Re: [Flexradio] Power Supply Advice
The problems with Astron linear power supplies have been known for years. However, they can be modified inexpensively to be a good unit. Info is still available at http://www.w5bwcelectronics.com http://www.w5bwcelectronics.com/.The needed board can be had from http://farcircuits.net http://farcircuits.net/. A description of my modifications is on http://madisondxclub.org under INTERESTS - PROJECTS. I thought those power supplies were far too valuable to junk out. Ed, N9MW For guys who live in the Cleveland/Euclid, OH area: HGR Industrial Surplus, 20001 Euclid Ave, Euclid OH 44117-1480 Phone, 216-339-2799, ask for David Cehlar They have about six or seven clean commercial Tenma 30 Amp Max (Analog) DC Power Supplys, Model 72-630 available for $49.99 each. The one I bought on Wednesday has a calibration sticker of 3-31-11 on it. I don't have any interest in this company and just noticed these supplies when I visited the warehouse with my son-in-law. They seemed like a nice value to me. 73, Ted, W2TAG On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Jerry Falletta w2txb.je...@gmail.com wrote: The one I ordered through Amazon is showing a delivery time of approximately one week from tomorrow. Other distributors have them at a similar price and each lists several of the 40A (#1692) in stock. Maybe, with all this discussion, there will be a run on them. :) Hobbyking would not process my order, said the zip code must be numerical, which it was. On the $300 power supply Amazon said, Usually ships within 1 to 2 months, really 1-2 months? On Thursday, June 12, 2014 7:07 PM, Michael Walker va...@portcredit.net wrote: Yep, you could do that. But, I had a $1000 12v 50 amp commercial supply fail at my repeater site (not lightning related) and it took out 5 repeaters. The name of the PS fails me at the moment. So, it can happen at any level. The point is all hardware fails and there are no guarantees. Like others, I have many astrons that have never been turned off (almost) for almost decades. Not one of them have taken out a radio. If you are really really concerned, run off a 12v battery and then float charge that. That is the closest to a solid solution and you'll never have an overvoltage issue. There is no end to this discussion, so can we end it? Mike va3mw On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 6:04 PM, amsct...@comcast.net wrote: And if you chase down schematics for these: http://www.repeater-builder.com/astron/pdf/astron-rs35m-annotated.pdf ...you see a very rudimentary, SCR-crowbar, non-temperature compensated hobby supply. Why not pay an another $100 to better protect a $7K radio? Mike - N8MSA - Forwarded Message - From: ross stenberg ross.stenb...@charter.net To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 5:14:31 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Power Supply Advice Just to be a devil's advocate, if you take the time to read most of the 236 reviews ( I got bored at about 50) for the RS-35A M there are many testimoials of has been used for 10, 15,18 or 20+ years without fail. Some have never been turned off. Sure there are some failures but it does not appear to be a prevalent occurrence. For what it’s worth I have one but use the Icom PS-125 switcher instead to power my Flex. Several years ago they were plentiful since they gave them away with the 756 PRO series radio and I prefer its size. 73 Ross K9COX Sent from Windows Mail ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
Re: [Flexradio] SDR Programming Problems
Russ's theme seems to be about documentation which is particularly difficult to write in the software world. Some basics should be followed. The author must put himself in the users position and write from the perspective that the user knows little or nothing, but is not stupid. Any acronym should be parrend with its words the first time it is used in any section of a document. Footnotes for other references on that subject are always useful. Documentation should focus in each section on how to do (or define) specific tasks. That means the total document may become quite large and admittedly has a lot of redundancy, but a user can locate a specific, inclusive section to help him. Etc. I, for one, find it hard to locate information when it is scattered among the manual, specific articles, release notes and the reflector, if not various sections of the same document. But, I suppose that is just how it is today, albeit often frustrating. This is not meant to be a gripe. I'm just echoing Russ's feelings and offering a few suggestions. I love the radio and will continue to battle with the learning curve. Ed On 3/9/2012 6:27 AM, Tim Ellison, W4TME wrote: Russ, I am sorry you are having difficulties. Please submit a support ticket via our HelpDesk (http://helpdesk.flexradio.com) so we can assign you a case number. For details on how to do this, please refer to the following URL: http://support.flexradio.com/ Once the support ticket is submitted, a support engineer will be in contact so we can work on the issue. Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales Support FlexRadio Systems^(TM) 4616 W Howard Ln, Suite 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 223 Email: t...@flexradio.com mailto:t...@flexradio.com Web: www.flexradio.com http://www.flexradio.com logo On 3/8/2012 10:56 PM, H. Russ Hughes wrote: I must be losing my mind as I age, because I have not been able to make the latest version of SDR work. I spent eight years in computer maintenance, did a little programming, but this new stuff has become very difficult to comprehend any more. Some of the users may be competent to handle this stuff, but not all ham's are as computer literate, or competent to handle this new SDR radio programming. I got the FLEX 5000A working when I first got it a few years ago. I loved the features that it provided and actually operating the radio was not too difficult. The problem comes when updating the operating system programs. There are many abbreviations being used that are simply Greek to me. Unless the manufacturer of these radios intend to limit their use to a restricted number of Ham's, there will have to be some way of automatically re-programming these radios. I have both the Flex 5000A and the Flex 1500 and they are both fine operating devices, but only if one can get them programmed without a degree in computer programming. Can you imagine how popular the cell phone would be if you had to do the same technical level of programming to make them first operate as a SDR radio now requires? I hope something can be done to make setting up a SDR a little easier than it presently is. Russ Hughes WA7ACO ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] Amplifier keying
I've been using a very simple two transistor interface with all of my recent vintage radios. If anyone wants the info, please e-mail me directly e...@n9mw.com. There should be an article in QST with this design pretty soon. Ed On 8/19/2011 2:53 PM, W7PP wrote: Don and Steve. It's not even that good Steve. I popped the port 1 antenna relay by using a 12v supply to switch a small 12v 2a reed relay. Because the relay driver transistor isn't protected by a diode, the second or third time I keyed my amp buffer relay, it took out the transistor. I know I should have put one around the coil on the reed relay, but I thought that the 15ma that the relay pulled wouldn't kill the Flex my bad. So a word to the wise, if you build your own buffer, include a diode around the coil! Note to Flex... spend $.25 and protect the relay outputs from coil flux! better yet, put in three small high speed opto isolators that can sink 100ma or so and put them in sockets! Dick, W7PP Message: 5 Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:49:12 -0700 From: Steve Sterlingf...@sgsterling.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flex] Amplifier keying, Flex 3000 Message-ID:4e4d96e8.7070...@sgsterling.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Don-- I haven't seen an answer to this yet, so I'll take my best shot although there are better experts than I am. For my Flex 5000, the voltage limit is 50vdc, so 120vdc would smoke it. Maybe did you mean 12 vdc? Current is 400 ma so the 100 ma would be OK. I don't know what the limits are on the Flex 3000, I just have my 5000 specs. Also, my guess (again I don't know) is that the keying line is pulling down a relay in the HL-2200. Relays have windings with inductance, and I would be concerned that when the Flex unkeys, it would generate a high voltage back-emf spike as the relay coil field collapsed back into the keying transistor in the Flex, smoking it. So as a minimum, a back-emf protection diode would be needed across the relay in the HL-2200 (if it really has one). Probably easiest to let the Flex key a buffer relay in your situation. You could make it work direct though with a little soldering. Steve WA7DUH On 8/17/2011 6:34 PM, Don wrote: From what I have read in the manual I should be able to do a direct connect to the keying relay circuit in an HeathKit HL-2200 amplifier. The keying relay has about 120 VDC at 100 ma. on it. I just wanted to check here an make sure. Also does anyone know that device is being use to obtain the 2.5 ms switching time? Don ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] N1MM VAC Audio
Hi Steve, I do not have the answer. I asked the same question a few months back and got no replies. I have asked two hams who are much more knowledgeable in computer matters to look into it, but no answer yet. Flex guys were very helpful, but this can't be fixed in PWSDR. Hard wiring the audio line is inane as why would you convert the audio back and forth to get there and it requires a separate audio control/switch box. If you feed the radio via the balanced input you have to manually keep switching the audio input, totally a no go for contesting. In my case I'm stumped if it is a N1MM problem or OS audio issue. In other words, I'm not sure if the problem can be solved in N1MM or if the audio application running the (Intel onboard) sound card needs improving to select VAC lines. I suspect that N1MM could fix the problem. I also wonder if using a different audio card with its own control software might be the easiest way out, if you can find one that sees the virtual cables. Yes, this seems like a problem that should not even exist. Ed N9MW On 3/26/2011 10:39 PM, Steve Sterling wrote: With the CQ WPX contest in full swing, my voice was starting to go and I decided it was time to hook up N1MM's voicekeyer to VAC. I'm a frequent VAC user with digital modes plus I frequently remote into my Flex when I am traveling, so I thought I had the whole VAC thing figured out. No problem getting PTT working, its the audio chain at issue. Once the obvious didn't work (in N1MM select the virtual cable attached to pSDR input), I read up on the Wiki written by Al, K0VM. Al suggests that N1MM Logger doesn't enumerate the devices well, and I would need to try all the devices available on the pulldown list to find which one is really my virtual cable input. In doing so, every device that isn't either a VAC virtual cable or the default (computer speakers) causes N1MM to crash and the Flex to lock up in transmit. I've tried every device-- no joy. I can run a physical audio cable from the soundcard line out into the line input on the back of the Flex, and select the default audio device in N1MM. That works, but a physical cable really defeats the whole digital audio chain. Has anyone ever got N1MM voicekeyer to work through VAC? ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] CW Transmitted Waveform on 1500
I see the same thing with 2.0.16 and a 5000A. Since it looked like it may be transmitting two tones I had two other hams listen to the signal. It was clean, not transmitting what the panadapter displayed. Actually, it would be nice if the panadapter displayed something more useful during transmit in all modes even if it required an outboard sampler. Ed On 12/14/2010 8:29 PM, Clark Macaulay wrote: A recent post indicated that when transmitting CW, the panadapter should show flat line in the transmit mode. Mine doesn't. Before upgrading to 2.0.16 it did show a flat line. Now it shows a distorted signal similar to a spectrum plot. For the life of me I can't determine why; is there a button I should have clicked (or un-clicked)? 72, Clark WU4B ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] I need advice about hooking up an amp
This may help. I've built several of them. This circuit works with any amp with a positive voltage key line (TL922, L4B, SB220, Alpha 76/77, etc.) It's a whole lot faster, quiet and reliable than a relay type interface. Ed On 9/13/2010 5:24 AM, Pete Parisetti wrote: Chris, By hooking up directly my 5000 to a TL-922, I have grilled not one but all three of the ports of the IC controlling PTT functions. This is a painful thing, as replacing the IC is not something that a normal lab could do, and I have to send my 5000 to a Flex lab in another country. (I don't really want to be without it, so I am usig a footswitch to key the amp now...) It was certainly my fault, as the need for an external relay/buffer is clearly mentioned in the manual. Nevertheless, I cant help but to think that it was a bit cheap on the part of Flexradio not to include it in the circuitry. On a product of this class... Good luck with the Clipperton. I had one and it was quite something - lots of firepower, but you'll have to engage the internal ATU of your radio, as the amp has no tuned input. 73 Pete ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
[Flexradio] Herb Jordan, W9LA
Herb called me today from St Mary's Care Center. Some of the details
are a bit vague, but apparently he fell at home and suffered a
concussion. The home assistance person found Herb in bed, but Herb has
no recollection of how he got there. The accident happened in his
living room. He was taken to Methodist Hospital and then sent to this
rehab center.
St Mary's Care Center
Room 109
3401 Maple Grove Road (a couple of blocks south of McKee Rd {Hwy PD})
53519
Phone 845-0709
He would like to get phone calls and visits from his friends.
Ed, N9MW
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Re: [Flexradio] Lightning? stopped PWSDR
Perchance do you have a 5000A with the internal antenna tuner? I'm not so sure all of that is faultless. I have had similar occurrences that seem related antenna switching or activating the tuner (or something) that I can't put my finger on. In my case, switching to another band and back usually works. Ed FireBrick wrote: Very strange, first time I experienced this. There were T-storms with lighting, thunder etc. passing to the south of us. Just moderate rain at my location. (I had retracted my tower last night after watching the wx forcast.) I had TEST svn 3159 running and CWSkimmer also. On two occasions, a lightning (and delayed thunder clab indicating some distance away) stopped PWSDR from working. (my computers are on a UPS, but there wasn't even a household light flicker) It is VERY rare for us to loose power, or even flicker. PWSDR was still running, but the baseline was lower, no squiggly line, no sound. A shutdown of PWSDR and restart returned the Flex to normal. The second instance did not lower the baseline, but did stop all sound. Again Closing PWSDR and reopening returned the software to normal. -- You May be a CheeseHead if: You decided to have a picnic this summer because it fell on a weekend. -- TOWER/WEBCAMS @ http://71.57.45.48:8080 Weather Page @ http://hhweather.webhop.org ___ 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] Amp keying
I'm probably late with this, but was gone for a couple of days. 250v seems rather high on the key line. I think you need to check that out. I use a circuit a friend designed with a couple of FETS. It's fast and quiet and more reliable than relays. I can provide the circuit if you want it. This is a problem with almost all new rigs so my interface is useful in a lot of applications. Ed Burt wrote: I bought a TL-922, I measured the open voltage on the TL-922, keying circuit at 250v I thought it be best to put a relay in between. The Flex amp contol measures 15 ohms ALL the time in one direction and 15 ohms in the other direction when keyed. Thus polarity voltage to the relay was a factor and a pain the ass. I did put a diode across the relay coil to eliminate spikes. Is all this normal? A little bitty relay in the Flex would have eliminiated this pain in the ass. Also a litty bitty audio amp in the flex would allow us to drive small speakers without needing cheap computer speakers. Burt ___ 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] Freq. Entry
I would like to suggest that PWRSDR be modified so that the cursor must be in the frequency display window before keyboard entries are accepted to change frequencies. (personally I think keyboard entry of a frequency is a useless feature and if it could be toggled off, so much the better) Using N1MM and an SDR-1000 in two recent contest I knocked the radio into oblivion several times loosing my frequency and contact. I know there are work-arounds such as storing the current frequency in the second VFO, but in the heat of a contest you don't think of that or have time to do it. I have disabled all of the keyboard entries for frequency control. Oddly, the cursor can be flashing in the entry field of N1MM while the SDR applicatiion is active so you may not realize your input is going elsewhere if you look down at the keyboard while entering a call. Regardless, the Flex radio is my favorite. Ed ___ 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] SDR with N1MM
Let me apologize right off the bat if this gets too long or answers to these issues should already be known. I operated ARRLdx-SSB and noticed (fought with) some problems. If you click on a spot with the proper QSX entry it is very KOOL that the radio is switched into the split mode and the transmit and receive frequencies are entered into VFO's A and B. However, if the next spot clicked on doesn't have the QSX frequency, the radio returns to simplex operation. Yes, it happened a couple of times that I manually entered the transmit frequency into VFO B and called before I realized the SPLIT mode had dropped putting my transmissions out of band. (Shame on me!) I don't see this as an N1MM fix, but maybe it could be prevented in SDR. Is it possible to have an entry in PowerSDR SETUP for your license type and the transmit modes controlled within that algorithm? I was constantly fighting cursor control between SDR and N1MM. The biggest problem was thinking I was entering a call into the N1MM entry window and the input was going to SDR VFO-A. Of course, the radio went into oblivion and I had to get it back into band and usually with no idea of what frequency I was previously on and sometimes losing the QSO I had made. Since SDR runs as published on its own, this may need fixing in N1MM. However, would it be possible to make alpha characters illegal in the VFO windows? At least one would stay on frequency until they figured out they had the wrong window active. Associated with this is difficulty is a problem with frequency control. I often use the mouse wheel with the cursor on the VFO digit to zero in on a spot that has a published frequency that was off a bit or to adjust the VFO-B frequency for working split. I found I had to hold the left click button down while using the mouse wheel or else the operation was sporadic. Again, since SDR works as published, I doubt the fix is here. My operating time was limited and I'm sure I didn't get a very accurate analysis of what all may be happening and why. But, I did sense that there were other issues concerning cursor control. One more thing, is it possible to change the behavior that if the split frequency is out of the display range of the pan adapter (sample rate bandwidth) that if you hit the SUBRX button, it doesn't change the VFO B frequency.? SDR-1000 3ghz P4. Win XP-Pro (home assembled) Edirol FA-66 N1MM V7.0 Must say I really enjoyed operating with the logger and radio on the computer screen. Ed ___ 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] SDR-1000 Notes
I have posted an article in www.n9mw.com http://www.n9mw.com/ under Radio Topics with my notes on getting the SDR-1000 up and running. Prospective and new users may find some of my comments useful. EdN9MW -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071230/337ab6c3/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] USB/parallel adapterl
Dudley, I apologize for not responding and tanking you for your response sooner. After spending way too much time on the USB adapter problem Monday, I had to attend to other things for a while. There is a vital piece of information I forgot to include in my original post, the machines run XP PRO. I did find the power control set to operate which must be a default setting, as I have never touched it. I suspect that will alleviate at least one problem on the Athalon machine. But, I have the SDR on the P4 machine right now, which is at my workbench. There is no joy here. I have removed and reinstalled USBIO.exe again just to make sure the installation process was flawless. But, Device Manager and USB View show the device as unknown and USB View says it Failed Ennumeration. Following the chain through Device Manager that starts with no driver found, it ultimately ends up USBIO.exe does not contain device information and will not (re)load the driver. To fill in some holes: I bought a powered USB hub and connected it. It displays nicely on Device Manager and USB View. I can plug my camera or a Thumb drive into it and I get an immediate response of the equipment connected. When I plug the USP/Parallel adapter in it will never recognize it. If I plug the USB/Parallel adapter into an onboard USB port it will take several minutes before an unknown device message starts appearing. Is there a prescribed sequence for loading the USBIO driver? Must the device be plugged in or not when the driver is loaded? Is there a preferred method of executing USBIO.exe? (Ive even tried it from the Command prompt.) Im mostly ignorant about the USB Host Controller information shown in Device Manager and USB View. I have four USB host controllers each showing two ports and one Enhanced USB port controller showing eight ports. When I connect an USB device it seems to always show up in the Enhanced Host ports. Two things here: When the machine finally recognizes the USB adapter it shows the device in one of the regular USB host controllers, not the Enhance Controller. I checked IRQs and the first and fourth regular controllers are both assigned IRQ 16, the others and the Enhanced controllers are on unique IRQ s. I dont know how to change one of the IRQ16 assignments and I dont know what I should change it to. Again, I really appreciate your help. So far Im beating down the frustration with the joy of learning something. Ed -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20070926/33ced2ac/attachment.html -- next part -- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] USB/parallel adapterl Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:17:15 -0500 Size: 12220 Url: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20070926/33ced2ac/attachment.mht ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] USB/parallel adapterl
Ive been working off and on for several weeks to try to get my USB/Parallel port adapter working. The adapter was returned to Flex and they tested it on two machines and pronounced it OK. I have been trying to get it working on either of two machines. 3ghz P4, 1gb ram machine; Download the USBIO.exe driver and execute the file. With PS on, radio on, cable plugged in USB View shows an unknown device that failed enumeration, MS Device Manager simply shows unknown device. Boot V1.10.2 and set USB Adapter and it says USB driver not found. Periodically Windows sends a message that an attached USB device has failed. So far on this machine I am no where. 2.1gz dual core Athalon, 2gb ram machine. After a lot of tries, I finally got the driver to load and the USB Adapter to hold and the radio to run. But, after some time ranging from 5 minutes to five hours the USB link breaks. Unplugging cables and reconnecting and resetting the USB adapter button does no good. Some very strange things occur. I must disconnect the USB cable and reboot the machine. If I leave the USB adapter cable connected when I reboot, I will loose my track ball control (not USB). Then, I must seemingly leave the machine alone for at least a half hour. Yes, my only hope of getting the SDR radio running again is to leave it alone and then hope that Windows will send me the message New Found Hardware when I reboot. Through that routine of reloading USBIO is the only way I can make this thing run again. I know this all sounds nuts, or like Im nuts, but Ive been through all of this many many times with the same results. What am I missing? OBTW, it works fine with the straight parallel cable. Ed N9MW -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20070924/4437c1f5/attachment.html ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
