Other companies use the free open source powersdr software we developed to compete against us without their company having any internal. The flex5000 is the next generation of software defined radios which. Smartsdr is licensed to the specific radio hardware and is not transferable to another radio. Powersdr ke9ns flexradio no longer upgrades the powersdr software but, ke9ns not only keeps it current but is continually adding improvements and new features to powersdr. The flex6000 along with its smartsdr software ecosystem represents the ultimate operating experience for amateur radio operators. I bought it used from a ham in pennsylvania in excellent condition. My software defined radio satellite station using a flex 6600.
With the flex 6000 signature series radios, flexradio brings a wealth of new capabilities to the amateur including direct digital reception, transmission and networking. The final step of the firmware upgrade process is to automatically issue a software reset of the flex5000 3000. Best practices for the flex 5000, best practices for the sdr tuesday, august 5, 2008 the sdr is off frequency on all bands. The flex3000 is a direct descendant of the flex5000. Flex5000a, windows 10 install problem flexradio community. Software piracy is theft, using crack, password, serial numbers, registration codes, key generators, cd key, hacks is illegal and prevent future development of powers. The smartsdr tcpip api performs the following functions. What better way to fully understand and appreciate the visual interactive aspects of using flexradio systems software define. Some computers come with an integrated firewire interface. At the heart of the flex6700r is flexradios smartsdr. Hi, i have not used my flex a while because my pc was broken. The recent thread about morse decoding reminded me of some interesting software that did just that i came across recently. This is the root folder for articles related to the flex 5000 family of transceivers.
Flexradio announces the availability of smartsdr for windows version 3. Flexradio systems is committed to ensuring that your experience with the flex 5000 will be one of the. Flexradio systems introduces the flex 5000 family of ultra high performance software defined radio transceivers. May 24, 2012 i have a flex 3000 and still cant get over the wonderful receiver it has as do all the flexes. Flexradio systems flex 5000 series owners manual 222 pages. But i dont think so because it works the same if the flex 5000 is. The flex 5000a in my use has been simply fantastic. Receiving streaming status information from the radio. The flex6700 signature series transceiver is based on a new hardware architecture and smartsdr software platform. Despite this small physical change, the key to making this system sound really good is an understanding of the settings within the psdr system and how. Owners manual, quick start manual flexradio systems flex 5000c owners manual 222 pages.
A manufacturer of advanced software defined radio products for the amateur radio, government and commercial markets. Not only was the software licensed to be used only on one computer, but it was locked to a particular computer one has to choose which computer will run the program when buying the licence. Flexradio systems flex3000 software defined hf50 mhz transceiver the software, flexradio systems power 40 sdr, is freely downloadable from flexradios web site. To get the latest version of the flex 5000 firmware, refer to the current versions of software and documentation table on the flexradio systems home page to obtain any current version of the flex 5000 or flex 3000 firmware installer program, you can download it from the flexradio web site. The found new hardware wizard will recognize that you are trying to install a flexradio flex software defined radio. Includes heil hm5 microphone with flex3000 compatible cable and connector, internal antenna tuner, power cable, firewire card, and firewire cable. My particular model has the 2nd receiver installed which i really like. A decade ago flexradio systems pioneered sdr for the amateur radio market and set the standard for visual radio interaction. How to update the flex50003000 firmware prior to v2. Set the sampling rate and buffer size locate the device driver icon on your desktop and doubleclick on it to open the control panel.
I have no specific experience with the flex 3000, but i do have and have had the flex 5000a for a couple years. Shareware junction periodically updates pricing and software information of powersdr v. Would like the best procedure for upgrading the firewire card from the internal pcs to a pci card. How to install the flex firewire device driver flexradio. Sep 16, 2018 the flex 5000 vu upgrade module flex vu5k is a fully integrated allmode, allband fullduplex vhfuhf module that adds both 2m and 70 cm capabilities to the already outstanding flex 5000 family of software defined radios. I get no device found with the flex radio software. My software defined radio satellite station using a flex6600 1 files 696. Flexradio smartsdr annual fees and possibilities with. Let us know if you have further questions about this. Posted saturday, december 20, 2008 by administrator. I will try to keep this document up to date as i make changes. Below is a sample of the directory structure for the flex firmware folder. Posted tuesday, august 5, 2008 by administrator, tags.
If this is successful, you will hear a relay click several seconds after the last screen of the firmware upgrade process is displayed. The flex 5000 qsdqse software defined radio transceiver discontinued. How to use enhanced signal clarity esc flexradio systems. This is the dawn of high definition hd visual radio radios that see as well as they hear. Software piracy is theft, using crack, password, serial numbers, registration codes, key generators, cd key, hacks is illegal and prevent future development of powersdr v. In addition, specific models mentioned in the flexradio software defined forum like sdr radio,flexradio, software defined, and more are here for future reference. In this example, i am only showing the exciter power in both the in and out of the amp.
My firewire card is called lsi 94 ohci compliant host controller in the device manager and device manager says this device is working properly. Flexradio systems is committed to ensuring that your experience with the flex 5000 will be one of the most enjoyable you have with ham radio. This is the powersdr integrated installer which supports the flex1500, flex 3000, and flex5000. Flex 6000 hardware manual english flex 6000 hardware manual german smartsdr for windows software users guide english smartsdr for windows software users guide german smartsdr alphabeta testing. Troubleshooting firewire connectivity issues flexradio. Hf50 mhz direct sampling software defined radio transceiver the flex 6400 offers the latest direct. Make sure the flex 5000 firewire device driver is set to the same parameters and safemode 1 is the operating mode. Nw digital radio flexradio systems and nw digital radio. As others have stated, it is not the most plugandplay of radios and does take some digging to get the most out of it. About flexradio downloads the resource is currently listed in in a single category. I added a large foam windscreen to the mic and it seems to have helped a little with transmitted audio characteristics. Create a virtual audio cable pair using the virtual audio cable software. Flex 3000 and 5000 setup these are the settings i am using with my original flex 3000 and now upgraded to 5000 running on microsoft windows 7 on an apple mac mini using the bootcamp partition.
Flexradio systems flex5000a specification pdf download. The flex 3000 software defined transceiver is the culmination of many years of experience gained with flexradios ground breaking series of transceivers. Flexradio is proud to team up with some fantastic products that interface directly with flex6000 software defined radios with ease. Manuals and user guides for flexradio systems flex 5000c. Flex links well, after looking at them every day for a year i have finally ordered a flex 6400.
One of the more critical elements for determining if a computer will run powersdr with a flexradio systems firewire based software defined radio is the throughput achieved from the firewire host controller. Flex radio just gave me the updated flex1500,3000, and 5000 firmware to add. Once i get the ameritron tuned, i start to raise the output power of the flex 5000. In these cases, you may either contact your credit card company and negotiate a different daily purchase limit or you can call flexradio systems sales department at 51253547 ext 1 to place your order over the phone where we will not preauthorize order payment until time of. Flex 6400 flex 6600 flex 6700 maestro powergenius xl smart sdr. Smartsdr organizes all of the signal processing power in the flex 6000 signature series radios. This link is listed in our web site directory since wednesday may 4 2011, and till today flexradio downloads has been followed for a total of 9. If i purchase a flex6400flex6400m or flex6600flex6600m and it comes with 2. It verifies my radio is a flex 5000 and says it does an update. The 6000s will come out as a basic platform from the start, but what will be exiting are the software upgrades. The flex5000 qsdqse software defined radio transceiver discontinued. As soon as i get to 25 watts, the flex output power drops to 0 however the relay on the ameritron is still engaged. The flex3000 is the newest member of flexradio systems high performance 100% software defined radio sdr transceiver family. Two weeks ago i stumbled across a good deal on a flex radio systems flex 5000a software defined radio, so i had to snatch it up.
I replaced my icom 7800 with the flex 5000 and 2nd receiver. Flex 5000a alc interfaceing the flex 500a with the als600 solid state amp. If you have any questions, issues or problems operating. Flex 5000 with an rx2 installed the latest version of powersdr v2. Buy the flex 5000atu includes atu which represents the most advanced and flexible hf transceiver ever offered to ham radio operators. At the core of all these new capabilities is smartsdr. A flex 5000a with second receiver and tuner is being shipped to me. Getting started with your flexradio software defined radio the flex product is a pc based user interface. All files provided by flexradio have been scanned for viruses. Its regularly updated to improve performance and add features one of the big attractions. When i start to tune the amp, i start with 10 15 watts drive. I can say that in general i have been very happy with it.
If you do this, it will blow the firewire chip in the radio requiring the radio to be returned to a flexradio service center for repair. Here, youll find links for quality flexradio software defined covering hfvhfuhf. The drive level on the console will vary the power level, but i cant find any way to measure or specify the exact level you want. We definitely have quite a few customers of the flex 5000 series that we have issued mars keys to unlock the radio software.
Verifying firewire card compatibility with the flex. Flex5000 accessories and upgrades flexradio systems. The flexvu5k modules oscillators are locked to the 500 mhz master oscillator in the flex5000, which in turn is locked to the internal 0. This app requires a flexradio systems flex 6000 signature series software defined radio sdr device. To get the writelog flexradio rig driver to talk to your radio, use writelogs setupports dialog and change one of the rows to flex6000 series. The command api is accessed using a tcpip socket connection to port 4992 of the radio. This video shows the procedure to calibrate the pa in the flex5000, as well as the swr. If you are unsure how to do this operation, refer to the knowledge center article how to configure hardware sampling rate, hardware buffers and operation mode in the flex 5000 control panel. Welcome to the exciting world of software defined radio. Flex has also hinted on licensing third partys to creat apps that will be for a number of things. Because of its software design, it has the capacity to be moulded and updated to almost anything you could dream of.
The main category is software defined radios that is about sdr, software defined radios products. A friend of mine has an ldg 100pro automatic tuner and was really happy with it until he got an new ic756proiii comes with a built in atu he has shown me that the built in tuner in his pro will tune a greater range of antennas than his ldg 100pro. Now i have a new fast pc built with an i7 and windows 10 64 bit. After that, every time i start powersdr it tells me that a firmware update is required. The experience gained and lessons learned have resulted in an sdr platform that is truly state of the art, yet extremely compact.
However i do not get any noise on the screen and also no audio can be. Flex3000 and flex5000a for sale flexradio community. Posted on may 1, 2019 may 6, 2019 by w5xd posted in flexradio rig driver writelog flex driver 12. The flex 5000 and flex 3000 use a specialized oemed version of the dice driver made specifically for flexradio systems. Flex 5000 with ameritron al80b flexradio systems forums. Configure the flex 5000 device driver in step 4 you will configure the device drivers sampling rate, buffer size and operation mode to work correctly with your flex 5000a. The flex and dice firewire drivers are one in the same. How to install or upgrade the flex firewire driver best. Flexradio systems flex5000a quick start manual pdf. The partnership of nw digital radio and flexradio systems forged at dcc last year has yielded a unique opportunity for flexradio owners to add the dstar mode to their flex6000, as a component of our growing digital voice offerings. A bad or malfunctioning firewire interface on the flex 3000 or flex 5000 you can damage the firewire interface on the radio by inserting the firewire cable onto the connector upside down. The flex5000 3000 must reset or reboot before the new firmware is initialized. This is a pci device not a pciei have uninstalled and reinstalled power. The wavenode in this screen shows my wavenode settings and my power in and out.
Flex radio systems, buy new and used products from ham radio. Flexradio systems flex3000 software defined hf50 mhz. Any firewire host adapter that is identified as not compatible should not be used with flexradio systems products. Apr 25, 2020 flexradio systems announces the release of smartsdr for ios v3. How to configure the flex30005000 for use with winmor. Depending on the model of radio attached to your computer, the driver will properly identify the specific flex software defined radio you are installing. Flex radio power sdr transmit audio settings ab4bj. All new models will ship with smartsdr version 2 software. Different antenna configuration modes for the flex 5000. Flexradio may offer downloads from various thirdparty software vendors for. The following is a stepbystep guide for configuring powersdr for winmor when using a flex 3000 or flex 5000. Read about how we use cookies and how you can control them by clicking the privacy policy button.
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