The radio has had no malfunction since installing the new cable. Thanks so
much. You flex guys are the best!
I ran the radio from yesterday PM when I pout the new cable on and let it run
overnight and it is still running just fine. I am ecstatic (stoked for your
guys in CA) with the service I have received.
A terrific radio brought to us by some great folks.
Patrick AF5CK
From: Tim Ellison
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 3:26 PM
To: Patrick Greenlee
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Temp display short cut?
Understood.B GL with the new cable.
Tim Ellison
On 5/6/2013 4:20 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
OOPS... Sorry Tim, et al... I forgot to mention that Dudley covered that with
me as well.B If I have any crashes with the new cable I will try other slots as
Dudley and now you recommend.B I am much more interested in having it work OK
than understanding why it doesnb t.
B
Like when being bit by a dog. I care more about making him stop biting than
understanding why he he bites. Once the biting is stopped THEN I might be
interested in why he was biting.
B
Patrick AF5CK
B
From: Tim Ellison
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 2:09 PM
To: Patrick Greenlee
Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Temp display short cut?
B
Patrick,
There is one other thing that you can try that we have found to work on i7
PCs, but I would not try it until you know if the new cable is going to help.
There is a PCIe bus timing problem we have discovered with some i7 PCs.B We
have found that plugging the PCIe 1x Firewire card into an empty 8x or 16x
slot, can resolve connectivity and intermittent problems.B We are not sure what
causes this.B It may be overclocking that the BIOS does by default or something
else.
The Firewire connectors and how they fit are beyond our control.B They are to
specification as per the IEEE.B Because they are recessed connectors, I do not
think there is a connectivity issue at play here.
Tim Ellison
On 5/6/2013 2:56 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
Tim, Yes it is an i7 AND I have gone through the recommended sleep
deprivation therapy advised by the home team at flex.B I also just moments ago
plugged in the new firewire cable Dudley had mailed out to me and transferred
the snap-open/closed ferrites to the new one at the computer end as instructed.
Radio is working so all I can do now is observe the MTBF with the new
cable. As instructed by Dudley I have installed the "legacy" driver.B I think
that until or unless there is further malfunction we are in a wait and see
monitoring mode.
If there is anything else regarding i7 besides the sleep issue please tell
me what to do.
Thanks for jumping in, you guys are as good as it gets in customer service
without being a close blood relative.
Not a failing of Flex but I am less than happy with the wishyB washy
seating of the firewire connector at the radio and the computer end. I wish it
had a thumbscrew or wire bail or something to secure it better to the computer
and the radio. It needs a more positive retention system.B Maybe I should get
some of those peel-off adhesive pads that accept snap ties and put one on
either side of the IEEE 1394 sockets and use a plastic wire tie or little bread
wrapper twisty to hold the connector a bit more positively. Perhaps I obsess
too much.B Of late I have had a couple folks compare me to a character on the
TV series "The Big Bang Theory." The shoe may not be exactly my size but it
isn't that bad of a fit.
73,
Patrick AF5CK
-----Original Message----- From: Tim Ellison
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 7:03 AM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Temp display short cut?
Is your PC an i7?
Tim Ellison
On 5/5/2013 2:16 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
In the manner of our late great prez RMN, "Let me make one thing
perfectly clear!" This post is NOT a vote of no confidence for Dudley who is a
Flex Wizard.B I'm just querying the brain trust just in case someone may have
useful input. This august group has a lot of grey matter in fine working order
and may think of something overlooked.
I have an F5K which has been working really swell for months with no
problems encountered loading new S/W releases.B I'm not doing anything fancy,
just SSB using only one of the RCVRs. I upgraded to the latest S/W and then...
Everything works fine again except PSDR crashes at random but frequent
intervals.B Sometimes throwing an error window about an external device raising
an exception and sometimes not.B Sometimes cycling the on/off on-screen switch
restores operation till another crash and sometimes that just causes the
exception error to display.B Rebooting the computer and or just restarting PSDR
seems to have the same result making no difference.
By telephone Dudley professionally guided me through installing the
"legacy" 1394 driver and confirmed that I have a good TI chipset.B It is
capable of bidirectional streaming at the 800 data rate whereas the F5K is now
streaming both ways full time at 400 data rate vice the previous S/W release
using interrupt driven service for the 1394 data. Dudley told me this new
demand on the firewire interface is even more demanding of a "good" cable and
the driver.B So, Dudley is having a new cable mailed to me to arrive real soon
now.
Yesterday the MTBF for crashing was on the order of a couple hours
whereas before Dudley's intervention it was on the order of a couple minutes.
This afternoon things took a turn for the worse. Invoking PSDR and clicking on
[Start] in Panafall display mode gives a uniform Pink waterfall that moves down
ward at the normal rate filling the entire space with a nice restful pink.
There is no audio. Repetitively clicking the [Start/Stop] on-screen button
doesn't elicit different behavior.
Suggestions?
Patrick AF5CK
-----Original Message----- From: Les Keppie
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:32 PM
To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Temp display short cut?
Ctl and Shift togetherB then I
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:27:25 +1100, Steven Hess
mailto:flameb...@gmail.com
wrote:
What is the keystroke combo to get the temperature pop-up displayed in
PSDR? My mind has gone blank.
Steven
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