software users and 99.9% of
the time rescues their databases.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126606
If any samples are required shout at me off list.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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- Original Message -
From: David Hilton-Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So now a further question, for which I guess there is not yet an
answer, is what about Windows Vista?
What soundcard will you use? The Delta 44 does not yet have VISTA drivers
:-(
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
(GD4ELI March 2nd
your PC :-(
RAID 1 support is very cheap nowadays, you just use two identical disks
instead of a single disk. Of course I've never had a disk in a RAID system
die (paging Mr. Murphy).
Given the cost of a decent SDR system moving to RAID 1 is not all that
significant.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
(GD4ELI
-11, started with punched cards and paper tape!
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I think it's your USB = serial adapter, a common problem.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
- Original Message -
From: J. Crit Harley, MD, C.Ht. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SDR will be operating perfectly and when occasionally switch to HRD to
log QSO, I will notice the mode has changed to TOR
Sounds like insufficient power available for your USB devices. I very
strongly suggest a full-spec powered USB hub, full-powered is 500ma per port
continuous.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
- Original Message -
From: Greg Deuhs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When my USB connector fails, the check box
Hi Bruce,
That's good information - which USB driver does not work?
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Also used the Presonus Firebox sound card ok.
Could not get the USB driver to work.
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I see that Beppe, IK3VIG sells the Presonus Firebox - it's fine for PSK, isn't
it? (Stupid question - just checking.)
Does anyone use this with PSK software?
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Hi Hank,
Could be - I assume you're talking about PSK31 Deluxe and not HRD itself.
FWIW I am using my Delta 44 with a new digital modes program, I will have to
test it with the Delta 44 at 96 kHz sampling.
I haven't looked at this problem yet - I just use my Delta 44 'as-is'.
Simon Brown
FWIW I am happily running PSK31 with the Delta 44 albeit using my IC-703 and 5W
(SDR lent to a young local amateur).
Delta 44 IC-703 is a very fine combo - I had my first ever PSK QSO with my
latest software 'Digital Master 780' (in honour of the VAX 11/780).
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
for the Intel chip - we
use VAX emulators to maintain old software for customers.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
- Original Message -
From: Cecilio Bayona [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The PDP-11 rocks, for a while I worked for a Medical company and we
switched from PDP-8's to PDP-11's, we were in heaven, what
Don't use the MixW virtual COM cable (don't know what it's called), use
N8VB's vCOM.
This may be the problem, failing that use Portmon to monitor the data flow,
this helps a great deal.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
- Original Message -
From: A.R.S. - W5AMI [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've been
of catching
up.
What I do is try a command three times until I get an understandable result,
even if it's an error.
Use Portmon, watch another program talking to SDR, compare the Portmon log
to your own. Portmon comes from www.sysinternals.com . It's free - like the
best things.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
mail me
direct.
Your LP-1000 doesn't have much to do, it's got a pretty hefty CPU inside as
well.
And get Portmon going, it will save a *lot* of hassle, it's a great program
for this type of thing. You can watch HRD chatting to the SDR.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
- Original Message -
From
No, I think there's a sort of vCOM solution available from MixW but N8VB's
is really good.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
- Original Message -
From: Jon Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Are you thinking of the REAudio drivers that comes with the RigExpert SD/
MixW? I've never been able to get
Regarding power meters, I came across the N8LP LP-100 which I bought so that
I know when I am *really* running 5W from my IC-703. This LP-100 is some
unit, comes as a kit or assembled, has a computer interface as well, so in
theory I could tell the software to run 5W and it can adjust the
The theory behind PSK shows that it is indeed far better than CW.
This next week I have to dig this out for a presentation, I'll copy it here
as well.
The idea behind PSK and QRP in general is brains, no brawn.
Simon Brown
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Hah! I was comparing PSK vs. standard CW (say 20 WPM), of course you
couldn't read my mind (what there is left).
I agree about the weak signal CW work, very interesting indeed.
I am currently designing and implementing a new digital software program, I
want to incorporate slow speed CW
[1] Not running a clean and linear signal, the rule is never use ALC.
[2] Mains hum due to lack of isolation between PC and radio.
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- Original Message -
From: Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One might wonder if the
500ms sounds like a timeout value to me, I assume you're running in async
mode, have the SDR-1000 set correctly on the CAT side?
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- Original Message -
From: David Ackrill [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OK, so on a laptop
hah! Should read 8,000Hz.
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- Original Message -
From: Simon Brown (HB9DRV) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
A user of my software is getting the error Error starting soundcard
Virtual Cable 1 In: Card doesn't
Hi,
A user of my software is getting the error Error starting soundcard Virtual
Cable 1 In: Card doesn't support 16bit,
800kHz, Mono format when using the VAC.
Any chance of a pointer to VAC and the supported modes?
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Hi Bob,
I'll keep you in the loop, it is 8kHz, not 800kHz :-)
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- Original Message -
From: Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Simon:
Name ANY card you can think of that supports 800 kHz.
Did you mean to
OK,
MME is what I need, thanks very much.
Simon Brown
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- Original Message -
From: Eric Wachsmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It ships with MME and DirectSound drivers if that is what you are asking.
I
don't think it has a
If I'm right I think that the SDR software could *theoretically* provide more
than the 'normal' 3kHz bandwidth to digital mode software?
If so, I see the SDR as becoming the ultimate digital mode radio.
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of software can display all digital mode
activity in the band segment.
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- Original Message -
From: Simon Brown (HB9DRV) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If I'm right I think that the SDR software could
I agree 100%. I am often asked to do 'something' so that a Digital Mode
program can run locally while connected to a remote soundcard. Obviously
some client/server TCP/IP solution is:
[1] Easy to write,
[2] Simple and good solution.
Connecting to the innards of the SDR software via IP is the
Does anyone use Firebox for PSK31 or other digital modes? I'm getting my
Delta 44 going at the moment and am considering a Firebox. I assume it'll be
stonking :-)
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- Original Message -
From: J. Crit Harley,
I'm starting new digital mode software over the next weeks, similar in
general idea to MixW and being written from the ground up for Windows
NT/2K/XP only.
If anyone from the Flex development group has specific requirements in this
area now would be the time to let me know so that the
I'm not planning to distribute with Flex, just have support (if required)
for direct access to the Flex software.
As it is IPC is quite easy, the inter-platform solution being TCP/IP which
would be fine in a local network. I'm not familiar with VAC as I haven't
needed to use it, but if there
Hi Bob,
No humour intended (!), here's some C++ code, it's really very simple, sadly
some formatting will be lost in the mail below. This really is the most
fool-proof way of listing COM ports which exist on a computer:
for (UINT nPort = 1; nPort = 255; nPort++)
{
//
// Form the Raw
Some HRD users have had problems installed N8VB's vCOM driver, so I have ad=
ded a configuration window to HRD to make life simpler. Build 1093 of HRD i=
s available here: http://www.ham-radio.ch/kits/beta/3.3/ .
In the Tools menu there is an option to configure N8VB's vCOM virtual seria=
l port
FWIW Ham Radio Deluxe will correctly show them, so you can use this as a
check if needed. I'm sure other programs show them as well.
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- Original Message -
From: Christopher T. Day [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You're sure this isn't an April Fool's Joke? No
Today I was thinking that the IC-7000 needs Flex Radio's SDR knowledge,
especially the front end. IC-7000 = nice idea, nice packaging, rotten RadCom
review, really rotten.
So I have just bought the TS-480SAT instead of the IC-7000 for portable /
mobile (also the Kenwood uses less current and
FWIW I am writing a program to map local serial ports to remote serial
ports. I found PC hangs with versions of the vCom.sys prior to build 226.
After installing 226 I have not had a problem.
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Programming today is a race between software engineers
- Original Message -
From: Eric Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Most of my local ham club have better computers than I do, and are
controlling their hardware radio's with them. Although I don't know that
this is the case all over the world, your software, as well as many other
free products
In case anyone is interested in trying Linux - VMware have made their server
free of charge (crazy guys)!
http://www.vmware.com/products/server/
So you can run Linux and Windows on the same PC simultaneously.
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- Original Message -
From: Eric
So that you can run both at the same time (simultaneously). Best of both
worlds - at once. Get a second monitor and - enjoy!
I am currently running 4 operating systems from a single Windows server,
VMware is the finest development tool out there.
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Hi,
For use with PSK31, not the SDR-1000: apart from
Creative, are there any other USB soundcards available?
I want something to use with my DELL laptop while
on holiday in two months.
Simon Brown---http://blog.hb9drv.ch/
Why not automate this via a scheduled job?
Overnight my development machine is copied to two other computers, all
source code is uploaded to a secure server 100 miles away.
And I am paranoid :-)
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- Original Message -
From: John B. Stephensen
For anyone who is wondering whether their ISP is as (un)reliable as Eric's,
you can take a copy of your database information using DOS and a Windows
scheduled task. I am using MySQL and with DOS the utility is mysqldump.exe .
Having learnt in the past how things can go wrong (lost servers and
The link to the script is here:
http://forums.ham-radio.ch/viewtopic.php?t=3692
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- Original Message -
From: Simon Brown (HB9DRV) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If anyone is interested I'll post the scripts I use in my own forums -
this is just a DOS .bat
Hey-ho a nice idea. I was thinking of something similar for my own software
and decided to have a small window - maybe system tray icon - where keyboard
/ mouse input is routed through to the main program. The code from
www.codejock.com has some nice ideas in the system tray area.
The glory
Just in case: I check whether a port exists by using
GetDefaultCommConfig() - if this returns nonzero then the port exists. COM1
to COM255 are valid. This is the only method of COM port detection which
really (really) works.
Fairy Nuff, but you'll miss ports which are 'accidentally in use. Myself I
prefer to tell the user that the port is in use (I get an Access error).
That way the user can unplug the offending device.
But I do take your point.
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Cough: some of us *only* use RPN - I have a fine collection!
Simon Brown
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- Original Message -
From: Philip M. Lanese [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Don't see many HP handheld calculators with RPN around anymore either.
I apologise for this being OT, but maybe it balances FlexRadio's
cutting-edge dash to the future.
I write code professionally and also for Ham Radio. I use the latest
computers and whirly bits. But if you ever come across any of my programs it
may interest you to know that when the going gets
What a crazy question: of course! This is one of the HP masterpieces.
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- Original Message -
From: José Dumoulin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Someone wants an HP 67 ? I have one gathering dust.
RPN is the natural way to think, it's also the way computers work. Once you
work with RPN it's more difficult to work with 'standard' calculators. In
fact it's much more difficult to create a standard calculator than it is to
create RPN, but the basic calculator chips are now so cheap it makes
Eric,
I suggest your developers (and myself)watch
http://www.codeproject.com/redir.asp?id=1364a
few times - we all have a lot to learn from Microsoft's new approach to
coding.
Time for bed before the idea catches
on.
Simon Brown---www.hb9drv.ch www.laax.ch
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Actually I am working on something similar for my
users when they start asking too many awkward questions ;-)
Simon Brown---www.hb9drv.ch www.laax.ch
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From:
Eric Wachsmann
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Hilarious! Where do I sign
up?
[ALL] I have made a note to myself to relax the polling rate with the
SDR-1000 - needed for remote links anyway.
[Wayne] What CPU do you have?
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From: José Dumoulin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Wayne
I do not confirm your
José - I don't kiss girls with moustaches! Maybe things are different in
your country :-)
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- Original Message -
From: José Dumoulin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Wayne
I do not confirm your observation. Here, CPU usage jumps from around 5 %
without
For reasons best known to myself at the time I refresh the SDR data very
quickly - much more quickly than other radios. I can drop this down, but
maybe one of the SDR-1000 CAT implementers can take a look?
In HRD you set the polling frequency via the Options - select the Frequency
page and
Right-click on the task bar - select from popup menu.
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- Original Message -
From: Larry W8ER [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Leon .. Yes,
If Windows says it's VSYS.com then it probably is. Are you using N8VB's
latest build? To help it's best to let Windows make a full crash dump file
so that N8VB can analyse with you later.
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I gave a talk about Ham Radio Deluxe at the Swiss
Hamfest last weekend, after the talk the biggest question was the SDR-1000
(during that talk I showed a picture saying that SDR is the
future).
Simon Brown---www.hb9drv.ch www.laax.ch
RSGB HF Convention: Friday 7th - Sunday 9th October
Found this yesterday:
http://www.serial-port-monitor.com/index.html
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Suggestion to Flex (if not already implemented)
pressing Shift should slow down by a factor or two, pressing Ctrl by a factor of
5,Ctrl+Shift by a factor of 10. I have found this useful in my own
software and is a more-or-less Windows-compatible keyboard
interaction.
Simon
Hi,
This means that you have selected the wrong COM port or the speed is wrong.
As you are using the virtual COM port I am confused - this should just work!
For virtual COM port use the speed is irrelevant - I used 115,200 when
testing a few weeks ago.
So the only thing to check is that you
Hi,
I will help as I can - please run Portmon -
http://www.ham-radio.ch/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47highlight=portmon - run it
in HEX mode and we will see all that is happening on the COM port.
Please put the log into a ZIP archive and send to me or upload to
ftp://www.ham-radio.ch/common/ . I
I have noticed lockups with Ham Radio Deluxe.
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- Original Message -
From: Bill Tracey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jerry -- is N1MM the only
I am currently wondering what to do for satellite
operation. As I am building my station up I am testing with the FT-817 which is
OK-ish, but not the best. My current thoughts are to buy the IC-910H this year
which is fine for 2m and 70cms.
Is anyone using the SDR-1000 as a basis for
Bob,
What are you using for 430 Mhz?
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- Original Message -
From: Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Simon:
I am using two SDR-1000's to make a transponder for SDR transponder
demonstration purposes and there is nothing stopping you from
Thanks - an option I have also considered but the hassle of buying from the
US etc. has put me off so far - just can't be bothered at the moment but it
is a fine option.
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- Original Message -
From: Robert McGwier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A
Kuhne is great - but the price - I would have to start selling software to
be able to finance a couple of these transverters. A Kuhne transverter is
more expensive than the SDR-1000 :-(
Anyway I will be lent a IC-910H for a few weeks so I can try that route.
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I experienced horrendous QRM from a 15 CRT when it was plugged into the
rear of my IC-7800. I could not resolve it - so I bought a 15 TFT.
If you have a TFT then I would suggest a couple of ferrites.
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From:
I have the Delta 44 but would like to be able to
send the output audio through another soundcard. Not essential, just would be
nice.
Simon Brown---www.hb9drv.ch www.laax.ch
While wiring things up last week I cam to the conclusion that a 3.5 mm
stereo connector on the back is not longer appropriate if the Delta 44 with
the 1/4 plugs is the preferred sound card. Sadly FlexRadio can't see into
the future. My choice would be a DIN plug but not something as small as
Noise you call it? When using one of my many PC's
it sounded like WWIII with special effects by Stephen Spielberg and a backing
track by Ozzie Osborne! Yet on my new DELL 3000 there's no noise at all - or at
least I can use 6m when the sporadic-e Deitiesswitch thepropagation
ovens on.
While tuning over 50MHz with Ham Radio Deluxe + new beta 1.4.4 (I think it
is) I noticed that the receiver couldn't keep up with rapid changes in
frequency. After a few fast changes I got almost no audio output until the
frequency had been constant for maybe ~ 200ms or so.
This isn't a
Soundcards support many formats, 16 bit 8000 Hz is a basic format and is all
that is needed for PSK31, anything more is overkill. HRD and WinWarbler use
the same core software for PSK31 send / receive.
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From: Ignacio
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