[Flexradio] Flex-5000A
Dear All, Can anyone advise me whether they have experienced the following problems, and if so how to get over them? 1) Not getting 100W out on all bands - in fact as the band increases the ability of the Flex to tune deteriorates. 2) TVI and RFI into the UHF and VHF bands. Kind Rgds, Gwyn - G4FKH ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Quality Help, please!
Hi All, I have bought several transceivers Flex5000 for russian ham from the first running and at present. And I want to say, all transceiver made before April of the month had and have problems SSB TX Audio. New Flex5000 made after April, without problems, have clean and clear sound TX. My suggestions, much more likely reason is in PA or Driver. These distortion possible to hear on other receiver only, but not through MONI, sound in MONI always clear and clean. Possible FlexRadio have done some changes to hardware in new transceiver, they are deprived from this defect. Flex5000 first running continue to work with distortion hitherto. -- Sergey RW3PS ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Serial Port issues
I can't seem to load the N8BV Vcom drivers on a new HP VISTA? machine? It looks like it loads, when you go to Device Manager on the computer you see it , shows two drivers but the second one always has the yellow error shield on it and if you open it it stated driver not loaded. Any help would be greatly appreciated Fred WIFC ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Serial Port issues
Unload vCom and try Com0Com. Get the 2.1.0.0 version. http://kb.flex-radio.com/article.aspx?id=10481 http://kb.flex-radio.com/article.aspx?id=10482 -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 2:13 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Serial Port issues I can't seem to load the N8BV Vcom drivers on a new HP VISTA? machine? It looks like it loads, when you go to Device Manager on the computer you see it , shows two drivers but the second one always has the yellow error shield on it and if you open it it stated driver not loaded. Any help would be greatly appreciated Fred WIFC ___ 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://kb.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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Quality Help, please!
It not just Jeff. I'm one of the guys who've been listening to the various audio tests. We first noticed something funny in someone else's 5000 before Jeff even got his. We ran experiment after experiment. This guy finally returned his for a refund. Then another fellow (not in the local rag chew group) broke in with his 5000 to say he's just waiting for someone to figure this out. His 5000 had the same problem. We've been listening and recording with a variety of equipment ranging from 1000's to direct conversion home brews. It is subtle. It might be rare. But it is not unique to JCA I think Jeff's nailed it. The audio up through the driver stage is perfect. It gets funky in the final. Why and what to do about it is another matter. Jon On Jul 7, 2008, at 8:52 PM, Jeff Anderson wrote: I agree, it's peculiar. But again - if it's a leveler issue (i.e. software) I'd expect to hear it at the PA driver, too. But I don't (but perhaps others do? Ref: 1st half of 6 July test). By the way, I just checked, and the Leveler has been OFF (box not checked) for all of my tests. The only TX effect I have enabled is TX EQ, which is set to the same EQ values for all of my tests. What I wonder is this: can distortion at RF (rather than at AF) have this same soft compression effect, after the RF is demodulated? - Jeff Frank Brickle wrote: On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Jeff Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, I agree, I'm sure the distortion is not in the ADC/DAC components (nor software, nor input stages) either, because I don't hear it at the 5K PA's *driver stage* output, which is well after the output DAC (ref: 1st half of 6 July recording). The problem only pops up at the output of the *final* stage. What's peculiar about the compression is that it's soft, not clipped. You have to wonder about the leveler settings. 73 Frank AB2KT -- Sapristi nabolis! -- Count Jim Moriarty ___ 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://kb.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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Quality Help, please!
On Jul 8, 2008, at 12:18 PM, K6JEK wrote: It not just Jeff. I'm one of the guys who've been listening to the various audio tests. We first noticed something funny in someone else's 5000 before Jeff even got his. We ran experiment after experiment. This guy finally returned his for a refund. Then another fellow (not in the local rag chew group) broke in with his 5000 to say he's just waiting for someone to figure this out. His 5000 had the same problem. We've been listening and recording with a variety of equipment ranging from 1000's to direct conversion home brews. It is subtle. It might be rare. But it is not unique to JCA I think Jeff's nailed it. The audio up through the driver stage is perfect. It gets funky in the final. Why and what to do about it is another matter. Has anyone run single-tone and two-tone tests and looked at the distortion products? (THD and IMD). If you can hear it you can probably measure it. The spectrum will tell you something about what might be causing it. Oh, has anyone looked at the gain of the PA? If the PA uses feedback to linearize it, there may be a problem with the feedback loop and the PA may be running open-loop. -- 73 de Brian, WB6RQN Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] 2008/July/05 FRF TeamSpeak audio
The 5/July Flex Radio Friends TeamSpeak zipped mp3 (48 minutes) plus a text file of channel comments is available at: http://www.hamsdr.com/dnld.aspx?id=835 or http://www.hamsdr.com/dnld.aspx Mike - AA8K ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Quality Help, please!
Thank you Someone else can hear. I was beginning to wonder. On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 12:18 -0700, K6JEK wrote: It not just Jeff. I'm one of the guys who've been listening to the various audio tests. We first noticed something funny in someone else's 5000 before Jeff even got his. We ran experiment after experiment. This guy finally returned his for a refund. Then another fellow (not in the local rag chew group) broke in with his 5000 to say he's just waiting for someone to figure this out. His 5000 had the same problem. We've been listening and recording with a variety of equipment ranging from 1000's to direct conversion home brews. It is subtle. It might be rare. But it is not unique to JCA I think Jeff's nailed it. The audio up through the driver stage is perfect. It gets funky in the final. Why and what to do about it is another matter. Jon On Jul 7, 2008, at 8:52 PM, Jeff Anderson wrote: I agree, it's peculiar. But again - if it's a leveler issue (i.e. software) I'd expect to hear it at the PA driver, too. But I don't (but perhaps others do? Ref: 1st half of 6 July test). By the way, I just checked, and the Leveler has been OFF (box not checked) for all of my tests. The only TX effect I have enabled is TX EQ, which is set to the same EQ values for all of my tests. What I wonder is this: can distortion at RF (rather than at AF) have this same soft compression effect, after the RF is demodulated? - Jeff Frank Brickle wrote: On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Jeff Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, I agree, I'm sure the distortion is not in the ADC/DAC components (nor software, nor input stages) either, because I don't hear it at the 5K PA's *driver stage* output, which is well after the output DAC (ref: 1st half of 6 July recording). The problem only pops up at the output of the *final* stage. What's peculiar about the compression is that it's soft, not clipped. You have to wonder about the leveler settings. 73 Frank AB2KT -- Sapristi nabolis! -- Count Jim Moriarty ___ 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://kb.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://kb.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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Flex 5000 audio quality
I disagree that the 5000 audio is bad. I run both radios and they are fed with a common microphone through a mixer. They both sound about the same when I slightly tweak the eq. I run a PR-40, large diapghragm condensor, small element condensor and a whole bunch of other mikes. I can make them sound as good or as bad as I want!!!?? Harry W9BR Message: 15 Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:45:27 -0500 From: Jimmy Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Quality Help, please! To: Dale Boresz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Reflector Flex-Radio flexRadio@flex-radio.biz Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 It's certainly your right to disagree Dale but I've heard the same comments from two of the best ears that I know. If they say it's distorted you can bet the house on it that it is.? I'm talking about guys that tell me when I'm a 1/2 cycle off frequency and nitpick like that. ?I hear this same distortion in the 5000 too and my ears are terrible. I don't see it as a show stopper but it isn't flex perfect like it should be. I've seen several guys struggle to get the 5000 sounding decent (and they did eventually) The SDR 1000 on the other hand is no struggle at all to get sounding good and it doesn't have that weird distortion like the 5000. The guys that I've talked to on the 5000 that sounded good were running very ,very expensive mics. The guys running Heil mics had typical communications sounding audio and you could no doubt hear the distortion. The 1000 doesn't really care. Most any mic sounds good on the 1000. You didn't say what sound card you were running with your 1000 Dale? ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Quality Help, please!
Hi Brian, I've run THD (on the analog signals) and IMD (on the RF signals). What I hear correlates strongly with IMD levels at lower powers (where much of our voice energy is) when compared between 5K driver, 5K final, and a 1k. Correlation does not mean causality, but...no one has yet come up with a better idea. Other notes... I recalibrated the bias and power (default bias seems to be 1.0A for the drivers and 2.0A for the finals). I can't tell if there's a change in distortion or not, but IMD did not change appreciably (a dB or so). Will listen again tomorrow - my ears are tired. Also, I tried 10-band EQ settings from Dale. No joy. Does anyone who is familiar with the 5K circuitry (and understands PA design - this isn't my field) have any ideas for improving the linearity of the PA final stage? (Apart from adjusting bias, that is.) This would be a great experiment to try. - Jeff Brian Lloyd wrote: On Jul 8, 2008, at 12:18 PM, K6JEK wrote: It not just Jeff. I'm one of the guys who've been listening to the various audio tests. We first noticed something funny in someone else's 5000 before Jeff even got his. We ran experiment after experiment. This guy finally returned his for a refund. Then another fellow (not in the local rag chew group) broke in with his 5000 to say he's just waiting for someone to figure this out. His 5000 had the same problem. We've been listening and recording with a variety of equipment ranging from 1000's to direct conversion home brews. It is subtle. It might be rare. But it is not unique to JCA I think Jeff's nailed it. The audio up through the driver stage is perfect. It gets funky in the final. Why and what to do about it is another matter. Has anyone run single-tone and two-tone tests and looked at the distortion products? (THD and IMD). If you can hear it you can probably measure it. The spectrum will tell you something about what might be causing it. Oh, has anyone looked at the gain of the PA? If the PA uses feedback to linearize it, there may be a problem with the feedback loop and the PA may be running open-loop. -- 73 de Brian, WB6RQN Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd 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://kb.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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] need help with AT wire
Edward J White wrote: Was installing the RX2 and HRFIO unit when I noticed that there is a cut wire going to the antenna tuner unit. The wire in question is from the flat 9 wire cable which is hard wired to the AT then it goes to the plug in plug on the transmitter unit. The wire is #9 (#1 is the red wire) of the flat cable and it is cut off. Should it be cut? Or did I brake it off while putting the HRFIO board? Will some one take a look at this on there unit? Ed WA3BZT ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] RFIO change Flex 5000
Just upgraded the RFIO board to the new 34B version in my 5000 but I get themessage RFIO: Error or not present I reset the database and get the same message. The Flex 5000 config dialog shows my old RFIO serial number and version in RED, it used to be BLACK. The ribbon cable is plugged in with pin 1 in the correct position (red stripe). I seem to remember an e-mail from someone mentioning that after replacement it had to be registered with the firmware but I checked the knowledge base and the service manual and could not find any mention of a procedure. If it just needs to be registered in the firmware does anyone know how to do this? Jim K5HY ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] SDRiK, PCI Parallel Card address
This FRS-recommended Dell Dimension E520 has no parallel port and no serial port. That makes it pretty much incompatible with SDR1K IMO. I have gotten tired of the USB disconnects that occur several times per hour of operation. So, I bought a PARALLEL-PCI card from the Web. It is made by Lava (http://www.lavalink.com). When installed, the address is not one of those that can be selected in PowerSDR. The default install sets IO range of CCF8-CCFF and calls the device Lava Parallel PCI (LPT3). I can not change the I/O Range, because all the options are grayed out. (On-line Manual says that happens with XP and Vista.) HERE IS THE QUESTION: Is it possible to change the device address in Power SDR to make it work? If not, then I guess I need some help in selecting a PCI parallel card that will work Chuck AA5J ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [Fwd: Re: TX Audio Quality Help, please!]
Hi All, I have bought several transceivers Flex5000 for russian ham from the first running and at present. And I want to say, all transceiver made before April of the month had and have problems SSB TX Audio. New Flex5000 made after April, without problems, have clean and clear sound TX. My suggestions, much more likely reason is in PA or Driver. These distortion possible to hear on other receiver only, but not through MONI, sound in MONI always clear and clean. Possible FlexRadio have done some changes to hardware in new transceiver, they are deprived from this defect. Flex5000 first running continue to work with distortion hitherto. -- Sergey RW3PS Hello to group--This news interests me as I am having TX audio problems with my Flex-5000A purchased in Sept. 2007/received Dec. 07. My problems are severe enough to have been called to my attention to a long time ham buddy who commented on the distortion in my audio. Nothing that I tried would removed the distortion. It improved with the decrease in RF and any audio gain or compression, but not completely. I am using a Heil headset with both HC-4 and 5 elements and tried them both. It is making an otherwise pleasurable radio experience a pain. 73, Dale W4NBF ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] TX Audio Quality Help, please!
Hi Jeff, I do not have a 5000, but it sounds as if you can set the bias on the PA transistors with software. If that is the case, have you checked that the quiescent current is really what it is supposed to be for the transistors that are in the PA. If you have more distortion at lower drive levels, it sounds as if it could be cross over distortion which would show up more with less drive. That is corrected by biasing each transistor further into class A from class B as you probably already know. Since the problem seems to occur only on 5000's that were made before a certain date, maybe it is in the bias measuring circuitry. 73 Tom W0IVJ Jeff Anderson wrote: Hi Brian, I've run THD (on the analog signals) and IMD (on the RF signals). What I hear correlates strongly with IMD levels at lower powers (where much of our voice energy is) when compared between 5K driver, 5K final, and a 1k. Correlation does not mean causality, but...no one has yet come up with a better idea. Other notes... I recalibrated the bias and power (default bias seems to be 1.0A for the drivers and 2.0A for the finals). I can't tell if there's a change in distortion or not, but IMD did not change appreciably (a dB or so). Will listen again tomorrow - my ears are tired. Also, I tried 10-band EQ settings from Dale. No joy. Does anyone who is familiar with the 5K circuitry (and understands PA design - this isn't my field) have any ideas for improving the linearity of the PA final stage? (Apart from adjusting bias, that is.) This would be a great experiment to try. - Jeff Brian Lloyd wrote: On Jul 8, 2008, at 12:18 PM, K6JEK wrote: It not just Jeff. I'm one of the guys who've been listening to the various audio tests. We first noticed something funny in someone else's 5000 before Jeff even got his. We ran experiment after experiment. This guy finally returned his for a refund. Then another fellow (not in the local rag chew group) broke in with his 5000 to say he's just waiting for someone to figure this out. His 5000 had the same problem. We've been listening and recording with a variety of equipment ranging from 1000's to direct conversion home brews. It is subtle. It might be rare. But it is not unique to JCA I think Jeff's nailed it. The audio up through the driver stage is perfect. It gets funky in the final. Why and what to do about it is another matter. Has anyone run single-tone and two-tone tests and looked at the distortion products? (THD and IMD). If you can hear it you can probably measure it. The spectrum will tell you something about what might be causing it. Oh, has anyone looked at the gain of the PA? If the PA uses feedback to linearize it, there may be a problem with the feedback loop and the PA may be running open-loop. -- 73 de Brian, WB6RQN Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd 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://kb.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://kb.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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] Help
Was installing the RX2 and HRFIO unit when I noticed that there is a cut wire going to the antenna tuner unit. The wire in question is from the flat 9 wire cable which is hard wired to the AT then it goes to the plug in plug on the transmitter unit. The wire is #9 (#1 is the red wire) of the flat cable and it is cut off. Should it be cut? Or did I brake it off while putting the HRFIO board? Will some one take a look at this on there unit? Ed WA3BZT ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Transmitting on MARS frequencies
Charles, You need to send a copy of your authorization for that frequency, your ham call, and serial number of the radio to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. The firmware update file has to be specially generated for the radio/ham doing the requesting.. Be advised that Eric is busy with newborn, which may delay the response. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Charles Greene wrote: GM, How do I get Power SDR to transmit on MARS frequencies, 4032 KHZ USB, for example? Chas, W1CG ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ -- 73, Dudley WA5QPZ ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] RFIO change Flex 5000
Jim, There is a EEPROM tool that is used to update the EEPROM... Should have been a note included stating that you should contact Flex Support for the tool and assistance to make the change.. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Jim R wrote: Just upgraded the RFIO board to the new 34B version in my 5000 but I get themessage RFIO: Error or not present I reset the database and get the same message. The Flex 5000 config dialog shows my old RFIO serial number and version in RED, it used to be BLACK. The ribbon cable is plugged in with pin 1 in the correct position (red stripe). I seem to remember an e-mail from someone mentioning that after replacement it had to be registered with the firmware but I checked the knowledge base and the service manual and could not find any mention of a procedure. If it just needs to be registered in the firmware does anyone know how to do this? Jim K5HY ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ -- 73, Dudley WA5QPZ ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] SDRiK, PCI Parallel Card address
Chuck, The parallel port address on a PCI card should be a 4 digit number, so you will have to manually type it into the Setup menu for the 1K.. To find that address go to Windows Device Manager = Ports (Com LPT) = your new LPT port right click on the new LPT = Properties Resources , the first 4 digits of the I/O Range is the LPT Port address that needs to be typed into the setup menu of PowerSDR..This should fix you up.. The reason that the USB drops after a period of time is that you have the Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power box in the Windows Device manager = Universal Serial Bus Controllers = USB Root Hub(s) properties = Power Management.Go to each Root Hub and UNCHECK the Power box..That should stop the computer from shutting down your USB ports and dropping the USB to Parallel adapter. Hope this helps, 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Chuck Mayfield - AA5J wrote: This FRS-recommended Dell Dimension E520 has no parallel port and no serial port. That makes it pretty much incompatible with SDR1K IMO. I have gotten tired of the USB disconnects that occur several times per hour of operation. So, I bought a PARALLEL-PCI card from the Web. It is made by Lava (http://www.lavalink.com). When installed, the address is not one of those that can be selected in PowerSDR. The default install sets IO range of CCF8-CCFF and calls the device Lava Parallel PCI (LPT3). I can not change the I/O Range, because all the options are grayed out. (On-line Manual says that happens with XP and Vista.) HERE IS THE QUESTION: Is it possible to change the device address in Power SDR to make it work? If not, then I guess I need some help in selecting a PCI parallel card that will work Chuck AA5J ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ -- 73, Dudley WA5QPZ ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Any newer/better sound cards than the FA-66 for the SDR-1000?
Not for under $300 and supported by PowerSDR. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Scott McClements wrote: Hi, I've been lurking on the list for awhile and haven't seen any talk about any new soundcards that might outperform the recommended FA-66. Is anyone actively trying to find any new, off the shelf sound cards to improve the SDR-1000 beyond what is possible with the FA-66 (besides the Janus). -Scott, WU2X ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ -- 73, Dudley WA5QPZ ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
