Larry, That looks like your receiver level calibration is off. Try running Receiver Level calibration.
Gerald Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) 13091 Pond Springs Road, #250 Austin, TX 78729 Phone: 512-535-4713 Ext. 202 Email: [email protected] Web: www.flex-radio.com Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Larry da Ponte <[email protected]>wrote: > Link to two screen shots showing RX1 and RX2 both in and out of band - > shows > antenna selection dialog. This is done without an antenna connected > (nothing in any antenna port) > > http://n7bcp.daponte.net/download/images/inband.JPG > > <http://n7bcp.daponte.net/download/images/inband.JPG> > http://n7bcp.daponte.net/download/images/outband.JPG > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Larry da Ponte <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Another interesting observation - if I slide the pan between in-band and > > out-of-band red line marker I see the RX1 level on the pan drop to > -120ish > > on out-of-band and jump back up to -40db when I'm in-band, all while on > the > > dummy load (pre-amp is off on both out and in band). Also, RX2 seems to > be > > fine and levels are in the -120db in or out of band on RX2 and image > > calibration works fine on RX2 - if that is an indication of where my > trouble > > may be. > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Larry da Ponte <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> I've followed this procedure to the letter this morning and I see the > >> EEPROM data get read and written to the PowerSDR database - the Image > >> calibration routine fails on all bands still and the rx level in the pan > is > >> still at -40db (running PowerSDR 1.18.6 and 1.3.0.8 firmware). I'm > hoping > >> that I can reload the old image data from the backup back into the > EEPROM in > >> the radio - i suppose if the calibration routine was working it would > have > >> updated the EEPROM data in the radio and resolved my issue so - maybe > there > >> is something wrong with the hardware causing the image calibration to > fail? > >> Thanks for your support this weekend. > >> > >> -Larry > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Tim Ellison <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> Larry, > >>> > >>> To recover from this as quickly as possible, you will need to do this. > >>> > >>> *Download* and install firmware 1.3.0.8 on the FLEX-5000 (there is no > >>> need to change the Firewire driver if you download the latest 1.x > firmware) > >>> Load and run PowerSDR v1.18.6 using a clean DB and antennas > disconnected > >>> or on dummy loads. > >>> Run the RX image calibration > >>> Re-install firmware 2.0.2.2 > >>> Run PowerSDR v2.x (it will reload the EEPROM data into the database) > >>> > >>> > >>> -Tim > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------ > >>> *From:* Larry da Ponte [mailto:[email protected]] > >>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 26, 2010 4:33 AM > >>> *To:* Dudley Hurry > >>> *Cc:* Tim Ellison; [email protected] > >>> *Subject:* Re: [FlexEdge] F5K image routine fails > >>> > >>> Ok - well I've done this a few times before - have reset the database > and > >>> have ANT1 into the dummy load and RX2 on RX1 tap. I'm back on 2.0 beta > >>> (unified installer) with firmware 2.0.2.2 and same issue. I notice > that RX2 > >>> passes level and image calibration and also I note that RX2 (rx1 tap) > and > >>> into dummy load the pan adapter level is down around -120db (I think is > >>> normal) - RX1 is up at -40 db on all bands so what does RX1 at -40db > with > >>> dummy load (3 foot coax and yes, I tried different coax) mean? Dudley > - I > >>> still have the EEPROM backup - how would I restore it? > >>> > >>> The only thing I can think of is that when I switched to my F3K and > then > >>> back to my F5K and ran the calibration test I may have corrupted > something. > >>> I found my backup of the EEPROM however to restore it back to the > radio it > >>> seems I need a special tool: > >>> > >>> *Restoring an EEPROM Backup File* > >>> Restoring an EEPROM backup file is done with a special version of the > >>> EEPROM Reader tool. You must contact FlexRadio Support to get the > write > >>> enabled EEPROM Management tool along with the instructions on how to > >>> recover your EEPROM data from the backup file. > >>> > >>> Would be cool if we could use the F5K (today) for field day. Thanks. > >>> > >>> 73s > >>> Larry > >>> N7BCP > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Dudley Hurry <[email protected] > >wrote: > >>> > >>>> Tim's right, to run the image you need to have all antennas removed, > >>>> and a fresh database may correct the issue... > >>>> One thing that you need to protect, that is the Backup folder in the > >>>> install directory, this is the backup to the EEPROM data that was > first > >>>> read from the radio. You may need it if you can't get the Image Test > to > >>>> run successfully., so don't completely remove the install directory. > >>>> > >>>> 73, > >>>> Dudley > >>>> > >>>> WA5QPZ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Tim Ellison wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Are you using a clean default database with the antennas > disconnected? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -Tim > >>>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto: > >>>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry da Ponte > >>>>> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 7:25 PM > >>>>> To: [email protected] > >>>>> Subject: [FlexEdge] F5K image routine fails > >>>>> > >>>>> Flex 5K with RX2 running 2.0 beta and latest firewire on Windows 7 32 > >>>>> bit. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thought I would double check the F5K prior to tomorrows field day - > its > >>>>> been running the beta 2.0 with no issues. I noticed this afternoon > that > >>>>> there were some strange images on the pan so I decided to do an RX > image and > >>>>> level calibration. The level calibration passed but the image > calibration > >>>>> failed. > >>>>> Rebooted and reset radio but same issue. I decided to revert the > >>>>> radio firmware to the current production version and also revert the > >>>>> firewire and Powersdr also to production versions (downloaded all > from flex > >>>>> home page). > >>>>> Now, running the image calibration still fails. Have unstained > >>>>> (rebooted), and reinstalled a few times with no joy. Suggestions? > >>>>> > >>>>> TRX/IO dialog error when running image calibration is: > >>>>> > >>>>> RX Image - 80m : Failed > >>>>> (-3402823000000000000000000000.0, -3402823000000000000000000000.0) > >>>>> > >>>>> Same for other bands > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> 73's > >>> N7BCP > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> 73's > >> N7BCP > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 73's > > N7BCP > > > > > > -- > > 73's > N7BCP > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. 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