You are prompted by the Installer software to power off your radio.
-Tim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Hobbs Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 2:42 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Announcing PowerSDR v2.0 Official Release Thanks Dudley I will admit that I didn't turn my radio off . I don't recall seeing a mention of having to do that (or when) in the notes, or any prompt during install. Perhaps that caused my fatal error. 73 Kevin From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry Sent: March-29-11 2:34 PM To: Stan Cc: Tim Ellison; Kevin Hobbs; [email protected] Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Announcing PowerSDR v2.0 Official Release Stan and others, Seems the largest cause of failures with the 2.0.x updates has been startup timing issues, when to turn on the radio or forgot to turn the radio off before the update. Here are some of the causes I have noted.. 1. With the 1.18.6 version and the 7171 version of FW previously installed, Failure to uninstall the previous version of FW driver, 3.5.0.7171 version of the FlexRadio Driver via the add/remove programs and then to forget to reboot BEFORE the installation. 2. With a previous version of the 2.0.x beta installed, forgetting to turn the radio OFF. before the installation. 3. If you had a 2.0.16 or later version already installed, no FireWire update will be loaded, but you do need the radio(s) turned off. 4. On the Reboot, not giving enough time for the FireWire Windows driver to install before starting the radio, you must give the computer plenty of time for all the updates and other "Stuff" to finish before turning on the radio.. 5. Once the radio is turned on, you must wait for the three drivers (five drivers for the 1500) to get installed, this might take 2 minutes or longer. Biggest thing is to wait for the "Your New HW is ready to use" message. Now if you had the previous 10185 version of the FW driver previously installed, you most likely will not receive this message. 6. Open the FlexRadio Driver icon FIRST before PowerSDR is started to make sure that the radio is being seen correctly by the FW driver. If your radio is not showing up in the FW driver, you will need to get this working first.. Otherwise when you start PowerSDR, you will only see the Demo mode. 7. If the radio is in the FW driver, but the radio chooser is not either showing the radio or showing up with a grayed "Use" button, you need to reset the Master.xml file. Go to Run => type %appdata% => OK , then to FlexRadio Systems folder and delete the "master.xml" . This file will be recreated when PowerSDR is started.. Be sure to have the radio on! Give the radio plenty of time to be discovered, either with the USB or with the FireWire, sometimes it takes longer than you think... On another note... If you see a message that says that the receiver must be recalibrated, BEFORE clicking OK, remove ALL the antennas.. This runs the RX Image test to re-calibrate the radio, but you need all the antennas removed to keep strong signals from effecting the Image test. Hope this helps some that are having issues. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ FlexRadio Systems (512) 250-8595, Option 2 Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Web: www.flexradio.com <http://www.flex-radio.com> <a href="http://www.crossloop.com/FlexRadioSupport?type=email"; target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.crossloop.com/images/badge-sm-gray.jpg"; alt="Get help from Dudley Hurry!"/></a> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Stan <[email protected]> wrote: I can add that I have had that fatal error problem with every one of the later upgrades. I have had to do the driver uninstall and then uninstall the software and then reinstall 3-4 times. Eventually it runs fine. Have no idea why. Stan -----Original Message----- From: Tim Ellison Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 1:23 PM To: Kevin Hobbs ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Announcing PowerSDR v2.0 Official Release Did you uninstall the Firewire driver first as recommended in the release notes? -Tim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Hobbs Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 1:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Announcing PowerSDR v2.0 Official Release Hi I couldn't help myself and just had to try loading the new version (was at v19). Got to the Firmware Update part and.. Fatal Error - External component has thrown an exception. At PowerSDR.Pal.ReadOp(Opcode opcode, UInt32 data1 ... yada yada ... Suggestions? 73 Kevin _______________________________________________ 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. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. _______________________________________________ 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. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. _______________________________________________ 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. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. _______________________________________________ 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. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. _______________________________________________ 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. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
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