[Flexradio] Vista Installation Oddities

2007-12-23 Thread Alan Johnson
I finally got around to setting up my 5000A yesterday and noticed the following:

1) After installing the driver, Vista didn't give the Found new hardware box 
after reboot and powering on the transceiver.

2) After the above, Device Manager showed the Flex installed under Sound, video 
and and game controllers and as working normally with the correct driver 
version number.  I expected it to be under Radio Receivers.

3)After installing PowerSDR, once I stop the receiver and close the program, I 
get PowerSDR has stopped working

I'm using 32 bit Vista Home Premium on a C2D 6700 machine.
Despite the above, everything seems to be working correctly, but I wonder if I 
did something wrong.

Thanks for the handholding,
73,
Alan Johnson
N4LUS
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Re: [Flexradio] CCW

2007-12-23 Thread Jim Lux
Quoting Ted [EMAIL PROTECTED], on Sat 22 Dec 2007 07:23:58 PM PST:




 I always thought that the ability of GPS receivers to detect signals  
  that ride at or deep inside the noise levels was a direct  
 descendant  of the concepts of CCW.

Not exactly.  GPS relies on spreading the signal, and then despreading  
it in in the receiver with an internally generated perfect copy of the  
original spreading signal.  It's the phase of the spreading signal  
that gives you the unambiguous range measurement needed.

They are similar in that they both rely on using a very narrow  
bandwidth detector.


  The math experts on this list know more
 about this topic than I do.  But CCW was a pretty exciting concept   
 that could dramatically improve reception of signals that couldn't   
 be 'seen' or heard with the ear.
was is the operative term.  It was very effective using the  
technology available at the time.  Nowadays when it's straightforward  
getting ppb frequency references (GPS disciplined) and having a lot of  
DSP available on the coding and decoding sides, the balance shifts...



I think that there are better comm methods for an HF channel.  The  
ionosphere puts a basic limit of a couple hertz on how narrow you can  
get (doppler spreading).  Furthermore, CW is an on/off modulation, so  
the average power is lower than a constant envelope method.   
Techniques such as PSK or MFSK are probably better, especially those  
that do some amount of Forward Error Correction and that have  
modulations tuned to the ionospheric channel.




 If the SDR can finally bring CCW into the ham 'bag of tricks' for   
 long distance RF communication than it will be terrific event.

I suspect that a low speed form of PSK16 or MFSK can blow it away.


OTOH, CCW has some historical interest, and the beauty of a software  
radio is that experimenting with it isn't particularly more difficult  
than any other modulation scheme.

Jim,W6RMK


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Re: [Flexradio] Vista Installation Oddities

2007-12-23 Thread Tim Ellison
Alan,

You have done nothing wrong.

You will not always get the Found new hardware message.  Particularly if the 
device driver is already registered with Windows.

The  FLEX-5000 hardware is registered as a sound device under Windows.  Windows 
wouldn't know a radio if it jumped up and slapped Billy G. in the face. (which 
is one of the many reasons why the next version of the software will not have 
Windows as the primary OS for running the radio)

There is a new SVN version of PowerSDR that corrects the annoyance message 
PowerSDR has stopped working you get under Vista.  The correction will be in 
the next production release of PowerSDR slated for sometime near the first of 
the year.




-Tim

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I finally got around to setting up my 5000A yesterday and noticed the following:

1) After installing the driver, Vista didn't give the Found new hardware box 
after reboot and powering on the transceiver.

2) After the above, Device Manager showed the Flex installed under Sound, video 
and and game controllers and as working normally with the correct driver 
version number.  I expected it to be under Radio Receivers.

3)After installing PowerSDR, once I stop the receiver and close the program, I 
get PowerSDR has stopped working

I'm using 32 bit Vista Home Premium on a C2D 6700 machine.
Despite the above, everything seems to be working correctly, but I wonder if I 
did something wrong.

Thanks for the handholding,
73,
Alan Johnson
N4LUS
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Re: [Flexradio] Vista Installation Oddities

2007-12-23 Thread Frank Brickle
On Dec 23, 2007 1:36 PM, Tim Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 ...one of the many reasons why the next version of the software will not
 have Windows as the primary OS for running the radio...


Lest anyone read this and have heart failure, notice he said *primary*.
PowerSDR/Windows absolutely *will* be supported in the future. Many
innovative features of the new virtual radio design will require more OS
support than Windows can provide, however.

In short: PowerSDR/WIndows lives on. It's not the whole picture, though.

73
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Re: [Flexradio] Vista Installation Oddities

2007-12-23 Thread Alan NV8A
On 12/23/07 01:36 pm Tim Ellison wrote:

 You will not always get the Found new hardware message.  Particularly if 
 the device driver is already registered with Windows.
 
 The  FLEX-5000 hardware is registered as a sound device under Windows.  
 Windows wouldn't know a radio if it jumped up and slapped Billy G. in the 
 face. (which is one of the many reasons why the next version of the software 
 will not have Windows as the primary OS for running the radio)

You mean I'll be able to dump Windozzze and use Linux on my shack 
computer!? How about being able to compile the source code for The OS 
for which Windows was merely a placeholder (= IBM's OS/2, still alive, 
-- despite IBM's best efforts -- well, and ever improving -- thanks in 
no small part to dedicated programmers in Russia and Ukraine -- at 
www.ecomstation.com)?

73

Alan NV8A

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Re: [Flexradio] Vista Installation Oddities

2007-12-23 Thread Neal Campbell K3NC
How many OS zombies exist in this world? I had no idea that OS/2 (with  
enough forks stuck in it to feed the army) was still wandering around!


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On Dec 23, 2007, at 2:21 PM, Alan NV8A wrote:

 On 12/23/07 01:36 pm Tim Ellison wrote:

 You will not always get the Found new hardware message.   
 Particularly if the device driver is already registered with Windows.

 The  FLEX-5000 hardware is registered as a sound device under  
 Windows.  Windows wouldn't know a radio if it jumped up and slapped  
 Billy G. in the face. (which is one of the many reasons why the  
 next version of the software will not have Windows as the primary  
 OS for running the radio)

 You mean I'll be able to dump Windozzze and use Linux on my shack
 computer!? How about being able to compile the source code for The OS
 for which Windows was merely a placeholder (= IBM's OS/2, still  
 alive,
 -- despite IBM's best efforts -- well, and ever improving -- thanks  
 in 
 no small part to dedicated programmers in Russia and Ukraine -- at
 www.ecomstation.com)?

 73

 Alan NV8A

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Re: [Flexradio] CCW

2007-12-23 Thread Ted


Ok, I see why I connected the two technologies.  Does the 'exact' timing needed 
for CCW help with the 'very narrow bandwidth detector' methodology?
Is the CCW detector only allowing or gating for the signal at an 'exact' moment 
in time?
hmmm, more questions. :-)




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Subject: Re: [Flexradio]  CCW


Quoting Ted [EMAIL PROTECTED], on Sat 22 Dec 2007 07:23:58 PM PST:




 I always thought that the ability of GPS receivers to detect signals
  
  that ride at or deep inside the noise levels was a direct  
 descendant  of the concepts of CCW.

Not exactly.  GPS relies on spreading the signal, and then despreading
  
it in in the receiver with an internally generated perfect copy of the
  
original spreading signal.  It's the phase of the spreading signal  
that gives you the unambiguous range measurement needed.

They are similar in that they both rely on using a very narrow  
bandwidth detector.


  The math experts on this list know more
 about this topic than I do.  But CCW was a pretty exciting concept   
 that could dramatically improve reception of signals that couldn't   
 be 'seen' or heard with the ear.
was is the operative term.  It was very effective using the  
technology available at the time.  Nowadays when it's straightforward  
getting ppb frequency references (GPS disciplined) and having a lot of
  
DSP available on the coding and decoding sides, the balance shifts...



I think that there are better comm methods for an HF channel.  The  
ionosphere puts a basic limit of a couple hertz on how narrow you can  
get (doppler spreading).  Furthermore, CW is an on/off modulation, so  
the average power is lower than a constant envelope method.   
Techniques such as PSK or MFSK are probably better, especially those  
that do some amount of Forward Error Correction and that have  
modulations tuned to the ionospheric channel.




 If the SDR can finally bring CCW into the ham 'bag of tricks' for   
 long distance RF communication than it will be terrific event.

I suspect that a low speed form of PSK16 or MFSK can blow it away.


OTOH, CCW has some historical interest, and the beauty of a software  
radio is that experimenting with it isn't particularly
 more difficult  
than any other modulation scheme.

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Re: [Flexradio] Vista Installation Oddities

2007-12-23 Thread Robert McGwier
Alan NV8A wrote:
 On 12/23/07 01:36 pm Tim Ellison wrote:
 
 You will not always get the Found new hardware message.  Particularly if 
 the device driver is already registered with Windows.

 The  FLEX-5000 hardware is registered as a sound device under Windows.  
 Windows wouldn't know a radio if it jumped up and slapped Billy G. in the 
 face. (which is one of the many reasons why the next version of the software 
 will not have Windows as the primary OS for running the radio)
 
 You mean I'll be able to dump Windozzze and use Linux on my shack 
 computer!? How about being able to compile the source code for The OS 
 for which Windows was merely a placeholder (= IBM's OS/2, still alive, 
 -- despite IBM's best efforts -- well, and ever improving -- thanks in 
 no small part to dedicated programmers in Russia and Ukraine -- at 
 www.ecomstation.com)?
 
 73
 
 Alan NV8A

That is the goal and using parallels or bootcamp on OSX or KVM/QEMU on
Linux will get you the windows support needed for legacy applications.
You will regret not having a Core 2 processor if you intend running
Windows on KVM on Linux.  My Linux machine running Windows XP SP2 under
KVM/QEMU  and using VS 2003 compiles powersdr faster than my P4 HT
running XP!  Alas, there is no serious IO MMU hardware yet so things
like firewire and usb are not or poorly supported respectively.  The
device cannot magically appear in KVM/QEMU in the right place and
owned by the guest yet.  But it is clear, this is coming.  Soon, we will
not be having this argument.  You will seamlessly run whatever you want
to WITHOUT having to dual or even triple boot.

But full and complete support of what is coming down the road many moons
out will require an eventual migration of some of the work to a Linux
machine.  Just not tomorrow or next month.

Bob



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[Flexradio] CCW

2007-12-23 Thread Bill Tynan
Ted  @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I always thought that the ability of GPS receivers to detect signals that ride 
at or deep inside the noise levels was a direct descendant of the concepts of 
CCW.  The math experts on this list know more about this topic than I do.  But 
CCW was a pretty exciting concept that could dramatically improve reception of 
signals that couldn't be 'seen' or heard with the ear.


If the SDR can finally bring CCW into the ham 'bag of tricks' for long distance 
RF communication than it will be terrific event.



It sounds like CCW would be the nuts for EME if it's capable of digging signals 
out of noise. But, I'm afraid I'm in the dark as to what CCW is.

Someone, please enlighten me.

73,

Bill, W3XO
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Re: [Flexradio] Vista Installation Oddities

2007-12-23 Thread José Dumoulin
Hello Bob

I can wait till May. Happy holidays to you Flexers!

José F5JD

Le dimanche 23 décembre 2007 à 15:58 -0500, Robert McGwier a écrit :
 Alan NV8A wrote:
  On 12/23/07 01:36 pm Tim Ellison wrote:
  
  You will not always get the Found new hardware message.  Particularly if 
  the device driver is already registered with Windows.
 
  The  FLEX-5000 hardware is registered as a sound device under Windows.  
  Windows wouldn't know a radio if it jumped up and slapped Billy G. in the 
  face. (which is one of the many reasons why the next version of the 
  software will not have Windows as the primary OS for running the radio)
  
  You mean I'll be able to dump Windozzze and use Linux on my shack 
  computer!? How about being able to compile the source code for The OS 
  for which Windows was merely a placeholder (= IBM's OS/2, still alive, 
  -- despite IBM's best efforts -- well, and ever improving -- thanks in 
  no small part to dedicated programmers in Russia and Ukraine -- at 
  www.ecomstation.com)?
  
  73
  
  Alan NV8A
 
 That is the goal and using parallels or bootcamp on OSX or KVM/QEMU on
 Linux will get you the windows support needed for legacy applications.
 You will regret not having a Core 2 processor if you intend running
 Windows on KVM on Linux.  My Linux machine running Windows XP SP2 under
 KVM/QEMU  and using VS 2003 compiles powersdr faster than my P4 HT
 running XP!  Alas, there is no serious IO MMU hardware yet so things
 like firewire and usb are not or poorly supported respectively.  The
 device cannot magically appear in KVM/QEMU in the right place and
 owned by the guest yet.  But it is clear, this is coming.  Soon, we will
 not be having this argument.  You will seamlessly run whatever you want
 to WITHOUT having to dual or even triple boot.
 
 But full and complete support of what is coming down the road many moons
 out will require an eventual migration of some of the work to a Linux
 machine.  Just not tomorrow or next month.
 
 Bob
 
 
 


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Re: [Flexradio] CCW

2007-12-23 Thread Alfred Green
Bill Tynan wrote:
 
 It sounds like CCW would be the nuts for EME if it's capable of digging 
 signals out of noise. But, I'm afraid I'm in the dark as to what CCW is.
 
 Someone, please enlighten me.
 


CCW attracted quite a bit of interest back in the late 70s and early 
80s, but I have heard little mention of it since then. It required some 
fairly elaborate hardware, so didn't become very popular.

Basically, the idea was to have the CW bit-rate defined very precisely, 
and the hi/lo transitions be synchronous with a reference derived from 
UTC. Thus, based on the expected propagation delay from the sending 
station, the timing on the received pulses would be known allowing some 
processing gain. Also, the transmitting frequency would be held 
precisely, allowing very narrow filters.

Nowadays, with GPS derived time and frequency references, and elaborate 
DSP being widely available, pretty much all that is needed could be 
implemented in the SDR architecture. It would a really cool area to 
experiment with, although as has already been pointed out, modern 
digital modes are already far superior. See WSJT for example. CCW was 
never really a candidate for EME because of the timing and frequency issues.

I was mostly interested in CCW for weak-signal terrestrial work on VHF, 
but I never did get to complete the processing hardware. At the time, it 
was mainly an HF mode.

The only easily available reference I have here is from:
VHF Communications, 1/82, Woodson, W6NEY, Coherent Telegraphy Transmissions.

That article references:
QST, Sept 75, Petit, W7GHM, Coherent CW: Amateur Radio's New State of 
the Art?

Hope that helps.

GL  73,  Alf  NU8I
Scottsdale  AZ  DM43an

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Re: [Flexradio] CCW

2007-12-23 Thread Jim Lux
Quoting Bill Tynan [EMAIL PROTECTED], on Sun 23 Dec 2007 01:12:57 PM PST:

 Ted  @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:




 It sounds like CCW would be the nuts for EME if it's capable of   
 digging signals out of noise. But, I'm afraid I'm in the dark as to   
 what CCW is.

 Someone, please enlighten me.


Coherent CW.  It allows you to use what is effectively a VERY narrow  
detection filter.

For EME, other coherent detection approaches are more popular (JTxx in  
it's various flavors).  Just as for ionospheric paths, EME paths have  
their own unique properties (libration doppler spreading, a large  
target relative to wavelength, etc.)



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Re: [Flexradio] CCW

2007-12-23 Thread Jim Lux
Quoting Ted [EMAIL PROTECTED], on Sun 23 Dec 2007 12:27:02 PM PST:



 Ok, I see why I connected the two technologies.  Does the 'exact'   
 timing needed for CCW help with the 'very narrow bandwidth detector'  
  methodology?
 Is the CCW detector only allowing or gating for the signal at an   
 'exact' moment in time?
 hmmm, more questions. :-)

Both.. you KNOW when the dits and dahs are occuring (symbol sync), and  
because you are tracking carrier phase, you can coherently integrate  
over the symbol time, which improves the SNR.


Say you had a really narrow receiver, but didn't know when the dits  
and dahs are.  You sample the output of the receiver, but you might  
happen to sample half way between a dit and the inter-dit interval.

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Re: [Flexradio] Vista Installation Oddities

2007-12-23 Thread ab7cf
Hi Robert,

Sigh...  

Well belive it or not before Andy Grove and Bill Noyce put a time line on
Grosch's Law, parallel processing was a big deal.   Figuring out how to
efficiently make use of parallel processors was an equally big or bigger
deal.  Eventually a guy named R. L. Denniston began to emerge as a
primary disciple of functional programing which does appear be the best
way to efficiently use MIMD architectures.  

Interestingly, just as functional programming was gaining steam, the
Intel crowd put Grosch's law on a three year time line.  Parallel
processing and functional programming became a academic issue.  Now with
little fanfare the three year version of Grosch's aphorism has hit the
wall.  Once the blood and dust of the collision settled, guess what?  
The parallel processing and functional programming phoenix rose from it's
ashes.  I've lived to long!

Yes functional programing is the best solution to programming MIMD
architectures.  And yes, unless someone figures out how to implement the
general form of Maxwell's equations in ECAD, Microsoft will develop
Functional C# or what ever they choose to call it.  To go with Functional
C they will develop Functional Windows.

This will come sooner than later.  Yes it's fun to play with Linux and
Erlang.  Yes L  E will provide a lot of understanding for the inevitable
programming of PowerSDR in Functional C for Functional Windows.  In the
mean time please for the sake of us FlexRadio supports don't get confused
about the end result.  Also, please don't start a lot of rumors which
might limit a budding market.

Sincerely  vy 73's
Rob
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On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:58:29 -0500 Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
 Alan NV8A wrote:
  On 12/23/07 01:36 pm Tim Ellison wrote:
  
  You will not always get the Found new hardware message.  
 Particularly if the device driver is already registered with 
 Windows.
 
  The  FLEX-5000 hardware is registered as a sound device under 
 Windows.  Windows wouldn't know a radio if it jumped up and slapped 
 Billy G. in the face. (which is one of the many reasons why the next 
 version of the software will not have Windows as the primary OS for 
 running the radio)
  
  You mean I'll be able to dump Windozzze and use Linux on my shack 
 
  computer!? How about being able to compile the source code for 
 The OS 
  for which Windows was merely a placeholder (= IBM's OS/2, still 
 alive, 
  -- despite IBM's best efforts -- well, and ever improving -- 
 thanks in 
  no small part to dedicated programmers in Russia and Ukraine -- at 
 
  www.ecomstation.com)?
  
  73
  
  Alan NV8A
 
 That is the goal and using parallels or bootcamp on OSX or KVM/QEMU 
 on
 Linux will get you the windows support needed for legacy 
 applications.
 You will regret not having a Core 2 processor if you intend running
 Windows on KVM on Linux.  My Linux machine running Windows XP SP2 
 under
 KVM/QEMU  and using VS 2003 compiles powersdr faster than my P4 HT
 running XP!  Alas, there is no serious IO MMU hardware yet so 
 things
 like firewire and usb are not or poorly supported respectively.  
 The
 device cannot magically appear in KVM/QEMU in the right place and
 owned by the guest yet.  But it is clear, this is coming.  Soon, we 
 will
 not be having this argument.  You will seamlessly run whatever you 
 want
 to WITHOUT having to dual or even triple boot.
 
 But full and complete support of what is coming down the road many 
 moons
 out will require an eventual migration of some of the work to a 
 Linux
 machine.  Just not tomorrow or next month.
 
 Bob
 
 
 
 -- 
 AMSAT Director and VP Engineering. Member: ARRL, AMSAT-DL,
 TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. ARRL SDR WG Chair
 “An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why
 must the pessimist always run to blow it out?” Descartes
 
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Re: [Flexradio] CCW

2007-12-23 Thread brian
Hi Bill,
CCW stands for Coherent CW Google has about 2500 references to it.
73, Brian, ZL1IE

Bill Tynan wrote:

Ted  @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I always thought that the ability of GPS receivers to detect signals that ride 
at or deep inside the noise levels was a direct descendant of the concepts of 
CCW.  The math experts on this list know more about this topic than I do.  But 
CCW was a pretty exciting concept that could dramatically improve reception of 
signals that couldn't be 'seen' or heard with the ear.


If the SDR can finally bring CCW into the ham 'bag of tricks' for long 
distance RF communication than it will be terrific event.



It sounds like CCW would be the nuts for EME if it's capable of digging 
signals out of noise. But, I'm afraid I'm in the dark as to what CCW is.

Someone, please enlighten me.

73,

Bill, W3XO
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[Flexradio] Help with Power SDR installation

2007-12-23 Thread Dave Anderson, K4SV
Hi All,
In trying to install Power SDR I get Invalid Windows Class Name as an error.  
Tried reinstalling, cleaning reg and installaing again with same results.

Deleted and reinstalled .net 1.1 and it's service pack

Running XP Pro

Installed and reinstalled Flex 5000 driver too.

Now when I try to run Power SDR I get   Error in communicating with Driver !

Thanks in advance,
 
Dave Anderson, K4SV
Tryon, NC
828 777-5088
 
www.K4SV.com

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Re: [Flexradio] Vista Installation Oddities

2007-12-23 Thread Frank Brickle
On Dec 23, 2007 5:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 This will come sooner than later.  Yes it's fun to play with Linux and
 Erlang.  Yes L  E will provide a lot of understanding for the inevitable
 programming of PowerSDR in Functional C for Functional Windows.  In the
 mean time please for the sake of us FlexRadio supports don't get confused
 about the end result.  Also, please don't start a lot of rumors which
 might limit a budding market.


Is there a reality-based point in here somewhere?

73
Frank
AB2KT
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[Flexradio] BPSK superior to CCW

2007-12-23 Thread brian
Max Carter wrote in a footnote in his article   Super Narrowband 
Techiques Equalize Power Inequity on 1750 metres Communications 
Quarterly November 1990 pages 99-113 that BPSK gives a 6 dB advantage 
over CCW when demodulated synchronously - in the case of true coherent 
demodulation.
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[Flexradio] SDR-1000 for sale

2007-12-23 Thread Philip J Gentile
hello everyone -

i have for sale a flex radio sdr-1000 with less than 20 hours of operation on 
it. it comes with a presonus firebox and a delta M44 card and all the cables. 
i'll also throw in a griffin usb knob and a set of creative labs CB2530 
bluetooth headphones.

i made a cable to key up my amp too, it is powered from the 15 pin D connector 
and has a small reed relay to key your external amp. it works well with my 
commander magnum and both ameritrons.

shipped anywhere in the lower 48 states by USPS surface, the whole sha-bang 
goes for $1200.00

i can be reached by email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] any time.

thanks,

phil AB2JL

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Re: [Flexradio] Help with Power SDR installation

2007-12-23 Thread Jim, W4ATK
Dave, let the system rest for a moment after the icon appears in the task
tray at the right bottom of the screen. It takes a moment or two, then start
PowerSDR.

And there is always the chance of a bad download, so you might want to
re-download the firmware and driver and clean everything up and try again.
Also note that when using the add/remove programs from control panel to
remove the old stuff, it might leave some files in the old folder that may
cause a problem. It is best to delete and recreate the folder after the
uninstall when doing the retry.

I don't know which version of PowerSDR you are working with, but if this is
a new system, I would recommend you download the last official release,
1.10.3 and get it up and running then you will have a fall back position if
you try some of the later SVNs.

Good Luck, I hope at least one of these suggestions is some help.

73's Jim, W4ATK
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://web.mac.com/jimrogers_w4atk

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Anderson,
K4SV
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 4:45 PM
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Help with Power SDR installation


Hi All,
In trying to install Power SDR I get Invalid Windows Class Name as an
error.  Tried reinstalling, cleaning reg and installaing again with same
results.

Deleted and reinstalled .net 1.1 and it's service pack

Running XP Pro

Installed and reinstalled Flex 5000 driver too.

Now when I try to run Power SDR I get   Error in communicating with Driver !

Thanks in advance,

Dave Anderson, K4SV
Tryon, NC
828 777-5088

www.K4SV.com

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[Flexradio] Info Tab

2007-12-23 Thread Mike Walsh
Hi,

I'm running PowerSDR V1.10.3 SVN:1606, which is the version that came on the
CD with my rig.

The manual says there is an Info tab that allows you to monitor voltage
and temperature.  This tab isn't present when I run PowerSDR.  Is there
something I need to do to make this appear?

73,

Mike - ke5akl


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[Flexradio] (no subject)

2007-12-23 Thread Mike Walsh
Hi,

I can't get a straight key to work with my Flex-5000A.

Every few elements the rig misses key closures or openings with the result
that, on the sidetone, dits turn to dahs, multiple elements get run
together, or elements are missed entirely.  Every so often the sidetone
actually gets stuck on.  Watching an external power/swr meter it looks like
the problem is not just with the sidetone, i.e. the transmitted signal is
doing the same thing as the sidetone.

I'm running with the key plugged into the key input on the back of the rig
and iambic unchecked.  I've tried three different straight keys.  The
behavior happens with them all and none of them have such problems with my
other rig.  The 5000a works OK with the internal keyer and paddles connected
to the same input -- no problems as described above.  However, when I run
with an external keyer (WK USB) instead of the straight key the same kinds
or problems occur.  Again, the external keyer has no problems with my other
rig.

Anyone got any ideas?

73,

Mike - ke5akl


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Re: [Flexradio] Info Tab

2007-12-23 Thread Dale Boresz
Mike,

While the PowerSDR console has focus, use the key combination: 
CTRL-SHIFT-I to bring up the Info window.

Dale,
WA8SRA

Mike Walsh wrote:
 Hi,

 I'm running PowerSDR V1.10.3 SVN:1606, which is the version that came on the
 CD with my rig.

 The manual says there is an Info tab that allows you to monitor voltage
 and temperature.  This tab isn't present when I run PowerSDR.  Is there
 something I need to do to make this appear?

 73,

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Re: [Flexradio] (no subject)

2007-12-23 Thread Dale Boresz
Mike,

Try lightly burnishing the contacts on your key(s) by drawing a sheet of 
paper through the gap between the contacts while maintaining a slight 
amount of pressure on the contacts. Make a few passes with the paper, 
and try your key again to see if that helps.

73,
Dale WA8SRA

Mike Walsh wrote:
 Hi,

 I can't get a straight key to work with my Flex-5000A.

 Every few elements the rig misses key closures or openings with the result
 that, on the sidetone, dits turn to dahs, multiple elements get run
 together, or elements are missed entirely.  Every so often the sidetone
 actually gets stuck on.  Watching an external power/swr meter it looks like
 the problem is not just with the sidetone, i.e. the transmitted signal is
 doing the same thing as the sidetone.

 I'm running with the key plugged into the key input on the back of the rig
 and iambic unchecked.  I've tried three different straight keys.  The
 behavior happens with them all and none of them have such problems with my
 other rig.  The 5000a works OK with the internal keyer and paddles connected
 to the same input -- no problems as described above.  However, when I run
 with an external keyer (WK USB) instead of the straight key the same kinds
 or problems occur.  Again, the external keyer has no problems with my other
 rig.

 Anyone got any ideas?

 73,

 Mike - ke5akl


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Re: [Flexradio] Vista Installation Oddities

2007-12-23 Thread KX5KW
On Sunday 23 December 2007 04:24:57 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
 inevitable programming of PowerSDR in Functional C for Functional
 Windows.

Also, please don't start a lot of rumors
...

That was funny - Thanks!
Kent/KX5KW



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[Flexradio] 5000 stuck in TX

2007-12-23 Thread vtnn43e
For some reason my when I click Start in PowerSDR for my 5000 it looks like it 
is stuck in 
transmit yet there is no power out. Does anyone know who to get it unstuck? 
There is nothing hooked up to the rear panel PTT ports BTW. This is very 
strange.

Thanks
Zack
N8FNR
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Re: [Flexradio] 5000 stuck in TX - Ignore previous message!

2007-12-23 Thread vtnn43e
Somehow PowerSDR got set in Demo mode which is very strange as I did not change 
it. 
And that was in both SVN and v1.10.3 which I have not opened up in several 
days. Weird.
It is working now.

Thankls
Zack 
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Re: [Flexradio] SPAM:Re: (no subject)

2007-12-23 Thread Mike Walsh
Hi Dale,

I gave that a try and no difference.  Plus, the same thing happens with the
output of my external keyer.  It's kind of a weird problem since the
internal keyer works OK in iambic mode with paddles connected to the same
physical input.

73,

Mike - ke5akl


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Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 7:14 PM
To: Mike Walsh
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: SPAM:Re: [Flexradio] (no subject)


Mike,

Try lightly burnishing the contacts on your key(s) by drawing a sheet of
paper through the gap between the contacts while maintaining a slight
amount of pressure on the contacts. Make a few passes with the paper,
and try your key again to see if that helps.

73,
Dale WA8SRA


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Re: [Flexradio] DXLab Commnander Setup Problems

2007-12-23 Thread Lee A Crocker

There is no difference in how the 5000 and the 1000 set up.  I have both radios 
and I set all the settings the same. I use Kenwood in Commander and TS-2000 in 
the powerSDR cat screen.  Baud rate makes no difference here.  I wonder if you 
have your Vcom pair chosen correctly.  

73  W9OY





  

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Re: [Flexradio] DXLab Commnander Setup Problems

2007-12-23 Thread Tim Ellison
Or activated correctly.  Once the pair is defined and the configuration saved, 
the driver must be updated.

- Tim
W4TME

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee A Crocker [EMAIL 
PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 9:55 PM
To: Flexradio
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] DXLab Commnander Setup Problems

There is no difference in how the 5000 and the 1000 set up.  I have both radios 
and I set all the settings the same. I use Kenwood in Commander and TS-2000 in 
the powerSDR cat screen.  Baud rate makes no difference here.  I wonder if you 
have your Vcom pair chosen correctly.

73  W9OY





  

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Re: [Flexradio] Vista Installation Oddities

2007-12-23 Thread ab7cf
Hi Frank,

Reality is that Research must be free to explore and find new solutions
to customer needs.  Production development  must sustain the business
based on return on investment.  Successful Corporations some how find a
way to balance the two.  Passing a solution from research to development
is like transferring a sailor from one ship to another in a hurricane.

The obvious solution is to make the research solution the production
development solution.  An ideal seldom achievable.  Each must have a 
different balance between freedom and responsibility.

Based on it's business model, each Corperation must find it's own RD
model.   FlexRadio is very unique in that it has a unique and free cadre
of research and development folk to draw on.  How far this model can be
pushed, time will tell.   The volunteers that like to work on the
bleeding edge are like scouts.  They like to live dangerously.   Scouts
are fascinated by Linux and Erlang.  They are researchers.   Explorers
follow behind the scouts and clear the wilderness, put up cabins and
occasionally fight indians. They are developers.  These guys will convert
Linux and Erlang to what ever provides the biggest ROI.  Settlers are
appliance customers and folks with profit and loss responsibility.

If Flex is to be sustained as a viable (even if non profit) organization
then it will need appliance customers.  They are the bulk of a small
market.

If your business model is based on the 5000C style then details such as
language and OS are hidden from the user,  choices can be made on one set
of parameters mainly performance and functionality with ease of
maintenance/reliability thrown in.  Do research in Linux and Erlang.  Do
development in Linux and Erlang.  ( Don't forget if one day Erlang isn't
supported the development must be done again.)

If your business model is based on the 5000A style then you don't want
language and OS to be a limiting factor for a customer making a purchase.
 Do research in Linux and Erlang.  Do development in Functional C and
Functional Windows or what ever M$ creates.

If you business style is a mix of styles then the A style rules.  Likely
can't afford to carry two implementations.

Because some of the flexers are scouts and explorers,  you will  have
some customers who will always want to run a Linux/Erlang (research)
version.  This would be terrific.

I think a very public involved research program suits Flexradio's SW
world.  As Flexradio succeeds, I'm not sure of the publics roll is in
production SW development.  My guess production SW development will have
a paid professional core supported by volunteers.

Well, best I can do Frank and probably too wordy.  To paraphrase Mark
Twain, If I'd only had more time...  Flex of course will have to find
it's own way.  I only hope I can add a bit of my experience along the
way.

I for one, am sure Flex will succeed and will help any way I can.

vy 73's
Rob
AB7CF




 




On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:08:31 -0500 Frank Brickle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
On Dec 23, 2007 5:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


This will come sooner than later.  Yes it's fun to play with Linux and
Erlang.  Yes L  E will provide a lot of understanding for the inevitable
programming of PowerSDR in Functional C for Functional Windows.  In the 
mean time please for the sake of us FlexRadio supports don't get confused
about the end result.  Also, please don't start a lot of rumors which
might limit a budding market.

Is there a reality-based point in here somewhere? 

73
Frank
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Re: [Flexradio] Vista Installation Oddities

2007-12-23 Thread Jim Lux
Quoting KX5KW [EMAIL PROTECTED], on Sun 23 Dec 2007 06:19:09 PM PST:

 On Sunday 23 December 2007 04:24:57 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 ...
 inevitable programming of PowerSDR in Functional C for Functional
 Windows.

 Also, please don't start a lot of rumors
 ...

 That was funny - Thanks!
 Kent/KX5KW


Ahem.. Functional VISUAL C (or maybe Visual Functional C)...

Merry holidays, etc.
'rmk

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Re: [Flexradio] Vista Installation Oddities

2007-12-23 Thread Dale Sewell
 to find
 it's own way.  I only hope I can add a bit of my experience along the
 way.

 I for one, am sure Flex will succeed and will help any way I can.

 vy 73's
 Rob
 AB7CF









 On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:08:31 -0500 Frank Brickle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 writes:
 On Dec 23, 2007 5:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 This will come sooner than later.  Yes it's fun to play with Linux and
 Erlang.  Yes L  E will provide a lot of understanding for the inevitable
 programming of PowerSDR in Functional C for Functional Windows.  In the
 mean time please for the sake of us FlexRadio supports don't get confused
 about the end result.  Also, please don't start a lot of rumors which
 might limit a budding market.

 Is there a reality-based point in here somewhere?

 73
 Frank
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