Good luck. Let me know how it works out. Happy Thanksgiving
-Tim --- Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management FlexRadio Systems (Sent from my iPad) > On Nov 27, 2013, at 3:20 PM, "Patrick Greenlee" <patric...@windstream.net> > wrote: > > I don't know if anyone else in the community is interested in separating a > Flex5000A farther from its companion computer than the limitation of the > firewire cable but I am preparing to test a candidate solution. Depending on > the results of the test I may be able to remote my F5K well over 100 ft from > the computer. I am hoping that placing the radio with its ATU seriously > closer to the antenna will allow the ATU to do a better matching job, get > more power going out the antenna and not circulating it around erroneous > zones. > > The method I am preparing to test (pending the arrival of a couple short 9 > pin to 6 pin IEEE-1394/ Firewire cables) uses a satisfaction or money back > guarantee adapter pair. These adapters takesa 9 pin Firewire input (the > adapter is female 9 pin) and has a RJ-45 (Female Ethernet/Cat5/Cat6 ) > connector/socket. for output. There are two identical adapters used. One > connects to the F5K and the other to the computer. Alternatively you can use > 6 pin to 6 pin cables with adapters at one end to get 9 pin male. I prefer > an adapter free cable. > > I will be using Cat5e cable to interconnect the two adapters. The adapters > support the full 800 Firewire data rate and are backward/downward compatible > 400, 200., 100 so should work fine (says here in the fine print.) The > adapters are powered by the Firewire port or can use an accessory power > supply. The accessory PS I got is 12 VDC at up to an amp. The power > requirement is DC from 8 to 19 volts. Long runs may require 15-19 volts but > shorter runs can use 12VDC or less depending on cable length, conductor size, > et. AC input is OK from 100 to 240 VAC at 50-60 Hz/ > > Sorry to not be able to drop the other shoe yet, I like instant gratification > as much as the next guy but the Thanksgiving holiday may delay the cable > delivery a bit. > > There are no controls on the adapters. There is no software programs or > drivers. Just hook it up and it should run. I queried the seller about > latency and was told the latency was essentially due to the length of the > cable and its velocity factor. I cannow violate the laws of physics, cap'n! > This approach has the possibility of beating some of the other approaches > requiring multiple Skype accounts and multiple computers. Any way you slice > it you still have to turn the radio on and off remotely. Anyone here old > enough to remember the computer to keyboard interfaces that used solenoids > and rubber fingers to type on a typewriter? A solenoid with rubber finger to > press the off/on switch will git 'er done and you don' have to ship the radio > back and forth to its mama, lose it for a couple weeks in queue, or risk a > DIY oops. > > The adapter pair is a tad under $400 + shipping but if it works as it should > it is very straight forward. > > Patrick AF5CK > > > _______________________________________________ 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/
