Is there any provision in the hardware or software in the Flex-5000 to
support an external tuner such as the MFJ-998 and similar?
Thanks,
Bill - W4RVN
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Bill,
The MFJ-998 is an automatic antenna tuner. If you set the FLEX-5000
internal tuner to BYP (Bypass), then clicking on TUN will cause the
FLEX-5000 (or SDR-1000 for that matter) to transmit a carrier at the tune
power level. With the MFJ-998 in automatic mode, it should tune
automatically.
Thanks, that make sense. However is there a way to hook it up like
with the 4 pin molex connectors on the back of an Icom? The reason I
ask is, while the auto tune works great I tend not to leave it in that
mode. Sometimes it tends to re-tune in mid transmission if the SWR
spikes a bit.
Bill,
At present I do not know of any provision for bringing out a hardware bit
that is active only when the TUN button is pushed. Sounds like a good idea
for a feature request. Possibly the ability to reassign one of the 3 TX
outputs for this function. That would be simply a software change,
Bill, I missed your last comment in my reply. The feature request should be
to reassign any or all of the 3 TX outputs to be active only when the TUN
button is active. The downside is that there would be no TX outputs left
over to control your amp.
73, Ray, K9DUR
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This smells like a possible FlexWire device to interface the radio to Icom type
external tuner interfaces.
-Tim
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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Ray Andrews
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:47 AM
To:
Tim,
Yep, that to.
73, Ray, K9DUR
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From: Tim Ellison [mailto:telli...@itsco.com]
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:57 AM
To: Ray Andrews; 'Bill Photinos'
Cc: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: RE: [Flexradio] external tuner control
This smells like a possible
Tim,
I saw your post on eHam.net 5000A reviews. There were two detractors as you
know. You address the signed drivers part adequately. But the KB3Z comments
about using Firewire instead of USB, still needs to be addressed.
Could you give me some ammo (about Firewire vs USB) to fire back on the
On a different tack, I have an Elecraft KAT100 which I would like to
interface to the 5K - is this possible using the D connector on the back of
the Flex?
TIA
Charlie GI4FUE
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[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf
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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Steve Kallal
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:02 AM
To: 'Tim Ellison'; kl7...@alaska.net; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] First look at the FLEX-3000 production units
Tim,
The short answer is no, not currently. The d-sub connector isn't a serial
port, it is a FlexWire port. As such, you have to design an IC2 hardware
interface to connect to it and the peripheral you want to talk to and then
write code to control it. To date, there is not anything like that
Thanks Tim
Hopefully something will appear soon
Charlie
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From: Tim Ellison [mailto:telli...@itsco.com]
Sent: 20 February 2009 17:18
To: Charlie Morrison; flexradio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: RE: [Flexradio] FW: external tuner control
The short answer is no, not
FLEX-5000 Users (and future FLEX-3000 users):
We have received some questions recently about the driver buffer size
setting and how it relates to the buffer size in the PowerSDR Setup Form -
Audio Tab. We thought we would clarify it here on the reflector so it might
help others that had the same
Also many of the auto tuners can be controlled through DDUtil also ..
73,
Dudley
WA5QPZ
Tim Ellison wrote:
The short answer is no, not currently. The d-sub connector isn't a serial
port, it is a FlexWire port. As such, you have to design an IC2 hardware
interface to connect to it and
Does anyone know how to take the data from the Flex Wire output of the Flex
5000 and decode it so that I could drive relays to control the band
switching on my AL-600 amplifier. This was very easy with the SDR 1000, but
seems pretty complex on the 5000. I am not a digital design engineer, so am
Tell me then... Where are the 4 channel 192kHz audio USB devices??
Eric Wachsmann
FlexRadio Systems
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Lux, James P james.p@jpl.nasa.govwrote:
The PowerSDR software and the Windows drivers available do not know how to
deal with the asynchronous nature of
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Eric Wachsmann e...@flex-radio.com wrote:
So Eric, it seems to me that the right answer is: always set the
buffer size in PowerSDR to the same value as the buffer size set into
the FireWire driver. Is there any situation where that would not be
the case? (Hmm, I
The maximum audio buffer size in PowerSDR is 2048, so I wouldn't recommend
going higher than that in the driver. Note that the DSP buffers can go as
large as 4096. Note that the DSP buffer size (not the audio buffer size)
affects the filter shape. You are correct that multiples of the driver
It is nice that Flex provides an audio output on the F5K for powered
speakers. But when operating portable it would be much easier to use
the built-in audio on a laptop. Is it possible to redirect PSDR audio
output to the computer's built-in sound hardware?
73 de Brian, WB6RQN/J79BPL
You can use VAC directed to the onboard audio provided you don't need the
VAC channels for digital modes.
Eric Wachsmann
FlexRadio Systems
Tune in Excitement! ™
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.comwrote:
It is nice that Flex provides an audio output on the F5K
Bill
I have a 998 and yes, when in the full auto mode I have experienced random
retuning in the middle of a QSO and sometimes it ends up tuned for a high SWR.
To avoid this I just leave the 998 in the semi autotune mode. When I want to
tune, I hold the tune button on the 998 in for 2 seconds to
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Eric Wachsmann e...@flex-radio.com wrote:
Tell me then... Where are the 4 channel 192kHz audio USB devices??
Eric Wachsmann
FlexRadio Systems
Here's a defence of USB 2.0 based on experience:
We routinely have 4, 32 bit, 250 kHz data streams running via USB
Tell me then... Where are the 4 channel 192kHz audio USB devices??
Hmm... someone asked me the same exact question three years ago. This
was my reply:
http://www.roland.com/products/en/UA-101/index.html
- 10-In/10-Out 24 bit/96 kHz
- Up to 6-In/6-Out 24 bit/192 kHz
And I'm sure there are
The problem is that the mic input on the PC sound card is not stereo and the
powered speaker output is. You would have to use the RCA line out on the
FLEX-5000 fed into the PC sound card mic or line-in input
-Tim
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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
As already said in anothe response: Just use VAC. I haven't yet used
the speaker or line outputs of the F5k - only VAC so far. An annoying
point is that I can't use VAC to do Digi and Voice at the same time.
But switching is simple in the Config dialog of PSDR, so I do that.
Oh, and I am
This looks like an appropriate time to announce that I have an I2C device in
development to do exactly what many users are looking for. It is controlled
by DDUtil and has the following features:
- Two (2) 8-bit ports wired to the VHF+ buttons in PowerSDR that are
controlled by two (2) matrices in
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Eric Wachsmann e...@flex-radio.com wrote:
The maximum audio buffer size in PowerSDR is 2048, so I wouldn't recommend
going higher than that in the driver. Note that the DSP buffers can go as
large as 4096. Note that the DSP buffer size (not the audio buffer
From: Eric Wachsmann [mailto:e...@flex-radio.com]
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:15 AM
To: Lux, James P
Cc: Steve Kallal; Tim Ellison; kl7...@alaska.net; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] First look at the FLEX-3000 production units
Tell me
Based on all the problems that seem to be associated with Flex Radios and
FireWire, whether the problem is Windows, drivers, or whatever, it seems to
me that Ethernet is a much better choice. Ethernet chips are cheap, driver
support is standard on all computers/operating systems and it is
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote:
You are correct that multiples of the driver
could be used in the audio setting and it will work. But you'd have to
ask
yourself...why? ;)
No, I am not asking myself why because I don't know. (I have guesses
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Frank Goenninger f...@me.com wrote:
As already said in anothe response: Just use VAC. I haven't yet used the
speaker or line outputs of the F5k - only VAC so far. An annoying point is
that I can't use VAC to do Digi and Voice at the same time. But switching is
Am 20.02.2009 um 21:45 schrieb Brian Lloyd:
sigh I run VAC all the time to my digital mode program. I listen to
the digital modes too. I need my audio path to be separate from my
data path. Looks like that is not possible.
Yep. Maybe in a next version of PSDR. Or in the new architecture
Same thing with the LDG Tuners, I have tried a few other auto tuners and
they all have this kind of problems even if they are connected to a radio
that has a Tune interface for them like the Kenwood TS-480 or Yaesu's
small Radio's if there left in full auto mode.
As Jim suggested just tune them
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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of W7CE
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:52 AM
To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] First look at the FLEX-3000 production units
Based on all the
http://www.nvidia.com/object/sff_ion.html
I think it is pretty clear that almost anyone with any real experience
would take Nvidia's restricted distribution graphics drivers about 100
to 1 over the open source CRAP that comes from ATI, and forget
completely any of their competitors. I have
I would love a 3 watt output so I can use a good small speaker rather than
cheap powered computer speakers. My IC-756III has this and the audio quality is
better
--- On Fri, 2/20/09, Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com wrote:
From: Brian Lloyd brian-wb6...@lloyd.com
Subject: [Flexradio] Flex
-Original Message-
snipping some of W7CE's comments
Based on all the problems that seem to be associated with
Flex Radios and FireWire, whether the problem is Windows,
drivers, or whatever, it seems to me that Ethernet is a much
better choice. I would not be surprised if
See comments below.
Gerald
Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR
President
FlexRadio Systems
13091 Pond Springs Rd. #250
Austin, TX 78729
Phone: 512-535-4713
Tune in excitement! (TM)
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From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz
[mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of
Behrouz has improved his booked with editing and errata repair and
having the material tried out on students.
I used the book in a class in an early form, at work, and I am very
happy to report that Behrouz continues to improve on the work.
It does not yet have the OFDM chapter in it. I need to
--- On Fri, 2/20/09, Lux, James P james.p@jpl.nasa.gov wrote:
snip
Or, you start treating radios like PCs. Expect to replace
it every 5 years or so. Even if you fork out $4800 for a
Flex5C every 5 years, that's about $1K/yr.
FWIW I don't think it will come to that. What I envision
At 05:04 PM 2/20/2009, you wrote:
Behrouz has improved his booked with editing and errata repair and
having the material tried out on students.
I used the book in a class in an early form, at work, and I am very
happy to report that Behrouz continues to improve on the work.
It does not yet
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From: Duane - N9DG [mailto:n...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 4:38 PM
To: W7CE; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz; Lux, James P
Subject: Re: [Flexradio] On interfaces, historical and
otherwise.. RE: First look at the FLEX-3000 production units
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