Re: [Flexradio] Flex-3000 for sale, in Canada

[Sheldon Hartling]

> Price is $1,250 CAD … about $1,000 USD.

73
Sheldon VE1GPY



From:  FlexRadio  on behalf of Sheldon 
Hartling 
Date:  Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 3:48 PM
To:  'FlexRadioReflector' 
Subject:  [Flexradio] Flex-3000 for sale, in Canada

Lightly used and in excellent condition. Non-smoking environment. This was my 
backup radio and it was used mostly for field day and a few vacations.  
Includes: power cable, firewire cable, and mic/PTT adaptor cable.

73
Sheldon, VE1GPY

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[Flexradio] Flex-3000 for sale, in Canada

[Sheldon Hartling]

Lightly used and in excellent condition. Non-smoking environment. This was my 
backup radio and it was used mostly for field day and a few vacations.  
Includes: power cable, firewire cable, and mic/PTT adaptor cable.

73
Sheldon, VE1GPY

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Re: [Flexradio] Nice Dell laptop for sale - works well with Flex 3000 and 5000 radios...

[Sheldon Hartling]

I've generally had good luck using Apple products with my Flex 3000 and Flex 
5000.  However, not all macs will make good Flex computers.  You can run into 
the same bad-driver DPV issues you do with some PCs.  Two macs that I've had 
trouble with were:

 -  iMac 27 (Late 2009) running Windows 7; and
 -  Mac Mini (Mid 2010) running Windows 7.

At least with a new mac you'll have 14 days to return it if it doesn't work.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY


From:  FlexRadio  on behalf of Joel Baldwin 

Date:  Friday, January 15, 2016 at 6:34 AM
Cc:  FlexRadio List 
Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] Nice Dell laptop for sale - works well with Flex 3000 
and 5000 radios...


ahhhapple products, not something I had ever considered . . .
a valid answer, and worth remembering

--On Friday, January 15, 2016 12:02 PM +0200 John Kramer 
 wrote:

 Joel

 New laptops are available with firewire capability. Apple MacBooks have
 had the faster firewire 800 for as long as I can remember. They now use
 the blisteringly fast thunderbolt port. Then from the Apple Store buy the
 Thunderbolt >Firewire 400 adapter cable for $ 30. I have current model
 MacMini's, MacBook Pro's and iMacs that all run from the Thunderbolt
 port via the adapter cable to my Flex-5000 and my Flex-3000. PSDR is
 installed on a separate partition using Bootcamp and Windows 7.

 Runs really smoothly, most of my Mac's run at less than 7 % CPU with
 PSDR and with  lots of other apps running in the background

 New…at your local Apple store

 73
 John, ZS5J

 On 15 Jan 2016, at 8:26 AM, Joel Baldwin  wrote:

 How are you doing firewire ( 1394 ) on the new laptop?

 I'd like to be proven wrong, but last time I looked new laptops were no
 longer coming with firewire ports or a PCcard/ExpressCard slot to add a
 controller.

 What is this new laptop?

 ADVthaAnksNCE

 Joel M. Baldwin
 AI6DG

 --On Thursday, January 14, 2016 7:33 PM -0500 Tim Lemmon
  wrote:

 Hey everyone.

 . . . snip . . .

 radio and this computer.  The only reason I'm selling it is because I
 bought a large 17" touch screen laptop for all my portable ham radio fun.

 . . . snip . . .

 Tim, WK4U  (good in QRZ)


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Re: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 for DX'ing and SDR

[Sheldon Hartling]

Hi Craig

I have a Flex-5000, Flex-3000 and KPA500/KAT500 and recently added a KX3.

I have to agree with Matthew (KJ4TN) that both the F3K and KX3 are fine
radios and in "real world" situations its hard to see any receive difference
despite the KX3's better lab performance.

As for softwareŠ I run PowerSDR on Windows7  bootcamp on my iMac for both
the F3K and the KX3.  For the KX3, I use PowerSDR version 2.5.3 (the last
version to support the Flex-1000) along with the sdr1kusb.dll library from
Christos Nickolaou (SV1EIA) to provide bi-directional control.  It's hard to
tell which radio you're using from the PowerSDR screen.  The panadaptor
display and receive controls look and work the same.  Connecting the KX3 I/Q
analog output to the built-in iMac stereo input I get 96Khz on the display.
I think with a decent USB external sound card I should be able to get
192Khz.  

With the KX3, PowerSDR is used only for receive.  You still use the KX3
directly for transmit.  The KX3 VFO and band control buttons work directly
with PowerSDR and any PowerSDR also controls the KX3 directly.  There are
two connections between the KX3 and the PC/iMAC: a USB or serial plug
connected to the KX3 ACC1 for CAT control, and an audio cable between the
KX3 RX I/O jack and the PC stereo input.

The KX3 has become my new portable rig and I plan on selling the Flex-3000.
I love the Flex-5000 and will keep it as my main radio.

As others have said, your decision depends on what you want to do with it:
 -  If you need 100 watts the F3K is the clear choice;
 -  If you want a remarkably small self contained QRP radio (10 to 12 watt),
consider the KX3.
 -  remember the F3K requires a FireWire connection and the MacBook Air
doesn't have one.  There is a Thunderbolt to Firewire adaptor but I haven't
tried it with Boot Camp my MacBook Air.  Not sure if that's an option.

Using the KX3 with my KPA500/KAT500 amplifier I get about 200 watts.
Eventually I'll probably spring for a KXPA100 for the car.
 
73 and good luck with your decision,
Sheldon VE1GPY



From:  Craig Schroeder 
Date:  Monday, 16 September, 2013 1:22 PM
To:  
Subject:  [Flexradio] Flex 3000 for DX'ing and SDR

Hi,

I have narrowed down to either a Flex 3000 or Elecraft KX3 for DX'ing and
SDR with my MacBook Air.

Does anyone have experience with the KX3 rig and how it stacks up against
the Flex 3000?

Thank you,

Craig
KD0TXL
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Re: [Flexradio] Using Flex-3000 with Bootcamp on Older Macs

[Sheldon Hartling]

Craig, I've had mixed luck with Macs Š

* 13" Black MacBook, early 2008 (Win7-32bit) ­ works great!  It's currently
the backup PC for my Flex-3000;

* 21" iMac, mid 2011 (Win7­32bit) - also works great!  I use this with my
Flex-3000.  Never had issues;

* 27" iMac, late 2009 (Win7-32bit) - suffered from periodic DPC spikes that
I could not isolate.  I sold it and bought the 21" iMac;

* MacMini, mid 2010 ­ significant issues with high DPC caused by nVidia
video drivers.  It worked well with the native Window's video driver but I
found the driver wanting and stopped using it.  Problems with video
resolutions and dual monitors.

73,
Sheldon VE1GPY


From:  Craig Schroeder 
Date:  Sunday, 13 January, 2013 9:02 AM
To:  
Subject:  [Flexradio] Using Flex-3000 with Bootcamp on Older Macs

Does anyone have experience operating the Flex-3000 with Bootcamp on an
older MacBook Pro?  I have a 2008 MBPro with 4 GB RAM that I want to
dedicate to running the Flex-3000.

How about experience using an older iMac desktop computer?  My wife needs a
new computer, so another option is to use her 2007 iMac with 4 GB RAM with
the Flex-3000.

Lastly, the current Mac Mini model still has a FireWire 800 port.  Does
anyone have experience running the Flex-3000 with a current or older Mac
Mini?

Craig
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Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

[Sheldon Hartling]

Hi Robert

I'd be happy to answer.

I have two Flex radios, a Flex-5000 and a Flex-3000.  The Flex-5000 is my
main radio and remains in the shack.  It's connected to a midrange HP
desktop computer with two 24" screens.  I run PSDR maximized on one 24"
screen and everything else (logging, etc.) on the other.  The Flex-3000 is
my "portable" radio.  Originally I ran it with a Thinkpad T60p but I found
it aways ran hot and sometimes caused the processor to overheat and freeze
up.  I switched to a spare 13" black macBook a year ago and it works great!
Pretty much a vanilla install of Windows7 with no tweaking and no PCMCIA
Firewire card.

There is no OS sitting on another and no emulators to glue it together.  You
install and run Windows natively on the hardware and "BootCamp" provides the
needed native Windows drivers and a mechanism to switch back and forth
between OSX and Windows by rebooting.

I find with the Flex-3000, I really like to run on a big screen.  So I'm
always taking the F3K, the 13" MacBook and a 24" Dell monitor.  I figured it
would be simpler to run it all on a 24" all-in-one.  I wasn't able to find a
PC all-in-one with a firewire port and good real-time response.  I went back
to the Sony store and ran LatencyMon on the 24" i7 Vaio I was considering
and it did not fare well.  There aren't many All-in-1 computers any more
with firewire capabilities.  I was looking for a 24" monitor but picked up a
used iMac 27" for a good price.

 I have 6 Apple computers now and couldn't be happier with the hardware.  I
switched to Mac for business last March after carrying both a MacBook and a
Thinkpad for the previous 3 years.  Apple makes great hardware ­ no matter
what operating system you run on it.  I run OSX, Windows 7 and RedHat Linux
on mine.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY


From:  "Robert Costa, KB6QXM" 
Date:  Thursday, 14 June, 2012 12:42 PM
To:  Sheldon Hartling , 
Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

Let me understand something. With the inexpensive hardware that is available
that will run PSDR, why do people try to bend their APPLE products into
running real-time audio processing applications. Why not just buy a
dedicated $300 PC for the Flex and be done with it?

I am perplexed at all of the tweaking that is done on the Apples to run
PSDR. One OS sitting on top of another and an emulator to glue it all
together. Nothing native. Why go through all of that hassle?

Just curious.

73,
Robert
KB6QXM
"Ham Radio Open Conversation"
Yahoo group owner/moderator


- Reply message -
From: "Sheldon Hartling" 
To: 
Subject: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)
Date: Thu, Jun 14, 2012 8:31 am


I've made a little progress and the iMac 27 is working better.  Here's what
I've done

* Turned off thes features in Windows 7 control panel Programs & Features:
Tablet PC components; Windows Gadget Platform; XPS Services; XPS Viewer;
* Installed GBoost (www.gzero.com) and run it before PSDR;
* Switched to Legacy Firewire driver;
* Stopped "AppleOSSMgr.exe" process (not sure if this will make a
difference, but its been attributed to DPC spikes on some support websites);
* Reduced the size of the PowerSDR main window.

This last one is interesting.  If I resize PSDR to take about 3/4 of the 27"
screen it seems to run normally.  Once it reaches that size, if I make it
any bigger the CPU% display stops updating and the FlexControl works
erratically.  Is this a known issue?  As soon as I shrink it back down the
Flex-Control catches up.

The DPC Latency is running in the 60uSec to 140uSec range with bumps to ~500
every half hour or so.  I left it running PSDR and DPC Latency Checker
overnight last night but the display was messed up this morning and the
latency checked showed a max of 4000.  So there's still something causing
occasional spikes.  The longest delays normally measured with Latency Mon
are in NDIS and the Nvidia network controller.  I tried bumping the nVidia
NIC driver back a version but it didn't seem to make any difference.

Any advice appreciated!  Especially from those who are successfully running
PSDR on an iMac.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY
  

From:  Sheldon Hartling 
Date:  Wednesday, 13 June, 2012 2:42 PM
To:  "Justin M. Mayrand" , Sheldon Hartling

Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

Thanks Justin.

I have BootCamp 4.0 installed.  I tried going back and installing individual
drivers from the drivers directory on the BootCamp DVD and doing a BootCamp
repair but it didn't seem to make any difference.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY



From:  "Justin M. Mayrand" 
Date:  Wednesday, 13 June, 2012 2:02 PM
To:  Sheldon Hartling 
Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

You will need to instal

Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

[Sheldon Hartling]

I've made a little progress and the iMac 27 is working better.  Here's what
I've done

* Turned off thes features in Windows 7 control panel Programs & Features:
Tablet PC components; Windows Gadget Platform; XPS Services; XPS Viewer;
* Installed GBoost (www.gzero.com) and run it before PSDR;
* Switched to Legacy Firewire driver;
* Stopped "AppleOSSMgr.exe" process (not sure if this will make a
difference, but its been attributed to DPC spikes on some support websites);
* Reduced the size of the PowerSDR main window.

This last one is interesting.  If I resize PSDR to take about 3/4 of the 27"
screen it seems to run normally.  Once it reaches that size, if I make it
any bigger the CPU% display stops updating and the FlexControl works
erratically.  Is this a known issue?  As soon as I shrink it back down the
Flex-Control catches up.

The DPC Latency is running in the 60uSec to 140uSec range with bumps to ~500
every half hour or so.  I left it running PSDR and DPC Latency Checker
overnight last night but the display was messed up this morning and the
latency checked showed a max of 4000.  So there's still something causing
occasional spikes.  The longest delays normally measured with Latency Mon
are in NDIS and the Nvidia network controller.  I tried bumping the nVidia
NIC driver back a version but it didn't seem to make any difference.

Any advice appreciated!  Especially from those who are successfully running
PSDR on an iMac.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY
  

From:  Sheldon Hartling 
Date:  Wednesday, 13 June, 2012 2:42 PM
To:  "Justin M. Mayrand" , Sheldon Hartling

Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

Thanks Justin.

I have BootCamp 4.0 installed.  I tried going back and installing individual
drivers from the drivers directory on the BootCamp DVD and doing a BootCamp
repair but it didn't seem to make any difference.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY



From:  "Justin M. Mayrand" 
Date:  Wednesday, 13 June, 2012 2:02 PM
To:  Sheldon Hartling 
Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

You will need to install the Apple supplied BootCamp drivers package
(assuming you have not).
--------
Justin
KB1TFH

On Jun 13, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Sheldon Hartling wrote:

> 
> I didn't end up buying the touch-screen ­ at least not in "this round".  I
> bought a used iMac 27" (late 2009 model) on Kijiji.  I've upgraded it to OSX
> Lion and installed Windows 7 SP1 using BootCamp.  However, I'm having DPC
> Latency problems that I haven't been able to solve so far.  I've tried the
> "usual" things, setting power options, disabling services, disabling
> devices, turning off kernel paging.  No luck.
> 
> If there is anyone in the group running PowerSDR on a late-2009 27" iMac
> could you please contact me on/off the list?  Thanks.  The specs are: 3.06
> GHz Intel "Core 2 Duo" processor (E7600), a 3 MB shared level 2 cache, a
> 1066 MHz system bus, 4 GB of RAM (1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM), a 1 TB
> (7200 RPM) hard drive, and ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics with 256 MB memory.
> 
> My older 13" black MacBook runs PSDR FB but this new one doesn't seen up to
> the task.
> 
> 73, Sheldon VE1GPY
> 
> 
> From:  Sheldon Hartling 
> Date:  Friday, 8 June, 2012 11:40 AM
> To:  
> Subject:  [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer for Flex-3000
> 
> I¹d like to purchase a Touch-Screen All-in-One computer to use with my
> FLEX-3000.  Any suggestions from the group?
> 
> 
> There aren't many with Firewire interfaces anymore.  It looks like the Sony
> Vaio might be the best bet. However they use nVidia graphics processors and
> this often leads to DPC latency problems.  I've run DPC Latency Checker on a
> number of Sony All-in-One's in the stores and they don't fair well (avg
> 1000+ with 3000+ peaks).  The one exception, so far, is a model VPCL237FDB
> which runs under 250 microsecond latency.  (VPCL237FDB might be a Canadian
> part number).  It has a 2.2Ghz i7-2670QM processor and GT-540M nVidia GPU.
> Anyone have experience with this PC?
> 
> 
> 
> 73, Sheldon VE1GPY
> 
> 
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Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

[Sheldon Hartling]

Good idea.

I installed Safari on Windows to get Apple Software Update and then ran the
update utility.  The only items offered were iCloud Control Panel, Quicktime
and iTunes and I didn't install any of them.

LatencyMon shows the big offenders as:
1154 - wdf01000.sys, Kernel Driver Framework
1026 ­ ataport.sys, ATAPI Driver Extensions
 844 ­ resplendence latency monitor
 726 ­NT Kernel & System
 701 ­ NDIS 6.2 driver
 618 ­ dxgkrnl.sys, DirectX Graphics
 457 ­ dpclat_driver.sys FlexRadio

73, Sheldon VE1GPY 

From:  "Justin M. Mayrand" 
Date:  Wednesday, 13 June, 2012 3:00 PM
To:  Sheldon Hartling 
Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

Hi Sheldon,


Run the Apple Software Update in Windows and see if it updates the drivers.
...JMM

Justin
KB1TFH

On Jun 13, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Sheldon Hartling wrote:

> Thanks Justin.
> 
> I have BootCamp 4.0 installed.  I tried going back and installing individual
> drivers from the drivers directory on the BootCamp DVD and doing a BootCamp
> repair but it didn't seem to make any difference.
> 
> 73, Sheldon VE1GPY
> 
> 
> 
> From:  "Justin M. Mayrand" 
> Date:  Wednesday, 13 June, 2012 2:02 PM
> To:  Sheldon Hartling 
> Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)
> 
> You will need to install the Apple supplied BootCamp drivers package (assuming
> you have not).  
> ----
> Justin
> KB1TFH
> 
> On Jun 13, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Sheldon Hartling wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I didn't end up buying the touch-screen ­ at least not in "this round".  I
>> bought a used iMac 27" (late 2009 model) on Kijiji.  I've upgraded it to OSX
>> Lion and installed Windows 7 SP1 using BootCamp.  However, I'm having DPC
>> Latency problems that I haven't been able to solve so far.  I've tried the
>> "usual" things, setting power options, disabling services, disabling
>> devices, turning off kernel paging.  No luck.
>> 
>> If there is anyone in the group running PowerSDR on a late-2009 27" iMac
>> could you please contact me on/off the list?  Thanks.  The specs are: 3.06
>> GHz Intel "Core 2 Duo" processor (E7600), a 3 MB shared level 2 cache, a
>> 1066 MHz system bus, 4 GB of RAM (1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM), a 1 TB
>> (7200 RPM) hard drive, and ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics with 256 MB memory.
>> 
>> My older 13" black MacBook runs PSDR FB but this new one doesn't seen up to
>> the task.
>> 
>> 73, Sheldon VE1GPY
>> 
>> 
>> From:  Sheldon Hartling 
>> Date:  Friday, 8 June, 2012 11:40 AM
>> To:  
>> Subject:  [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer for Flex-3000
>> 
>> I¹d like to purchase a Touch-Screen All-in-One computer to use with my
>> FLEX-3000.  Any suggestions from the group?
>> 
>> 
>> There aren't many with Firewire interfaces anymore.  It looks like the Sony
>> Vaio might be the best bet. However they use nVidia graphics processors and
>> this often leads to DPC latency problems.  I've run DPC Latency Checker on a
>> number of Sony All-in-One's in the stores and they don't fair well (avg
>> 1000+ with 3000+ peaks).  The one exception, so far, is a model VPCL237FDB
>> which runs under 250 microsecond latency.  (VPCL237FDB might be a Canadian
>> part number).  It has a 2.2Ghz i7-2670QM processor and GT-540M nVidia GPU.
>> Anyone have experience with this PC?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73, Sheldon VE1GPY
>> 
>> 
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Re: [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer (late-2009 iMac)

[Sheldon Hartling]

I didn't end up buying the touch-screen ­ at least not in "this round".  I
bought a used iMac 27" (late 2009 model) on Kijiji.  I've upgraded it to OSX
Lion and installed Windows 7 SP1 using BootCamp.  However, I'm having DPC
Latency problems that I haven't been able to solve so far.  I've tried the
"usual" things, setting power options, disabling services, disabling
devices, turning off kernel paging.  No luck.

If there is anyone in the group running PowerSDR on a late-2009 27" iMac
could you please contact me on/off the list?  Thanks.  The specs are: 3.06
GHz Intel "Core 2 Duo" processor (E7600), a 3 MB shared level 2 cache, a
1066 MHz system bus, 4 GB of RAM (1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM), a 1 TB
(7200 RPM) hard drive, and ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics with 256 MB memory.

My older 13" black MacBook runs PSDR FB but this new one doesn't seen up to
the task.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY


From:  Sheldon Hartling 
Date:  Friday, 8 June, 2012 11:40 AM
To:  
Subject:  [Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer for Flex-3000

I¹d like to purchase a Touch-Screen All-in-One computer to use with my
FLEX-3000.  Any suggestions from the group?

 
There aren't many with Firewire interfaces anymore.  It looks like the Sony
Vaio might be the best bet. However they use nVidia graphics processors and
this often leads to DPC latency problems.  I've run DPC Latency Checker on a
number of Sony All-in-One's in the stores and they don't fair well (avg
1000+ with 3000+ peaks).  The one exception, so far, is a model VPCL237FDB
which runs under 250 microsecond latency.  (VPCL237FDB might be a Canadian
part number).  It has a 2.2Ghz i7-2670QM processor and GT-540M nVidia GPU.
Anyone have experience with this PC?


 
73, Sheldon VE1GPY 
 


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[Flexradio] Touch-Screen All-in-One computer for Flex-3000

[Sheldon Hartling]

I¹d like to purchase a Touch-Screen All-in-One computer to use with my
FLEX-3000.  Any suggestions from the group?
 
There aren't many with Firewire interfaces anymore.  It looks like the Sony
Vaio might be the best bet. However they use nVidia graphics processors and
this often leads to DPC latency problems.  I've run DPC Latency Checker on a
number of Sony All-in-One's in the stores and they don't fair well (avg
1000+ with 3000+ peaks).  The one exception, so far, is a model VPCL237FDB
which runs under 250 microsecond latency.  (VPCL237FDB might be a Canadian
part number).  It has a 2.2Ghz i7-2670QM processor and GT-540M nVidia GPU.
Anyone have experience with this PC?
 
73, Sheldon VE1GPY 
 


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Re: [Flexradio] flex pepole please read

[Sheldon Hartling]

There should only be two command lines.

To fix the word-wrap in the original post:
The first command starts with "rename" and there is a space between
"Default" and "2012"
The second command starts with "copy" and there is a space between "Default"
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73,
Sheldon, VE1GPY

From:  Sheldon Hartling 
Date:  Sunday, 3 June, 2012 9:55 AM
To:  paim , Reflector 
Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] flex pepole please read

Elan

You can move the Flex Radio logo from the top-right corner of the display to
the bottom-right corner by opening a command window and entering these two
commands:

rename "%appdata%\FlexRadio Systems\PowerSDR\Skins\Default
2012\Console\picDisplay.png" "WAS_picDisplay.png"
copy "%appdata%\FlexRadio Systems\PowerSDR\Skins\Default
2011\Console\picDisplay.png" "%appdata%\FlexRadio
Systems\PowerSDR\Skins\Default 2012\Console\picDisplay.png"

This will "remove" the logo from a dual display like the panafall.

73,
Sheldon, VE1GPY


From:  paim 
Reply-To:  paim 
Date:  Sunday, 3 June, 2012 5:09 AM
To:  Reflector 
Subject:  [Flexradio] flex pepole please read

  
I may ask very kind on the next release of PSDR to remove from the skin flex
radio logo it is on the scope and it is better to add it on some where else
thank you 
vy 73 
E.P  g0uut/dl9fcc 
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Re: [Flexradio] flex pepole please read

[Sheldon Hartling]

Elan

You can move the Flex Radio logo from the top-right corner of the display to
the bottom-right corner by opening a command window and entering these two
commands:

rename "%appdata%\FlexRadio Systems\PowerSDR\Skins\Default
2012\Console\picDisplay.png" "WAS_picDisplay.png"
copy "%appdata%\FlexRadio Systems\PowerSDR\Skins\Default
2011\Console\picDisplay.png" "%appdata%\FlexRadio
Systems\PowerSDR\Skins\Default 2012\Console\picDisplay.png"

This will "remove" the logo from a dual display like the panafall.

73,
Sheldon, VE1GPY


From:  paim 
Reply-To:  paim 
Date:  Sunday, 3 June, 2012 5:09 AM
To:  Reflector 
Subject:  [Flexradio] flex pepole please read

  
I may ask very kind on the next release of PSDR to remove from the skin flex
radio logo it is on the scope and it is better to add it on some where else
thank you 
vy 73 
E.P  g0uut/dl9fcc 
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[Flexradio] PR-781 with Flex-3000

[Sheldon Hartling]

Is it possible to use a Heil PR-781 with a Flex-3000?  If so, can anyone
provide details (pin out) for the required mike cable?   I have a friend who
purchased this combination from Radio World along with a cable adaptor which
is not doing the trick.

Thanks and 73, Sheldon VE1GPY


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Re: [Flexradio] VAC 4.11 Registry Import file

[Sheldon Hartling]

You should see the new cables after a reboot.

73,  Sheldon VE1GPY

From:  Jerry Flanders 
Date:  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:03:42 -0400
To:  
Cc:  
Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] VAC 4.11 Registry Import file

WOW - 15 more copies were downloaded this morning since I asked about it
here.

Anybody installed it yet? I did but after checking to see how it turned
out I see I only got my standard two cables. Maybe I did something wrong.

I am in the middle of the BARTG RTTY contest now so will wait until
later to find my problem.

I had a gradually increasing latency delay with VAC 4.09 which was a
nuisance in lengthy contest running - had to periodically turn VAC
off/on to fix it (didn't always work). After running an hour I haven't
noticed the problem yet, so maybe that is gone (fingers crossed).

Jerry W4UK


On 3/18/2012 10:45 AM, Tim Ellison, W4TME wrote:
>  That is exactly correct.
> 
>  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 
>  Web: www.flexradio.com 
> 
>  logo
> 
> 
>  On 3/18/2012 9:49 AM, Jerry Flanders wrote:
>>  So to use it, I could install the VAC 4.11 panel (without creating
>>  any cables yet), then execute this file, reboot, and my VAC cables
>>  are ready to go without further tweaking, right? Sounds like a BIG
>>  help. Thanks
>> 
>>  Jerry W4UK
>> 
>>  On 3/18/2012 8:55 AM, Tim Ellison, W4TME wrote:
>>>  You don't even have to have VAC4 loaded.  It creates the registry
>>>  entries for the cables definitions described below when you install
>>>  VAC4 or if you have it installed, they are created after you reboot.
>>> 
>>>  It will remove any existing cable definitions if you already have
>>>  VAC4 installed.
>>> 
>>>  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 
>>>  Web: www.flexradio.com 
>>> 
>>>  logo
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  On 3/18/2012 8:11 AM, Jerry Flanders wrote:
  This *VAC 4.11 Registry Import* file appeared 3/17 on the flex
  downloads page.
 
  Description: "This file is a Windows Registry file that will create
  seven (7) VAC 4.11 cables. The first 6 are used with PowerSDR in
  the VAC configuration and the seventh is used as the default sound
  card device if you do not have an active sound card in you PC"
 
  It is from an unidentified 3rd party.
 
  I am guessing we install VAC 4.11 then run this to set the
  necessary cables automatically(?)
 
  Anybody used this?
 
  Jerry W4UK
>> 

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Re: [Flexradio] Anyone using MacBook with PC dualboot?

[Sheldon Hartling]

Hi Mike

I use a black 13" MacBook (early 2008) with my Flex-3000.  It works great!
Much better than the Thinkpad T60p it replaced.  The T60p always ran hot and
I had to use a laptop cooler.

I agree with Brian.  If you can, try to pick a MacBook with a Radeon video
controller and not nVidia.  There are latency issues with the nVidia drivers
that cause DPC problems.   I tried to use a 2010 Mac Mini but found the DPC
latency ran 2000 microseconds with occasional spikes.  If I disabled the
nVidia 320M GPU driver it dropped to 145 microseconds but I found the
default Windows VGA driver to be limiting.

73,
Sheldon VE1GPY


From:  Michael Ruttenberg 
Date:  Wed, 7 Mar 2012 10:14:12 +
To:  Flexradio forum 
Subject:  [Flexradio] Anyone using MacBook with PC dualboot?

Is this a viable option given that most Windows laptops don't support
FireWire ports any more.

And if you believe differently I'd like to know which ones. Currently using
DELL latitude D630 and it is marginal at times and has monster pauses up to
2300us.

Mike
G7TWC
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Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr

[Sheldon Hartling]

Hi Laurie

You are right.  This configuration is the one I use in my shack to support
the F5K and F3K on 3 computers with HRD logging.  I can easily connect
anything to anything and the 30 series and 50 series port numbers help me
keep the 3000/5000 connections straight.  I really like being able to easily
switch the single copy of HRD between radios.

For Field Day I ran N1MM on a Thinkpad T60p using a SEC COM port 1 client
which was connected to the SEC COM port 30 server on my 13" black MacBook
which was running PSDR.  There are no restrictions on the port numbers you
can create with SEC other than they can not conflict with existing real or
virtual ports.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY


From:  Laurie 
Date:  Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:37:54 +1000
To:  Sheldon Hartling 
Subject:  RE: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr

Sheldon,
This setup sounds great.
But tell me, with that configuration how do you get around N1MM only having
up to port 8?
Regards
Laurie   VK7ZE

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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Sheldon Hartling
Sent: Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:13 PM
To: W6SDM Steve; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr

Hi Steve

Have a look at Serial to Ethernet Connector (SEC) from Eltima Software
(http://www.eltima.com).

For Field Day this year I wanted to set up N1MM logging on a separate
computer to eliminate the keyboard-focus problems that arise when two people
try to use one PC.  This year one person operated the PSDR/F3K on a MacBook
while a another person logged on N1MM on a Thinkpad T60p.  The connection
between the computers was made using COM ports over TCP/IP.

Before Field Day I evaluated 3 serial over TCP/IP solutions: KernelPro
Advanced Virtual Com Port, Eltima SEC and EtherLogic VSPe.  In the test
environment I ran (HRD, N1MM and BobMeters) on one PC and (PSDR and a second
copy of BobMeters) on a second PC.  The clear winner was Eltima's SEC
product.  Eltima Software provides the virtual serial port technology that
Steve Nance uses in his VSPMgr product.  With SEC used to connect the two
computers I could sweep the VFO on HRD on one PC and have everything track
it with no visible lag even with two copies of BobMeters running!

Now, in my shack, I use SEC as the backbone to connect everything.  In
addition to serial over TCP/IP it provides complete splitter functionality.
I run one copy on the laptop connected to my F3K using ports 30, 31, 32, 33
and 34 and one copy on the desktop computer connected to my F5K using ports
50, 51, 52, 53 and 54.  Ports 30 and 50 are the server ports and the rest
are client ports.  On any computer in the shack, if I want to connect to the
F3K's COM port I pick a COM port in the 30 series (31, 32, Š); If I want to
connect to the F5K's COM port I pick a COM port in the 50 series (51, 52,
Š).  Normally on my desktop I run HRD connected to COM port 51 and BobMeters
connected to COM port 54 and PSDR connected to COM port 50.  No splitter
required.  If I want to make a few contacts on my F3K running on a different
computer I just change the connection on HRD (still running on my desktop)
to port 31 ­ and now its connected to the F3K.  By default each SEC server
has 4 client ports but you can set up as many as you want.

SEC is licensed software and is sold by Eltima Software in 2-license packs.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY




From:  W6SDM Steve 
Date:  Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:43:47 -0700
To:  
Subject:  [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr

Someone told me once that the only stupid question was the one you didn't
ask.  Hopefully that's true so that this isn't a stupid question.

Has anyone used VSPE (64bit registered version) and VSPMgr together on the
same machine?  VSPE allows for a splitter.  If I set the source to PowerSDR,
one of the client ports to DDUtil, and then another port directly to my
client app, should that work?  My reason is that I have a couple of apps
that don't want to play nice with DDUtil.  I have port pairs that were set
up with VSPMgr and are are working fine with DDUtil.  I would rather just
use those for the apps that work well.

Or, do I have to choose between VSPMgr and VSPE?

Thanks for your help!

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Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr

[Sheldon Hartling]

Thanks Mike!

It really is sweet.  Once it's set up it's really easy to use.  There is
only one component running on each machine and the ports are there on each
reboot without the need to run anything to create them.  SEC client COM
ports can be configured to connect to any SEC server COM port, even if its
on the same machine.  And each SEC server is an automatic splitter so you
can connect multiple virtual COM ports spread across several machines all to
the same COM server port.

I'm been thinking this might be another way to remotely control my Flex (or
any transceiver with a CAT port) using HRD on slower Internet connections
when a full remote session might be a problem.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY



From:  Michael Walker 
Date:  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:59:32 -0400
To:  
Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr

Sheldon

Your serial port setup is turning me on.  Wow, nicely done!

va3mw


On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Sheldon Hartling  wrote:

>  Their technical support is really excellent!  Tina Wheeler is their Dudley
>  Hurry. :-)
> 
>  I had some problems with conflicts between VSPMgr and SEC versions when I
>  first tried the product using the free trial option.  They were able to
>  quickly resolve the issue.  The version I'm running now is build 5.0.7.376.
> 
>  Good luck and 73, Sheldon VE1GPY
> 
> 
>  From:  W6SDM Steve 
>  Date:  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:03:08 -0700
>  To:  Sheldon Hartling 
>  Cc:  
>  Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr
> 
>  Thanks, Sheldon.  That sounds like it may just do what I want.  I run two
>  Windows quad-core dual monitor computers in the shack.  One is dedicated to
>  the Flex and the things that connect via DDUtil.  The other is for Internet
>  and everything else.  Being able to get some of the programs on the other
>  computer would give me some additional monitor space.  I see that there is
>  a
>  free trial option - I am going to set some time aside and check it out.
> 
>  73,
> 
>  Steve
>  W6SDM
> 
>  On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Sheldon Hartling
>  wrote:
> 
>>  >  Hi Steve
>>  >
>>  >  Have a look at Serial to Ethernet Connector (SEC) from Eltima Software (
>>  >  http://www.eltima.com).
>>  >
>>  >  For Field Day this year I wanted to set up N1MM logging on a separate
>>  >  computer to eliminate the keyboard-focus problems that arise when two
>  people
>>  >  try to use one PC.  This year one person operated the PSDR/F3K on a
>  MacBook
>>  >  while a another person logged on N1MM on a Thinkpad T60p.  The
>  connection
>>  >  between the computers was made using COM ports over TCP/IP.
>>  >
>>  >  Before Field Day I evaluated 3 serial over TCP/IP solutions: KernelPro
>>  >  Advanced Virtual Com Port, Eltima SEC and EtherLogic VSPe.  In the test
>>  >  environment I ran (HRD, N1MM and BobMeters) on one PC and (PSDR and a
>  second
>>  >  copy of BobMeters) on a second PC.  The clear winner was Eltima's SEC
>>  >  product.  Eltima Software provides the virtual serial port technology
>  that
>>  >  Steve Nance uses in his VSPMgr product.  With SEC used to connect the
>  two
>>  >  computers I could sweep the VFO on HRD on one PC and have everything
>  track
>>  >  it with no visible lag even with two copies of BobMeters running!
>>  >
>>  >  Now, in my shack, I use SEC as the backbone to connect everything.  In
>>  >  addition to serial over TCP/IP it provides complete splitter
>>  >  functionality.  I run one copy on the laptop connected to my F3K using
>  ports
>>  >  30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 and one copy on the desktop computer connected to
>  my
>>  >  F5K using ports 50, 51, 52, 53 and 54.  Ports 30 and 50 are the server
>  ports
>>  >  and the rest are client ports.  On any computer in the shack, if I want
>  to
>>  >  connect to the F3K's COM port I pick a COM port in the 30 series (31,
>  32,
>>  >  Š); If I want to connect to the F5K's COM port I pick a COM port in the
>  50
>>  >  series (51, 52, Š).  Normally on my desktop I run HRD connected to COM
>  port
>>  >  51 and BobMeters connected to COM port 54 and PSDR connected to COM port
>  50.
>>  >   No splitter required.  If I want to make a few contacts on my F3K
>  running
>>  >  on a different computer I just change the connection on HRD (still
>  running
>>  >  on my desktop) to port 31 ­ and now its connected to the F3K.  By
>  default
>>  >  each SEC server has 4 client ports but you can set up as many as you
>  want.
>>  >
>>  >  SEC is licensed software and is sold by Eltima Software i

Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr

[Sheldon Hartling]

Their technical support is really excellent!  Tina Wheeler is their Dudley
Hurry. :-)

I had some problems with conflicts between VSPMgr and SEC versions when I
first tried the product using the free trial option.  They were able to
quickly resolve the issue.  The version I'm running now is build 5.0.7.376.

Good luck and 73, Sheldon VE1GPY


From:  W6SDM Steve 
Date:  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:03:08 -0700
To:  Sheldon Hartling 
Cc:  
Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr

Thanks, Sheldon.  That sounds like it may just do what I want.  I run two
Windows quad-core dual monitor computers in the shack.  One is dedicated to
the Flex and the things that connect via DDUtil.  The other is for Internet
and everything else.  Being able to get some of the programs on the other
computer would give me some additional monitor space.  I see that there is a
free trial option - I am going to set some time aside and check it out.

73,

Steve
W6SDM

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Sheldon Hartling
wrote:

>  Hi Steve
> 
>  Have a look at Serial to Ethernet Connector (SEC) from Eltima Software (
>  http://www.eltima.com).
> 
>  For Field Day this year I wanted to set up N1MM logging on a separate
>  computer to eliminate the keyboard-focus problems that arise when two people
>  try to use one PC.  This year one person operated the PSDR/F3K on a MacBook
>  while a another person logged on N1MM on a Thinkpad T60p.  The connection
>  between the computers was made using COM ports over TCP/IP.
> 
>  Before Field Day I evaluated 3 serial over TCP/IP solutions: KernelPro
>  Advanced Virtual Com Port, Eltima SEC and EtherLogic VSPe.  In the test
>  environment I ran (HRD, N1MM and BobMeters) on one PC and (PSDR and a second
>  copy of BobMeters) on a second PC.  The clear winner was Eltima's SEC
>  product.  Eltima Software provides the virtual serial port technology that
>  Steve Nance uses in his VSPMgr product.  With SEC used to connect the two
>  computers I could sweep the VFO on HRD on one PC and have everything track
>  it with no visible lag even with two copies of BobMeters running!
> 
>  Now, in my shack, I use SEC as the backbone to connect everything.  In
>  addition to serial over TCP/IP it provides complete splitter
>  functionality.  I run one copy on the laptop connected to my F3K using ports
>  30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 and one copy on the desktop computer connected to my
>  F5K using ports 50, 51, 52, 53 and 54.  Ports 30 and 50 are the server ports
>  and the rest are client ports.  On any computer in the shack, if I want to
>  connect to the F3K's COM port I pick a COM port in the 30 series (31, 32,
>  Š); If I want to connect to the F5K's COM port I pick a COM port in the 50
>  series (51, 52, Š).  Normally on my desktop I run HRD connected to COM port
>  51 and BobMeters connected to COM port 54 and PSDR connected to COM port 50.
>   No splitter required.  If I want to make a few contacts on my F3K running
>  on a different computer I just change the connection on HRD (still running
>  on my desktop) to port 31 ­ and now its connected to the F3K.  By default
>  each SEC server has 4 client ports but you can set up as many as you want.
> 
>  SEC is licensed software and is sold by Eltima Software in 2-license packs.
> 
>  73, Sheldon VE1GPY
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  From: W6SDM Steve 
>  Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:43:47 -0700
>  To: 
>  Subject: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr
> 
>  Someone told me once that the only stupid question was the one you didn't
>  ask.  Hopefully that's true so that this isn't a stupid question.
> 
>  Has anyone used VSPE (64bit registered version) and VSPMgr together on the
>  same machine?  VSPE allows for a splitter.  If I set the source to
>  PowerSDR,
>  one of the client ports to DDUtil, and then another port directly to my
>  client app, should that work?  My reason is that I have a couple of apps
>  that don't want to play nice with DDUtil.  I have port pairs that were set
>  up with VSPMgr and are are working fine with DDUtil.  I would rather just
>  use those for the apps that work well.
> 
>  Or, do I have to choose between VSPMgr and VSPE?
> 
>  Thanks for your help!
> 
>  --
>  Steve Miller
>  st...@w6sdm.net <http://w6sdm.net>
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Re: [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr

[Sheldon Hartling]

Hi Steve

Have a look at Serial to Ethernet Connector (SEC) from Eltima Software
(http://www.eltima.com).

For Field Day this year I wanted to set up N1MM logging on a separate
computer to eliminate the keyboard-focus problems that arise when two people
try to use one PC.  This year one person operated the PSDR/F3K on a MacBook
while a another person logged on N1MM on a Thinkpad T60p.  The connection
between the computers was made using COM ports over TCP/IP.

Before Field Day I evaluated 3 serial over TCP/IP solutions: KernelPro
Advanced Virtual Com Port, Eltima SEC and EtherLogic VSPe.  In the test
environment I ran (HRD, N1MM and BobMeters) on one PC and (PSDR and a second
copy of BobMeters) on a second PC.  The clear winner was Eltima's SEC
product.  Eltima Software provides the virtual serial port technology that
Steve Nance uses in his VSPMgr product.  With SEC used to connect the two
computers I could sweep the VFO on HRD on one PC and have everything track
it with no visible lag even with two copies of BobMeters running!

Now, in my shack, I use SEC as the backbone to connect everything.  In
addition to serial over TCP/IP it provides complete splitter functionality.
I run one copy on the laptop connected to my F3K using ports 30, 31, 32, 33
and 34 and one copy on the desktop computer connected to my F5K using ports
50, 51, 52, 53 and 54.  Ports 30 and 50 are the server ports and the rest
are client ports.  On any computer in the shack, if I want to connect to the
F3K's COM port I pick a COM port in the 30 series (31, 32, Š); If I want to
connect to the F5K's COM port I pick a COM port in the 50 series (51, 52,
Š).  Normally on my desktop I run HRD connected to COM port 51 and BobMeters
connected to COM port 54 and PSDR connected to COM port 50.  No splitter
required.  If I want to make a few contacts on my F3K running on a different
computer I just change the connection on HRD (still running on my desktop)
to port 31 ­ and now its connected to the F3K.  By default each SEC server
has 4 client ports but you can set up as many as you want.

SEC is licensed software and is sold by Eltima Software in 2-license packs.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY




From:  W6SDM Steve 
Date:  Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:43:47 -0700
To:  
Subject:  [Flexradio] VSPE and VSPMgr

Someone told me once that the only stupid question was the one you didn't
ask.  Hopefully that's true so that this isn't a stupid question.

Has anyone used VSPE (64bit registered version) and VSPMgr together on the
same machine?  VSPE allows for a splitter.  If I set the source to PowerSDR,
one of the client ports to DDUtil, and then another port directly to my
client app, should that work?  My reason is that I have a couple of apps
that don't want to play nice with DDUtil.  I have port pairs that were set
up with VSPMgr and are are working fine with DDUtil.  I would rather just
use those for the apps that work well.

Or, do I have to choose between VSPMgr and VSPE?

Thanks for your help!

-- 
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Re: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

[Sheldon Hartling]

Thanks Bill, Tim and Gary

I'm going to try leaving the F5K on when I'm not around with the drive set
to 0% and a minimal configuration to see if I can isolate a non-hardware
cause.  If I get another PTT-lockup I'll try sending a CAT command (ZZRX or
RX) from the setup test menu to see if that will release the PTT.

Gary, your 'dead man' relay sounds like a great option for remote operation.
I've used DDutil for this in the past but it it still susceptible to
software induced issues.  I'll have a look at
http://www.controlbyweb.com/webswitch/.  Did you use WebSwitch() Plus with
BASIC scripts to implement your 'dead man'?

73, Sheldon VE1GPY



From:  Bill Marvin 
Date:  Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:03:38 -0400
To:  Sheldon Hartling , 
Subject:  RE: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

I have been running my Flex-5000A for 3 years and have never experienced
this problem. For 2 of those years I operated remote from all around the
country. My 5000A was left powered up as I travelled weekly. Never once did
it transmit on its own. The fact that this has happened to you even with
older versions of PSDR, is pointing to something in your local environment.
I would start troubleshooting this problem by running the 5000A in a simple
environment with as little external connections, and software, as possible.
If it runs OK, add stuff back into the mix until the problem shows up. Of
course you could have a hardware problem in the 5000A itself. In that case,
the problem will happen even with a simple configuration. Best of luck with
your problem. Let us know what you find.

73,
Bill - W1MPY

From: "Tim Ellison, W4TME" 
Organization: FlexRadio Systems
Reply-To: 
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:08:46 -0400
To: 
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

"I doubt PSDR would respond to a CAT command to stop transmitting. "

Actually, if TX was initiated by a CAT command (ZZTX or TX), it would
respond to a ZZRX or RX command.

Tim Ellison, W4TME
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FlexRadio Systems^(TM)
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Web: www.flexradio.com <http://www.flexradio.com>

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From: Gary Blau 
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:37:17 -0400
To: Edwin Marzan 
Cc: Sheldon Hartling , 
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

FWIW, to protect my 3000 remote station I use a 'dead man'
delay-on-operate relay which is triggered by the TX relay in the Flex
(linear amp key).  If the TX relay is closed for more than 5 minutes,
the time delay relay pulls in and shuts the power off to the radio for
10 seconds, assuring QRT.

This is done using a remote control outlet device:
http://www.controlbyweb.com/webswitch/
Also use this to remotely power cycle the PSDR pc as well as the radio.
  So even if the pc hangs up, I still have control of the radio for the
sake of compliance.


-Original Message-----
From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Sheldon Hartling
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:52 AM
To: 'flexradio@flex-radio.biz'
Subject: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

On 3 occasions I've returned to my shack to find my Flex-5000A transmitting
with no one at the controls!  Luckily it was SSB and with no modulation the
signal was negligible.  In each case, I stopped PowerSDR and shut down the
F5K and everything started back up normally.
 
The most recent occurrence was this weekend.  Before stopping PSDR I tried
everything I could think of to release the PTT.  I shut down the only other
running program, HRD; unplugged the PTT hand switch; clicked the MOX button.
However, the transceiver seemed locked on transmit.
 
Previously this occurred on older versions of PSDR.  The most recent
occurrence was PSDR version 2.2.3.  Flex-5000A, Windows 7 64 bit.  The only
other programs running were: HRD+logbook and Internet Explorer.  PTT COM
port is not enabled.
 
Thanks for any insight or suggestions.  For now, the F5K will be powered off
when I'm not around.  This throws a damper on remote operations.
 
73, Sheldon VE1GPY


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Re: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

[Sheldon Hartling]

Thanks Steve

The house is new construction and only 11 years old, so a SDR-smitten  SK
seems unlikely :-)

I can confirm the VOX is/was off.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY

From:  W6SDM Steve 
Date:  Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:25:40 -0700
To:  Sheldon Hartling , 
Subject:  Yikes, I'm transmitting

One possible explanation is that your house was, at one time, owned by a
radio amateur who went SK.  Imagine a guy from the 1930s who only operated a
transmitter using high voltage coils and De Forest valves coming across a
Flex 5000 during one of his haunting episodes.  :)

Or, closer to reality, is there any chance the VOX is active?  Maybe a fan
or something is tripping it and there is just enough ambient sound to keep
it open.

-- 
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Re: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

[Sheldon Hartling]

Thanks, Harry

I've run DDutil in the past with a 4 minute timer.  I  didn't have it
running on the weekend when the PTT locked up though.  But, as you say, it
probably wouldn't have made a difference.  I doubt PSDR would respond to a
CAT command to stop transmitting.  Nothing else I tried seemed to be able to
release the PTT.

If no one else has experienced this issue I wonder if its a hardware
problem.  If so, it seems to be easily "fixed" by a restart.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY


From:  Harry Williams 
Date:  Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:20:25 -0500
To:  Edwin Marzan , Sheldon Hartling
, 
Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

Butprobably not if the radio was hung up due to some software
glitch.

Harry

-Original Message-
From: Harry Williams
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:14 AM
To: Edwin Marzan ; ve1...@rac.ca ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

The DDutil software does have a timer that would kill the PTT after a user
selectable timeout  value expires...

73's
Harry
W0LS

-Original Message-
From: Edwin Marzan
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:22 AM
To: ve1...@rac.ca ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting


Would be nice for PowerSDR to include a timer that would prevent
transmitting after a set time period.

Edwin Marzan AB2VW


>  Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:52:21 -0300
>  From: ve1...@rac.ca
>  To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
>  Subject: [Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting
> 
>  On 3 occasions I've returned to my shack to find my Flex-5000A
>  transmitting
>  with no one at the controls! Luckily it was SSB and with no modulation the
>  signal was negligible. In each case, I stopped PowerSDR and shut down the
>  F5K and everything started back up normally.
> 
>  The most recent occurrence was this weekend. Before stopping PSDR I tried
>  everything I could think of to release the PTT. I shut down the only other
>  running program, HRD; unplugged the PTT hand switch; clicked the MOX
>  button.
>  However, the transceiver seemed locked on transmit.
> 
>  Previously this occurred on older versions of PSDR. The most recent
>  occurrence was PSDR version 2.2.3. Flex-5000A, Windows 7 64 bit. The only
>  other programs running were: HRD+logbook and Internet Explorer. PTT COM
>  port is not enabled.
> 
>  Thanks for any insight or suggestions. For now, the F5K will be powered
>  off
>  when I'm not around. This throws a damper on remote operations.
> 
>  73, Sheldon VE1GPY
> 
> 
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[Flexradio] Yikes, I'm transmitting

[Sheldon Hartling]

On 3 occasions I've returned to my shack to find my Flex-5000A transmitting
with no one at the controls!  Luckily it was SSB and with no modulation the
signal was negligible.  In each case, I stopped PowerSDR and shut down the
F5K and everything started back up normally.
 
The most recent occurrence was this weekend.  Before stopping PSDR I tried
everything I could think of to release the PTT.  I shut down the only other
running program, HRD; unplugged the PTT hand switch; clicked the MOX button.
However, the transceiver seemed locked on transmit.
 
Previously this occurred on older versions of PSDR.  The most recent
occurrence was PSDR version 2.2.3.  Flex-5000A, Windows 7 64 bit.  The only
other programs running were: HRD+logbook and Internet Explorer.  PTT COM
port is not enabled.
 
Thanks for any insight or suggestions.  For now, the F5K will be powered off
when I'm not around.  This throws a damper on remote operations.
 
73, Sheldon VE1GPY


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Re: [Flexradio] Flex-3000, no preamp

[Sheldon Hartling]

Thank you Larry, John and Tim.

I'll run the production PreAmp test (ctrl - shift ­ P) when I'm back on site
at the Girl Guide camp on Thursday.  Dudley has already contacted me
off-list and offered to generate an RMA for repair if necessary.

73, Sheldon, VE1GPY

PS.  Please listen for "CG100NS" on Thursday and Friday.  We'll be operating
on 15M, 17M, 20M and 40M and trying to get many of the Girl Guides on the
air for the first time.


From:  N7BCP 
Date:  Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:25:42 +0200
To:  Sheldon Hartling 
Cc:  "" 
Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] Flex-3000, no preamp

I had a similar problem with my 3k a couple of years ago.  I did a quick
search of the archive.

http://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=3000+Preamp+deaf&l=flexradio%40flex-rad
io.biz

-Larry

On Aug 15, 2011, at 9:08, Sheldon Hartling  wrote:

>  I've managed to break the pre-amp function on my Flex-3000.  When I select
>  the pre-amp now on any band it behaves like an attenuator.  All other
>  functions (receive and transmit) seem to be working properly.  I am able to
>  use the radio as long as I leave the pre-amp off.
>  
>  This is probably a self-inflicted wound.  I was using the F3K today as one
>  of four radios at a special event station without external filters and
>  suspect I overloaded the receiver.  Any chance there is an easy repair I can
>  make before the event continues on Thursday? (zener diode maybe)
>  
>  73,
>  Sheldon, VE1GPY
>  "CG100NS"  Special Event station celebrating Girl Guides 100 year
>  anniversary in Nova Scotia.  http://halifax-arc.org/girl-guides-jamboree
>  
>  Setup: Flex-3000, PowerSDR v2.0.22, Win7 64-bit
>  
>  
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[Flexradio] Flex-3000, no preamp

[Sheldon Hartling]

I've managed to break the pre-amp function on my Flex-3000.  When I select
the pre-amp now on any band it behaves like an attenuator.  All other
functions (receive and transmit) seem to be working properly.  I am able to
use the radio as long as I leave the pre-amp off.

This is probably a self-inflicted wound.  I was using the F3K today as one
of four radios at a special event station without external filters and
suspect I overloaded the receiver.  Any chance there is an easy repair I can
make before the event continues on Thursday? (zener diode maybe)

73,
Sheldon, VE1GPY
"CG100NS" ­ Special Event station celebrating Girl Guides 100 year
anniversary in Nova Scotia.  http://halifax-arc.org/girl-guides-jamboree

Setup: Flex-3000, PowerSDR v2.0.22, Win7 64-bit



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Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 (2010 Mac Mini latency issues)

[Sheldon Hartling]

Hi Larry

I don't have any experience with a MacBook using a 330M GPU.  Maybe someone
else in the group can respond.  A google search of "MacBook 330M DPC
Latency" seems to turn up similar complaints.  I could only get the 2010 Mac
Mini to run for a few minutes without problems.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY
 


From:  N7BCP 
Date:  Mon, 30 May 2011 07:56:54 +0200
To:  Sheldon Hartling 
Cc:  Michael Goins , "flexra...@yahoogroups.com"
, FlexRadio List 
Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 (2010 Mac Mini latency issues)

Since you've done some research on the mac's I thought I'd ask, do you know
if the nVidia 330m GPU bootcamp driver suffers from the same DPC issue?

-Larry

On May 30, 2011, at 6:35, Sheldon Hartling  wrote:

>  Hi Michael
>  
>  There are some latency issues with the Windows nVidia 320M video driver for
>  the 2010 Mac Mini that make it unsuitable for use as a Flex computer at the
>  moment.  This is likely the case for MacBook Pros that use the 320m and 330m
>  GPUs as well. 
>  
>  As James (KK6MC) mentioned, the trick to using a Mac computer with your Flex
>  radio is to install Windows XP or Windows 7 with Bootcamp.  It will not work
>  correctly in a virtual environment using Fusion or Parallels.
>  
>  I've just been through the process of trying to turn my Snow Leopard Server
>  (a 2010 Mac Mini) into a portable PC for my Flex-3000.  The effort was
>  unsuccessful.
>  
>  I found the DPC Latency on Windows 7 professional 32-bit ran a pretty
>  consistent 2000 microseconds with occasional spikes higher.  After a day of
>  tuning and research I found the culprit was the Bootcamp driver for the
>  nVidia 320M GPU.  With this driver disabled the DPC latency drops to a
>  respectable 145 microseconds.  However the default Windows VGA driver is
>  really limited.
>  
>  I tried the latest 320M drivers from the nVidia site but they weren't any
>  better.
>  
>  I have a 13" black MacBook that I'm using instead and it seems to be an
>  outstanding Flex PC!  Until Apple/nVidia releases a driver for the 320m GPU
>  that corrects the latency issue it looks like the Mac Mini is a non starter.
>  Unfortunately!  
>  
>  73,
>  Sheldon, VE1GPY
>  
>  
>  From:  Michael Goins 
>  Date:  Sun, 29 May 2011 19:14:01 -0500
>  Cc:  "flexra...@yahoogroups.com" , FlexRadio List
>  
>  Subject:  [Flexradio] Flex 1500
>  
>  I am totally new to the Flex, having seen it at one hamfest. I am not
>  a computer guy, though I am pretty competence as a ham (built a lot of
>  stuff, never owned a commercial antenna, etc.). I recently switched
>  here from Windows and PCs to Mac (I'm a writer), and really would
>  prefer a mac platform if cost possible. That said, money, as usual, is
>  an issue.
>  
>  I am considering a 1500 for the primary station and I am looking for
>  some help with making this as painfree as possible. From all I've
>  read, it appears most of the issues seem to be related to
>  compatibility and speed, so I am looking for suggestions to try and
>  get things right the first time around.
>  
>  I'm considering a mac mini as the computer half of the system. Small,
>  and with the 1500, it would make a really compact station.  Again, not
>  a computer guy so if someone is using a setup that is working well and
>  was reasonably priced, I'd sure like to talk - mac or PC if a PC setup
>  worked for you easily.
>  
>  If you'll contact me off list, I'd very much appreciate it. Thanks.
>  
>  mike, k5wmg
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Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 (2010 Mac Mini latency issues): Not for me ...

[Sheldon Hartling]

Hi Frank

By all reports the older Mac Mini's make great Flex-Radio PCs!

My Snow Leopard Server is one of the "new" Mac Mini's purchased this year.
It has a 2.66 Ghz Core Duo processor, 4GB 1067Mhz memory and twin 500GB 7200
RPM disk drives.  Its a sweet machine!!  Bootcamp is not officially
supported on the OSX Server variants so it takes a little more work to
install Windows 7.

The current Mac Mini uses an nVidia 320M GPU that works great under OSX but
has serious latency problems under Windows 7.  The problem is in the
nVidia/Apple drivers for the GPU.  Try googling "320M DPC latency" and you
should find lots of reports, mostly from professional audio users.

73, Sheldon VE1GPY.


From:  Frank Goenninger 
Date:  Mon, 30 May 2011 11:31:32 +0200
To:  FlexRadio List 
Subject:  Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 (2010 Mac Mini latency issues): Not for
me ...

Hi all -

my Mac Mini running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit is a perfect Flex-Radio PC.
Installed Windows 7 manually (not by running Bootcamp before) and then also
manually installed the NVIDIA drivers (the Mac mini has a GeForce 9400 GPU):

NVIDIA driver version 8.17.12.6099, date: 2010-10-16

With this combo I get a max latency of 558 µs and can operate in Normal
Mode. I am operate my Flex-5000A without any issues for hours.

Can't duplicate the issues described by Sheldon - fortunately ;-)

73, Frank DG1SBG

 
Am 30.05.2011 um 07:56 schrieb N7BCP:

>  Since you've done some research on the mac's I thought I'd ask, do you know
> if the nVidia 330m GPU bootcamp driver suffers from the same DPC issue?
>  
>  -Larry
>  
>  On May 30, 2011, at 6:35, Sheldon Hartling  wrote:
>  
>>  Hi Michael
>>  
>>  There are some latency issues with the Windows nVidia 320M video driver for
>>  the 2010 Mac Mini that make it unsuitable for use as a Flex computer at the
>>  moment.  This is likely the case for MacBook Pros that use the 320m and 330m
>>  GPUs as well. 
>>  
>>  As James (KK6MC) mentioned, the trick to using a Mac computer with your Flex
>>  radio is to install Windows XP or Windows 7 with Bootcamp.  It will not work
>>  correctly in a virtual environment using Fusion or Parallels.
>>  
>>  I've just been through the process of trying to turn my Snow Leopard Server
>>  (a 2010 Mac Mini) into a portable PC for my Flex-3000.  The effort was
>>  unsuccessful.
>>  
>>  I found the DPC Latency on Windows 7 professional 32-bit ran a pretty
>>  consistent 2000 microseconds with occasional spikes higher.  After a day of
>>  tuning and research I found the culprit was the Bootcamp driver for the
>>  nVidia 320M GPU.  With this driver disabled the DPC latency drops to a
>>  respectable 145 microseconds.  However the default Windows VGA driver is
>>  really limited.
>>  
>>  I tried the latest 320M drivers from the nVidia site but they weren't any
>>  better.
>>  
>>  I have a 13" black MacBook that I'm using instead and it seems to be an
>>  outstanding Flex PC!  Until Apple/nVidia releases a driver for the 320m GPU
>>  that corrects the latency issue it looks like the Mac Mini is a non starter.
>>  Unfortunately! 
>>  
>>  73,
>>  Sheldon, VE1GPY
>>  
>>  
>>  From:  Michael Goins 
>>  Date:  Sun, 29 May 2011 19:14:01 -0500
>>  Cc:  "flexra...@yahoogroups.com" , FlexRadio List
>>  
>>  Subject:  [Flexradio] Flex 1500
>>  
>>  I am totally new to the Flex, having seen it at one hamfest. I am not
>>  a computer guy, though I am pretty competence as a ham (built a lot of
>>  stuff, never owned a commercial antenna, etc.). I recently switched
>>  here from Windows and PCs to Mac (I'm a writer), and really would
>>  prefer a mac platform if cost possible. That said, money, as usual, is
>>  an issue.
>>  
>>  I am considering a 1500 for the primary station and I am looking for
>>  some help with making this as painfree as possible. From all I've
>>  read, it appears most of the issues seem to be related to
>>  compatibility and speed, so I am looking for suggestions to try and
>>  get things right the first time around.
>>  
>>  I'm considering a mac mini as the computer half of the system. Small,
>>  and with the 1500, it would make a really compact station.  Again, not
>>  a computer guy so if someone is using a setup that is working well and
>>  was reasonably priced, I'd sure like to talk - mac or PC if a PC setup
>>  worked for you easily.
>>  
>>  If you'll contact me off list, I'd very much appreciate it. Thanks.
>>  
>>  mike, k5wmg
>>  
>>  ___

Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500 (2010 Mac Mini latency issues)

[Sheldon Hartling]

Hi Michael

There are some latency issues with the Windows nVidia 320M video driver for
the 2010 Mac Mini that make it unsuitable for use as a Flex computer at the
moment.  This is likely the case for MacBook Pros that use the 320m and 330m
GPUs as well. 

As James (KK6MC) mentioned, the trick to using a Mac computer with your Flex
radio is to install Windows XP or Windows 7 with Bootcamp.  It will not work
correctly in a virtual environment using Fusion or Parallels.

I've just been through the process of trying to turn my Snow Leopard Server
(a 2010 Mac Mini) into a portable PC for my Flex-3000.  The effort was
unsuccessful.

I found the DPC Latency on Windows 7 professional 32-bit ran a pretty
consistent 2000 microseconds with occasional spikes higher.  After a day of
tuning and research I found the culprit was the Bootcamp driver for the
nVidia 320M GPU.  With this driver disabled the DPC latency drops to a
respectable 145 microseconds.  However the default Windows VGA driver is
really limited.

I tried the latest 320M drivers from the nVidia site but they weren't any
better.

I have a 13" black MacBook that I'm using instead and it seems to be an
outstanding Flex PC!  Until Apple/nVidia releases a driver for the 320m GPU
that corrects the latency issue it looks like the Mac Mini is a non starter.
Unfortunately!  

73,
Sheldon, VE1GPY


From:  Michael Goins 
Date:  Sun, 29 May 2011 19:14:01 -0500
Cc:  "flexra...@yahoogroups.com" , FlexRadio List

Subject:  [Flexradio] Flex 1500

I am totally new to the Flex, having seen it at one hamfest. I am not
a computer guy, though I am pretty competence as a ham (built a lot of
stuff, never owned a commercial antenna, etc.). I recently switched
here from Windows and PCs to Mac (I'm a writer), and really would
prefer a mac platform if cost possible. That said, money, as usual, is
an issue.

I am considering a 1500 for the primary station and I am looking for
some help with making this as painfree as possible. From all I've
read, it appears most of the issues seem to be related to
compatibility and speed, so I am looking for suggestions to try and
get things right the first time around.

I'm considering a mac mini as the computer half of the system. Small,
and with the 1500, it would make a really compact station.  Again, not
a computer guy so if someone is using a setup that is working well and
was reasonably priced, I'd sure like to talk - mac or PC if a PC setup
worked for you easily.

If you'll contact me off list, I'd very much appreciate it. Thanks.

mike, k5wmg

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Re: [Flexradio] Flex Site down?

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

Hi Don

 

Maybe it's a localized DNS problem.  Can you access the site using
174.36.134.158 ?

 

73

Sheldon, VE1GPY

 





 

 

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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Don Sachnoff
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 6:06 PM
To: supp...@flex-radio.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex Site down?

 

cleared cookies but still can not attach.

 

Don

 

 



From: "FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry" 

To: Don Sachnoff 

Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz

Sent: Thu, December 30, 2010 3:48:50 PM

Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex Site down?

 

Don, 

 

It's working here,  if you still can not get it to load,  be sure to clear
your 

Cookies Cache..

 

 

73,

Dudley

 

WA5QPZ

FlexRadio Systems

 

(512) 250-8595, Option 2

Email: dud...@flexradio.com

Web: www.flexradio.com

 

"Tune in excitement!" T

 

 

 

 

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Re: [Flexradio] laptops that do work with PSDR

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

T60 MEMORY UPGRADES

 

I recently looked at updating the memory in some T60s I purchased for our
local club.  Here are the details.

 

The T60 can take two PC2-5300(*) 667 MHz SO DIMM memory modules.  The
modules come in 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, and 2GB sizes and in two speeds: 533 MHz
and 667 MHz.  You can mix and match them but the pair will always run at the
lowest speed installed.

 

The memory modules are located under the palm rest and are reasonably easy
to replace.  The hardware is capable of recognizing 4GB of memory. If you're
running a 32-bit operating system, as most of these will be, only 3.25GB of
the memory can be utilized when 2GB + 2GB are installed due to addressing
limitations.

 

If your T60 has two 512MB modules installed here are your options:

1. Purchase two 1GB modules and replace existing module.  (2.0GB total) 

2. Purchase a 2GB module and use with one of the existing 512MB modules.
(2.5GB total)

3. Purchase a 2GB module and a 1GB module. (3.0GB total)

4. Purchase two 2GB modules. (3.25GB total)

 

Try www.newegg.com/www.newegg.ca and type "PC2-5300" as a search term.

 

(*) You can also use modules labeled "PC2-4200".  These are slower modules
that will run at 533Mhz.

 

73

Sheldon, VE1GPY

 

 

 

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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Neal Campbell
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 9:34 AM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] laptops that do work with PSDR

 

Hi guys

 

If you are looking for cheap/refurbished computers for your PSDR setup, here

are a few links for T60s:

 

http://www-304.ibm.com/shop/americas/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/default/Produ
ctDisplay?productId=4611686018425994861&storeId=1&langId=-1&categoryId=25763
96&dualCurrId=73&catalogId=-840

 

http://www-304.ibm.com/shop/americas/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/default/Produ
ctDisplay?productId=4611686018426146239&storeId=1&langId=-1&categoryId=25763
96&dualCurrId=73&catalogId=-840

 

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=T60+laptop&hl=en&safe=off&client=fi
refox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivs&biw=1486&bih=883&um=1&ie=UTF
-8&cid=8085704315502647740&ei=4o0HTeqPPIH68Aawms2oCQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog
_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CIEBEPMCMAY4Cg#

 

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=T60+laptop&hl=en&safe=off&client=fi
refox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivs&biw=1486&bih=883&um=1&ie=UTF
-8&cid=13332672961665202551&ei=4o0HTeqPPIH68Aawms2oCQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalo
g_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CI4BEPMCMAk4Cg#

 

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=T60+laptop&hl=en&safe=off&client=fi
refox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivs&biw=1486&bih=883&um=1&ie=UTF
-8&cid=3184489713572706829&ei=Eo4HTaryOYH48Aa67YmQCQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog
_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CHsQ8wIwBzgU#

 

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=T60+laptop&hl=en&safe=off&client=fi
refox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivs&biw=1486&bih=883&um=1&ie=UTF
-8&cid=12877505117212958882&ei=LY4HTaWmMYT78Abkp_T6CA&sa=X&oi=product_catalo
g_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CIMBEPMCMAU4Hg#

 

For those with less than 2GB of memory,its a real simple job to install

memory in these and its quite cheap.

 

73

Neal Campbell

Abroham Neal Software

www.abrohamnealsoftware.com

(540) 645 5394

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Re: [Flexradio] Question about remote operation

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

Hi Dudley

No RFI issues in my case.  Just concern about the frailty of a remote
Internet connection.  I'd rather not wait out a timer.  I'd like the
transmitter to drop immediately if the remote session ends.  

73
Sheldon, VE1GPY
(in California and my remotely operated Flex-5000 is in Nova Scotia, Canada)



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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of FlexRadio Support,
Dudley Hurry
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:34 PM
To: Gary Blau
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Question about remote operation

Guys,

If your transmitter is knocking down your Internet link,  then you and a
bigger problem with RFI..   If you are talking about TX timeout,  Steve,
 K5FR has that solved with DDUtil already.  It has a Watchdog timer built in
and will drop the transmitter if you lose your ability to get logged back in
and kill the transmitter..

http://k5fr.com/ddutilwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

And best of all,  it's Fr!


73,
Dudley

WA5QPZ
FlexRadio Systems

(512) 250-8595, Option 2
Email: dud...@flex-radio.com
Web: www.flex-radio.com

"Tune in excitement!" T



On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Gary Blau  wrote:

> Gary:
>
> FWIW, I take the TX relay output from the radio (which also keys the
> linear) to start a timer which if it stays closed for more than 10 minutes
> kills all power to the radio (via another relay).  Crude but functional.
>  Prevents Old Buzzard transmissions, too.
>
> g
>
>
> Gary Strong wrote:
>
>  I have been watching this interchange and have a question : how do
>> you protect against loss of internet while in transmit mode? Gary
>> AI4IN
>>
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Re: [Flexradio] Question about remote operation

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

Good question Gary.  I've been wondering the same thing myself.  Here's the
scenario...

You check into the net, patently wait your turn, press the MOX button, start
transmitting and ...
The hotel internet connection goes down. 

It seems like you'd need a watch-dog program to unkey the transmitter if the
remote session was lost.

73
Sheldon, VE1GPY



 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:34 PM
To: Timo Toro; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Question about remote operation

I have been watching this interchange and have a question : how do you
protect against loss of internet while in transmit mode?
Gary AI4IN


Timo Toro  wrote:

>This was problem for me too. Now I have configured my ADSL modem so 
>that remote CW and audio are having high priority, Graphics and web 
>like traffic is low priority. Bandwidth management did the trick.
>
>I used to use Timbuktu Pro for remote desktop, but Tight VNC has been 
>performing better.
>
>Flex5k + Microbit RRC1258mkII (www.remoterig.com ) + DDUtil + Acom 
>2000a is my set up mostly.
>
>Timo, OH5KW
>
>At 23:29 -0400 19/10/10, Mark Lunday wrote:
>>Trying to run SDR and view the panadapter over the internet is quickly
>>becoming a non-starter.  Very graphics intensive.
>>
>>So, how are folks out there controlling their Flex 3000 radios?  Ham Radio
>>Deluxe?  But it then becomes just another remote controlled legacy HF rig,
>>right?  How do I control the filters, etc?
>>
>>Or am I missing something simple?
>>
>>Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
>>Greensboro, NC  FM06be
>>wd4...@arrl.net
>>http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
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Re: [Flexradio] IARU and Flex 5000, a few small issues but great fun

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

Hi Michael 

I had trouble getting N1MM to track PowerSDR consistently during field day
until I moved it to RCP1 in DDutil.  Initially I had it configured as RCP3
along with HRD/DM780 (RCP1) and BobSMeter (RCP2).  When I changed the order
and moved it from RCP3 to RCP1 all was well.  We used it throughout the
field day without a hitch and logged over 900 Flex-3000 contacts on N1MM.

73
Sheldon, VE1GPY



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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Michael Tondee
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 12:23 AM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] IARU and Flex 5000, a few small issues but great fun

Just wanted to write a short note and say how much I enjoyed using my 5k 
during the IARU contest this weekend. I had a minor issue with getting  
PowerSDR and N1MM talking to each other consistently while using DDutil  
so I just finally went Power SDR direct to N1MM.
  The focus issue that others discussed  when using the radio during 
Field day also came up a couple of times but that's just something you 
have to get used too.  You just have to make darn sure which window you 
have the cursor in before you click.
I also had early reports of bad audio but that was because I had never 
gotten around to re running my station ground to the rig. As soon as I 
did that, the problem disappeared and it was smooth sailing. I'm know 
this isn't the Flexedge reflector but I will mention that I was using 
the 2.0 beta. The above issues really have nothing to do with PowerSDR 
bugs so I have to say that it was flawless in it's operation as far as I 
could tell.
  I'm not a serious contester, I do it for kicks and to help chase 
awards but this is really the first time since I've had the radio that 
I've operated for an extensive period and I enjoyed using the radio and 
panadapter immensely.
73,
Michael, W4HIJ

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Re: [Flexradio] Laptop Firewire Card for Flex 5000A

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

Hi Ray

I can recommend the SIIG NN-PCM222-S4 dual-port FireWire CardBus card.  It
works great in my Thinkpad T60p.

I can't say the same for the two cards I tried before it.  I had no luck
with the Dynex or SIIG 3-port CardBus cards.

73
Sheldon, VE1GPY


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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ray Fallen
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 12:35 AM
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Laptop Firewire Card for Flex 5000A

Can anybody suggest a Laptop Firewire card?

I have one laptop running Vista and another running XP Home.

Thanks and 73,
Ray
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Re: [Flexradio] HRD, VSP Manager and Windows y

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

Hi Richard

I'm running a Flex-5000A on Windows7 64bit with VAC, VSP Manager, HRD,
DM780, DDUtil, and BobSMeter.

I posted a slide from a presentation I gave to my local amateur radio club
here, showing my setup:
http://s808.photobucket.com/albums/zz3/ve1gpy/Flex-5000A/?action=view¤
t=flex5000_ve1gpy.jpg
(select "zoom in" from menu to see larger view)

Hopefully this will help.

73
Sheldon VE1GPY



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Subject: [Flexradio] HRD, VSP Manager and Windows y

I'm running a 5000 on a newly installed Windows7,  64 bit.  I have VAC
installed and it appears to be working properly and  I am using VSP Manager.
I've followed the setup instructions from the Flex 5000 manual (at least I
think I have).  So far I have been unable to get HRD to connect to the 5000.
Since I just installed VSP Manager, I'm wondering if anyone else has been
able to connect HRD to the 5000 when using VSP Manager in Windows 7.  Am I
missing something obvious?

 

Thanks,

Richard WU5K

 

 

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Re: [Flexradio] How to configure DDUtil and the BobSMeter - KBarticle

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

It also looks like you can change the S-Meter polling rate using the
BobSMeter Setup menu.  On the "System" tab you can set the "Timer/CAT
Interval" to a value in the range 1 to 500 (milliseconds, I assume).  The
default value is 20.

73
Sheldon VE1GPY


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Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:38 PM
To: Dan Rooney
Cc: Flex Reflector
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] How to configure DDUtil and the BobSMeter -
KBarticle

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Dan Rooney  wrote:

>
> delay issues related to BobSMeter. Reinstalled DDutil and no help there.
> Again, BobSMeter work great directly paired with PowerSDR Cat.
>
> I don't think DDutil and BobSMeter like each other on my system...hi hi
> Anyone else having this issue?
>

I think that Tim was on the right track with the polling rate. I suspect
that it is because the S-meter ap is probably polling as fast as the program
will let it. I am going to guess that you are running VSP manager. Try
turning on Strict Baudrate Emulation and set it to something slow, like
4800B. See if that helps. That will force Bob's S-Meter to slow down its
polling rate because VSPm will delay the query and the response.

-- 
73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL
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Re: [Flexradio] Tune button ghosted out

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

Or download a free trial of UltraCompare
http://www.ultraedit.com/products/ultracompare.html

73
Sheldon VE1GPY


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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ray - K9DUR
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:15 AM
To: 'Mark Magdaleno'; 'Neal Campbell'
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Tune button ghosted out

Mark,

Thanks for the explanation.  Must've been a bit tired when I read your
e-mail before.  Actually, I attribute it to a severe case of Flex
withdrawalhi..hi.  (My FLEX-5000A is due to be delivered back to me
today after a trip to Austin for some R&R.)

Probably the easiest way to accomplish what you want is to import the 2 .XML
files into Microsoft Access or Open Office.  Do NOT link the tables, import
them so that the original files are unchanged.  You can then create a DELETE
query for each pair of tables.  What you will have left are the records that
are not identical between the 2 tables.  Of course, this will require a
working knowledge of how to write SQL queries.

73, Ray, K9DUR
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Re: [Flexradio] Mirrors

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

Excellent!  Glad to hear you've found the main source of the spikes.

If you find network components that aren't RF noisy please report back to
the group.  I have/had 3 different Linksys Wi-Fi routers and they were all
pretty bad.  I bought an Apple Airport Extreme, found it just as bad, and
returned it to the big-box store for a refund.

I've been thinking about buying some copper screening and building a faraday
cage for the router and its switching power supply.  At least, it's an older
model with external antennas.  The new clam-shell Linksys routers have
internal antennas and wouldn't be a candidate for external shielding.

I'd be happy to replace the Linksys router if I could find a low/zero RFI
alternative.

73
Sheldon VE1GPY


-Original Message-
From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Steve Potter
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 6:27 PM
To: telli...@itsco.com
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Mirrors

Just a quick reply to all,

I feigned a strong desire for coffee, and while my good lady made me one
(she makes it so much better than I can), I switched off the Netgear WNR2000
wireless router, and Netgear FS105 switch, lo and behold most of the sprogs
and spike has gone... 
I can't be without the Internet so will have my work cut out moving it to
another room tomorrow and testing various switch makes and models to get one
which isn’t RF noisy.. p.s. I just switched the devices off, the psu's were
still on and are probably reasonable.
Luckily it was all back on and working when she came back to her PC... and I
got coffee too

Cheers & beers

Steve G6HOQ




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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Steve Potter
Sent: 28 April 2010 22:14
To: n...@comcast.net
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Mirrors

Hi guys

Thanks for all the tips,

Fao Tim,

Tried SR off & on, no difference, and the spikes or sprogs as they are known
over here are almost identical all the way up to 52Mhz, they are still there
after this but different in frequency spacing and amplitude

I will go round the house switching everything off till I find it, and
strangely enough ESP made me buy some toroids off ebay yesterday... It’s the
Dambusters Hamfest at the weekend (at RAF Woodhall Spa, wartime home of 617
sqn)  so will be on the lookout for toroids, and other rfi filters etc

Fao Sheldon,
I've got a Netgear N2000 actually in the shack, and thinking about it I
didn’t have this last year, although I was running a Pro II last year, I
would have seen the spikes on the screen on that too, and I didn’t

Subject to similar divorce considerations, I will look to switching that off
to see what difference it makes...maybe when she isn’t in hi

Any hints tips gratefully accepted, in the meantime I will be off round the
house switching things off, for those I cannot leave switched off then I
suppose its torroids for it! 

73 de Steve G6HOQ





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Sent: 28 April 2010 21:48
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Mirrors




- Original Message - 




From: "Ed Wilson" 
To: "Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)" , "Steve Potter"
, flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 4:38:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Mirrors 

"  but it probably would cause a divorce if I unplugged the router as my
wife depends upon it for wireless access with her laptop! " 





Thanks for the tip, I will give this a try.  





John   :) 




From: Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy) 
To: Steve Potter ; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Sent: Wed, April 28, 2010 4:32:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Mirrors 

Hi Steve 



Your mirrors2.jpg looks almost identical to the RFI I get from my Linksys
wireless router.  I had 3 wireless routers in the house and fixed 2 of them
by giving them away (hihi).  For the remaining router I live with the RFI
and just unplug it when one of the spikes lands on something interesting. 



I get a little additional RFI from my Linksys VPN gateway and 24 port
switch, but the major culprit is the WiFi router.  Unshielded switching
power supplies are another good bet.  Try unplugging things one at a time to
see if you can identify the source.  For me, it's pretty dramatic.  When the
Linksys box is switched off the spikes disappear. 



I know Linksys is particularly bad for RFI; try googling "Linksys RFI".  But
I haven't found a good replacement yet.  I tried an Apple Airport Extreme
because it looked to be particularly well shielded but it faired about the
same. 



73 

Sheldon VE1GPY 









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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radi

Re: [Flexradio] Mirrors

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

Hi Steve

 

Your mirrors2.jpg looks almost identical to the RFI I get from my Linksys
wireless router.  I had 3 wireless routers in the house and fixed 2 of them
by giving them away (hihi).  For the remaining router I live with the RFI
and just unplug it when one of the spikes lands on something interesting.

 

I get a little additional RFI from my Linksys VPN gateway and 24 port
switch, but the major culprit is the WiFi router.  Unshielded switching
power supplies are another good bet.  Try unplugging things one at a time to
see if you can identify the source.  For me, it's pretty dramatic.  When the
Linksys box is switched off the spikes disappear.

 

I know Linksys is particularly bad for RFI; try googling "Linksys RFI".  But
I haven't found a good replacement yet.  I tried an Apple Airport Extreme
because it looked to be particularly well shielded but it faired about the
same.



73

Sheldon VE1GPY

 

 

 

 

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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Steve Potter
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 3:51 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Mirrors

 

Hi

 

In preparation for upcoming sporadic E season, I've been taking a closer

look at the 6m side of things

 

I have attached a couple of screen shots which show multiple spikes

which are across the band, (connected to dummy load so not airborne) and

also an image of the receive passband (green strip hi)

 

Not sure if this system strips attachments so they are on

www.g6hoq.com/mirrors1.jpg and www.g6hoq.com/mirrors2.jpg

 

During this preparation I have reverted to v1.18.5

 

 

 

Anyone any ideas?

 

Other bands seem ok, no images, 10Mtrs is also very spiky but I haven't

noticed images yet.. will look later.

 

 

 

Buffer 2048, Sample rate 9600, Safe Mode 1

 

F/ware: 1.2.5.6

 

PSDR: 1.18.5

 

F/Wire: 3.5.1.8038 (same with 7171)

 

Rig: 3000

 

TRX: 2609-0126 (44F)

 

PA: 2209-0052 (36K)

 

 

 

Acer Dual core amd, 4Gb, Belkin 3 port pic TI chipset card, 

 

 

 

Regards de Steve G6HOQ

 

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[Flexradio] MX/VX Revolution mice

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

Hi Simon

I use the MX Revolution on my development machine and its little-brother the
VX Revolution on my laptop.  I like them both, but prefer the VX because
it's smaller and fits my hand better.  

The VX is getting to be hard to find.  I liked it enough to buy 3 for my
Flex-5000A.  One I'm using and 2 are on the shelf in the original packaging
for when I wear the first one out.  :-)

73
Sheldon VE1GPY



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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Simon HB9DRV
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 2:31 PM
To: 'FlexRadioReflector'
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] RFI WEAKNESS --move on

Is it really that good? The reviewers seem to think so.

http://www.trustedgoods.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=931689%2D0120#Rev
iewHeader

I have too many toys but if it's really that good...

Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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Re: [Flexradio] Computer off the shelf success story. How about more?

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

HP m9450f pavilion Elite computer, 8GB memory, 750GB x 2 hard drives (RAID-1
shadow-set) - open-box eBay special.

Windows7 64-bit, HRD, DM780, Flex-5000A

Works great with both the integral firewire adaptor and a StarTech
STA-PCI1394MP firewire card.

GeForce 9800 GT graphics board driving dual 24" widescreen monitors looks
wonderful.

192Khz, 1024 buffer, normal mode.

 

73

Sheldon VE1GPY

 

 

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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Bill Bordy, NJ1H 
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 6:41 PM
To: FlexRadio Reflector
Subject: [Flexradio] Computer off the shelf success story. How about more?

 

I expected to see some specific examples of success with big-store PCs 

in the recent thread titled "Results from Big Box store quad cores", but 

didn't.

 

I bought one in November 2009 and it has been working great. I run many 

other applications at the same time without problems including most 

importantly the full DXLabs suite or N1MM (I actually run both sometimes 

without DXLabs Commander as I use N1MM for rig control then). It even 

runs full HD video with an optical audio link at 1920 x 1080p so makes a 

great media computer also. Cost $450 list without monitor at the time. 

Costco has been carrying a similar Gateway Quad PC without monitor. I 

have seen it in Costco stores in both NH and UT recently. About $530 

list without monitor. BTW, Costco has a great return policy on PCs. If 

you buy one, let me know how it works.

 

I will caution that I could not use the motherboard Firewire board on my 

Gateway successfully. Others have reported the same with the SX2800 

series. I purchased a $29 PCI express card that I use.

 

My full description of my setup is contained in the link below to my 

November list email.

 

Win7 64 Bit with Flex-5000 on Gateway SX2800-01r Success with Dynex 

firewire host card link:

 

http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/2009-November/
033037.html

 

Perhaps others could list their successful configurations for the new guys.

 

I monitor this and the Flexedge list regularly. When I think I have 

something useful to contribute I do, as payback for what I learn from 

the list.

 

73,

Bill

NJ1H

 

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Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio & Headsets

[Sheldon Hartling (ve1gpy)]

Same question.  I have a FLEX-5000A and the "FLEX-5000 Headset Microphone
cable" from Flex-Radio.  Which Heil ProSet style headset should I buy?  The
choices seem to be:

 

* ProSet with HC-5 element;

* ProSet with HC-4 element;

* ProSet with iC element;

* Proset Plus with HC-4 and HC-5 elements;

* Proset Plus with HC-4 and iC elements.

 

Can anyone with experience using both the ProSet and Proset Plus offer an
opinion on one versus the other?

 

73

Sheldon VE1GPY

 

 

 

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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Michael Walker
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 10:43 PM
To: FlexRadio Reflector
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio & Headsets

 

Larry

 

You want the Heil proset with the Yaesu adapter (it is Yellow).  Of 

course, there are many other choices, but Bob Heil has it pretty well 

figured out.

 

http://www.heilsound.com/amateur/products/proset/index.htm

 

Or, you can always make your own adapter.

 

Mike VA3MW

 

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Re: [Flexradio] What amplified speakers are good- with sub?

[Sheldon Hartling]

Hi Joe

 

I use Bose Companion 3 Series-II speakers with my Flex-5000A and really like
them!  

 

One thing to keep in mind is that you will probably want to feed both the
audio-out from your computer and the audio-out from your Flex to the same
powered speakers.  I use a Y-adaptor to combine the two inputs before
connecting them to the Bose speakers.

 

One bonus with the Companion 3 is that you have a very nice separate AF
control / mute button / headphone jack in a small desktop module.

 

73

Sheldon VE1GPY

 

 



 

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Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 10:15 AM
To: Flex Radio
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] What amplified speakers are good- with sub?

 

 

I would like to replace my 2.1 Dell speakers with a better quality (RF
immune) set. The list in the Flex KC is good but it seems they are all 2.0
versions (no sub-woofer). 

What can be recommended as a quality, RF immune 2.1 speaker set?

(Oh, I do use my Marantz stereo system on occasion to make things sound real
special.)

TNX Joe 

 

www.wc4r.com

 

www.WilliamsburgWX.com

 

 

> From: telli...@itsco.com

> Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 07:41:08 -0400

> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] What amplified speakers are good?

> 

> A quick search of the Knowledge Center found...

> 

> http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50197.aspx

> 

> -Tim

 

 



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Re: [Flexradio] Remote Desktop Connection and PSDR 1.18.x

[Sheldon Hartling]

Thanks, Dave!

Setting the RDC options local resources tab "Remote computer sound" to
"Leave at remote computer" did the trick!  I'll set up Skype to bring the
audio back.

Ron, any luck with your setup?

73!
Sheldon
VE1GPY


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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Dave Beumer W0DHB
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:46 PM
To: 'Ronald G. Parsons'; 'FlexRadio Reflector'
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Remote Desktop Connection and PSDR 1.18.x

Ron

When bringing up RDC, click the options button, local resources tab ->
remote audio->settings and make sure that "play on this computer" or "don't
play" radio button is set.

I have not found a way to pass audio through RDC reliably, but do operate
digital modes using RDC all the time.

If PowerSDR is already running when you bring up RDC you may run into issues
if you make audio changes within PowerSDR -- mixer, enable disable VAC etc.

Dave

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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ronald G. Parsons
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:05 AM
To: FlexRadio Reflector
Subject: [Flexradio] Remote Desktop Connection and PSDR 1.18.x

I am trying to use Remote Desktop Connection to run PSDR 1.18.3 or 1.18.4.
The FLEX-3000 is attached to a Neal Campbell low-cost system running Win 7
Pro 32 with all latest FLEX drivers. The remote machines (tried two) are
running Win 7 Home Premium. One an Acer laptop (64bit, Intel SU2300 @ 1.2
GHz). One an HP desktop (32 bit, Intel Core 2 Quad @ 2.4 GHz). Connection is
WiFi 802.11g WEP.

PSDR runs properly and can be controlled from the remote machine if it had
been started before the remote connection had been made. However, if I try
to start PSDR from the remote machine, the splash screen appears but stops
with the progress bar about 1/4" along saying Initializing Hardware. It
eventually times out.

What causes loading to stop?

Ron W5RKN
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Re: [Flexradio] Remote Desktop Connection and PSDR 1.18.x

[Sheldon Hartling]

Was thinking it might be VAC related because it occurs at the point where
the normal PSDR startup displays "Initializing PortAudio"

I've only tried RDC (so far :-))

73,
Sheldon
VE1GPY
 

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From: Tim Ellison [mailto:telli...@itsco.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:34 PM
To: Sheldon Hartling; 'Ronald G. Parsons'; 'FlexRadio Reflector'
Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Remote Desktop Connection and PSDR 1.18.x

Have you tried something other than RDC?  Like TightVNC? 

The RDP that RDC uses is not a very efficient or "lite" protocol.

BTW, if it hangs during initialization, it more than likely isn't VAC that
is causing the problem because it is not initialized until you actually turn
the radio on using PowerSDR.


-Tim

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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Sheldon Hartling
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:21 AM
To: 'Ronald G. Parsons'; 'FlexRadio Reflector'
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Remote Desktop Connection and PSDR 1.18.x

Ron, I've seen exactly the same thing with my FLEX-5000A since I first
installed it a few months ago.  I suspect a VAC setup problem but haven't
had time to thoroughly investigate.

Like yours, my PSDR runs properly and can be controlled from the remote
machine if it's started before the remote connection.  But I can't start it
remotely.  The splash screen appears but stops with the progress bar about
1/4" along saying Initializing Hardware and after a few seconds displays
"Error communicating with the radio ..."

I'm running PSDR 1.18.3 or 1.18.4, Win7 Pro 64bit.  Latest firmware and
firewire driver.

73,
Sheldon
VE1GPY

 
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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ronald G. Parsons
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:05 PM
To: FlexRadio Reflector
Subject: [Flexradio] Remote Desktop Connection and PSDR 1.18.x

I am trying to use Remote Desktop Connection to run PSDR 1.18.3 or 1.18.4.
The FLEX-3000 is attached to a Neal Campbell low-cost system running Win 7
Pro 32 with all latest FLEX drivers. The remote machines (tried two) are
running Win 7 Home Premium. One an Acer laptop (64bit, Intel SU2300 @ 1.2
GHz). One an HP desktop (32 bit, Intel Core 2 Quad @ 2.4 GHz). Connection is
WiFi 802.11g WEP.

PSDR runs properly and can be controlled from the remote machine if it had
been started before the remote connection had been made. However, if I try
to start PSDR from the remote machine, the splash screen appears but stops
with the progress bar about 1/4" along saying Initializing Hardware. It
eventually times out.

What causes loading to stop?

Ron W5RKN
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Re: [Flexradio] Remote Desktop Connection and PSDR 1.18.x

[Sheldon Hartling]

Ron, I've seen exactly the same thing with my FLEX-5000A since I first
installed it a few months ago.  I suspect a VAC setup problem but haven't
had time to thoroughly investigate.

Like yours, my PSDR runs properly and can be controlled from the remote
machine if it's started before the remote connection.  But I can't start it
remotely.  The splash screen appears but stops with the progress bar about
1/4" along saying Initializing Hardware and after a few seconds displays
"Error communicating with the radio ..."

I'm running PSDR 1.18.3 or 1.18.4, Win7 Pro 64bit.  Latest firmware and
firewire driver.

73,
Sheldon
VE1GPY

 
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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ronald G. Parsons
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:05 PM
To: FlexRadio Reflector
Subject: [Flexradio] Remote Desktop Connection and PSDR 1.18.x

I am trying to use Remote Desktop Connection to run PSDR 1.18.3 or 1.18.4.
The FLEX-3000 is attached to a Neal Campbell low-cost system running Win 7
Pro 32 with all latest FLEX drivers. The remote machines (tried two) are
running Win 7 Home Premium. One an Acer laptop (64bit, Intel SU2300 @ 1.2
GHz). One an HP desktop (32 bit, Intel Core 2 Quad @ 2.4 GHz). Connection is
WiFi 802.11g WEP.

PSDR runs properly and can be controlled from the remote machine if it had
been started before the remote connection had been made. However, if I try
to start PSDR from the remote machine, the splash screen appears but stops
with the progress bar about 1/4" along saying Initializing Hardware. It
eventually times out.

What causes loading to stop?

Ron W5RKN
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Re: [Flexradio] Odd RFI Problem

[Sheldon Hartling]

In my neck of the woods (province of NS Canada), the electrical wiring code
requires that the supplementary ground installed for my ham shack be
connected to the electrical safety ground at the service entrance with a
minimum #6AWG cable.

I buried a ground plate just outside the wall of my ham shack with two wires
connected: (a) a short (nine foot) #3AWG copper ground wire which runs
through the wall to the shack's common ground point; and (b) a #6AWG copper
wire which is run outside and buried a few inches in the ground back to the
main electrical service.  There, it's connected to the main house ground
using a split bolt connector before it enters the house.

73
Sheldon



-Original Message-
From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of k8...@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 3:14 PM
To: ac...@ameritech.net; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Odd RFI Problem

Scott,
 
Recommend tie all your grounds (house ground, shack and RF ground, if your  
conduit is metal, tie it to the same ground) together.   Having you rig and 
house on separate is not a good thing.
 
Bob
K8MLM
 
In a message dated 12/5/2009 1:55:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
ac...@ameritech.net writes:

Thanks  for the responses Tim, Dudley and Brian.  I apologize as this is  a
longwinded e-mail as I went through some troubleshooting.  The  eureka 
moment
is near the end, if you would like to skip all the rambling  and details.
Bottom line: RFI causes the printer driver to disconnect the  printer from
the network.  When the printer software re-establishes  the connection to 
the
printer, it causes PowerSDR to freeze.  RFI  source has not been determined.
Read on (painfully) for  details.



Well, I did some more detective work.  I moved my  choke outside my shack.
It was right in the shack before the feedline went  outside.  The choke I am
using as a Balun Designs 1115ud.  The  details of which are  at:

http://www.balundesigns.com/servlet/the-63/balun-designs-1-cln-1-Isolation/D
etail

The  choke is now about 15 feet away from the shack.  Probably about 20  
feet
from the amp as the coax runs.  This made no difference.  So  I added a
second 1115u (not D version) choke back inside the shack.   This also had no
effect, but I am choked to the max to stop any common  mode, that is 
certain!



For the record, the antenna in use is a  Butternut HF9V-X that is about 100
feet from the shack/house.  The  shack is in the basement below grade.  The
feedline is pulled through  conduit underground below the very extensive
radial field; 64 radials 40  feet long.  I use 9913 foam (RG-8U) coax
throughout my  system.



I do use the DPC latency checker.  My latency  never gets above 100 uS under
the most busy clicking sessions.  The  machine is built for quality and
speed.  Even under this dropping of  communications with the Flex post TX,
the latency doesn't rise, so that has  been ruled out.



I have added another ferrite choke to the  firewire cable that was large
enough to loop the cable through twice.   This was no help.  I put this at
the computer end, as the two on the  stock Flex provided firewire cable are
at the rig end  currently.



Another observation of note; The TX must be in  excess of 20-30 seconds for
the problem to occur.  On a short TX, the  problem doesn't occur, even at 
PEP
750 watts out on RTTY.  The  networked printer I mentioned doesn't lose
communications for until at  least that 20 second mark is reached also.  It
is as if the RFI has to  build up.  Seems odd.



Certainly, going to a better grade  firewire cable is a good idea and I may
do this.  But I will work on  getting the RF out of the shack first, as I
should.  I want to try  nipping it at the source.  I need to get myself a RF
sniffer in here  or build something capable of doing it.



I changed a 2 foot coax  jumper between the transmatch and the SO-239 on the
wall to a 60 foot cable  I had lying around.  No change.  So feedline length
had no  effect.  I changed back to the 2 footer.



As far as  grounding the computer to the station, I read the article and was
hesitant  at doing this.  WAS is the operative word there.  I have taken  
some
care to insure that the house AC line grounds are not common with the  RF
grounds and my metal sealtight conduit that runs up the wall and out of  the
shack.  My thoughts would have been before this that by grounding  the
stations RF ground to the computer, I am making the computer the  common
point between the house ground and my station's RF ground.  I  would have
thought it would be necessary to use a converter plug to lift  the ground of
the computer from the house's AC ground circuit.  But  upon further
consideration, I got out what schematics I have of  equipment.  I noted 
right
off in the schematic for my AL-80B that the  AC ground is common with the RF
ground of the SO connectors ,at least by  its schematic.  Hmm.  I do not 
have
the schematic f

Re: [Flexradio] New Mouse

[Sheldon Hartling]

I too use the smaller Logitech wireless mouse and love it. (VX Revolution).
The "free wheel" option was made for the flex. :-)

I just ordered a Logitech "wireless laser mouse for lefties" for two of my
children.  It's the first time I've seen one of their advanced mice designed
for left-handed use.  I don't know if it has the "free-wheel" option.

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/mice/devices/168&cl=roeu,en

73
Sheldon



-Original Message-
From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Mark Robinson
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 2:36 PM
To: Bill Jourdain
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Mouse

I am left handed...I write left handed but mouse with my right handed.

I send cw right handed which means that I can keep my pen in my left hand 
and write without letting go of the key. That is very useful

Mark N1UK


- Original Message - 
From: "Bill Jourdain" 
To: "'FlexRadio'" 
Sent: Sunday, 29 November, 2009 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Mouse


> Elan -
>
>
>
> Believe it or not, I am also  left-handed, but have trained myself over 
> the
> years to use a right handed mouse.  For the same reason I throw a ball 
> right
> handed; when I was a kid nobody had a  baseball glove I could borrow for 
> my
> right hand!
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Bill
>
> AB4BJ
>
>
>
> From: elan paim [mailto:paimg0...@btinternet.com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 1:17 PM
> To: Bill Jourdain
> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Mouse
>
>
>
>
> hi
>
> yes but it is for right hand  , i am left hand not many Mouse for left 
> hand
>
> thank you Bill any way
>
> Elan
>
> E&T Paim
>
>
>
> --- On Sun, 29/11/09, Bill Jourdain  wrote:
>
>
> From: Bill Jourdain 
> Subject: [Flexradio] New Mouse
> To: "'FlexRadio'" 
> Date: Sunday, 29 November, 2009, 18:07
>
> I recently purchased a Logitech Corded USB laser tracking mouse (M500).
> This mouse has a very nice "hyper scrolling feature" that works very well
> with PowerSDR.   On the top of the mouse there is a user selectable 
> "scroll
> wheel mode shift button" that shifts the scroll wheel between "ratcheted"
> and "hyper fast" modes.  The hyper fast mode works very well (almost like 
> a
> tuning knob) when you want to speed through the tuning process.  The
> ratcheted mode is nice for a more precise "line by line" type of tuning. 
> I
> would recommend this device for anyone who may need a new mouse to use 
> with
> PowerSDR.   It was $39.99 at the local  Office Depot.   You can read more
> about it here:
> http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/mice/devices/5743
> 

> &cl=us,en>
> &cl=us,en
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Bill
>
> AB4BJ
>
> http://www.ab4bj.com 
>
>
>
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Re: [Flexradio] Power SDR Freezes continued

[Sheldon Hartling]

Hi Ray

In my case the culprit was clearly Norton NIS anti-virus.  

Web browsing was just the trigger.  It didn't matter if it was IE, Chrome or
Firefox.  Surfing the web caused the antivirus software to activate and it
was holding up the DPC queue.

I have the latest nVidia GeForce 9800 GT driver installed from the nVidia
site and the latest RealTek NIC driver installed from HP.  The IPIBL-LB
motherboard is manufactured by Asus for HP and support (drivers, etc) comes
from HP and not Asus.

With the antivirus removed and a bit of additional tuning my system is
averaging about 150usec DPC latency with occasion spikes to 400usecs. 

I think I'm "out of the woods" but Leon still needs some help  :-)

73
Sheldon



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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ray J
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:28 AM
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Power SDR Freezes continued

Have you tried Firefox instead of  IE or Chrome??

Also, is it your network software/drivers  causing the dpc .. when going 
on the internet.. not the actual browser software..???



Sheldon Hartling wrote:


> Hi Leon:
>
> Neal spent some time with me going over a list of services that can be
> stopped and disabled.  Also we turned off most of the Aero "eye candy"
(fade
> in/our, shadows, etc.) but the real culprit, in my case, was the
anti-virus
> software.  I was seeing the latency steady in the 140usec to 400usec range
> until I opened IE or Chrome and surfed the web.  Then it would jump to
> 3000usec - 8000usec.
>
> I don't have my F5KA set up yet - was just putting the PC together.  My
> original plan was to run XP/pro but the PC was too new and I couldn't get
XP
> to install - blue-screen-of-death (BSOD) and no drivers.
>
> 73 and good luck
> Sheldon
>
>   
>

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Re: [Flexradio] Power SDR Freezes continued

[Sheldon Hartling]

Hi Leon:

Neal spent some time with me going over a list of services that can be
stopped and disabled.  Also we turned off most of the Aero "eye candy" (fade
in/our, shadows, etc.) but the real culprit, in my case, was the anti-virus
software.  I was seeing the latency steady in the 140usec to 400usec range
until I opened IE or Chrome and surfed the web.  Then it would jump to
3000usec - 8000usec.

I don't have my F5KA set up yet - was just putting the PC together.  My
original plan was to run XP/pro but the PC was too new and I couldn't get XP
to install - blue-screen-of-death (BSOD) and no drivers.

73 and good luck
Sheldon


-Original Message-
From: Leon [mailto:l...@brunerweb.net] 
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 11:21 PM
To: Sheldon Hartling
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Power SDR Freezes continued

Sheldon- 

Thanks for the suggestion.  I removed the security software (Microsoft 
Security Essentials) and it had no effect.  What I might try tomorrow is 
installing WinXP onto the system from an extra HD I have and see if I 
can get the hardware to work with the older OS.  At this point I'm not 
sure what else to try...

73,

Leon

Sheldon Hartling wrote:
> Hi Leon
>
> I just went through the same thing with a HP Pavilion Elite m9450f running
> Win7 (Asus IPIBL-LB motherboard aka HP Benicia-GL8E).  In my case, the
> solution was to completely remove Norton Internet Security 2010 (NIS).
This
> dropped the DPC latency from 8000usec max to 500usec when using IE/Chrome.
> Disabling virus scanning was not enough - I had to completely remove the
NIS
> software.
>
> Special thanks to Neal Campbell (K3NC) for his advice and patience!!
>  
> Good luck,
> Sheldon
>
>
>
>   


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Re: [Flexradio] Power SDR Freezes continued

[Sheldon Hartling]

Hi Leon

I just went through the same thing with a HP Pavilion Elite m9450f running
Win7 (Asus IPIBL-LB motherboard aka HP Benicia-GL8E).  In my case, the
solution was to completely remove Norton Internet Security 2010 (NIS).  This
dropped the DPC latency from 8000usec max to 500usec when using IE/Chrome.
Disabling virus scanning was not enough - I had to completely remove the NIS
software.

Special thanks to Neal Campbell (K3NC) for his advice and patience!!
 
Good luck,
Sheldon



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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Leon
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 4:17 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Power SDR Freezes continued

Here's the latest update on my continuing effort to reduce DPC latency 
in my computer to an acceptable level.  I have updated all the drivers I 
can find:  video, audio and LAN.  I also updated the BIOS to the latest 
available version.  I've also tried running the computer without virus 
checking running in the background.  After all of this the DPC latency 
as measured by the Thesycon latency checker still looks like a dog's 
breakfast.  The Win7 driver for for the MoBo chipset isn't yet available 
from Gigabyte yet.  The north bridge is an Intel P45 Express and the 
south bridge is Intel ICH10R.

My questions are these:  1)  If I manage to find drivers for the MoBo 
chipset on sites other than Gigabyte's (the tech support person from GB 
told me they don't know when they'll post their Win7 chipset drivers) 
are they likely to mess up my system? 
2)  Does anyone have any other ideas about how to clean up this system?

Thanks for your help- it's much appreciated.

73,

Leon
NT8B

System: 

PowerSDR:  v1.18.3
OS:  Windows 7
MoBo:  Gigabyte EP45-DS3R
Processor:  Intel Core 2 Quad
Video:  Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
Ram:  4GB installed
OS:  MS Windows 7 32 bit

PS:  Unfortunately the gigabyte tech support person had no idea about 
the availability of a beta bios that fixes a DPC latency problem

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Re: [Flexradio] Flex-Radio in Halifax NS Canada?

[Sheldon Hartling]

No luck finding a Flexer in Halifax.  Anyone in Atlantic Canada?


-Original Message-
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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Sheldon Hartling
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 11:08 AM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Flex-Radio in Halifax NS Canada?

Are there any Flex Radio transceivers in the Halifax NS Canada area?

 

I'm planning to buy a Flex-5000A and would love to see one in operation
before I take the plunge :-)

 

Thanks and 73

Sheldon

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[Flexradio] Flex-Radio in Halifax NS Canada?

[Sheldon Hartling]

Are there any Flex Radio transceivers in the Halifax NS Canada area?

 

I'm planning to buy a Flex-5000A and would love to see one in operation
before I take the plunge :-)

 

Thanks and 73

Sheldon

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Re: [Flexradio] Maxivista

[Sheldon Hartling]

Thanks, Joe:

I've used Maxivista for many years now and have been very pleased with the
way it works.  I've used it to:
-- extend my desktop to a laptop;
-- build a 4-screen desktop using two dual-screen PC's; and
-- Perhaps the most unusual, to create a two screen portable desktop using
my Thinkpad and my macbook.  The Thinkpad runs Windows/XP and generates the
dual-screen display and the macbook runs Maxivista on a VMware/Fusion
Windows/XP virtual machine.

Sheldon



extend my Thinkpad WinXP desktop to 

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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Joe Camilli
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 5:52 PM
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: [Flexradio] Maxivista

I wanted to make my fellow Flexers aware of neat utility. First the standard
disclaimer - I do not work for or represent the company or get any type of
compensation for mentioning it here.



The application is called Maxivista (www.maxivista.com). It allows you to
take a laptop or PC and use its monitor as an extension of your primary
monitor. I know for many folks they just add a second monitor to their
system but if you happen to have a spare laptop and limited space it works
great. I did try the demo first and it worked well under Vista I went ahead
purchased it.
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