Since the software knows what type of radio it is talking to, it should be a simple matter to inhibit access to the form unless the radio is an SDR-1000.
You should enter this as a feature request. 73, Ray, K9DUR -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Lux, James P Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:22 AM To: john_eck...@agilent.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Major Power Bug On 12/30/08 7:11 AM, "john_eck...@agilent.com" <john_eck...@agilent.com> wrote: > The point I'm trying to make is that by simply opening the form you can do > great > damage to the radio and your linear amplifier. > Also, take a look at the Flex > 5000 Owner's Manual, page 124. The 'Gain By Band' form has been there in all > versions of the PowerSDR for the 5K. > That's one of the differences between software generated from and tested against a rigorous set of requirements, one of which might be "thou shalt not be able to damage the hardware" and software generated from an evolving concretion of nice to have features. On the other hand PowerSDR is free and provides huge and desirable functionality, while software that is guaranteed to not break the hardware is quite expensive and tends to have less functionality. Jim,W6RMK (whose life is occupied these days by building the latter) _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
