Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-27 Thread Bob Cowdery
On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 09:52 -0400, Robert McGwier wrote: Bob Cowdery wrote: On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 19:20 -0500, KE5EUP wrote: I'd like to have: 1. A platform independent GUI. 2. An IDE that makes GUI development nice (i.e. NOT VC6 style). I think one should

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-24 Thread Paul Shaffer
I offered this code as an example of a 2.0 port. I bailed out on it in March, since it was very time consuming, and there was absolutely no resonance with the folks on the reflector. It started as a kind of jigsaw project, just sorting the pieces into object categories, would need to be

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-19 Thread Bob Cowdery
On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 19:20 -0500, KE5EUP wrote: I'd like to have: 1. A platform independent GUI. 2. An IDE that makes GUI development nice (i.e. NOT VC6 style). I think one should consider in all this the push into distribution with Erlang which frees up each node to be in the

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-19 Thread Bob . Edwards
IF you wanted to maximise the SDR1000 group participation in programming I'd say that the design architecture is paramount and would lead onto choosing the programming language(s) to suit the structure best. As a family man with limited time for hobbies I'd like to be able to develop a small

[Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Jerry Flanders
Could someone from the software team give us an update on the search for the new set of tools. Does it look promising? Any estimate of when might we be able to switch over (if ever)? Jerry W4UK At 03:37 10/18/2006, Ken Klein wrote: Rick; I'm waiting for the version that uses the free tools,

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Tim Ellison
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Flanders Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:12 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan) Could someone from the software team give us an update on the search for the new set

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Mark Mumaw
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Flanders Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:12 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan) Could someone from the software team give us

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Jerry Flanders
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Flanders Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:12 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan) Could someone from the software team give us an update on the search for the new set of tools. Does it look promising

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Jim Lux
At 08:36 AM 10/18/2006, Tim Ellison wrote: The release of the new version shouldn't be the primary criteria for purchasing the IDE for version 1.x I believe, that there is not going to be point in the future (if ever) where PowerSDR 1.x will not be usable with the SDR-1000 hardware. Flex has not

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/18/06, James Courtier-Dutton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric wrote on 10/10/06 We ARE NOT planning on using the same tools for the future versions of the software. Rather, we will use FREE TOOLS. We have not settled 100% on what those free tools will be, but right Visual Studio

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/18/06, Tim Ellison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The release of the new version shouldn't be the primary criteria for purchasing the IDE for version 1.x I believe, that there is not going to be point in the future (if ever) where PowerSDR 1.x will not be usable with the SDR-1000 hardware.

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Jerry Flanders
At 17:26 10/18/2006, you wrote: Another think to think about is that someone could take up converting PowerSDR console to work with .NET 2.0. Since C# Express is free, someone could get started on this with no monetary investment in development tools. The other supporting library DLLs, like

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Jim Lux
At 11:29 AM 10/18/2006, Philip Covington wrote: Well, the first place I would start is to open the Console project file in C# Express and let it convert the project - then start fixing the problems with .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0 from there. You will get well over 400 warnings and errors when you load

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/18/06, Bob Cowdery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 13:20 -0400, Philip Covington wrote: On 10/18/06, James Courtier-Dutton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric wrote on 10/10/06 We ARE NOT planning on using the same tools for the future versions of the software.

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Eric Wachsmann
Covington Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 3:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FlexList Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan) ...Sounds like the plan is the Console will stay in C# though, using WinForms and .NET 2

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Bob Cowdery
] radio.biz] On Behalf Of Philip Covington Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 3:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FlexList Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan) ...Sounds like the plan is the Console will stay in C# though, using WinForms and .NET 2

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/18/06, Eric Wachsmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not necessarily. I would prefer to have a cross platform solution. I have not evaluated Eclipse yet, but it sounds like it could be an alternative. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems I thought Eclipse was a development environment. Are

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Eric Wachsmann
is, for all practical purposes, Windows only. Eric Wachsmann FlexRadio Systems -Original Message- From: Philip Covington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:12 PM To: Eric Wachsmann Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FlexList Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Philip Covington
On 10/18/06, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:29 AM 10/18/2006, Philip Covington wrote: Well, the first place I would start is to open the Console project file in C# Express and let it convert the project - then start fixing the problems with .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0 from there. You will

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Jim Lux
At 01:36 PM 10/18/2006, Philip Covington wrote: On 10/18/06, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:29 AM 10/18/2006, Philip Covington wrote: Well, the first place I would start is to open the Console project file in C# Express and let it convert the project - then start fixing the problems

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Jim Lux
At 02:43 PM 10/18/2006, Eric Wachsmann wrote: I'd like to have: 1. A platform independent GUI. 2. An IDE that makes GUI development nice (i.e. NOT VC6 style). I am not stuck on any tool or language at this point as I don't have enough information to say, This is the best tool or This is the best

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Ken Klein
:00 PM To: Eric Wachsmann; 'Philip Covington' Cc: 'FlexList' Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan) At 02:43 PM 10/18/2006, Eric Wachsmann wrote: I'd like to have: 1. A platform independent GUI. 2. An IDE that makes GUI development nice (i.e. NOT VC6 style). I

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread Jim Lux
At 04:10 PM 10/18/2006, Ken Klein wrote: Jim; Please excuse a really dumb question: Why NOT use Java??? Seems to me for an Open Source project such as this, that would be the first choice. Not a dumb question at all. It would revolve around whether you want to have maximum portability or

Re: [Flexradio] Q for software team (Was: PowerSDR Open Source Fan)

2006-10-18 Thread KE5EUP
I have an uninformed question. What about Python? Forgive the ignorance, I have a series of books and learning it is on my short list this winter. The web site states and I quote below: Python runs on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, OS/2, Amiga, Palm Handhelds, and Nokia mobile phones. Python