Re: [Flexradio] vSOUND Development Starts June 5, 2006!
I would prefer this to be an open source project, something on sourceforge for example. It would be nice if it would target XP and Vista, and be compatible with vs2005. I haven't built a driver in 10 years but I assume you would use visual studio and your driver starter kit or sample code of your choice. Also assume it would have to be some sort of user mode driver on Vista, and I was under the impression that these sorts of audio channel redirectors were due to become extinct due to DRM. I have a lot to learn. Would be happy to help you, or track down any technical info you need using the local MS developer rep. Thanks to all who donated! You generosity has kick started this vSOUND project. My goal is to support MME, DS, ASIO, and WDM KS interfaces. I will post periodic updates to report progress and will probably need beta testers that don't mind a few BSODs here and there ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] VSound question
Hi Guys Missed a whole bunch of the weekend posts.I see there is a collection for the development of sound software. Where are we sending it to via paypal or mail? Thanks, Ken - N8KJGThanks, Ken Visit: Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting HOLY CRAP! -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060605/7b526d92/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] vSOUND Development Starts June 5, 2006!
On 6/5/06, KD5NWA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is why Vista is not in my horizon, I'm in the process of switching all my PC's to Linux so I will be very interested in release 17 of the software so I can completely move over to Linux. The only PC I foresee for a time staying in Windows is my Video editing PC. So a Linux port of the VSound software is what I'm looking forward to. This weekend I was playing with VAC and I must admit I had a difficult time making it go, I finally sent the output to two programs but the way I ended doing it so it worked did not make a lick of sense. Hi Cecil, vSOUND'a'like is not needed on Linux. There's already jack and a few other ways of piping audio around. 73 de Phil N8VB ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] VSound question
Hi Ken, You can visit Phil's contribution page at: http://www.philcovington.com/SDR/donation.html or if you want to log into your PayPal directly, his PayPal e-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike - AA8K Kenneth Golubski wrote: Hi Guys Missed a whole bunch of the weekend posts.I see there is a collection for the development of sound software. Where are we sending it to via paypal or mail? Thanks, Ken - N8KJG ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] MicroHam Band decoder
Is anyone using the microHAM band decoder with the SDR1000 to control an amplifier ? In my case it would be the PW 1. 73 thanks, Art, W8IKN - Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060605/40464833/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Controlling Steppir with SDR1000
Hi Joe, The SDR-1000 can definitely be interfaced with the 3-el SteppIR. 73 Tom W0IVJ Joe - AB1DO wrote: Hi all, I know this has come up before, but I couldn't find it in the searchable archive. So apologies in advance. I am considering purchasing a 3 el steppir and was wondering if the steppir control box with transceiver interface can be interfaced with the SDR-1000 (I know it can to conventional rigs) and if so then could someone explain to me how this is done? I assume that it is possible given that FlexRadio and Steppir combined forces recently at the Visalia DX Convention. 73 de Joe - AB1DO Configuration: Dell Dimension 4700 /w 3GHz P4 HT + 1GB DDR2 SDRAM + Intel 915G Express + XPHomeSP2 SDR-1000 + RFE + 100W PA + USB Adapter Delta-44 + Break-out kit -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060605/a117c0c9/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] [OT] vSOUND Development Starts June 5, 2006! - Vista
Vista will do more to push people to Linux than anything else. That is one important reason for the Flex V17 software to be available so people can start migrating SDR-1000 controlling software to Linux, BSD and OSX. From what I'm hearing pieces will start being released soon, I'm looking forward to it myself. At 01:10 PM 6/5/2006, you wrote: At 07:49 AM 6/5/2006, Mike Naruta wrote: Amen, Cecil. I haven't seen so far anything of an advantage to changing to Vista and lots of reasons to stay on XP. It seems to me that Vista might be change for the purpose of change. XP will be around for 2 or 3 years, at least, since there's wide acceptance in the business world. Vista, however, will eventually supersede it. In the consumer world (read: inexpensive computing for the masses) I would expect it to arrive earlier, and be accompanied by hardware that will attempt to lock it in (to address the concerns of the content industry). And, the impact to applications that use audio (or video) interfaces will be substantial, for much the same reason. There is ENORMOUS economic pressure on the PC hardware industry to make the tie between Windows and the hardware tight and authenticable (i.e. a serial number of Vista would be tied to a specific processor serial number) I'm migrating to Linux as well. The only app I may need to keep Windows for is my ATI TV recorder. I love to time-shift the ever-lessening TV shows that I watch. The nice thing about the ATI video card software is that I can playback about 15% faster than wall-time, plus instant scroll ahead. That makes some shows watchable. And it is specifically this sort of thing that Vista is designed to control more tightly. Jim Cecil Bayona KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com Windows, the most successful software virus ever Don Seglio Batuna ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Controlling Steppir with SDR1000
Hi Joe, The SteppIR control box needs a hard serial connection from the transceiver for control. I connected the SteppIR to a hard serial port in the computer and then configured the CAT in the SDR to look like a Kenwood at 9600 baud using the COM port that I had the SteppIR control box connected to. I then set up the SteppIR control box to interface to a Kenwood at 9600 baud. That was all there was to it. The SteppIR control box sends an IF command once a second and the SDR CAT responds with frequency information (among other things) and the SteppIR adjusts the elements accordingly. The SteppIR control box is set to the General Coverage mode. This results in a continuous resonate Yagi for all frequencies between 13.5 MHz and 50 MHz. It is really fun to listen to foreign broadcast with this capability. I hope this helps. 73 Tom W0IVJ ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
Re: [Flexradio] Vista, DRM, and new Flex architecture.
More people to Linux is not the majority, who wants a bunch of sheep anyway. I'm interested more in many who like to tinker with software and do their own thing, and shareware publishers. If Microsoft locks them out in the name of protection, they are not going to give up playing with computers they will move to Linux or OSX where they have some freedom. Also if Microsoft also thinks that hackers won't be able to penetrate the systems they are going to be in for a rude shock. Personally the Video/Music industry and Microsoft has anything that happens to them coming. At 06:06 PM 6/5/2006, Jim Lux wrote: Off list... At 12:27 PM 6/5/2006, you wrote: Vista will do more to push people to Linux than anything else. Nope.. The vast majority of consumers are perfectly happy with MS's products, and, more to the point, the software that third parties provide (e.g. games). They'd like to be able to play next generation DVDs on their media center PCs too. The primary hold up for this is that Windows XP doesn't provide a level of digital rights management that content providers feel comfortable with (viz. the Sony rootkit copy protection as a way to impose a level of security that XP cannot). Especially when you start talking about MS wanting to be in the set top box software business so that you can do Tivo like functionality with a PC, but with content delivered via your friendly cable or telecom company. (Interestingly, my Motorola/DiGeo Moxi set-top box from Adelphia actually runs Linux, but you'd never know it) And MS is quite upfront about catering to this need. Last October at Gartner, they had a whole session on it. I believe there was a session at TechEd, too. Given the overall openness thing with Linux, I don't see game mfrs or movie distributors supporting Linux. Sure, today there is DeCSS for Linux, but heck, that was mostly because a)CSS is cryptologically unsound, being little better than ROT13 and b) A manufacturer inadvertently published their key in cleartext, and given the implementation of CSS, that compromised all keys. As a practical matter, too, the industry didn't think they needed any better, because all they needed was something so they could hang their hat on the anti-circumvention part of DMCA. I don't see them making that mistake a second time, but I also don't see them abandoning an approach relying in part on security through obscurity, so they'll never publish interfaces specs, etc. that would allow a secure Linux implementation. That is one important reason for the Flex V17 software to be available so people can start migrating SDR-1000 controlling software to Linux, BSD and OSX. yes, that would be nice. From what I'm hearing pieces will start being released soon, I'm looking forward to it myself. I'll believe it when I see it. Flex said, last year, that the new architecture would be published real soon now, but, they are relying on N4HY to do it for them, and he's got a lot of things on his plate. Jim Cecil Bayona KD5NWA www.qrpradio.com Windows the worlds most successful software virus ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
[Flexradio] Install of K5OOR PA-100 5W Amp in 1W SDR-1000
for the SDR-1000. For power, I ran a separate +12 line from the back panel power connector with its own 2A fuse (you can see the white plastic fuse holder beneath the fan that I currently don't use in the picture at *http://www.hamsdr.com/personaldirectory.aspx?id=306 *). I then ran that line to the spare switch connections on the front panel power button (see the picture called RFE where the power connector can be seen behind the white J6 connector on the RFE board). Note that I had to carefully bend these connectors on the power switch out a bit to make clearance for the connector to plug into J6 on the RFE board (see http://www.hamsdr.com/personaldirectory.aspx?id=308 *)*. From the power switch, I found an extra space on the power terminal on the bottom of the case and ran the +12 line from the PA-100 to that appearance on the power terminal. There was an extra contact on the power terminal strip for ground so I ran the PA-100 ground lead to that contact. Finally, I ran a +12 line from the interface board (only needed in my case to provide +12 for the 4N33) to a spare +12 appearance on the power terminal strip (on the original fused circuit). Although the PA-100 can easily produce 5 or more watts from the output of the QRP SDR-1000, I only needed about 1W output to drive my HF-Packer amp. My barefoot SDR-1000 QRP stack can only put out about 800 mW on key down on 20m so boosting the output to a full 1W allows me to get much closer to the 35W output on the HF Packer amp. I've found that setting the PowerSDR Console (version 1.6.0 and 1.6.1) PWR control to 7 results in 1 W out of the PA-100 amp. I've had a number of QSOs with this configuration and have had no problems with it. Many thanks to Virgil for providing his exciting amplifier projects and also thanks to Ken WB6MLC for exchanging many ideas as we both have been experimenting with this. Check out Virgil's kits at www.hfprojects.com. The PA-100 is under ONLINE STORE and SlimGem Project. 73, Kurt KC9FOL -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060605/2febd4bd/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
