Re: [Flexradio] Help with MixW

2008-07-19 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
there rather thoroughly recently. Join the list (over 4K members!): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mixw/?v=1t=directorych=webpub=groupsse c=dirslk=1 de Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman

Re: [Flexradio] Dropouts in VAC stream (was: differences betweenPSK31 demodulators)

2008-07-20 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
as opposed to once every few SECONDS). I'm sorry... I know that's not super helpful... but random walking through combinations of options is the only thing that worked for me. de Peter K1PGV P.S. Regarding writing a replacement for VAC: I write Windows drivers for a living, and even teach seminars

Re: [Flexradio] Dropouts in VAC stream (was: differences betweenPSK31 demodulators)

2008-07-20 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
(making it non-pagable) and... the problem was solved. de Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] Dropouts in VAC stream

2008-07-22 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Windows licenses work. No more than 4GB of memory is supported on a 32-bit Windows client-type system (irrespective of PAE, for you computer types). de Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] On software development by groups, in general

2008-08-04 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
development capabilities should be a key part of their strategy. de Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] DPC's Question

2008-08-10 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
time, I'll write up a tutorial that explains this for the software-inclined among you who may be interested. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] surprising computer configuration

2008-08-12 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
, custom case, etc. Have you seen: http://www.stealth.com/littlepc_450_standard.htm You can configure quite a powerful little system, and it's 1.65(h)x5.6(w)x9.9(d) -- which is about the same volume as the AOpen boxes. The major tradeoff on these little guys appears to be graphics... Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] DPC's - The Continuing Saga...

2008-08-17 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
, comprehensive, DPC analysis program that can be used by amateurs with FlexRadio hardware. Sigh... If I could just get the time to write one. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flexradio] [OT] Mac mini as PowerSDR machine

2008-08-18 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
? Peter K1PGV ___ 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://kb.flex-radio.com

Re: [Flexradio] [OT] Mac mini as PowerSDR machine

2008-08-18 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
and such for RSX-11M (and IAS) for Digital, back in the day. Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] [OT] Mac mini as PowerSDR machine

2008-08-20 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
of between 800 and 4,000 MFlops/second. YMMV and all that. So... a PC beats a Cray-1 hands-down. And while the PC will fit on your desk, it doesn't have the comfy leather cushions around the outside (over the power supplies). So, the Cray still wins by that measure. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] Windows XP 64 bit version with Power SDR v1.14

2008-09-08 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
from Verisign. It costs $500/year. As to why the driver is disabled, even in test mode... this is NOT a Vista feature. We routinely test 64-bit drivers in test mode for extended periods of time. It MIGHT be a Windows defender feature or something else, I don't know. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] Microsoft .NET and PowerSDR

2008-09-19 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
they want to use in their application (or, indeed, even choose the version to use dynamically). Hope that helps, Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex

Re: [Flexradio] VISTA 64

2008-10-09 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
not difficult (though it IS initially annoying... I'll be happy to help the relevant Flex folks with the procedure, I sign drivers regularly as part of my job), and the necessary Class 3 Code Signing Certificate costs less than $250 for one year (less if you get a cert good for multiple years). Peter

Re: [Flexradio] VISTA 64

2008-10-09 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
wrote on it. HP signs the drivers, not my company. The one fee of $250 per year is for as many drivers as you want to sign in that year. You pay per certificate, not per driver signed. Peter K1PGV -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09

Re: [Flexradio] VISTA 64

2008-10-10 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
(assuming no competition for memory resources by other processes, ymmv, etc, blah blah). Hope that helps, Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] VISTA 64

2008-10-10 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
QUOTE Is this the problem ? /QUOTE It is not ideal, sharing IRQs is best avoided when possible, but it is not NECESSARILY a problem. Sorry, but this is a very fuzzy area where there are few absolutes, Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List

Re: [Flexradio] DPCs

2008-10-11 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Try moving the cards, especially the 1394 card, to different slots on your motherboard. This can result in the card using different interrupt lines, which can change DPC/ISR latency. It's not a slam-dunk of a solution, but it's worth trying. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] Computer

2008-10-13 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
auto updates. You tell them to install other software at their own risk. When a new Service Pack is released, or a new OS version, you do another round of qualifications. Seriously... it's done all the time. Peter OSR ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List

Re: [Flexradio] Firewire ExpressCard Advice

2008-10-27 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
of problems with cards that use OTHER than the TI chipset. The cards using the VIA chipsets are, in our experience, the worst. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio Digest, Vol 45, Issue 28

2009-01-30 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
to a program regardless of that programming having focus (or not) was a standard feature available with the PowerMate. I haven't played with my PowerMate for a while... do I remember incorrectly?? Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex

Re: [Flexradio] Huge latency spikes

2009-02-18 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
engineering, and it's precisely what we have to deal with in Windows drivers. Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] small, dedicated computer for F5Ka (How about XPe?)

2009-03-03 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
not sure why this didn't occur to me before... If no one has tried it, I'll try to get the time to give it a shot in the next week or so, Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flexradio] 5000 remote

2009-03-10 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
?? Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexRadio] VAC with Vista X64

2009-03-20 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
forced to go to XP by Microsoft. Microsoft has committed to supporting Windows XP until 2014. That's, oh, 4 or 5 years after the release of Windows 7. BY THE WAY: Windows 7 promises to be a reasonably good operating system. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexRadio] VAC with Vista X64

2009-03-20 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
most corporate environments for several years yet. That is a fact. Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexRadio] VAC with Vista X64

2009-03-20 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
, but Geek Squad DOES this sort of thing, so it's not out of the realm of possibility). I agree it's not trivial. But neither is getting stuff to work on Vista. The vast majority of hams using software radios are NOT people who work on operating systems for a living. Lucky for them! Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] [FlexRadio] VAC with Vista X64

2009-03-20 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
looking forward to. Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] Rebuilding PC - go XP or Vista? Also what PC powersupply to get?

2009-03-29 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
of the archives will net you more opinions than you wish to hear on this topic :-) Peter K1PGV ___ 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] RX2 Controls

2009-04-07 Thread Peter E. Beedlow
From Brian's, (WB6RQN/J79BPL) post And while I am on this rant, why does the layout of controls for RX2 have to be so totally different from RX1? When switching between receivers is makes me crazy to have to stop and carefully scan the screen to locate the button I want because it is in a totally

Re: [Flexradio] computer latency utility

2009-04-22 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
disk drive. What can you tell us about your storage stack configuration, such as interface, drivers, number of disks, etc? Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flexradio] Which OS?

2009-04-23 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
to bludgeon the MP HAL and NTOSKRMP onto the system with a bit of work. I think it would definitely worth trying... Note that this is a good alternative to using XP Embedded (because it's BASED on XP Embedded) as I was discussing a couple of weeks ago. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] (OT) Windows7

2009-05-04 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
. I won't touch Vista with the proverbial 10-foot pole, and while I'm not exactly ready to change over my home or work systems to run Win7, it's darn impressive. Which made me sort of sad, because I had enjoyed bashing Vista so much. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] New architecture SVN Alpha code?

2009-05-10 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
to see exactly the same situation in action, check out the Squeezebox audio device. But... c'mon. Just cuz a guy takes umbrage at receiving a flippant reply doesn't mean he should have his head handed to him. He DID buy the radio, and IS entitled to his views. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] Feedback wanted on new PC idea

2009-05-17 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
to be able to upgrade from Win7RC to Win7 Gold (without manually editing the installation files). And, note that there's no upgrade from XP to Win7 either. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] Found the FLEX-3000 latency problem

2009-05-22 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
slot over). Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Frequency change by slidingacrosspanadapter

2009-05-23 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
evaluated and only Firewire was able to meet all of the stringent requirements. I don't know what the additional factors might have been, but it is simply not correct to state that 1394 is the only medium that can handle this data rate. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] Audio Drop-out Latency

2009-05-29 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Super Speed) to deal with. Oh, that'll be a treat. Peter OSR ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] vhf/uhf digital modes and repeater operation

2009-06-02 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
that's used in the inexpensive commodity AMBE decoder for D-Star does not do this. I do know that DVSI has a board-level product that will do P25 decoding, the VC-55-PR. Unfortunately, it's just a bit over $900 per board in small quantities. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] Is it worth the trouble??

2009-06-02 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
it again. Best radio I ever bought. So, yes, I'd definitely buy it again, and I'd recommend anyone else buy one in a second. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flexradio] Windows XP Pro

2009-06-09 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Use the latest service pack. Lots of fixes, no disadvantages of which I am aware. Peter K1PGV -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex- radio.biz] On Behalf Of Bruce Mills - KL7JDR Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 1:31 PM To: FlexRadio

Re: [Flexradio] 5000A es XP Home

2009-06-09 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
. b) You cannot access an XP Home system remotely using RDP (Windows Remote Desktop). c) You cannot remotely access the contents of the Program Files folder, or various other folders. Aside from policy issues like these, it's the same operating system. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] All using SVN 3166 or higher

2009-06-18 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
be sensible. But restrict who can join? I think that'd be a darn shame. Peter K1PGV ___ 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

[Flexradio] PowerSDR and Digital Modes Overview (was Fldigi)

2009-06-25 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
First, PowerSDR is the radio itself. Your Flex 5000 or Flex 3000 plus your computer running PowerSDR *IS* the radio. That was a darn good introductory overview that Brian posted... Perhaps it can be archived as a KB article for those with similar questions in future? Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] HRD V 5

2009-07-06 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
this delay problem with DM780 (to my SDR-1000) for quite a long time. If it's any help, the delay seems variable. I'm going to try V5 right now to see if I can repro what I've seen previously on the newest release. Thanks to Simon for looking into this. Peter K1PGV

[Flexradio] Happy Surprises DO Happen -- V1.18.1 is GREAT

2009-07-06 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
teams... WELL DONE. I found the change between V1.10.4 and V1.18.1 nothing short of dramatic, and very FB. The radio really does... keep getting better. Even the SDR-1000. And even for a very demanding Digital Mode operator. Just thought you'd like to know, Peter K1PGV

[Flexradio] Fine Tuning the DDS Offset

2009-07-06 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
version of PowerSDR, I notice the phase display now shows a line instead of a dot... mine's slanted from about 11 to 5 on the clock. Is there a different procedure now to do the manual DDS offset correction? Thanks, Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio

Re: [Flexradio] Fine Tuning the DDS Offset

2009-07-06 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Change to DSB mode rather than SAM or AM http://kc.flex-radio.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50175.aspx Check your mode setting, you are probably in SAM. Both spot on... Duh! Thanks... Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex

Re: [Flexradio] Venting about VAC 4 with SDR 1.18.1 (but I know Iam somehow the problem)

2009-07-12 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
no way to know in advance by looking at a system, it's packaging, or its components and know whether it'll work well for our uses. The motherboard, the peripherals, and the software -- right down to the driver version -- all matter. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] WTB: Mint Flex 5000A

2009-07-22 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
, or of Mods... Take a position on this PLEASE? Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] I wish PowerSDR tuning/display worked like this...

2009-07-26 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
is listening in a WIDE filter so you can see it on your digital mode program's waterfall). I prototyped a code-change for this (it was VERY easy to implement) and submitted a feature request for this over 2 years ago (#921). Never heard a word on it... Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] Roofing filters, preselectors, oh my!

2009-08-01 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
they run twisted and shielded? Or is the I2C bus significantly less noise prone than the SMBus (they are essentially the same bus, modulo a few details such as slightly different logic levels -- the same 2-wire devices will work on either). Curious... Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] Book?

2009-08-01 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
can print on demand small runs of a good quality soft-cover book very reasonably. Gone are the days when you needed to do a press-run of 10K copies and then stockpile them. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http

Re: [Flexradio] Windows 7...worth the trouble?

2009-08-02 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
versions. Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] [SPAM] Re: Looking for PowerSDR Friendly Anti-virussoftware

2009-08-07 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
. It's pretty well regarded in the technical community. I can also recommend BitDefender from personal experience, which is what I happen to be running on my x64 system, though I have NOT tried this with PowerSDR the disk I/O does not seem to be high. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] Special computer

2009-08-10 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
installed a different version of ONE of the drivers. That's all it'll take to send your DPC latency soaring through the roof... a single driver update. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman

Re: [Flexradio] How accurate is the SWR meter in PSDR?

2009-08-28 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
of equipment. My LP-100 has earned my trust many times over. I would be *very* surprised to find out the LP-100 was giving you incorrect readings, Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman

Re: [Flexradio] Some initial comments - part 3 or so....

2009-09-14 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
the while producing radios that ordinary people can afford? Definitely. Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] VAC409 installation

2009-09-26 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
?? The process takes less than 30 seconds... you just need the right certs. Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio SDR-1000, 1500 and 3000.

2009-10-06 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
it! And heck... after a few months you could always sell the SDR-1000 and buy a 3K :-) Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail

Re: [Flexradio] Problem with 1.18.3 and VAC

2009-10-22 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
that connects to the cable establishes the sampling frequency. I dunno if that even COULD be a problem in your case, but I know I've had problems with MixW and the like unless I start the programs using the VAC in the correct order. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] 5000A Freeze

2009-10-23 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
, and everything to do with adherence to Microsoft policies and procedures. Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] USB to Serial Converter Question

2009-11-04 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] Flex settings for great AM ?

2009-11-20 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
enjoyed AM... Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] WSPR ver. 2.0 released, improved set-up with PowerSDR now

2009-11-23 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
? Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] Digital Trunking SDR

2009-11-25 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
. Peter K1PGV ___ 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

[Flexradio] In Praise of VSP Manager (was RE: SDR-1000 cat control to MixW)

2009-12-09 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
I recently switched to VSP manager (for use with my SDR-1000) from vComm. VSP Manager works perfectly and is a great asset to the amateur radio community. We owe a debt of gratitude to K5FR for writing this program and procuring the OEM license from Eltima. Really good stuff. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] arcane video cable question...

2009-12-14 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
un-used at present.. this is a 'digital' video cable? (how many fingers am I holding up? Sorry...) The most arcane video cable *I* know of, at last as of today, is DisplayPort: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] Band Plans

2009-12-21 Thread Peter E. Beedlow
I'd just love to see the bands plan indications disappear, I'm a big boy now and I know what and where my privileges are! Or maybe an option to select whether you want them to appear or not. Pete, NN9K -Original Message- From: Nige [mailto:ni...@hotmail.com] Sent: December/21/2009

Re: [Flexradio] Fully Automated, robotic?

2010-01-11 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
, Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] Manual Notch

2010-01-20 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Well, a manual notch with user selectable or draggable width would be most useful. A manual notch filter would be exceptionally useful for digital modes, as well. It's something I have often wished for. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems

Re: [Flexradio] Virtual Serial Ports question

2010-01-26 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
. You need to build or download a copy of the 64-bit driver. Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] iPad and Flex

2010-01-27 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
of the PowerSDR (to acquire the data, process it, the on-screen drawing, etc). And that's ASSUMING the iPad has enough horsepower for the job. I'm with Neal... Better off waiting for Deep Impact, Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio

[Flexradio] QSK

2010-01-28 Thread Peter E. Beedlow
I'm CW 99.9 % of the time; it's those few DX stations on 6-meters that don't work CW that drive me to find a microphone. And yes I'm another that is not completely satisfied with the QSK with my 5000C. Moving from the Orion keying to the Flex keying was tough! Agreed the newer versions of PSDR

Re: [Flexradio] Which OS?

2010-02-27 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
not guessing or relying on internet lore about any of this: I've been through just about every line of code in Wow-64... and there's not a lot of it. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] Which OS?

2010-02-27 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
of 64-bit Windows working with both Microsoft and AMD as a consultant. There's also an advantage to being able to read the Windows source code :-) Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] No power out

2010-03-01 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
motherboards. (BTW... I can't even BEGIN to guess at what those other things are. Strange indeed.) Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http

Re: [Flexradio] No power out

2010-03-02 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
) become the more tightly intertwined with the BIOS things become and the more critical and complicated system integration gets. Fun! Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Flexradio] No power out

2010-03-02 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
to identify good quality computer or networking equipment. Price alone is not an indicator of quality, and clear engineering specifications are often lacking. Example: Ever try to find a REALLY good quality Gigabit Ethernet switch? Good luck... Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] Anderson power flexradio power cord

2010-03-22 Thread Peter E. Beedlow
Or use an MFJ-1106 for the power distribution. Pete, NN9K -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison [mailto:telli...@itsco.com] Sent: March/22/2010 7:53 AM To: ke6...@aol.com; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Anderson power flexradio power cord Although not the best

Re: [Flexradio] Updated - My 64 Bit Windows 7 Adventure (DPCs explained... again)

2010-04-16 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
it as well. But, a well-written driver servicing a nicely designed piece of modern hardware should be able to get close to this guideline in most circumstances. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex

Re: [Flexradio] Updated - My 64 Bit Windows 7 Adventure (DPCs explained... again)

2010-04-16 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
. Unfortunately, that'll take a couple of weeks. Peter K1PGV From: Joe Camilli [mailto:joen7...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 12:44 PM To: Peter G. Viscarola Cc: Tim Ellison; Mark Ericksen; Flexradio Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Updated - My 64 Bit Windows 7 Adventure (DPCs explained... again

Re: [Flexradio] Common Mode Chokes - Purchasing Ferrite

2010-04-19 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
missed the cite the first time as I did: http://www.yccc.org/Articles/W1HIS/CommonModeChokesW1HIS2006Apr06.pdf ) Somehow, I feel like I need more ferrites now :-) Did someone say group buy? Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex

Re: [Flexradio] IRQ Sharing with Expresscard 1394 Adapter

2010-05-01 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
, and check to see which controller it's using. You can see how devices are connected by selecting View... Devices By Connection in Device Manager. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman

[Flexradio] BobSmeter-Flex RX2 with a 5000C VSPE

2010-05-06 Thread Peter E. Beedlow
Does any have BobSmeter-Flex working with RX2 on a 5000C (should be the same as a 5000A) using VSPE? If so I'd like to see your VSPE and BobSmeter-Flex configuration. PSDR - 1.18.5 Firewire Driver - 3.5.0.7171 First instance of the meter works fine with main receiver but will not work as an RX2

Re: [Flexradio] FLEX-1500 Question

2010-05-20 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
You will not be able to use win2k as your os as dot net isn't compatible with it, if I remember correctly. .Net V2.0 and earlier supports Win2K... .Net 3.0 and later will NOT work on Win2K. HTH, P ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List

Re: [Flexradio] sleepy computer and PSDR

2010-07-28 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Thanks to everyone for the replies and the nifty files but the quest continues to find a fully automated way of doing this. I'm confused: Windows can be set to sleep automatically when the system is idle. Isn't that what you want to do? Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] sleepy computer and PSDR

2010-07-28 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Sounds like he only wants it to sleep when PowerSDR is not running, which would require PowerSDR to inhibit suspending to ram, or a third-party program to inhibit suspend when it sees PowerSDR active. Ah, yes. Quite correct. I see the problem now: If PowerSDR doesn’t indicate a user is

Re: [Flexradio] More computer questions--mouse, trackball, etc ??

2010-08-19 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
that's shared with other devices). Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] USB vs Firewire

2010-09-11 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
choice, IMNSHO. The best choice would be Gigabit Ethernet. Oh, by the way: Even THEN you'll have to be concerned about DPCs and latency... Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman

Re: [Flexradio] USB3 USB3 USB3

2010-09-14 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
. This will make USB 3.0 particularly desirable in laptops. Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] OT: Upgrading to Win7?

2010-09-16 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
people to upgrade to newer Microsoft software. Peter K1PGV ___ 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

Re: [Flexradio] DICE(y) problem?

2010-10-18 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
. I initially turned this stuff off as a matter of course. But once I got more used to it (on Win7) I leave it enabled on my laptop... it's a pretty decent security blanket and doesn't really get in the way much in my experience. Peter K1PGV

Re: [Flexradio] DICE(y)uac off ?how

2010-10-18 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Google is your friend – One description which looks pretty accurate to me: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/12/30/how-to-disable-and-turn-off-uac-in-windows-7/ Peter K1PGV From: paim [mailto:paimg0...@btinternet.com] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 2:05 PM To: Peter G. Viscarola; Neal Campbell

Re: [Flexradio] Legacy vs. Current (?) Firewire Drivers?

2010-10-24 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
, Peter K1PGV -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex- radio.biz] On Behalf Of Neal Campbell Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 2:00 PM To: Tim Ellison Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Legacy vs. Current (?) Firewire

Re: [Flexradio] DPC's ?? Why a problem?

2010-10-27 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
it was impractical. Peter K1PGV ___ 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.flexradio.com

Re: [Flexradio] FlexRadio-An Important Perspective

2010-11-10 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
that only each customer can determine for themselves... regardless of the number of LOC that any given developer writes. Peter K1PGV ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex

[Flexradio] Revert back to V1.18.5

2010-11-13 Thread Peter E. Beedlow
I can't seem to access the Knowledge Base, would someone please tell me where (or send me) the instructions for moving back to PSDR 1.18.5. I cannot get V2.0.16 Beta to send recognizable CW either with the internal keyer or an external one. It won't even send a string of 6 dits in a recognizable

Re: [Flexradio] Comparing Flex to K3 for contesting

2010-11-14 Thread Peter E. Beedlow
Well said!! Pete, NN9K -Original Message- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Jack Haverty Sent: November/14/2010 2:34 PM To: Drax Felton Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Comparing Flex to K3 for contesting

Re: [Flexradio] SDR-5000 power output

2010-11-27 Thread Peter E. Beedlow
Similar interesting output indications here. For example on 12 and 17-meters 60 watts output to a dummy load and if I leave the drive slider at 100 watts I get a hard crash of PSDR and the computer. (Stock 5KC and V1.18.3) If the problem persists after there is a really stable version of PSDR

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