The problem is that the FLEX-5000 has to be on to control it since the control cable is Firewire. When the power is off, the device (radio) does not exist as far as Windows is concerned.
There are other (and better) ways to turn power on and off remotely using TCP/IP -Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Flanders Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 9:57 AM To: n3evl; FireBrick; FlexRadio List Subject: Re: [Flexradio] am I the only person to do this? I was a little surprised that Gerald didn't design the new 5000 radio to turn power on/off remotely by the PowerSDR ON button. Would have made it easier to remote it. Maybe in the Flex-6000 4 years from now? Jerry W4UK At 08:02 AM 6/16/2007, n3evl wrote: >Haha! > >Yes, I admit to having done this in the past. > >Pete, N3EVL > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "FlexRadio List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 7:28 AM >Subject: [Flexradio] am I the only person to do this? > > > > I've posted this to the Feature Request page. > > Anyone else do a stupid thing like this? Or am I the only > > technological cretin in the group? > > > > > > > > This morning, I started PWSDR and could not figure out why I had no > > power out. > > Duh!. I had not flipped the Power switch on the Flex radio. > > Can the PWSDR software flash a message saying. > > > > "Radio is not turned on you stupid, fat bellied, beer guzzling idiot!" > > > > > > > > I'm used to that type of statement here. > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Why do we say something is out of whack? What's a whack? > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > Bill H. in Chicagoland _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
