It seems like a lot of people may be having Windows firewall issues. After loading P2 firmware (any version) and running Thetis (please only be testing with version 2.9.0.6), go to Thetis Setup > General > H/W Select and click the "Firewall Check" button. Make any corrections to firewall s...

That's a fantastic debugging idea, Rick! I hope people try it. If things work great at 100Mbit/s then that's more confirmation of our continued concern that the GigE timing in the build remains the root of the timing closure issue with P2.

I'd go with more cores.

rdwing wrote:It seems this is a firmware problem, and unlikely to get resolved at the moment.

How did you come by that assessment? It could just as easily be a software problem. Or perhaps no problem at all, since it does not affect everyone.

rdwing wrote:Do we have any updates about P2 for the "part change" radios?

Yes. You should monitor the Active Topics link, which is available from the "hamburger" menu icon at the opt left of every page. If you do, you'll see a new topic about that started yesterday.

Tony, All the smarts and most of the DSP reside in the software, either PowerSDR or Thetis. It's the software that runs the amp, not the box. The box you call a "radio" by itself is no such thing. It's merely the "RF unit" part of the radio. The only interface on the box that you...

W4WMT wrote:Don't forget to check the windows firewall.
It can make Thetis act as you describe above.

Good point, Bryan! I totally forgot about that.

Don't panic. The new firmware is most likely not working for you. Let's see how a few others make out first before you try again.

Thank you for your continued support. I do not have any connection to the front of the radio. Julius W2IHY constructed my cable and it connects to the rear mic input and PTT input. I use a Heil hand switch. This may not help but I am unsure how it is wired to be honest. If I understand you correctl...

You are right. Any suggestion on how to better describe the configuration that isn't a mouthful?

While always very optimistic and excited about Rick's firmware, it would be prudent to have available the Protocol 1 firmware just in case you want or need to revert back. Find it here: https://github.com/TAPR/OpenHPSDR-Firmware/tree/master/Protocol%201/ANAN-7000DLE_ANAN-8000DLE-Andromeda/Orion_MkII...

This question is going to seem non-relevant, but because the rear panel PTT line is connected to the PTT pin on the front panel mic input it might be important: what do you have connected to the front panel mic input and exactly how is it wired?

So would a NUC with Iris Xe graphics be up to the task? I want to transition from a surface book 2 to a NUC (for the small form factor). Will go current i7 and at least 16gb of ram, but have been wondering if I need a discrete graphics card. The machine will only run Thetis - mono tasker and I run ...

100 to 200 milliseconds is normal. I don't think there is any way to intentionally cause a 1 to 2 second delay even if you wanted to.

Please provide more detail on what exactly you are observing/experiencing.

What Mark said, plus:

- You can find the PTT enable setting in Setup > General > H/W Select > Hardware Options

- Since you are using VAC, be sure that in VAC settings the "Allow PTT to override/bypass..." setting is NOT enabled.

See also this topic before proceeding:

viewtopic.php?f=27&t=4266

The K4 programming manual can be found here: https://elecraft.com/pages/k4-high-performance-direct-sampling-sdr-manuals The SmartSDR (Flex) programming guide is here: https://www.flexradio.com/documentation/smartsdr-cat-user-guide-pdf/ N1MM and DXLabs already support TCP/IP CAT for K4, SmartSDR and ...

There's no reason that you can't do this. It will be fine on its side.

Of course not. Center of 40m into a dummy load. This is with 100W drive, the power sags to 72W probably due to temperature. Can you clarify what you mean by exceed 72w? Adjust the PA gain? It's set for 100W during normal operation. Ignore my last transmission ;) I did not understand that power was ...

Following your train of thought and the generally accepted 50% duty cycle for ICAS, I have tested 60 minutes of 3 min on/3 min off cycles while measuring the forward power/voltage and case temperature. The maximum power the Mk3 can sustain is 72W(2.90V) of forward power during this test. The case r...

The AmpView data looks a LOT better!

This is only a problem for you on 6M, correct?

If so, I'd recommend you contact the factory and/or US service (Doug, W5WC). It could be a fault with the 6M TX LPF.

Bumping this...on my examply 6m transmit is super flaky. It generally down on power on the entire 6m band. Sometimes after hitting TUN it will xmit for a few seconds, then cut out with no power. Trying TUN a few more times might get it to transmit again, maybe not. I have noticed that when this hap...

What modes and what duty cycles are you running that are making the hardware "extremely hot"? ICAS (intermittent commercial and amateur service) has no formal standard defined. Informally, back in the tube days, it was defined as 5 minutes on, at least 5 minutes off. With solid state makin...

It looks like your installed version of DirectX, and/or your installed video driver, is incompatible with the DirectX code in Thetis 2.9.0.6. How old is your PC? What video interface does it use? What version of DirectX are you running (use this link to find out). You can try to update those things,...

If you have audio glitches, then it is NOT a networking issue. Not true. Networking issues can cause dropped UDP packets. Each packet from the hardware contains a large number of IF samples. Dropping just one packet will cause an audio glitch. Dropping more than one is clearly audible. Some code in...

As long as panadapter frame rate does not exceed the monitor rate, none of that should be necessary unless CPU consumption is very high. The one thing that has proven to work well when network traffic seems to be the villain is to add a dedicated network interface just for the radio. However the OP ...

Thank you Scott! I will give it another go. I played with it some last night. I did manage to get some noticeable difference. From your description it appears the dots set the gradient color from bottom to top. Starting from the left of the gradient bar to the right. With the right representing the...

I played with gradient this morning. I had little difficulty getting a good (but ugly :D ) gradient once I got the hang of the controls. The video linked above perfectly describes how to use the gradient feature. The only thing it is missing is the load and save feature (L and S buttons). Capture.JP...

I don't use gradient so perhaps someone who does might chime in.

If I get a chance to play with it myself I'll post back here.