Point taken, Sam. I guess posting to both the reflector and me would be
fast and still cover all interested parties, as you did with this message.
73,
Larry N8LP
On 11/7/2011 8:09 PM, Sam Morgan wrote:
> Thanks for your response Larry,
> not knowing which pgm was the culprit,
> I posted here on the Elecraft list,
> figuring _all_ the different pgm authors were reading here.
>
> And since only after the new K3 4.42 beta release
> was I now able to actually run S-Meter Lite,
> at the same time as other pgms I wanted to run, such as,
> DXLabs, VE7CC, CWSkimmer MultiPSK, N3FJP logs, to name a few.
>
> Your slower polling rates of 250ms LPB / 300ms SDR worked perfectly!
>
> You software gurus are just amazing,
> we (users) are forever in debt for *all* of your contributions
> that make our hobby more and more fun.
>
> --
> GB & 73
> K5OAI
> Sam Morgan
>
> On 11/7/2011 1:08 PM, Larry Phipps wrote:
>> Hi Sam. Sorry for the delay in response. I get the reflector in digest
>> mode, so I don't see postings sometimes for hours. I subscribe to so
>> many reflectors on which 90% of the traffic is superfluous, that I am
>> forced to use digest mode to keep the traffic at an acceptable level. A
>> direct email or posting to the LP-PAN reflector would be faster.
>>
>> You need to have the SDR app set to poll slightly slower than LP-Bridge.
>> This is because polling from the SDR is passed through when it's
>> running, and then some additional commands like SMH are added in
>> LP-Bridge. This takes some additional time, and hence the slower polling
>> rate in the SDR. I didn't play around much with the minimums in each
>> program to see what differential is required, but the 250ms LPB / 300ms
>> SDR that I normally use works fine here.
>>
>> Larry N8LP
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/7/2011 12:00 PM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote:
>>> Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:43:48 -0800 (PST)
>>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta 4.42 and LP Bridge
>>> wayne burdick wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The latest K3 firmware revisions include a high-accuracy S-meter
>>>>> command ("SMH") that was targeted at the S-meter Lite application.
>>>>> It's possible that other apps are using it, too, and trying to poll
>>>>> for it too fast. In any case, Larry and I will investigate.
>>>>>
>>> FYI, great improvements, thanks for all the work,
>>> but I fear I bare bad news, it's also a case of 2 steps forward and
>>> 1 step
>>> back.
>>>
>>> Pro's:
>>> I'm using LP-Bridge, v0.0.994 and S Meter Lite v2.22 with K3 beta 4.42
>>> S-meter Lite now works great, with no freezing like it previously
>>> displayed.
>>>
>>> Con's:
>>> Now I can NOT use either PowerSDR/IF v1.19.3.5 or NaP3 beta 2.
>>> As soon as I start either pgm, S Meter Lite starts drawing a
>>> straight line,
>>> at the signal level last seen before I started either sdr pgm.
>>> As soon as I close the sdr pgm S meter Lite resumes working as before.
>>>
>>> I use a softrock with the if out of the K3 feeding a Delta 44
>>> soundcard,
>>> all ports are real serial ports, no usb involved.
>>>
>>> 73& GB
>>> K5OAI
>>> Sam Morgan
>>
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