsigned drivers in Vista and Win7. NOTE: you MUST MUST MUST use the purchased-version of VAC 4.09. You MUST NOT, MUST NOT, MUST NOT use the demo version! Go ahead and buy it. It will work. 6. Open the VAC control program Control Panel and configure VAC. You get to the VAC control panel from the Windows Start button under All Programs. Look for the Virtual Audio Cable menu item and then select Control panel. In the upper left hand corner of the control panel for VAC you want to set it for 2 cables. I left all the other settings alone. Click the 'Set' and 'Restart' buttons. If you want to check, here is what I have all the VAC parameters set for: SR 22050..48000, BPS 8..16, NC 1..2, Max inst 20, Ms per int 7, Stream fmt Cable Range, Volume control (unchecked), Connected source lines line, Clock corr% 100.000. Once you click the Restart button you should see cable 1 and cable 2 appear in the lower section of the Virtual Audio Cable Control Panel (if not sooner). 7. Now set up VSPmgr. For now you will create a single port-pair that will be used for CAT control of fldigi by PowerSDR. Both rig control and PTT will be handled by this single port-pair. Start the VSPmgr utility. It will show you your physical serial ports and offer to create a virtual port pair. Make sure that your virtual port pair starts above any possible physical serial port numbers. It is possible for virtual ports to conflict with physical ports if the physical ports are added later. In my case I created port pair COM6/COM7 for communications between PowerSDR and fldigi. Most of the examples use COM6/COM16 or COM7/COM17 but I discovered that some programs, e.g. WSJT and WSPR, have problems with port numbers above 9. Therefore by creating a port-pair where both com numbers are below 10 means that the configuration may be used later on to communicate with these other programs. Setting up the port-pair is nothing more than selecting the desired values for End 1 and End 2, COM6 and COM7 in this case, and clicking the Create Pair button. 8. Set up PowerSDR to use VAC. With PowerSDR running, click on Setup, select the Audio, and then
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi Flex 5000A; DDUtil
Well, question 2 was answered, but not 1. Is it possible to run FLDigi with the Flex 5000A? If so, how? (I have and have tried the xml file from the KB) (I have the purchased version of VSP Manager and VAC). OS is Win 7 Pro 32 bit, and Flex 5000A was purchased about a month ago. 73, -- Larry Rappaport, W1HJF rapp at lmr dot com -Original Message- From: Larry Rappaport [mailto:r...@lmr.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 3:40 PM To: 'flexradio@flex-radio.biz' Subject: fldigi Flex 5000A; DDUtil Windows 7 Pro 32 bit, Flex 5000A, both less than a month old. 1. I'm trying to get FLDIGI to run but having no luck. No rig control, no audio getting there. Using a virtual serial port (17 7) and VAC, but no joy with anything. Can someone please send me their settings? I have the XML program from the website, stuck it in the program directory, read it in and saved it, but there must be something more. 2. If I use DDUtil, can I run several different programs for rig control, etc. or just one rig control, one SteppIR, 1 rotor, 1 amp, 1 tuner, etc.? For some reason, I am not understanding this. For example, I would like to be able to run CW Skimmer, DX Labs Suite, HR Deluxe, FLDigi, etc. Thanks and have a merry Christmas. 73, -- Larry Rappaport, W1HJF rapp at lmr dot 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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi Flex 5000A; DDUtil
Sure it is possible. I am doing it right now. It works great, but I am biased. I wrote the RigCat control file for PowerSDR :-) I am not using DDUtil with it. I recommend that you get the digital mode program working sans DDUtil with PowerSDR first and then add the DDUtil layer in afterwards so you are troubleshooting one problem and possibly not two or more of them at the same time. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Larry Rappaport Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 10:41 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] fldigi Flex 5000A; DDUtil Well, question 2 was answered, but not 1. Is it possible to run FLDigi with the Flex 5000A? If so, how? (I have and have tried the xml file from the KB) (I have the purchased version of VSP Manager and VAC). OS is Win 7 Pro 32 bit, and Flex 5000A was purchased about a month ago. 73, -- Larry Rappaport, W1HJF rapp at lmr dot com -Original Message- From: Larry Rappaport [mailto:r...@lmr.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 3:40 PM To: 'flexradio@flex-radio.biz' Subject: fldigi Flex 5000A; DDUtil Windows 7 Pro 32 bit, Flex 5000A, both less than a month old. 1. I'm trying to get FLDIGI to run but having no luck. No rig control, no audio getting there. Using a virtual serial port (17 7) and VAC, but no joy with anything. Can someone please send me their settings? I have the XML program from the website, stuck it in the program directory, read it in and saved it, but there must be something more. 2. If I use DDUtil, can I run several different programs for rig control, etc. or just one rig control, one SteppIR, 1 rotor, 1 amp, 1 tuner, etc.? For some reason, I am not understanding this. For example, I would like to be able to run CW Skimmer, DX Labs Suite, HR Deluxe, FLDigi, etc. Thanks and have a merry Christmas. 73, -- Larry Rappaport, W1HJF rapp at lmr dot 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/ Message delivered to telli...@itsco.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] FLDigi and Rig control
Download the powersdr.xml RigCat file from the Fldigi web site and it. http://www.w1hkj.com/xmls/sdr/PowerSDR.xml Remember to do a save as so the browser does not open the file. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Steve Garrison Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 2:04 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] FLDigi and Rig control I've been trading Emails with Dudley, but anyone else that has FLDigi working with PowerSDR might be able to help me out. I have installed the latest VAC and have audio going back and forth between FLDigi and PSDR. At least I know I'm receiving the audio from PSDR as I can copy PSK31 and RTTY traffic. I have not been real successful in getting PTT to work, so I'm not positive the audio is going from PSDR to FLDigi, but assume that it is if PTT was working. As well as PTT issues I'm not having any success in getting rig control to work either. Tried RigCat with the PowerSDR.XML file but when I tried to look the XML file with an XML editor it says the file is corrupt. Then tried HamLib at Dudley's suggestion, but get an error message from FLDigi about hamlib_init: I/O error, so I never see any rig control. I'm using com0com for the virtual serial ports under Vista Ultimate, should I be using VSP from k5FR? Any and all help appreciated. Steve G./N4SEG ___ 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/ Message delivered to telli...@itsco.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] FLDigi and Rig control
Well, that may have been it. I used a file sent to me from Brett Mills and that seemed to make the rig control work. Now, I just have to get the audio working. I have NO waterfall display and when I set it to CW, I get the receive window filled with e's. I've obviously got something wrong. In PowerSDR, I've got audio set to virtual audio cable one and virtual audio cable two. In FLDigi, audio tab, I've got them reversed. I even went to Windows Control Panel - Sound and set the input and output to the same as in FLDigi. I'm missing something... 73, -- Larry Rappaport, W1HJF rapp at lmr dot com -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Tim Ellison Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 2:34 PM To: n4...@arrl.net; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FLDigi and Rig control Download the powersdr.xml RigCat file from the Fldigi web site and it. http://www.w1hkj.com/xmls/sdr/PowerSDR.xml Remember to do a save as so the browser does not open the file. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Steve Garrison Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 2:04 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] FLDigi and Rig control I've been trading Emails with Dudley, but anyone else that has FLDigi working with PowerSDR might be able to help me out. I have installed the latest VAC and have audio going back and forth between FLDigi and PSDR. At least I know I'm receiving the audio from PSDR as I can copy PSK31 and RTTY traffic. I have not been real successful in getting PTT to work, so I'm not positive the audio is going from PSDR to FLDigi, but assume that it is if PTT was working. As well as PTT issues I'm not having any success in getting rig control to work either. Tried RigCat with the PowerSDR.XML file but when I tried to look the XML file with an XML editor it says the file is corrupt. Then tried HamLib at Dudley's suggestion, but get an error message from FLDigi about hamlib_init: I/O error, so I never see any rig control. I'm using com0com for the virtual serial ports under Vista Ultimate, should I be using VSP from k5FR? Any and all help appreciated. Steve G./N4SEG ___ 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/ Message delivered to telli...@itsco.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/ Message delivered to r...@lmr.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] FLDigi and Rig control
Your friend is Google. Brian Lloyd wrote this. (copy pasted from the mailarchive!) Hope ok Brian ?. quote 8. Install the Flex 5000 driver. 9. Install PowerSDR. 10. Make sure these are both working properly. 11. Install VAC 4.09 live version -- DO NOT INSTALL THE DEMO VERSION!! Configure it for two channels. 12. Install com0com. Configure it for two virtual RS232 cables: COM6COM16 and COM7COM17. Enable buffer overrun on both. 13. Configure PowerSDR AudioVAC. Use Driver: MME, Input: Virtual Cable 2, Output: Virtual Cable 1. 14. Configure PowerSDR CAT Control for port COM6. Click to enable CAT. Set the ID as: PowerSDR. 13. Install ddutil. Configure it to talk to the rig on COM16. Configure it to talk to the rigctl program on COM17. 14. Download fldigi and the PowerSDR.xml rig control description file from the fldigi home page. 15. Install fldigi. Copy the PowerSDR.xml file to the rigs folder inside the fldigi.files folder. (The fldigi.files folder is at the top level for the user under Documents and Settings.) 16. Configure fldigi soundcard configuration to use portaudio with Capture: Virtual Cable 1, and Playback: Virtual Cable 2. 17. Select the Rig tab of the fldigi configuration pane. Select the RigCAT tab. * Use RigCAT selected * Rig description file: PowerSDR.xml * Device: COM7 * Retries 3 * Retry interval 30 * command interval 80 * CAT command for PTT selected * click initialize, save, and close. You are up and running. Yes, besides fldigi there are other digital mode programs. But since I run on MacOS, Windows, and Linux, I prefer fldigi. If you are only going to run on Windows then I suggest you also consider the Ham Radio Deluxe/DM780 combo. If you have followed the above instructions you can pretty much substitute HRD for fldigi. I find the logging in HRD and fldigi adequate for my uses. (I operate digital modes almost exculsively.) For occasional voice operation I use the logging in HRD as it supports this mode properly whereas the logging in fldigi does not. Good luck! 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL P.S. I will try out my F5K on my MacBook Pro using the IEEE-1394b port with an adaptor cable and report back here. end quote 73s-Erik-OZ4KK Well, that may have been it. I used a file sent to me from Brett Mills and that seemed to make the rig control work. Now, I just have to get the audio working. I have NO waterfall display and when I set it to CW, I get the receive window filled with e's. I've obviously got something wrong. In PowerSDR, I've got audio set to virtual audio cable one and virtual audio cable two. In FLDigi, audio tab, I've got them reversed. I even went to Windows Control Panel - Sound and set the input and output to the same as in FLDigi. I'm missing something... 73, ___ 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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] FLDigi and Rig control
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Erik Jakobsen e...@urbakken.dk wrote: Your friend is Google. Brian Lloyd wrote this. (copy pasted from the mailarchive!) Hope ok Brian ?. I am doing OK and I am in the middle of writing better instructions using VSPmanager. I promised the fldigi guys a set of instructions for making fldigi work with PowerSDR. quote 8. Install the Flex 5000 driver. 9. Install PowerSDR. 10. Make sure these are both working properly. 11. Install VAC 4.09 live version -- DO NOT INSTALL THE DEMO VERSION!! Configure it for two channels. 12. Install com0com. Configure it for two virtual RS232 cables: COM6COM16 and COM7COM17. Enable buffer overrun on both. 13. Configure PowerSDR AudioVAC. Use Driver: MME, Input: Virtual Cable 2, Output: Virtual Cable 1. 14. Configure PowerSDR CAT Control for port COM6. Click to enable CAT. Set the ID as: PowerSDR. 13. Install ddutil. Configure it to talk to the rig on COM16. Configure it to talk to the rigctl program on COM17. 14. Download fldigi and the PowerSDR.xml rig control description file from the fldigi home page. 15. Install fldigi. Copy the PowerSDR.xml file to the rigs folder inside the fldigi.files folder. (The fldigi.files folder is at the top level for the user under Documents and Settings.) 16. Configure fldigi soundcard configuration to use portaudio with Capture: Virtual Cable 1, and Playback: Virtual Cable 2. 17. Select the Rig tab of the fldigi configuration pane. Select the RigCAT tab. * Use RigCAT selected * Rig description file: PowerSDR.xml * Device: COM7 * Retries 3 * Retry interval 30 * command interval 80 * CAT command for PTT selected * click initialize, save, and close. You are up and running. Yes, besides fldigi there are other digital mode programs. But since I run on MacOS, Windows, and Linux, I prefer fldigi. If you are only going to run on Windows then I suggest you also consider the Ham Radio Deluxe/DM780 combo. If you have followed the above instructions you can pretty much substitute HRD for fldigi. I find the logging in HRD and fldigi adequate for my uses. (I operate digital modes almost exculsively.) For occasional voice operation I use the logging in HRD as it supports this mode properly whereas the logging in fldigi does not. Good luck! 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL P.S. I will try out my F5K on my MacBook Pro using the IEEE-1394b port with an adaptor cable and report back here. end quote 73s-Erik-OZ4KK Well, that may have been it. I used a file sent to me from Brett Mills and that seemed to make the rig control work. Now, I just have to get the audio working. I have NO waterfall display and when I set it to CW, I get the receive window filled with e's. I've obviously got something wrong. In PowerSDR, I've got audio set to virtual audio cable one and virtual audio cable two. In FLDigi, audio tab, I've got them reversed. I even went to Windows Control Panel - Sound and set the input and output to the same as in FLDigi. I'm missing something... 73, ___ 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/ Message delivered to brian-wb6...@lloyd.com -- 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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] FLDigi and Rig control
Thank you! Actually, I did see that, but that wasn't it. What finally got it working was that I had to turn OFF sending I/Q along with the audio. THAT was the problem. Now, unfortunately to use CW Skimmer with a lot of bandwidth that has to be on. The other problem is that it looks like DDUtil only handles 3 extra RCPs. So if I want to use DX Lab suite, HRD, CW Skimmer and FLDigi, I'm out of luck. At least for the moment. And if I want to use CW Skimmer and FLDigi, I have to remember to turn I/Q on for CW Skimmer (which I think is one fantastic CW decoder) and off for FLDigi, but then I haven't compared FLDigi with Brian's DM780 in HRD, so it may be that FLDigi isn't really all that necessary. Hopefully, there will be a way to do this with a macro. Also, there's the issue of whether or not to use my amp and what do I do for a tuner. I have an old Murch Transmatch which works fine, but won't lend itself towards computerized switching. Anyone have any suggestions there? I'd love to get a STEPP-IR, if I ever can afford it and a new tower, but for 160-80-40, I need to use wires. 73 and a merry Christmas to all, -- Larry Rappaport, W1HJF r...@lmr.com -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Erik Jakobsen Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 3:59 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FLDigi and Rig control Your friend is Google. Brian Lloyd wrote this. (copy pasted from the mailarchive!) Hope ok Brian ?. quote 8. Install the Flex 5000 driver. 9. Install PowerSDR. 10. Make sure these are both working properly. 11. Install VAC 4.09 live version -- DO NOT INSTALL THE DEMO VERSION!! Configure it for two channels. 12. Install com0com. Configure it for two virtual RS232 cables: COM6COM16 and COM7COM17. Enable buffer overrun on both. 13. Configure PowerSDR AudioVAC. Use Driver: MME, Input: Virtual Cable 2, Output: Virtual Cable 1. 14. Configure PowerSDR CAT Control for port COM6. Click to enable CAT. Set the ID as: PowerSDR. 13. Install ddutil. Configure it to talk to the rig on COM16. Configure it to talk to the rigctl program on COM17. 14. Download fldigi and the PowerSDR.xml rig control description file from the fldigi home page. 15. Install fldigi. Copy the PowerSDR.xml file to the rigs folder inside the fldigi.files folder. (The fldigi.files folder is at the top level for the user under Documents and Settings.) 16. Configure fldigi soundcard configuration to use portaudio with Capture: Virtual Cable 1, and Playback: Virtual Cable 2. 17. Select the Rig tab of the fldigi configuration pane. Select the RigCAT tab. * Use RigCAT selected * Rig description file: PowerSDR.xml * Device: COM7 * Retries 3 * Retry interval 30 * command interval 80 * CAT command for PTT selected * click initialize, save, and close. You are up and running. Yes, besides fldigi there are other digital mode programs. But since I run on MacOS, Windows, and Linux, I prefer fldigi. If you are only going to run on Windows then I suggest you also consider the Ham Radio Deluxe/DM780 combo. If you have followed the above instructions you can pretty much substitute HRD for fldigi. I find the logging in HRD and fldigi adequate for my uses. (I operate digital modes almost exculsively.) For occasional voice operation I use the logging in HRD as it supports this mode properly whereas the logging in fldigi does not. Good luck! 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL P.S. I will try out my F5K on my MacBook Pro using the IEEE-1394b port with an adaptor cable and report back here. end quote 73s-Erik-OZ4KK Well, that may have been it. I used a file sent to me from Brett Mills and that seemed to make the rig control work. Now, I just have to get the audio working. I have NO waterfall display and when I set it to CW, I get the receive window filled with e's. I've obviously got something wrong. In PowerSDR, I've got audio set to virtual audio cable one and virtual audio cable two. In FLDigi, audio tab, I've got them reversed. I even went to Windows Control Panel - Sound and set the input and output to the same as in FLDigi. I'm missing something... 73, ___ 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/ Message delivered to r...@lmr.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] FLDigi and Rig control
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Larry Rappaport r...@lmr.com wrote: Thank you! Actually, I did see that, but that wasn't it. What finally got it working was that I had to turn OFF sending I/Q along with the audio. Oh, definitely! You need a program that knows what to do with separate I and Q streams. Fldigi and HRD/DM780 both expect plain-old, single-channel, low IF. THAT was the problem. Now, unfortunately to use CW Skimmer with a lot of bandwidth that has to be on. The other problem is that it looks like DDUtil only handles 3 extra RCPs. So if I want to use DX Lab suite, HRD, CW Skimmer and FLDigi, I'm out of luck. I guess the big question is, why would you want to use both HRD and fldigi at the same time? The logging features of HRD are better but if you don't need all that, fldigi is simpler to operate *and* it is one program as opposed to two in the case of HRD/DM780. Also, if you are using HRD/DM780 there is the latency problem with commands going between DM780 and HRD, and then on to PowerSDR. At least for the moment. And if I want to use CW Skimmer and FLDigi, I have to remember to turn I/Q on for CW Skimmer (which I think is one fantastic CW decoder) and off for FLDigi, but then I haven't compared FLDigi with Brian's DM780 in HRD, so it may be that FLDigi isn't really all that necessary. Hopefully, there will be a way to do this with a macro. There was some comparison between the CODECs in DM780 and fldigi. For the most part it was a wash. So you can run either HRD/DM780 or fldigi to accomplish the same thing. Personally I use fldigi because of the control channel latencies with HRD/DM780/PowerSDR. Also, there's the issue of whether or not to use my amp and what do I do for a tuner. I have an old Murch Transmatch which works fine, but won't lend itself towards computerized switching. Anyone have any suggestions there? Hit the tune button in PowerSDR, do an initial tune up of the manual tuner and amp, then turn up the wick to do the final tuning of the amp. There was amateur radio before there was computer automation. ;-) I'd love to get a STEPP-IR, if I ever can afford it and a new tower, but for 160-80-40, I need to use wires. That seems to be the way it is for most of us. Loops are good! Oh, and I am still going to finish off the instructions for using fldigi with PowerSDR. It'll be my Christmas present to someone. :-) -- 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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] FLDigi and Rig control
Thank you Brian, and I look forward to see the instructions your work on 73s-Erik-OZ4KK On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Erik Jakobsen e...@urbakken.dk wrote: Your friend is Google. Brian Lloyd wrote this. (copy pasted from the mailarchive!) Hope ok Brian ?. I am doing OK and I am in the middle of writing better instructions using VSPmanager. I promised the fldigi guys a set of instructions for making fldigi work with PowerSDR. quote 8. Install the Flex 5000 driver. 9. Install PowerSDR. 10. Make sure these are both working properly. 11. Install VAC 4.09 live version -- DO NOT INSTALL THE DEMO VERSION!! Configure it for two channels. 12. Install com0com. Configure it for two virtual RS232 cables: COM6COM16 and COM7COM17. Enable buffer overrun on both. 13. Configure PowerSDR AudioVAC. Use Driver: MME, Input: Virtual Cable 2, Output: Virtual Cable 1. 14. Configure PowerSDR CAT Control for port COM6. Click to enable CAT. Set the ID as: PowerSDR. 13. Install ddutil. Configure it to talk to the rig on COM16. Configure it to talk to the rigctl program on COM17. 14. Download fldigi and the PowerSDR.xml rig control description file from the fldigi home page. 15. Install fldigi. Copy the PowerSDR.xml file to the rigs folder inside the fldigi.files folder. (The fldigi.files folder is at the top level for the user under Documents and Settings.) 16. Configure fldigi soundcard configuration to use portaudio with Capture: Virtual Cable 1, and Playback: Virtual Cable 2. 17. Select the Rig tab of the fldigi configuration pane. Select the RigCAT tab. * Use RigCAT selected * Rig description file: PowerSDR.xml * Device: COM7 * Retries 3 * Retry interval 30 * command interval 80 * CAT command for PTT selected * click initialize, save, and close. You are up and running. Yes, besides fldigi there are other digital mode programs. But since I run on MacOS, Windows, and Linux, I prefer fldigi. If you are only going to run on Windows then I suggest you also consider the Ham Radio Deluxe/DM780 combo. If you have followed the above instructions you can pretty much substitute HRD for fldigi. I find the logging in HRD and fldigi adequate for my uses. (I operate digital modes almost exculsively.) For occasional voice operation I use the logging in HRD as it supports this mode properly whereas the logging in fldigi does not. Good luck! 73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL P.S. I will try out my F5K on my MacBook Pro using the IEEE-1394b port with an adaptor cable and report back here. end quote 73s-Erik-OZ4KK Well, that may have been it. I used a file sent to me from Brett Mills and that seemed to make the rig control work. Now, I just have to get the audio working. I have NO waterfall display and when I set it to CW, I get the receive window filled with e's. I've obviously got something wrong. In PowerSDR, I've got audio set to virtual audio cable one and virtual audio cable two. In FLDigi, audio tab, I've got them reversed. I even went to Windows Control Panel - Sound and set the input and output to the same as in FLDigi. I'm missing something... 73, ___ 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/ Message delivered to brian-wb6...@lloyd.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi Flex 5000A; DDUtil
Larry For windows 7, it's best to use VSPmgr. Virtual Audio Cables are sharable amongst applications as delivered.. So.. you can have multiple programs hooked up to a virtual audio cable .. DDutil allows multiple programs to share the PowerSDR CAT com port. Dave Larry Rappaport wrote: Thanks, Dave, I am running 7 17 - 17 at PowerSDR and 7 at the other end. It just occurred to me, that even if I setup DDUtil, there is no equivalent for the audio. Oh well, I suppose using DDUtil to configure the serial ports makes it one less thing to do. 73, ___ 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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] fldigi Flex 5000A; DDUtil
Actually, I'd recommend VSPmanager for all versions of Windows. It is a must for 64-bit versions of Win7 and Vista because the drivers are signed. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of David Beumer W0DHB Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 5:27 PM To: Larry Rappaport Cc: flex Subject: Re: [Flexradio] fldigi Flex 5000A; DDUtil Larry For windows 7, it's best to use VSPmgr. Virtual Audio Cables are sharable amongst applications as delivered.. So.. you can have multiple programs hooked up to a virtual audio cable .. DDutil allows multiple programs to share the PowerSDR CAT com port. Dave Larry Rappaport wrote: Thanks, Dave, I am running 7 17 - 17 at PowerSDR and 7 at the other end. It just occurred to me, that even if I setup DDUtil, there is no equivalent for the audio. Oh well, I suppose using DDUtil to configure the serial ports makes it one less thing to do. 73, ___ 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/ Message delivered to telli...@itsco.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi settings for F5ka
Se this mail here: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/2009-June/029226.html 73s-Erik-OZ4KK Iam trying to set up my F5ka to run the Fldigi software. I want to run the digital programs and cw. Need to know settings for Psdr and Fldigi. I think Iam ok with the VAC and com0com, I THINK. Any help will be greatly appreciated. 73, Andy ___ 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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi settings for F5ka
You need to download the RigCAT rig control file for PowerSDR to setup CAT for Fldigi. It is on the Fldigi web page and also on the FlexRadio web site. It is an XML file. http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50410.aspx You do need Com0Com and VAC (the licensed version, NOT the demo version) Com0Com info: http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50078.aspx VAC info: http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50060.aspx http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50230.aspx -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Andrew Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:09 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Fldigi settings for F5ka Iam trying to set up my F5ka to run the Fldigi software. I want to run the digital programs and cw. Need to know settings for Psdr and Fldigi. I think Iam ok with the VAC and com0com, I THINK. Any help will be greatly appreciated. 73, Andy ___ 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/ Message delivered to telli...@itsco.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi
No problems here with the new version of Fldigi. Feel free to contact me off list with your issues. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Eddy Van de Velde Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:32 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Fldigi Is there someone using Fldigi 3.12.3 on Windows XP SP3 with PowerSDR v.1.18.2 and VAC 4.09 ? Can you contact me off the reflector, please ? Eddy ON5UQ ___ 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/ Message delivered to telli...@itsco.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/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi
Joe, See my comments below -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Joseph White Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:16 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Fldigi Importance: High Sensitivity: Personal Can someone shed some light on what Fldigi is and what must be used for? [Tim] It is a digital mode program like MixW, but it is platform independent I am just hearing about it today. I will be running Windows XP as provided by FLEX Radio on the FLEX 5000C. I am now wondering how many different software programs I am going to have to run to do digital and logging. [Tim] Depends on what you want to do and the different hardware you want to connect to your software defined radio. You will need two basic third-party programs (1) Com0Com - (free program) to create a virtual com port pair to allow a digital mode program, logger, DDUtil or other CAT enabled program to communicate with the radio (PowerSDR). See the following KC articles http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50345.aspx http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50062.aspx http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50078.aspx (2) VAC (virtual audio cable: http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.html) - (must be purchased, demo program is not usable). If you want to operate digital modes, you need to seriously consider this software package. This program transfers RX and TX audio from PowerSDR to a digital mode program running on the same computer as PowerSDR. This software is optional, but if you do not use it, you have to create an external sound card interface. The convenience and increase in you digital quality signal is work the purchase price. See the following KC articles http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50060.aspx http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50230.aspx I hope I did not sell my IC-7800 too soon. [Tim] You didn't. There is a bit of a learning curve to get started, but there are a lot of helpful people on the Reflector and the KC has a lot of how to articles about different things you can use with your FLEX-5000C. Dudley (FlexRadio Support) is a wealth of information and he will get you going. Looking forward to getting the new FLEX5000C in and maybe then I will understand it better. [Tim] Having it to work with is a big help. A lot less abstract. I have many unanswered questions. [Tim] You have come to the right place to get them answered Can someone tell me how to do a search on the knowledge base? I did not see a search place. Now mind you, that I am legally blind, that has not gotten in my way so far. I now have a 40 monitor and ZoomText to be able to see anything on the computer. ZoomText is a hog on the resources. [Tim] Open up the Knowledge Center (http://kc.flex-radio.com) On the right hand side is a small blue box that says Quick Search. Enter a keyword, like CAT into the text entry box that has the word Keywords... in it and click on the Search button. Thanks for any help. Regards, Joe White - KE4TV Email: mailto:ke...@arrl.net ke...@arrl.net ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi
At 19:16 6/24/2009, Joseph White wrote: I will be running Windows XP as provided by FLEX Radio on the FLEX 5000C. I am now wondering how many different software programs I am going to have to run Good question. Is there an overview of PowerSDR and its friends so that one can understand how all the pieces fit together? -- Dave Gomberg, San Francisco NE5EE gomberg1 at wcf dot com All addresses, phones, etc. at http://www.wcf.com/ham/info.html - ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Fldigi
On Jun 24, 2009, at 8:30 PM, Dave Gomberg wrote: At 19:16 6/24/2009, Joseph White wrote: I will be running Windows XP as provided by FLEX Radio on the FLEX 5000C. I am now wondering how many different software programs I am going to have to run Good question. Is there an overview of PowerSDR and its friends so that one can understand how all the pieces fit together? First, PowerSDR is the radio itself. Your Flex 5000 or Flex 3000 plus your computer running PowerSDR *IS* the radio. If you are running a traditional radio and connecting it to your computer to do digital modes, e.g. RTTY, PSK31, Olivia, etc., you have to connect your radio to your computer and then run some digital mode software on the computer. The speaker output of the radio connects to the input of the computer's sound card. The output of the sound card connects to the mic input (or line input if your radio has such) of your radio. You also need a way to key the transmitter so there is some kind of third connection from the computer to the PTT on the radio, usually through some kind of an adaptor. Once you have the physical connection you need to run the right software on the computer to enable the digital modes. There are many possibilities. For example: Ham Radio Deluxe with Digital Mode 780, fldigi, MixW, etc. Some programs just do the digital modes and some are more all-encompassing including rig control (frequency, mode, filters, etc.) and/or logging. If you are running Windows and want an all-in-one program to do digital modes, rig control, and logging, your two best choices are probably Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD -- includes DM780) and fldigi. If you are the kind who wants *ALL* the bells-and- whistles, HRD is the way to go. If you want the essentials in an easier-to-understand package, I would recommend fldigi. Both are excellent programs and both are free. If the program is going to control the radio and get information from the radio, you need another connection between computer and radio. This is the CAT connection and usually is an RS-232 (serial) port connection. Through this connection the radio communicates frequency, mode, power, filters, and just about everything else the radio knows how to do. The logging program will use this connection to automatically fill in a lot of information from a contact for you. Conversely the computer can use this connection to control the radio. Some radios (Icom comes to mind here) need an adaptor box between the computer and radio. Are you with me so far? Now we need to apply this the flex radios and PowerSDR. In the previous example, the radio and computer were separate and connected together by cables and adaptor boxes. But what happens when the radio is inside the computer with all the other programs? There is no place to plug the cables. Still, we need an audio cable for receive audio, an audio cable for transmit audio, a PTT control line, and a serial cable for CAT. In the case of the flex radios the cables come in the form of extra software that runs inside the computer. To connect the audio signal from the radio to the digital mode program, instead of a wire we use Virtual Audio Cable (VAC). When you set up VAC it looks like a sound card to both devices. PowerSDR sends its audio to VAC thinking it is talking to a sound card. Your digital mode program connects to VAC thinking it is getting audio from a sound card. VAC acts as a virtual patch panel to send the digital audio directly from one to the other. This keeps the digital signal as pure as possible. PowerSDR doesn't need a separate PTT line since it can accept a PTT command via CAT. Instead of grounding a line to turn the transmitter on (which the Flex radios can do -- there is a traditional PTT line) PowerSDR can accept a transmitter on and transmitter off command. This simplifies life and reduces the number of necessary connections. So how do we get the CAT commands to go between PowerSDR and your digital mode program? We use a virtual com port program com0com. com0com looks like two serial ports connected back to back. PowerSDR opens one thinking it is talking to a hardware serial port. Your digital-mode/logging/rig-control program opens the other corresponding virtual port. Now whenever PowerSDR sends a message it is received by the digital mode program and vice versa. This is how the CAT commands and messages flow between PowerSDR and your digital mode programs. So to make this all work you need four programs: PowerSDR (the radio), VAC (the audio cables), com0com (the serial ports), and your favorite digital mode and rig control program. (I use fldigi most of the time but also keep HRD on and use that for more general purpose logging.) Tim has given you the pointers to the articles in the knowledge base that will help you set up all the programs. Hopefully this little overview
