Hey all, thanks for all the suggestions. Changing to the legacy driver did the trick.
I can also confirm that the various Power Profiles have a tremendous effect on Firewire latency. I'm using a Macbook Pro (Model 2010) with a Core2Duo 2,4GHz, 4Gbyte Ram and Windows 7 via Bootcamp. Thanks again for all the responses! 73 Tobias www.dh1tw.de On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:10 AM, Neal Campbell <[email protected]>wrote: > I have seen a couple of installations where I had to use the via > standard driver instead of nvidia's to make it work properly. > > 73 > Neal > > On Saturday, June 18, 2011, FlexRadio Support, Dudley Hurry > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tobias, > > > > I did not see what OS you are running, there is a HotFix 955408 for XP, > > For Win7, changing the the Power Options to High Performance is really > > important, also disable you Wireless driver with Windows Device manager, > > along with Bluetooth if you have that too. Also you can try the legacy > FW > > driver also many have reported a great improvement, the the DPC checker > is > > your guide. > > > > http://kc.flexradio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50433.aspx > > > > To run the DPC checker in the FW driver under Win7 , you must start it by > > right clicking the FlexRadio icon, and Run as Administrator. > > > > > > I also heard from one iMac user that found the video settings/driver a > big > > improvement... > > > > 73, > > Dudley > > > > WA5QPZ > > FlexRadio Systems > > > > (512) 250-8595, Option 2 > > Email: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Web: www.flexradio.com <http://www.flex-radio.com> > > > > > > <a href="https://www.crossloop.com/FlexRadioSupport?type=email"; > > target="_blank"><img border="0" src=" > > https://www.crossloop.com/images/badge-sm-gray.jpg"; alt="Get help from > > Dudley (WA5QPZ) Hurry!"/></a> > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Tobias Wellnitz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Hi Flex friends, > >> > >> are there any Flex-Radio users using successfully a Macbook Pro (with > >> Bootcamp) with a Flex-3000 / Flex-5000 ? > >> > >> Today I gave it a try and encountered a firewire problem. It seems that > the > >> packets are sometimes loosing "synchronization". Interestingly this > doesn't > >> happen during the first minute. After around one minute or so it gets > >> really > >> bad but fixes itself again after another 20 seconds (roughly estimated). > I > >> already increased all buffers to the maximum values available, but this > >> didn't solve the problem. > >> > >> The firewire controller (Agere FW643) should actually be compatible. > >> > >> Has anybody else encountered the same problem? > >> > >> Thanks & 73, > >> > >> Tobias > >> DH1TW > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. > > > > -- > Abroham Neal Software > www.abrohamnealsoftware.com > Work:(540) 645 5394 > Mobile:(540) 645 8171 > _______________________________________________ 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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