[Flexradio] EasyPal, VAC and PowerSDR
Folks: I have been extremely frustrated trying to get EasyPal to work with the SDR and VAC. I use the SDR 1000, the most recent PowerSDR alpha version (or close to it), and an M-Audio soundcard (not the most recent driver). My SDR prints perfectly using MIXW in a variety of modes. I have a DRM decoder and listen to DRM frequently (using the SDR DRM mode). EasyPal is a modification of DRM, I believe. I see the waterfall in EasyPal and I see the patterns of voice. The three major tones of EasyPal show up right under the cursors showing where they should be. Nevertheless, I cannot get EasyPal to the point of MSC lock. The green thermostat climbs up to FAC, but not the final step. It actually moves up and down rather than being steady as it should, I believe. Currently, I am using a sampling rate of 11025, mono, 24 bits per sample, latency of 20. I have tried a number of things, but I could be combining parameters the all day. Does anyone have any suggestions? Gary AI4IN ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] EasyPal, VAC and PowerSDR
Jim and others: I did unzip and install loop.dll that came with the EasyPal download, but I put it in the Windows/System32 directory rather than in the easypal directory under C:/Programs. I don't recall exactly where I saw the need to do this, but a site on the net suggested the need for doing it this way. Maybe they were wrong. The real question I had was about the interaction between the Transmit button in EasyPal and the setting of the Drive level on PowerSDR (see latter part of my message below). I also am aware that there are several ways to control the level of "drive" (VAC has it's own sliders on the console, when a DIG mode is selected). I'll keep trying and report back. Gary AI4IN -Original Message- From: Jim, W4ATK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:28 PM To: Gary Strong; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] EasyPal, VAC and PowerSDR Gary, Did you install the loop.dll in the easypal directory. I have used easypal sucessfully with both my SDR-1000 and my SDR-5000. I must admit I have never seen the symptoms you describe, but was warned to install the loop.dll before I attempted to run with SDR-1000. If you do not have the dll, I can send you the zip file. 73's Jim, W4ATK [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.mac.com/jimrogers_w4atk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gary Strong Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 7:08 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] EasyPal, VAC and PowerSDR Folks: I have set up my SDR 1000 with MIXW and VAC 4.08, and it works fine with MIXW modes. I can't seem to get EasyPal to work however. Receive works fine, but not transmit. There is a strange interaction that I don't understand between the SDR "Drive" slider and PTT as well. For a very low level of drive (<7 or so) it seems to transmit (the SDR is in transmit and I can see the ALC running at -13 or so), but the power output level is too low to measure on my wattmeter. For higher levels of drive, PTT won't trigger the SDR. I really don't understand that interaction. I use VCOM to communicate PTT as a CAT command to the SDR, which works well for MIXW. Anyone? Gary AI4IN ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1232 - Release Date: 1/18/2008 7:32 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1232 - Release Date: 1/18/2008 7:32 PM ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] EasyPal, VAC and PowerSDR
Gary, Did you install the loop.dll in the easypal directory. I have used easypal sucessfully with both my SDR-1000 and my SDR-5000. I must admit I have never seen the symptoms you describe, but was warned to install the loop.dll before I attempted to run with SDR-1000. If you do not have the dll, I can send you the zip file. 73's Jim, W4ATK [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.mac.com/jimrogers_w4atk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gary Strong Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 7:08 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] EasyPal, VAC and PowerSDR Folks: I have set up my SDR 1000 with MIXW and VAC 4.08, and it works fine with MIXW modes. I can't seem to get EasyPal to work however. Receive works fine, but not transmit. There is a strange interaction that I don't understand between the SDR "Drive" slider and PTT as well. For a very low level of drive (<7 or so) it seems to transmit (the SDR is in transmit and I can see the ALC running at -13 or so), but the power output level is too low to measure on my wattmeter. For higher levels of drive, PTT won't trigger the SDR. I really don't understand that interaction. I use VCOM to communicate PTT as a CAT command to the SDR, which works well for MIXW. Anyone? Gary AI4IN ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1232 - Release Date: 1/18/2008 7:32 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1232 - Release Date: 1/18/2008 7:32 PM ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] EasyPal, VAC and PowerSDR
Folks: I have set up my SDR 1000 with MIXW and VAC 4.08, and it works fine with MIXW modes. I can't seem to get EasyPal to work however. Receive works fine, but not transmit. There is a strange interaction that I don't understand between the SDR "Drive" slider and PTT as well. For a very low level of drive (<7 or so) it seems to transmit (the SDR is in transmit and I can see the ALC running at -13 or so), but the power output level is too low to measure on my wattmeter. For higher levels of drive, PTT won't trigger the SDR. I really don't understand that interaction. I use VCOM to communicate PTT as a CAT command to the SDR, which works well for MIXW. Anyone? Gary AI4IN ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
