"I have streamed hours of video into this Firewire card (normally from stormchasing) without a problem."
But are you streaming 8 channels (FLEX-3000) or 10 channels of 96K or 192K data? Probably not unless you are doing multi-channel audio recording at high sampling rates. As for Firewire cards, these have been reported to work. http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50179.aspx -Tim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Walker (VA3MW) Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 5:47 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Some initial comments I have streamed hours of video into this firewire card (normally from stormchasing) without a problem. If there is a recommend PCI express card that I should be using, then I will order it. Mike http://walkerphoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/remote-ham-radio-operating.html -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Flanders [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 03:57 To: Tim Ellison; [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Some initial comments IIRC, the standard "checker" programs can do all except evaluate firewire performance. Perhaps one of our software guys could write a quickie firewire performance checkout program. Surely if the radio can give us a pass-fail test in actual use (by either working or not for 24 hours straight), a program could be written to do the same - all required functions, not just the DPC latency thingie. Jerry W4UK At 01:09 PM 9/12/2009, Tim Ellison wrote: >It really would be nice if there was such a critter, but there really >isn't. Windows was never intended to be a real-time audio processing >operating system and most "checker" programs just test things to get >metrics and make some arbitrary statement about performance. The DPC >checker is the best thing we have for determining system latencies that >adversely affect real-time performance. > > >-Tim > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jerry Flanders >Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 11:02 AM >To: [email protected]; [email protected] >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Some initial comments > >Sure would be nice if we had a test suite of programs to completely >check out a problem computer, and permissible ratings for the various >functions tested. Something like "performance test" ( >http://www.passmark.com/ ), but with the additional tools to check the >other parts of the computer as required. > >Jerry W4UK > >At 10:23 AM 9/12/2009, Gerald Youngblood wrote: > >Michael, > > > >FlexRadio fully supports Vista-64 signed drivers on our products. It > >is > >*not* necessary to turn off UAC. We have a huge number of customers running > >Vista-64 without problems. > > > >However, your PC is a system. Interrupt conflicts between the > >FireWire controller and other cards can cause problems. Other > >software processes on > >the computer can cause DPC overloads. Not all PC systems are the > >same and > >different vendors load different junk that can cause problems. > > > >Please contact [email protected] for assistance in resolving > >your problems. I am sure Dudley will be able to assist you in > >getting things going. > > > >Regards, > >Gerald > > > >Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR > >President > >FlexRadio Systems > >13091 Pond Springs Rd. #250 > >Austin, TX 78729 > >Phone: 512-535-4713 > >www.flex-radio.com > > > >"Tune in excitement!" (TM) > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] > >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Walker > >(VA3MW) > >Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 7:05 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [Flexradio] Some initial comments > > > >I thought a would share a few comments, strengths and weaknesses. I > >have spent the last week here in Portillo Chile with my 3K. With > >limited internet, I have had time to really focus on trying to get > >this to work and > >work well. > > > > > > > >When I could get the device working, I thought it was great and I was just > >starting to scratch the surface of the power of this box. The > >hardware is > >amazing. > > > > > > > >However, the software has a long way to go before it truly gets to > >the full > >Ham consumer market. Yes, it does run just fine on XP as many have > >told me. > >But, if Flex wants to make it to the next step, they either have to > >claim that running on Vista 64 bit is not fully supported. To ask a > >customer to > >disable UAC, run in TEST mode and to run with digitally signed > >drivers off > >is great for those of you who want to be beta testers. > > > > > > > >I have worked with PC's from the initial 8088 when I was with IBM as > >it was > >released. I also had to support it for years up to including OS/2. > >I am far from a virgin PC user and if I can't get this to run stable > >on a supposedly support platform, then 80% of the Flex market will > >not be able to > >as well. > > > > > > > >With want I know and do with the internet, I refuse to keep in this > >mode for > >any time. The exposures to machine infiltration if you are connected > >to the > >internet is very large. > > > > > > > >I suspect that I will return my 3K and wait until it is fully support > >and tested with the current market trends (ie: what you and I can > >pick up at Best Buy). > > > > > > > >Clearly the weakest link is firewire. Firewire and Windows have > >always had > >a struggle. If this run on a Mac, I might go buy a Macbook in a > >second if I > >know it would work flawlessly. It will be interesting to see how > >this goes > >for the coming months. > > > > > > > >Mike VA3MW > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://walkerphoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/remote-ham-radio-operating.html> > >http://walkerphoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/remote-ham-radio-operating.ht > >ml > > > > > > > >-------------- next part -------------- This email was Anti Virus > >checked by Astaro Security Gateway. > >http://www.astaro.com > >_______________________________________________ > >FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > >[email protected] > >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/ > >Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > >[email protected] > >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/ > >Message delivered to [email protected] > > >_______________________________________________ >FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >[email protected] >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/ >Message delivered to [email protected] _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] 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/ Message delivered to [email protected] _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] 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/ Message delivered to [email protected] _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] 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/ Message delivered to [email protected]
