Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire (I2C) question

2014-12-29 Thread Alan
Thanks to the input from various people, I now have a very nice 8-port UCB working perfectly. Another example of the hobby at its best. 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-Original Message- mailto:p...@k3tuf.com] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz

[Flexradio] Flexwire (I2C) question

2014-12-29 Thread Phil Theis
Hi Alan, You are not mentioning the UCB form where you tell the application what bits you want activated. The first two entries are dedicated to the V/U module, Be sure to press the FlexWire button on that form. And you must select each bit that you want activated for each band. You can get to t

[Flexradio] FlexWire (I2C) question

2014-12-28 Thread Alan
I have a VU-5K and a K3TUF FlexWire adapter to use with a UCB. In testing the adapter, I wasn't able to see any change in the open collector outputs using either the recommended meter diode test, or an LED and 1K resistor from +5. Both the FlexWire Clock and Data lines show +3V DC on a 40 MHz

[Flexradio] FlexWire peripherals

2012-12-17 Thread Phil Theis
Don, I use it for switching transverters and through DDUTIL you can switch HF antennas as well. It simply needs a PCA9555A chip on the I2C port. I put together a little peripheral for this purpose. I documented it at k3tuf.com/FW.html 73, Phil K3TUF __

Re: [Flexradio] FlexWire Peripheral Interface Bus

2012-12-16 Thread Tim Ellison
DDUtil pretty much eliminated the need for FlexWire widgets. Tim Ellison On 12/16/2012 5:35 PM, Don wrote: What ever happened to the peripherals for this port or the software support for antenna tuners, rotor controllers and band switches etc... ? Don, kd6hq __

[Flexradio] FlexWire Peripheral Interface Bus

2012-12-16 Thread Don
What ever happened to the peripherals for this port or the software support for antenna tuners, rotor controllers and band switches etc... ? Don, kd6hq ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2012-09-27 Thread Army Curtis
Message- From: Robert Logan [mailto:bob.loga...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 4:07 PM To: Army Curtis Cc: Craig Gagner; Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire K3TUF's website says the UCB is longer available. Bob, NZ5A Sent from my iPhone On Sep 27, 2012, at 11:52 AM,

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2012-09-27 Thread Robert Logan
l for making the hardware available. 73, Army - AE5P -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Craig Gagner Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 11:30 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flexwire Has anyo

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2012-09-27 Thread Tim Samaras
dware available. 73, Army - AE5P -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Craig Gagner Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 11:30 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flexwire Has anyone done any work wi

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2012-09-27 Thread Army Curtis
io.biz] On Behalf Of Craig Gagner Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 11:30 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flexwire Has anyone done any work with the Flexwire which allows it to trip a relay to access external Transverters by using the UCB Address in the XVTR Menu? Or is ther

[Flexradio] Flexwire

2012-09-27 Thread Craig Gagner
Has anyone done any work with the Flexwire which allows it to trip a relay to access external Transverters by using the UCB Address in the XVTR Menu? Or is there a way to piggyback Transverters on the XVTR ports. Thanks Craig, W1MSG ___ FlexRadio

[Flexradio] Flexwire accessories in the future?

2012-05-19 Thread vtnn43e
Does Flex have any plans to release any accessories that use the Flexwire port in the near future? If so can you give a hint as to what they would do? Are there any other companies that make make anything to use with that port? Zack N8FNR ___ FlexRad

[Flexradio] FlexWire accessories

2011-07-30 Thread Phil Theis
I have begun to update the website with information on VHF transverter interfaces for the FlexWire port. See k3tuf.com and choose FlexWire Information Thanks, Phil K3TUF ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-r

[Flexradio] FlexWire interface for VHF UCB

2011-04-23 Thread Phil Theis
I have several beta test positive results so I am now ready to take orders for the daughter board for the UCB. This will take FlexWire instructions from the 5000, 3000 or 1500, although I have not had it tested on a 3000. Currently PowerSDR only sends instructions out the FlexWire port for band

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire Pin 3 Question

2011-03-04 Thread Maetta, John
Ellerson Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 1:01 PM To: Flex Radio Reflector Subject: [Flexradio] Flexwire Pin 3 Question I know this is in the manual but... Does this pin put out a DC voltage to switch a relay? If so how much? If not what is its intended use? Thanks KS4JU

[Flexradio] Flexwire Pin 3 Question

2011-03-04 Thread Mike Ellerson
I know this is in the manual but……. Does this pin put out a DC voltage to switch a relay? If so how much? If not what is its intended use? Thanks KS4JU ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/list

[Flexradio] FlexWire interface for UCB

2011-02-22 Thread Phil Theis
Hi, I finally got the first prototype PCB's ordered for the FlexWire interface to allow the existing UCB to be used for switching transverters automatically. Several folks will be testing these and then we will be ready to supply to anyone interested. The UCB was a Universal Control Board that

Re: [Flexradio] FlexWire

2011-01-20 Thread Tim Ellison
and F3K. http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50449.aspx -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Robert Costa Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 3:44 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] FlexW

[Flexradio] FlexWire

2011-01-20 Thread Robert Costa
Hello, As I just purchased a 5000a, I am still in my learning curve. I searched the flex knowledge base before submitting this question. 1) What is the function of Flexwire port ? Is it supported in software? I tried to "google it" and found nothing. Thank you and 73 Robert

[Flexradio] Flexwire I2C communication

2010-11-26 Thread Michael Walker
Is the I2C protocol described anywhere at all? I had a quick search of the Knowledge base, but couldn't find anything. Mike VA3MW ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radi

Re: [Flexradio] flexwire audio in

2009-12-20 Thread George Steube
-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz]on Behalf Of Anthony M Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 4:12 AM To: Anthony M; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] flexwire audio in One question however, Has anyone else noticed much worse RF getting in via Flexwire vs Mic socket? Or is

Re: [Flexradio] flexwire audio in

2009-12-20 Thread Anthony M
One question however, Has anyone else noticed much worse RF getting in via Flexwire vs Mic socket? Or is it just me... -- From: "Anthony M" Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 9:04 PM To: "Anthony M" ; Subject: Re: [Flexradi

Re: [Flexradio] flexwire audio in

2009-12-20 Thread Anthony M
Problem solved, Audio out problem from rack! (DUH) :) -- From: "Anthony M" Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 8:10 PM To: Subject: [Flexradio] flexwire audio in Hi Guys, Im having troubles with the Flexwire port (FLEX3000) and ge

[Flexradio] flexwire audio in

2009-12-20 Thread Anthony M
Hi Guys, Im having troubles with the Flexwire port (FLEX3000) and getting line audio in from my rack. The active/hot is obviously pin 2 - however which ground should be used, pin 1 or pin 5 (or are they the same?) I wired it up via pin 1 as ground and 2 as hot/live/audio+ however cant get any

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire audio in

2009-09-19 Thread Tim Ellison
Line level and it does not use the mic preamp. -Tim -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jesse N4BFD Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 4:46 PM Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flexwire audio in

[Flexradio] Flexwire audio in

2009-09-19 Thread Jesse N4BFD
Hello, Just curious about the Flexwire "audio in" specs, is it line leven instead of mic level? Does it bypass the mic preamp? Jesse 73 N4BFD http://www.qrz.com/db/N4BFD ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.bi

Re: [Flexradio] FlexWire Adapter Progress

2009-04-11 Thread Neal Campbell
Really pretty layout, board and enclosure. Excellent work my friend! 73 Neal k3nc On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Steve Nance wrote: > The proto enclosure is done. See the blog for more info. > > http://flexwire-adapter.blogspot.com/ > > > > No additional reflector posts will be made on this

[Flexradio] FlexWire Adapter Progress

2009-04-11 Thread Steve Nance
The proto enclosure is done. See the blog for more info. http://flexwire-adapter.blogspot.com/ No additional reflector posts will be made on this project. If you're interested in this project you'll have to follow the blog or check back regularly. 73, Steve K5FR _

[Flexradio] FlexWire Device

2009-03-23 Thread Phil Theis
While Steve and I were working with Bob and Eric to get the code able to push FlexWire data out, I managed to get the UCB data output to a unique address for use by UCB owners. I have three ways to push the data; from the low level test form; from the transverter form via a band change; and from

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire adapter

2009-03-23 Thread Lux, James P
5 fax > -Original Message- > From: Steve Nance [mailto:sna...@charter.net] > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:12 AM > To: Lux, James P; 'Brian Lloyd'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Flexwire adapter > > Brian/Jim, > > Thanks for the in

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire adapter

2009-03-23 Thread Steve Nance
ssage- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Lux, James P Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 12:15 PM To: Brian Lloyd; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire adapter > > My only comment is that using FlexWire to interface to

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire adapter

2009-03-23 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Lux, James P wrote: > Or the stuff from Rabbit Semiconductor in Davis > http://www.rabbit.com/products/kits/ > I think the MiniCore RCM5700 has Etherenet, and the dev kit is $49. > > Of course, that doesn't have a box or isolation interfaces. It might not even >

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire adapter

2009-03-23 Thread Lux, James P
> > My only comment is that using FlexWire to interface to the "stunt box" > means that the box may only be used with Flex radios. If one > were to use some other interface, IP-over-Ethernet would be > my first choice, then it could be used with any radio in any > shack as the Rig Control Prog

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire adapter

2009-03-23 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:39 AM, Brian Morgan wrote: > The Flexwire project will surely interest anyone who has an interest (as do > I), in operating their Flex radio, remote. I know that we are largely spoilt > by how easy it is to do so now, but it is not so easy to adjust output > power, to con

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire adapter

2009-03-23 Thread Brian Morgan
Hello Fellow Flexers and especially to Steve K5FR. The Flexwire project will surely interest anyone who has an interest (as do I), in operating their Flex radio, remote. I know that we are largely spoilt by how easy it is to do so now, but it is not so easy to adjust output power, to cont

Re: [Flexradio] FlexWire Adapter Report

2009-03-21 Thread Steve Nance
o.com] Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 12:48 PM To: Steve Nance; ddu...@yahoogroups.com Cc: 'FlexRadio List'; flexra...@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Flexradio] FlexWire Adapter Report Can you give us a summery of the high level capabilities of the FlexWire device? -Tim -O

Re: [Flexradio] FlexWire Adapter Report

2009-03-21 Thread Tim Ellison
: 'FlexRadio List' Subject: [Flexradio] FlexWire Adapter Report Well, after many months of nose picking and butt scratching there is finally progress to report on the FlexWire Adapter. Since the development is still on-going and will be for a while I have decided to join the blog craze

[Flexradio] FlexWire Adapter Report

2009-03-21 Thread Steve Nance
Well, after many months of nose picking and butt scratching there is finally progress to report on the FlexWire Adapter. Since the development is still on-going and will be for a while I have decided to join the blog craze to report the progress of this project rather than using reflector posts. Th

Re: [Flexradio] FlexWire: F5k is I2C master ?

2009-02-10 Thread Gerald Youngblood
:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Frank Goenninger Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 3:09 PM To: Reflector Flex-Radio Subject: [Flexradio] FlexWire: F5k is I2C master ? Hi all, as I am currently working on a I2C-enabled power supply for my homebrew rf amp I'd like to interconnec

[Flexradio] FlexWire: F5k is I2C master ?

2009-02-10 Thread Frank Goenninger
Hi all, as I am currently working on a I2C-enabled power supply for my homebrew rf amp I'd like to interconnect them. The amp and the power supply will have an AVR-based controller being capable of I2C... I am assuming the F5K is an I2C master and my devices will have to be I2C slaves to

[Flexradio] flexwire-attached stunt box

2008-10-14 Thread Lee A Crocker
In my opinion the protection "hardware" should reside in the amplifier not in the flex box and not in the computer. The amp is where the $700 tube resides. personally I don't see much need for ALC anyway. I have long called for a scripting language for PSDR as long ago as the SDR-1000. Its

[Flexradio] flexwire-attached stunt box

2008-10-14 Thread Brian Lloyd
There has been discussion here about some kind of external, intelligent "stunt box" attached to the flexwire port in order to provide interface to various things, e.g. ALC, antenna rotator control, etc. Something key to me would be some sort of scripting language that would become part of P

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-25 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Jul 25, 2008, at 12:08 PM, Frank Brickle wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Tom Clark, K3IO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> Correct me if I am wrong. Are not these innards tied up with the >> FCC's >> edicts that preclude the transmitter from transmitting on "illegal" >> frequenc

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-25 Thread Frank Brickle
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Tom Clark, K3IO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Correct me if I am wrong. Are not these innards tied up with the FCC's > edicts that preclude the transmitter from transmitting on "illegal" > frequencies? This wasn't a problem with the 1000 because it was a kit, but

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-25 Thread Frank Brickle
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Bill Ockert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is also only ½ of what is stated in the quote from the manual. > "Complete specifications" appears from context to imply that in part some of > the I2C interface issues that Jim raised in his post back to me, I2C > fo

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-25 Thread Bill Ockert
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Bill Ockert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually they have said they will do just that. Quoting from the Flex-5000 Owners Manual Version 1.10.3, caption under Table 4 on Page 9 "Table 4 above shows the FlexWire connector pin-out. Complete specifications a

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-25 Thread Eric Wachsmann
unctions described take care of switching the Mux. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Ockert Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 12:35 PM To: 'Jim Lux'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradi

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-25 Thread Bill Ockert
if so in what kind of time frame can we hope to see the specification? 73 de Bill WB0VHW -Original Message- From: Jim Lux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire At 09:34 AM 7/25/2008, Bil

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-25 Thread Jim Lux
At 09:34 AM 7/25/2008, Bill Ockert wrote: >I normally do not enter into religious discussions. However... > > > I believe that this is precisely the situation... Flex hasn't said > > they'll publish the interface spec. > >Actually they have said they will do just that. Quoting from the Flex-5000

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-25 Thread Frank Brickle
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Bill Ockert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually they have said they will do just that. Quoting from the Flex-5000 > Owners Manual Version 1.10.3, caption under Table 4 on Page 9 "Table 4 > above > shows the FlexWire connector pin-out. Complete specifications a

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-25 Thread Bill Ockert
I normally do not enter into religious discussions. However... > I believe that this is precisely the situation... Flex hasn't said > they'll publish the interface spec. Actually they have said they will do just that. Quoting from the Flex-5000 Owners Manual Version 1.10.3, caption under T

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-24 Thread Brian Lloyd
> If I in particular am resistant to public discussion of many design > concepts, it's because in any practical sense there *aren't* any > issues to discuss. At least -- and I stress this, again and again -- > at least, *not without a tangible prototype to criticize.* We're > standing on th

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-24 Thread Frank Brickle
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Brian Lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, that works just fine. Of course you are very likely to find > yourself in a vacuum -- which may be the intent and may, in fact, be > the most efficient way of proceeding. Actually writing and debugging code is a fai

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-24 Thread Brian Lloyd
>> I guess I misunderstand. Seems to me that I can hack code that will >> talk to the 5K via the firewire interface. I guess I don't understand >> how anyone could stop me as I am in control of the physical hardware, >> both 5K and host system. What I guess you are telling me is that you >> don't p

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-24 Thread Frank Brickle
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Jim Lux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...(Nor for that matter, > have they committed to holding the API or external interface constant) That's correct. However, one of the big reasons Erlang was a top choice is its support for running simultaneous multiple versio

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-24 Thread Jim Lux
At 03:36 PM 7/23/2008, Brian Lloyd wrote: >On Jul 23, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Frank Brickle wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Jim Lux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > The question is really do you want to play at the Firewire/Midi > > message level, or at the PowerSDR API level. The

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-23 Thread Frank Brickle
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Brian Lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...The only problem with that is if I want to run in an environment that is > different from the one for which you plan to provide the API. This gets back > to the "standardized message" approach I was talking about. That i

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-23 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Jul 23, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Frank Brickle wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Jim Lux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > The question is really do you want to play at the Firewire/Midi > message level, or at the PowerSDR API level. The midi message level > seems fraught with peril, since

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-23 Thread Jim Lux
At 12:33 PM 7/23/2008, Frank Brickle wrote: >On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Jim Lux ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The question is really do you want to play at the Firewire/Midi >message level, or at the PowerSDR API level. The midi message level >seems fraught with p

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-23 Thread Frank Brickle
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Jim Lux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The question is really do you want to play at the Firewire/Midi > message level, or at the PowerSDR API level. The midi message level > seems fraught with peril, since it has to play nice with the midi > messages between Power

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-23 Thread Lee A Crocker
I hope the interface implementation to this bus is a lot more creative than outputting to a few relays. 73 W9OY ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz A

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Jim Lux
At 04:54 PM 7/22/2008, Brian Lloyd wrote: >Well, you are back to to talking about implementation rather than >messages on the wire. Where do I have access to the wire? I have >access at the Firewire and I have access at the I2C bus. yes.. I assume that there's some standard way to do "MIDI over

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Brian Lloyd
>> It seems to me that the messages are more important than the >> interface. I have a number of different ways to talk to various I2C >> busses (I use I2C for IPC in our various robots). So for me, I would >> just want to know what the message format is. >> >> Is there are standard form for messag

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Jim Lux
At 03:20 PM 7/22/2008, Brian Lloyd wrote: >On Jul 22, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Frank Brickle wrote: > >>The CAT system is intended precisely to handle legacy software, so >>it's the >>right thing to be using in these situations. That will continue to >>be the >>case. >> >>Regarding MIDI control, it's ve

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Jim Lux
At 03:10 PM 7/22/2008, Brian Lloyd wrote: >On Jul 22, 2008, at 10:23 AM, Jim Lux wrote: > >Wouldn't it have to? There is nothing in the MIDI message that >indicates its destination. Therefore, there is nothing the receiver >can do to route the message to its proper recipient. Whoever gets the >mes

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Jim Lux
At 02:13 PM 7/22/2008, Brian Lloyd wrote: >On Jul 22, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Jim Lux wrote: > >>At 09:26 AM 7/22/2008, Eric Wachsmann wrote: >>>There are tested functions defined to talk to the FlexWire >>>interface. These >>>functions do indeed talk through the firewire midi port (same as >>>all othe

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Jul 22, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Jim Lux wrote: > At 09:26 AM 7/22/2008, Eric Wachsmann wrote: >> There are tested functions defined to talk to the FlexWire >> interface. These >> functions do indeed talk through the firewire midi port (same as >> all other >> control messages). See ...Source\C

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Jim Lux
At 11:40 AM 7/22/2008, Jim Lux wrote: >At 10:59 AM 7/22/2008, Larry W8ER wrote: > >Jim ... I am confused a bit. Steve k5fr's DDUtil seemingly has all > >of this functionality. Steve has a different approach, in that he > >uses the software CAT interface of PSDR and the driving of the > >computers

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Jim Lux
At 10:59 AM 7/22/2008, Larry W8ER wrote: >Jim ... I am confused a bit. Steve k5fr's DDUtil seemingly has all >of this functionality. Steve has a different approach, in that he >uses the software CAT interface of PSDR and the driving of the >computers serial and parallel ports, but the end resul

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Frank Brickle
The CAT system is intended precisely to handle legacy software, so it's the right thing to be using in these situations. That will continue to be the case. Regarding MIDI control, it's very unlikely that the F5K MIDI ports will *ever* be opened up directly to user apps -- MIDI access to the F5K is

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Larry W8ER
Jim ... I am confused a bit. Steve k5fr's DDUtil seemingly has all of this functionality. Steve has a different approach, in that he uses the software CAT interface of PSDR and the driving of the computers serial and parallel ports, but the end results are the same. It effectively controls the

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Jim Lux
At 09:53 AM 7/22/2008, Eric Wachsmann wrote: >Could you? Yes. Would you want to? That's questionable. The midi >messages are basically like a stream of bytes going to/from a serial port. >The messages themselves are >10 bytes each. To allow another "writer" to >the port would mean that you wou

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Eric Wachsmann
be pretty easy. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: Jim Lux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Neal Campbell'; 'Maarten' Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Flexwire At 09:26 AM

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Jim Lux
At 09:28 AM 7/22/2008, Neal Campbell wrote: >Sorry to have mis-represented this. I guess we just need to write >routines that can use these functions to talk to our products! > >Neal > >On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Eric Wachsmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are tested functions define

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Jim Lux
At 09:26 AM 7/22/2008, Eric Wachsmann wrote: >There are tested functions defined to talk to the FlexWire interface. These >functions do indeed talk through the firewire midi port (same as all other >control messages). See ...Source\Console\FWC\fwc.cs for the details. > > >Eric Wachsmann >FlexRadi

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Neal Campbell
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Lux > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:19 AM > To: Neal Campbell; Maarten > Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire > > At 09:31 PM 7/21/2008, Neal Campbell wrote: > --snip-- I am not sure but do not believe >>there is anythi

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Eric Wachsmann
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Lux Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:19 AM To: Neal Campbell; Maarten Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire At 09:31 PM 7/21/2008, Neal Campbell wrote: --snip-- I am not sure but do not believe >there is anything in P

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Jim Lux
At 09:31 PM 7/21/2008, Neal Campbell wrote: >You only need to worry about homebrewing an I2C interface until Flex >comes out with some Flexwire products or defines a protocol so some of >us can (like happened with the UCB). I am not sure but do not believe >there is anything in Psdr currently that

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Jim Lux
Quoting Maarten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Mon 21 Jul 2008 08:57:34 PM PDT: > Oh. That really stinks. I can pretty much forget to homebrew something. This > will make it tough to transfer my transverter hardware to a SDR5000. > Programming a PIC or Rabbit sounds far more difficult than wiring a coupl

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-22 Thread Tim Ellison
ubject: Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire Oh. That really stinks. I can pretty much forget to homebrew something. This will make it tough to transfer my transverter hardware to a SDR5000. Programming a PIC or Rabbit sounds far more difficult than wiring a couple of relais and is most likely beyond my expertise.

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-21 Thread Neal Campbell
tocol. > How long did it take to finally get the UCB board developed. > 73 Maarten N1DZ > > > -Original Message- > From: Jim Lux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 11:20 PM > To: Maarten > Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexrad

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-21 Thread Maarten
protocol. How long did it take to finally get the UCB board developed. 73 Maarten N1DZ -Original Message- From: Jim Lux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 11:20 PM To: Maarten Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire Quoting Maarten <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-21 Thread Jim Lux
Quoting Maarten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Mon 21 Jul 2008 08:10:41 PM PDT: > I am using the SDR1000 with my transverters for VHF/UHF. I use the X2 port > and the open collector switches to control my transverters via a simple > homebrew interface. ( Not a UCB but just a couple of relais) With each b

[Flexradio] Flexwire

2008-07-21 Thread Maarten
I am using the SDR1000 with my transverters for VHF/UHF. I use the X2 port and the open collector switches to control my transverters via a simple homebrew interface. ( Not a UCB but just a couple of relais) With each band selection button I can switch the specific transverter and its associated PA

Re: [Flexradio] FlexWire

2007-09-23 Thread Jim Lux
At 06:06 PM 9/23/2007, Steve Nance wrote: >You are philosophically right. My only problem with other programs doing >this type of thing is not being able to run the radio by itself. But what you're really talking about is running only PowerSDR (i.e. whether the peripheral is physically connected

Re: [Flexradio] FlexWire

2007-09-23 Thread Steve Nance
You are philosophically right. My only problem with other programs doing this type of thing is not being able to run the radio by itself. On the other hand, with an ancillary program, more control can be had of the functions and the output devices are already in place and available or could be.

Re: [Flexradio] FlexWire

2007-09-23 Thread Jim Lux
At 11:42 AM 9/23/2007, Steve Nance wrote: >I have a Flex-5000A on order with expected delivery next month which I'm >waiting for with great anticipation. > >I haven't heard of any effort to put together a peripheral interface to the >FireWire port. Or even a design requirements document for the ant

[Flexradio] FlexWire

2007-09-23 Thread Steve Nance
I have a Flex-5000A on order with expected delivery next month which I'm waiting for with great anticipation. I haven't heard of any effort to put together a peripheral interface to the FireWire port. Or even a design requirements document for the anticipated functions for this device to perform.

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire carries audio?

2007-06-04 Thread Eric Wachsmann
> -Original Message- > From: Jim Lux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 3:33 PM > To: Eric Wachsmann; 'Lee A Crocker'; 'Jerry Flanders'; 'Flexradio' > Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Flexwire carries audio? > > At 12:56

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire carries audio?

2007-06-04 Thread Lee A Crocker
Guess I got my wires crossed - Original Message From: Eric Wachsmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jim Lux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Lee A Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Jerry Flanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Flexradio Sent: Monday, June 4, 2007 3:56:59 PM Subject: RE: [Fle

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire carries audio?

2007-06-04 Thread Jim Lux
At 12:56 PM 6/4/2007, Eric Wachsmann wrote: >FlexWire does carry the audio, but it is on separate lines than the I2C. digital format? audio? Connector pinout? Jim, W6RMK ___ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.bi

Re: [Flexradio] Flexwire carries audio?

2007-06-04 Thread Eric Wachsmann
Jerry Flanders; Flexradio > Subject: [Flexradio] Flexwire carries audio? > > At 09:50 AM 6/4/2007, Lee A Crocker wrote: > >The flex wire is a 2 wire plus ground bus that can control eproms > >rotors switches potentiometers and other devices in a 2 way fashion > >and

[Flexradio] Flexwire carries audio?

2007-06-04 Thread Jim Lux
At 09:50 AM 6/4/2007, Lee A Crocker wrote: >The flex wire is a 2 wire plus ground bus that can control eproms >rotors switches potentiometers and other devices in a 2 way fashion >and it can also carry audio I/O on the same 2 wires plus ground. It >is not the same as a separate line level audio