Re: [Flexradio] is this at least a 'pretty good deal ?'
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Brett Gazdzinski wrote: > Sony is the only brand laptop that I know of that the built in firewire port > works like its supposed to. Apple. -- 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/
Re: [Flexradio] Win7 intermittent bad DPCs
I'm seeing the same thing here with a Win 7 Prof 64 bit install. Under 64 bit Vista, I always ran, under 20us. Now under Win 7, sometimes it runs for days under 8 or 9 us, and then sometimes I start up the DPC Latency Checker V1.2.0 and I get around 120us. If I close the program, and start it over, most times it will go back to to 8's and 9's, with nothing changed on the PC, so I'm starting to think that it may be a DPC Latency Checker issue. My processor stays around 4%. Well if anyone has any ideas, and any Win 7 fine tuning info, would love to hear them. 73's, Mike KE7WRJ --- jvandenb...@mountaincable.net wrote: From: John Vandenberg To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Win7 intermittent bad DPCs Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:14:37 -0400 Under WinXP I used Rattv3 from Microsoft to trace the offenders. Is there a similar program for Win7 ? May be our "Neil" guru may know? John, ve3dvv ___ 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/
[Flexradio] Win7 intermittent bad DPCs
Under WinXP I used Rattv3 from Microsoft to trace the offenders. Is there a similar program for Win7 ? May be our "Neil" guru may know? John, ve3dvv ___ 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] I did a silly thing.
I tidied up my shack. Over the years I've added many antennas to my station. Some stay, some go, but the cables seem to still come into the shack. I had everything from b...@ssed Heliax down to RG-58, plus rotor cables and CAT5 and quite a few that I couldn't remember what they were ever connected to. Needless to say, the back end of my shack was a complete rats-nest. I needed to replace my CAT5 due to recent storm damage, and I decided this would be a good excuse to get things sorted out. So, anything not needed was removed. Others were routed neatly, and even ty-wrapped in some cases. Even the lab side of the shack was cleaned up, with shorter GPIB cables where appropriate. Now, I have a problem on 20m.Before, all was fine. This is with my F3K, which goes through a Daiwa SWR meter to my AT-1000, then to the antenna switch. My 20m antenna is a Cushcraft A4S at ~ 50ft. It is better than 2:1 over the band. When I hit the PTT, there is no output, of course.When I speak, it goes to ~100w as expected, but when I pause it still shows ~10w fwd with about a 3:1 SWR. I disconnected the mic and the key, and used CWX to send a carrier, and it does the same thing. Next, tried it into a good dummy load, and had no problems. So it looks like an RFI issue, but why would the SWR change? Probably radiating somewhere it wasn't supposed to, but I coupled it to my spectrum analyzer and didn't see anything untoward. Still scratching my head on that one. PCs and radios are all connected to a substantial ground system. The only thing left was the Firewire cable. I only had some RG-8 size ferrets, so had to run the firewire cable looped through them. I really couldn't see any improvement. Based on comments seen here, I'm going to get a couple of Granite Digital cables, but a scan of their website (http://www.granitedigital.com/firewireproducts.aspx) is rather confusing. Which one is right for this application? I have about 6ft between the back of the F3K and its computer. Sorry for the rant. It is not intended to be a criticism of Flex in any way, just a notice to anyone that a messy shack can be quite a good thing. There used to be a saying: 'Don't fix it if it ain't broke'. The ham version seems to be: 'Fix it until it is broke'. GL & 73, Alf NU8I Scottsdale AZ DM43an 160m > 24Gigs ___ 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] I did a silly thing.
http://www.granitedigital.com/firewire1394diagnosticcables.aspx 6 ft - #2025 (6-pin to 6-pin) -Tim --- W4TME FlexRadio Systems - Info Management Admin. "Tune in Excitement" On 3/15/2010 9:19 PM, Alfred Green wrote: I tidied up my shack. Over the years I've added many antennas to my station. Some stay, some go, but the cables seem to still come into the shack. I had everything from b...@ssed Heliax down to RG-58, plus rotor cables and CAT5 and quite a few that I couldn't remember what they were ever connected to. Needless to say, the back end of my shack was a complete rats-nest. I needed to replace my CAT5 due to recent storm damage, and I decided this would be a good excuse to get things sorted out. So, anything not needed was removed. Others were routed neatly, and even ty-wrapped in some cases. Even the lab side of the shack was cleaned up, with shorter GPIB cables where appropriate. Now, I have a problem on 20m.Before, all was fine. This is with my F3K, which goes through a Daiwa SWR meter to my AT-1000, then to the antenna switch. My 20m antenna is a Cushcraft A4S at ~ 50ft. It is better than 2:1 over the band. When I hit the PTT, there is no output, of course.When I speak, it goes to ~100w as expected, but when I pause it still shows ~10w fwd with about a 3:1 SWR. I disconnected the mic and the key, and used CWX to send a carrier, and it does the same thing. Next, tried it into a good dummy load, and had no problems. So it looks like an RFI issue, but why would the SWR change? Probably radiating somewhere it wasn't supposed to, but I coupled it to my spectrum analyzer and didn't see anything untoward. Still scratching my head on that one. PCs and radios are all connected to a substantial ground system. The only thing left was the Firewire cable. I only had some RG-8 size ferrets, so had to run the firewire cable looped through them. I really couldn't see any improvement. Based on comments seen here, I'm going to get a couple of Granite Digital cables, but a scan of their website (http://www.granitedigital.com/firewireproducts.aspx) is rather confusing. Which one is right for this application? I have about 6ft between the back of the F3K and its computer. Sorry for the rant. It is not intended to be a criticism of Flex in any way, just a notice to anyone that a messy shack can be quite a good thing. There used to be a saying: 'Don't fix it if it ain't broke'. The ham version seems to be: 'Fix it until it is broke'. GL & 73, Alf NU8I Scottsdale AZ DM43an 160m > 24Gigs ___ 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] is this at least a 'pretty good deal ?'
Dan, The processor does have enough power and with the proper memory, firewire PC card, etc. its a great laptop for Flex. With PB-PAL, 4GB of memory I can get DPCs that my friend Tim calls "mowing that low green grass" when viewing the DPCLat screen. DPCs are low with a CPU util of 15-25%. For comparison, I sell these, completely refurbished with brand new 320GB of disk, 4GB of memory and tweaked for $900, including the syba PC Card with a TI controller. The one in your listing has the variability of unknown condition, only a 90 day warranty, and you don't yet know what the end-auction price will be, but its definitely worth a good bid (since we know it works really well)! 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to ca...@dxbase.fogbugz.com Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Brett Gazdzinski < brett.gazdzin...@verizon.net> wrote: > It has enough horsepower, but who knows. > The wife has one of those, and the lcd screen crapped out. > > I got my Sony vgn-nr220e a few years ago, dual 1.6 GHz cores, and vista, > and it ran psdr great with the built in firewire port (has its own IRQ), but > there was high latency through it like all laptops. > > Sony is the only brand laptop that I know of that the built in firewire > port works like its supposed to. > Do a Google on ibm laptop firewire ports and see what comes up, audio guys > seem to use the firewire a lot and were unhappy with a lot of different > brand laptops. > > My NEW Sony was only $500.00, so a $300.00 used laptop is not that > great > > Brett > N2DTS > > > - Original Message - From: "dan edwards" > To: "flex list" > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 12:40 PM > Subject: [Flexradio] is this at least a 'pretty good deal ?' > > > > for a laptop that will probably run powerSDR and my f3k ? >> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-ThinkPad-T60-Core-2-Duo-2GHz-2GB-80GB-Laptop_W0QQitemZ300403755566QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLaptops_Nov05?hash=item45f1758a2e#ht_3425wt_1062 >> 73, w5xz, dan >> ___ >> 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/ > ___ 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] is this at least a 'pretty good deal ?'
It has enough horsepower, but who knows. The wife has one of those, and the lcd screen crapped out. I got my Sony vgn-nr220e a few years ago, dual 1.6 GHz cores, and vista, and it ran psdr great with the built in firewire port (has its own IRQ), but there was high latency through it like all laptops. Sony is the only brand laptop that I know of that the built in firewire port works like its supposed to. Do a Google on ibm laptop firewire ports and see what comes up, audio guys seem to use the firewire a lot and were unhappy with a lot of different brand laptops. My NEW Sony was only $500.00, so a $300.00 used laptop is not that great Brett N2DTS - Original Message - From: "dan edwards" To: "flex list" Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 12:40 PM Subject: [Flexradio] is this at least a 'pretty good deal ?' for a laptop that will probably run powerSDR and my f3k ? http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-ThinkPad-T60-Core-2-Duo-2GHz-2GB-80GB-Laptop_W0QQitemZ300403755566QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLaptops_Nov05?hash=item45f1758a2e#ht_3425wt_1062 73, w5xz, dan ___ 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] digital modes
Laurie, A - I have no problem using DIGU. B - In DM780, click Program Options/PTT. Check Com Port - Via serial com port and select the other pair of com port. The other one is set in PowerDSR in Cat control/PTT control.. José F5JD Le 15-03-2010 20:45, Laurie a écrit : Whilst we are on digital subjects maybe someone can shed some light on something for me. Not being a large user of digital modes I am stumped. I am using HRD& DM780, PowerSDR 1.18.5 with all latest updates on Win XP Pro. When using say psk or rtty etc everything works fine if I use usb/lsb and not DIGU/DIGL. When using the DIG modes on PowerSDR I have a terribly wait before it actually sends after keying and after it finishes sending a long wait before it returns to receive,. Obviously I have something set wrong and any suggestions to point me in the right direction would be appreciated. Tnx Laurie ___ 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] digital modes
"When using say psk or rtty etc everything works fine if I use usb/lsb and not DIGU/DIGL." Your digital mode program does not talk native PowerSDR CAT, so it is confused about the modes DIGU and DIGL. In the CAT setup, check the box that says DIGIL/U returns LSB/USB. Programs like FLdigi speak PowerSDR CAT fluently. "When using the DIG modes on PowerSDR I have a terribly wait before it actually sends after keying and after it finishes sending a long wait before it returns to receive.." You are using HRD and DM780 and there are known problems with delayed PTT operations. It is specific to these programs. Other digi mode programs do not exhibit this delay. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Laurie Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 3:45 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] digital modes Whilst we are on digital subjects maybe someone can shed some light on something for me. Not being a large user of digital modes I am stumped. I am using HRD & DM780, PowerSDR 1.18.5 with all latest updates on Win XP Pro. When using say psk or rtty etc everything works fine if I use usb/lsb and not DIGU/DIGL. When using the DIG modes on PowerSDR I have a terribly wait before it actually sends after keying and after it finishes sending a long wait before it returns to receive,. Obviously I have something set wrong and any suggestions to point me in the right direction would be appreciated. Tnx Laurie ___ 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/
[Flexradio] digital modes
Whilst we are on digital subjects maybe someone can shed some light on something for me. Not being a large user of digital modes I am stumped. I am using HRD & DM780, PowerSDR 1.18.5 with all latest updates on Win XP Pro. When using say psk or rtty etc everything works fine if I use usb/lsb and not DIGU/DIGL. When using the DIG modes on PowerSDR I have a terribly wait before it actually sends after keying and after it finishes sending a long wait before it returns to receive,. Obviously I have something set wrong and any suggestions to point me in the right direction would be appreciated. Tnx Laurie ___ 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] ALE
I believe you may have misunderstood. If you are sending digitized data through a VAC channel or an analog AF input in DIGx mode, all TX audio chain processing is turned off except ALC. If you manually turn off all TX audio chain processing in USB mode, then you have the same configuration. It you manually use PTT, when in digi mode using VAC, then the VAC channel is temporarily turned off and the mic input is used. If you have TX audio chain processing turned on, then it is used when you send a signal through the mic. This feature was designed for things like SSTV where your QSO is 1/2 digital data transfer and 1/2 your actual voice. Digi modes suffer if there is TX audio chain processing being applied to it, which is why digi mode utilize only a "clean" AF input regardless if the input is via VAC or an analog input on the radio itself. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of howa...@howardz.com Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 1:47 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] ALE Tim, I thought I got it straight from Flex? If VAC is ON, the entire MIC audio chain is OFF - unless you press PTT and have the settings Audio,Vac - check "Allow PTT to override/bypass VAC for Phone". It doesn't matter if you use USB or DIGU for digital modes - except for the filters. If VAC is ON, then it uses VAC. That's what I recall from a telephone conversation with Flex earlier this year. Howard > > > > Subject: > Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 59, Issue 14 > From: > Tim Ellison > Date: > Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:09:46 -0400 > To: > "howa...@howardz.com" , > "flexradio@flex-radio.biz" > > To: > "howa...@howardz.com" , > "flexradio@flex-radio.biz" > > > "The Kenwood mode will use USB mode, not DIGL, but this only affects the > filters being used." > > This is not a true statement. DIGx modes by pass all audio processing, such > as the Compander so that the AF from the digi mode program is not modified in > any way. > > > > -Tim > > -Original Message- > From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz > [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of howa...@howardz.com > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 12:36 AM > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 59, Issue 14 > > Les, > > The Flex 5000 is not QS/S and thus needs the tricks Steve uses in > ALE.Since I recently brought to his attention that the Flex 5000 is > not QS/S, he is modifying the software. Until a new version is available, > one should choose KENWOOD in Mars/Ale and you will not hear the relays during > scanning. Also tell PowerSDR to identify as a TS2000. > > The Kenwood mode will use USB mode, not DIGL, but this only affects the > filters being used. > > Howard > >> -- >> -- >> >> Subject: >> [Flexradio] ALE with Flex Radios >> From: >> Les Warriner >> Date: >> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:52 -0800 >> To: >> flexradio@flex-radio.biz >> >> To: >> flexradio@flex-radio.biz >> >> >> Has anyone had any experience with ALE with Flex? Wud sure appreciate >> your thoughts!! >> 73 Les >> ___ 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/
[Flexradio] ALE
Tim, I thought I got it straight from Flex? If VAC is ON, the entire MIC audio chain is OFF - unless you press PTT and have the settings Audio,Vac - check "Allow PTT to override/bypass VAC for Phone". It doesn't matter if you use USB or DIGU for digital modes - except for the filters. If VAC is ON, then it uses VAC. That's what I recall from a telephone conversation with Flex earlier this year. Howard Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 59, Issue 14 From: Tim Ellison Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:09:46 -0400 To: "howa...@howardz.com" , "flexradio@flex-radio.biz" To: "howa...@howardz.com" , "flexradio@flex-radio.biz" "The Kenwood mode will use USB mode, not DIGL, but this only affects the filters being used." This is not a true statement. DIGx modes by pass all audio processing, such as the Compander so that the AF from the digi mode program is not modified in any way. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of howa...@howardz.com Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 12:36 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 59, Issue 14 Les, The Flex 5000 is not QS/S and thus needs the tricks Steve uses in ALE.Since I recently brought to his attention that the Flex 5000 is not QS/S, he is modifying the software. Until a new version is available, one should choose KENWOOD in Mars/Ale and you will not hear the relays during scanning. Also tell PowerSDR to identify as a TS2000. The Kenwood mode will use USB mode, not DIGL, but this only affects the filters being used. Howard -- -- Subject: [Flexradio] ALE with Flex Radios From: Les Warriner Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:52 -0800 To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Has anyone had any experience with ALE with Flex? Wud sure appreciate your thoughts!! 73 Les ___ 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] is this at least a 'pretty good deal ?'
for a laptop that will probably run powerSDR and my f3k ? http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-ThinkPad-T60-Core-2-Duo-2GHz-2GB-80GB-Laptop_W0QQitemZ300403755566QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLaptops_Nov05?hash=item45f1758a2e#ht_3425wt_1062 73, w5xz, dan ___ 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] auto tuners and limits thereof
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Gerald Youngblood wrote: > The FLEX-5000 ATU is a turnkey OEM module from LDG, including the ATU > firmware. The FLEX-3000 is a FlexRadio design. We are completing > significant improvements to the FLEX-3000 ATU firmware that will soon be > ported to the FLEX-5000 ATU, which can be completely controlled over its > communications port. That answers why I have a block diagram and no schematic. That's also what I get for speculating. :-) Thanks Gerald. -- 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/
Re: [Flexradio] auto tuners and limits thereof
The FLEX-5000 ATU is a turnkey OEM module from LDG, including the ATU firmware. The FLEX-3000 is a FlexRadio design. We are completing significant improvements to the FLEX-3000 ATU firmware that will soon be ported to the FLEX-5000 ATU, which can be completely controlled over its communications port. Regards, Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: ger...@flex-radio.com Web: www.flex-radio.com Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Brian Lloyd wrote: > 2010/3/14 Alan NV8A : > > Am I correct in thinking that the FLEX-5000A ATU is in fact a custom > version > > of one of the LDG or SGC tuners? How well does the "original" work with a > > similarly mismatched antenna? > > You would have to as Flex but here is my > worth-everything-you-paid-for-it take on this. > > Well, it is definitely different from my SGC-231 and the other SGC > schematics I have seen. I can't answer for LDG. Regardless, an ATU is > a well-understood thing. It is probably just as easy to start from > scratch. > > Consider that the firmware for the SGC and LDG tuners works peachy but > that the firmware in the Flex tuners still need "tuning". That implies > to me that it is a separate design. Why purchase the rights to the > hardware (the easy part) and not also purchase the rights to the > firmware (the hard part). > > -- > 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/ > ___ 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] skins
Victor, The topic you posted to the FlexRadio User Reflector contains subject material that is best suited for the FlexEdge Reflector. This reflector, the FlexRadio Users Reflector, is designated only for discussion and support for officially released and supported hardware, system, and software configurations. Topics that pertain to discussions of “leading edge” experimental, alpha, beta [SVN] software/firmware and the use or operation of SVN should only be posted on the FlexEdge Reflector. For more information about the FlexEdge Reflector, please see the following web page: http://www.flex-radio.com/Support.aspx?topic=Reflector_Description To sign up for the FlexEdge Reflector, use the FlexEdge Reflector User Management web page (http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz) and go to the Subscribing to FlexEdge section. -Tim --- W4TME FlexRadio Systems - Info Management Admin. "Tune in Excitement" On 3/15/2010 4:06 AM, k4xtt wrote: I'm a new user, as in trying to break it. So with the new svn of pb, where does one put the skins to work with it? The package unpacks and I have traced them to the users/../../../app/roamning/skin directory but psdr still does not see them. Pb starts but cannot find the skin. I'm sure this is covered somewhere but I have not found anything in the archives about installation. Thanks in advance. Victor ___ 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] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 59, Issue 14
"The Kenwood mode will use USB mode, not DIGL, but this only affects the filters being used." This is not a true statement. DIGx modes by pass all audio processing, such as the Compander so that the AF from the digi mode program is not modified in any way. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of howa...@howardz.com Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 12:36 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 59, Issue 14 Les, The Flex 5000 is not QS/S and thus needs the tricks Steve uses in ALE.Since I recently brought to his attention that the Flex 5000 is not QS/S, he is modifying the software. Until a new version is available, one should choose KENWOOD in Mars/Ale and you will not hear the relays during scanning. Also tell PowerSDR to identify as a TS2000. The Kenwood mode will use USB mode, not DIGL, but this only affects the filters being used. Howard > > -- > -- > > Subject: > [Flexradio] ALE with Flex Radios > From: > Les Warriner > Date: > Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:04:52 -0800 > To: > flexradio@flex-radio.biz > > To: > flexradio@flex-radio.biz > > > Has anyone had any experience with ALE with Flex? Wud sure appreciate > your thoughts!! > 73 Les ___ 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] Problem After Motherboard Change
What speed is your CPU? What motherboard are you using? Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to ca...@dxbase.fogbugz.com Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Dudley Hurry wrote: > Paul, > > Also have you run the DPC Latency Checker.. > http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50058.aspx > > which does take you to > > http://www.thesycon.de/eng/latency_check.shtml > > The checks for DPC or "Delayed Process Calls" or delays caused by drivers > or programs, which are killers with real time devices like SDRs .. > PowerSDR can stand some delay , but usually anything over 2000 us can be a > killer and cause what you are describingBut from your issues, sounds > like a FireWire communication issue, check for the compatibility of your > FW card, open Flex Driver (the blue icon on your desktop) then click on > "System" then select the box that says "Show Additional Details" then > select "Scan Now" In the details box you will see the OS you are running, > chipset info, and then at the bottom details on the FW controller and if > it is compatible with the driver..But I would try another FW card, > heck have you tried your onboard FW card? It might work just fine in Win7. > > Let us know the results, You might have a video driver, BIOS, or > chipset driver that needs to be updated, look for long DPC times, this > might also be the first clue. > > 73, > Dudley > > WA5QPZ > > > > > Paul - K6HR wrote: > >> >> My motherboard had to be replaced, and since doing so PSDR freezes >> whenever >> I open another window. >> >> >> I have installed PSDR 1.18.5 Firmware 1.3.0.8 and the 3.5.0.7171 driver >> under Windows 7 Professional 64bit. >> Quad Core CPU with 4GB RAM. >> >> >> I have checked the IRQ for the firewire card and it appears to have its >> own >> IRQ (not shared) >> >> I see the video card showing an IRQ of 4294967291 (seems strange) >> >> >> I am using the same PCI Firewire card that I used on the old mobo, a check >> indicates it is found to be "Compatible, no known issues" >> >> >> I went into the BIOS and disabled the mobo's intergrated firewire >> controller. (same problem exists when using either firewire port) >> >> >> I have turned off Windows UAC and have the OS running in "Test Mode" >> >> >> I used to run the FW driver in "Normal" mode on my old mobo, and have >> tried >> the various "Safe Mode" levels with the same result. >> >> >> >> Problem: While PSDR is running, if I open another program like IE or >> Windows >> Explorer I hear distortion in the audio for a second or so and then PSDR >> freezes. >> If I open another program first, then start PSDR, PSDR will freeze as soon >> as I move a scroll bar on the side of any open window. >> >> >> Observations: Previously the Flex firewire driver always showed my radio >> connected. >> Now when I open the FW control panel I see a message saying there is no >> hardware connected, If I turn the radio on first I don't see this message. >> >> >> Any suggestions will be GREATLY appreciated! >> >> >> Paul Delaney - K6HR >> >> >> >> ___ >> 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/ > ___ 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] skins
I'm a new user, as in trying to break it. So with the new svn of pb, where does one put the skins to work with it? The package unpacks and I have traced them to the users/../../../app/roamning/skin directory but psdr still does not see them. Pb starts but cannot find the skin. I'm sure this is covered somewhere but I have not found anything in the archives about installation. Thanks in advance. Victor ___ 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/
