[Flexradio] New subscriber__ computer question
Good morning, I subscribed to this list because I am considering a Flex-radio for my next purchase. I'm wondering if my present computer is adequate. I am running Windows 7/64 bit on a Mac-Mini. Yes, I am one of those. I believe the Mac hardware runs Windows faster and more reliably than does the PC hardware. No, I'm not trying to start a discussion about this concept. I just want to know if I can run the radio with it., Thanks 73, Dave, K4TO ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New subscriber__ computer question
Dave, I am no expert but I would just try it and see what happens. If it does not work then buy a cheep PC and have fun. The PC I used on my Flex 3000 I paid $50.00 at a hamfest, it's a used Dell Optiplex GX620 with two gigs rams, works perfect. In fact every PC I own I bought used at hamfests paying no more than $75.00 been doing this for years. It's not a matter of money, I can buy anything I want, it's just a matter of if a $50.00 PC works great why spend 2K I know two guys around two here that custom built PC just for their Flex radios and spent a ton of money, and the bottom line my $50.00 used PC does the same thing.. On 1/31/2014 7:56 AM, Dave Sublette wrote: Good morning, I subscribed to this list because I am considering a Flex-radio for my next purchase. I'm wondering if my present computer is adequate. I am running Windows 7/64 bit on a Mac-Mini. Yes, I am one of those. I believe the Mac hardware runs Windows faster and more reliably than does the PC hardware. No, I'm not trying to start a discussion about this concept. I just want to know if I can run the radio with it., Thanks 73, Dave, K4TO ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3684/6548 - Release Date: 01/31/14 -- 73 Dave W9WRL http://www.w9wrl.com/w9wrl http://www.facebook.com/w9wrl http://www.facebook.com/qchams Twitter @w9wrl ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New subscriber__ computer question
There are a number of people on the list who run Mac equipment without issue. I am sure some of them will respond to you, but I believe you will be fine as long as you are running Boot Camp. Parallels does not work with the Flex software. While I run Macs here, I have not run any of the Flex radios on a Mac box, I use one of Neal Campbell's custom built machines that has extremely low latency. That is the key to successfully running PowerSDR, the higher the latency, the worse experience you will have. You can look through the archives for Mac comments, there have been many. You might also want to check the newest user community for all Flex radios at https://community.flexradio.com/flexradio Geep WA4RTS On Jan 31, 2014, at 9:21 AM, Dave Mayfield w...@gwltd.com wrote: Dave, I am no expert but I would just try it and see what happens. If it does not work then buy a cheep PC and have fun. The PC I used on my Flex 3000 I paid $50.00 at a hamfest, it's a used Dell Optiplex GX620 with two gigs rams, works perfect. In fact every PC I own I bought used at hamfests paying no more than $75.00 been doing this for years. It's not a matter of money, I can buy anything I want, it's just a matter of if a $50.00 PC works great why spend 2K I know two guys around two here that custom built PC just for their Flex radios and spent a ton of money, and the bottom line my $50.00 used PC does the same thing.. On 1/31/2014 7:56 AM, Dave Sublette wrote: Good morning, I subscribed to this list because I am considering a Flex-radio for my next purchase. I'm wondering if my present computer is adequate. I am running Windows 7/64 bit on a Mac-Mini. Yes, I am one of those. I believe the Mac hardware runs Windows faster and more reliably than does the PC hardware. No, I'm not trying to start a discussion about this concept. I just want to know if I can run the radio with it., Thanks 73, Dave, K4TO ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3684/6548 - Release Date: 01/31/14 -- 73 Dave W9WRL http://www.w9wrl.com/w9wrl http://www.facebook.com/w9wrl http://www.facebook.com/qchams Twitter @w9wrl ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New subscriber__ computer question
Dave, Macs are often superb platforms for PowerSDR. Two threshold requirements for a PC to run PowerSDR: It has to be able to run a Firewire connection, and it has to have low to moderate DPC latency. To check on the latency of your PC, download DPC LAT.exe from www.thesycon.de If your latency is less than 500us, you're fine to run PSDR. If it's between 500 and 1000, you Should see which driver(s) or other programs are mucking up your works. If it's over 1000, you Must track down and kill offending programs. Get the baseline numbers, and let's hear back from you. Jim KJ2P Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:21:44 -0600 From: w...@gwltd.com To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New subscriber__ computer question Dave, I am no expert but I would just try it and see what happens. If it does not work then buy a cheep PC and have fun. The PC I used on my Flex 3000 I paid $50.00 at a hamfest, it's a used Dell Optiplex GX620 with two gigs rams, works perfect. In fact every PC I own I bought used at hamfests paying no more than $75.00 been doing this for years. It's not a matter of money, I can buy anything I want, it's just a matter of if a $50.00 PC works great why spend 2K I know two guys around two here that custom built PC just for their Flex radios and spent a ton of money, and the bottom line my $50.00 used PC does the same thing.. On 1/31/2014 7:56 AM, Dave Sublette wrote: Good morning, I subscribed to this list because I am considering a Flex-radio for my next purchase. I'm wondering if my present computer is adequate. I am running Windows 7/64 bit on a Mac-Mini. Yes, I am one of those. I believe the Mac hardware runs Windows faster and more reliably than does the PC hardware. No, I'm not trying to start a discussion about this concept. I just want to know if I can run the radio with it., Thanks 73, Dave, K4TO ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3684/6548 - Release Date: 01/31/14 -- 73 Dave W9WRL http://www.w9wrl.com/w9wrl http://www.facebook.com/w9wrl http://www.facebook.com/qchams Twitter @w9wrl ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New subscriber__ computer question
i've been gone all morning and when I returned there were several useful suggestions. I will go check latency and report back. Many thanks, Dave, K4TO ps -- I do run boot camp. On 1/31/2014 8:56 AM, Dave Sublette wrote: Good morning, I subscribed to this list because I am considering a Flex-radio for my next purchase. I'm wondering if my present computer is adequate. I am running Windows 7/64 bit on a Mac-Mini. Yes, I am one of those. I believe the Mac hardware runs Windows faster and more reliably than does the PC hardware. No, I'm not trying to start a discussion about this concept. I just want to know if I can run the radio with it., Thanks 73, Dave, K4TO ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New subscriber__ computer question
Dave : With my Flex-1500 I had been successfully running Powersdr on a late-2009 Uni-Body Macbook with WIN 7 32-bit, until i bought a dedicated quad-core PC laptop for for Ham Radio use. I’m assuming that your Mini is at least a dual-core (Intel Core Solo Mini’s are quite rare) so you should be fine. One of the reasons that Macs run Windows quit well is that you can’t buy a Mac with Windows pre installed, so you have to do a clean install. You don't end up with all of the software junk that the computer vendors include with new PCs. Also I think that the Mac Windows drivers are quite good, so Mac's make a decent and stable platform to run Windows. Which Flex Radio are you thinking of ? Cheers Michael VE3WMB -- Message: 6 Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:56:27 -0500 From: Dave Sublette k...@arrl.net To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] New subscriber__ computer question Message-ID: 52ebab8b.4000...@arrl.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Good morning, I subscribed to this list because I am considering a Flex-radio for my next purchase. I'm wondering if my present computer is adequate. I am running Windows 7/64 bit on a Mac-Mini. Yes, I am one of those. I believe the Mac hardware runs Windows faster and more reliably than does the PC hardware. No, I'm not trying to start a discussion about this concept. I just want to know if I can run the radio with it., Thanks 73, Dave, K4TO ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] New subscriber__ computer question
Per Jim's request and help, I have run the latency test and my machine runs at 250-300 us latency. Thanks Jim. Looks like I'm good to go. 73, Dave On 1/31/2014 9:55 AM, Jim Jannuzzo wrote: Dave, Macs are often superb platforms for PowerSDR. Two threshold requirements for a PC to run PowerSDR: It has to be able to run a Firewire connection, and it has to have low to moderate DPC latency. To check on the latency of your PC, download DPC LAT.exe from www.thesycon.de If your latency is less than 500us, you're fine to run PSDR. If it's between 500 and 1000, you Should see which driver(s) or other programs are mucking up your works. If it's over 1000, you Must track down and kill offending programs. Get the baseline numbers, and let's hear back from you. Jim KJ2P ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
