Hi Christos, I am going to install the latest version of powersdr and since I have done the RX calibrations I am wondering how to do it without losing the...
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Christos Nikolaou
sv1eia
Nov 1, 2008 4:32 pm
Hi Ray, The file PowerSDR.mdb inside the program folder holds all configuration information. If you save this file and restore it back it will preserve all...
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w7rjc
Nov 2, 2008 4:39 am
... wrote: Hi Christos, OK on saving the powersdr.mdb file. I have just started using the HSUSB on the sdr computer and all seems ok. Guess I can get used to...
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brainerdd
Nov 2, 2008 6:23 am
... Ray: The Si570 uses the I2C interface. It is a serial interface that uses one line for a data line and one line as a clock line. In the case of the...
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Christos Nikolaou
sv1eia
Nov 2, 2008 10:51 am
Ray, This is the second report that I get for clicks on HSUSB. I'm sure its not the interface, but it has to be something I did (or not did) in the program and...
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danhop7a
Nov 2, 2008 1:12 pm
I finally have an uncorrupted download of 1.12.03 (I think!) Is there any way to tell if the program is uncorrupted? The sound card is a USB Creative Blaster...
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on8dc
Nov 2, 2008 1:46 pm
I did have same with SB24 usb change latency manual and switch back then it disappears. At least in my case. Dont have problem with rocky winrad. Also in 48khz...
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Christos Nikolaou
sv1eia
Nov 2, 2008 2:32 pm
A few things needs to be noted now that we go towards the USB interfaces. If you have multiple USB ports, use a dedicated one for the audio card and a...
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w7rjc
Nov 2, 2008 8:01 pm
... <sv1eia@> ... any at ... the ... have ... more ... uses one line for a data line and ... is bidirectional and the clock ... address. ... I am feeding my...
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w7rjc
Nov 2, 2008 8:05 pm
... me know if I can be of any help. Ray W7RJC ... (or ... 2000ppm ... stop ... it ... below 40m. ... <sv1eia@> ... any at ... the ... have ... more ... it ......
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brainerd@...
brainerdd
Nov 2, 2008 9:01 pm
... That is the correct way as long as you have the HSUSB supply(or the sam voltage level) connected to pin 1 of the Si570 board connector. Dave - WB6DHW ...
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w7rjc
Nov 2, 2008 9:47 pm
... all ... have ... hsusb is ... the ... much ... that ... line ... separate ... if ... from ... there ... the sam voltage level) ... gotten by a wire from...
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danhop7a
Nov 3, 2008 1:30 pm
Hi Christos, and Erik, You are right. Setting sampling to 48000 and putting in some latency solved the problem. The problem I had was in finding where to put...
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w7rjc
Nov 4, 2008 1:23 am
Hi all, I have started using the HSUSB and sometimes I have trouble getting the RXTX to "get going" and change freq. Is there a statup sequence for .. starting...
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danhop7a
Nov 4, 2008 3:00 pm
I would like to get the frequency that the PowerSDR is tuned to via the serial port as described in "How to Setup a SoftRock RXTXv6.x with PowerSDR-sr40" by...
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Christos Nikolaou
sv1eia
Nov 4, 2008 3:03 pm
The only startup sequence that I can think of is that you need to have the HSUSB already plugged in when PowerSDR-IQ starts since it seeks to find the device...
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Christos Nikolaou
sv1eia
Nov 4, 2008 6:07 pm
Hi Dan, The serial functionality that you refer to is not present in this version. The PowerSDR-IQ is a direct descendant of Flex's version 1.12.0 whereas the...
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Guido
threemethree
Nov 4, 2008 8:03 pm
Hello Dan, Only with powersdr-sr40 it is possible to do this (powersdr-iq is not capable). Here are some examples: by Cesco, HB9TLK,...
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danhop7a
Nov 4, 2008 8:25 pm
Hi Christos, Thanks for the prompt reply. Oh well, I have my end done and ready to go. I can send the frequency using a terminal program. OK, here is a...
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danhop7a
Nov 4, 2008 8:45 pm
Hi Guido, Thank you for clearing that up for me. Now, I have to go through that big download hassle again on my dial-up! Thanks for the links to the .hex and...
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Guido
threemethree
Nov 4, 2008 9:06 pm
... Hello Dan, Sure. It should be exactly as described in "How to Setup a SoftRock RXTXv6.x with PowerSDR-sr40". Here are some excerpts: Serial Communication...
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Christos Nikolaou
sv1eia
Nov 4, 2008 9:49 pm
... Guido knows how to tease me There is a new file in downloads, a version 1.12.04 that has already this functionality as described and just got uploaded. ->...
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cesco12342000
Nov 7, 2008 10:47 am
One question to Christos and Guido, now that we schould soon have switching BPF with the softrock i need to read not only the si570 hex data but also the...
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Christos Nikolaou
sv1eia
Nov 7, 2008 3:17 pm
Hi Cesco, The serial output up to now is sending the frequency ascii first and then the Si570 hex. I say up to now because there is another version that has...
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Christos Nikolaou
sv1eia
Nov 7, 2008 10:32 pm
Hi, The version of PowerSDR-IQ with serial readout has been upgraded a bit. Now you can have not only the LO having the problems of center frequency or IF but...
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cesco12342000
Nov 8, 2008 1:52 am
... That makes me think that it would be more flexible to leave the BPF control to psdr insted of the controller for serial connections. Otherwise everytime i...
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Guido
threemethree
Nov 8, 2008 3:08 am
... Hello Cesco, Yes I see. Currently, powersdr-sr40 will send I2C hex bytes first, followed by ASCII frequency. A way to deal with this busy periods in the...
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cesco12342000
Nov 8, 2008 3:32 am
I do suggest a separate "bpf message". entry in psdr could be bpf setting 1: from low freq xxx - to high freq xxx bpf setting 2: from low freq xxx - to high...
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Christos Nikolaou
sv1eia
Nov 8, 2008 8:33 am
Hi Cesco, I was planning this LPF/BPF parametrization among other things to go into the next version (1.14). Although nobody asked for it yet, I already have...
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danhop7a
Nov 11, 2008 3:22 pm
Hi all, Here is some information on using the Softrock Lite + Xtall v8.3 receiver with PowerSDR-IQ. It was very easy to enable the serial port to send...
