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1. Different Transmit profiles can quickly be selected from the dropdown menu on Transmit Panel above the Tune and MOX button TX Profile v TUNE MOX Page 52 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 12 HOW TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE TRANSMIT CONTROL PANEL To display the Transmit Control Panel click on the Transmit Control Panel icon shown below in the lower left hand corner of the SmartSDR application window Clicking the icon again will remove the Transmit Control Panel W Page 53 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 13 HOW TO DETERMINE THE IP ADDRESS OF THE RADIO AND THE SOFTWARE VERSION NUMBERS Bring up the Radio Setup Panel by clicking the Settings dropdown menu at the top left of SmartSDR Then select Radio Setup Startup Radio GPS Transmit CW Phone Receive FLEX 6700 Radio SN XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX Mask XXX XXXXXXX HW Version vX XXX XXX Region Change USA IP Address XXX XXX_XXX_XXX Options FlexControl Enabled Remote On Disabled Program NIMM a Delay ms a 2000 gt UDP Port 12060 Radio Identification Model FLEX 6700 Nickname Callsign Click Here to Connect f ganned Located in the Radio tab is basic information about the selected radio Radio Hardwar
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3. Select All Select All Global Profiles Global Profiles amp TX Profiles TX Profiles Preferences Preferences INF TNF XVTR XVTR Note Existing profiles with the same name will be overwritten Select the corresponding tab for import or export controls The Browse button on the Import tab will bring up a Windows Explorer window that can be directed to the file being imported The user can check O the items that they wish to import export by clicking on one of the circles next to the setting When selected a checkbox will display inside the circle a Checking unchecking the circle next to select all will select deselect all the subsequent options Click Import or Export to complete the process Clicking Export will prompt the user to save the file to a specified location NOTE Exports will only contain profiles that the user set and will not include the default profiles built into SmartSDR Page 49 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 11 HOW TO SAVE AND CHANGE PROFILES Profiles allow the user to name and save the entire state of the radio and recall it later Profiles can even be exported and restored on another FLEX 6000 Series radio This facilitates convenient backup and also helps IT managers at DXpeditions or contest super stations test configurations and then in
4. 28 5 6 Panning Method Each panadapter has the ability to perform a pan function to adjust the frequency range that is viewed Clicking and dragging within the panadapter grid will reorient the frequencies being viewed on the panadapter in the direction that your mouse is moving By moving your mouse to the right you will display lower frequencies and vice versa 28 5 7 Close Maximize Rearrange Clicking the Close button will remove the panadapter and any slices that are displayed in the panadapter Once this occurs you will not be able to use the slice resources until they are recreated ina new panadapter Clicking the Maximize button pen will prioritize the arrangement of the panadapter at the top of the display Once a panadapter is maximized a grey horizontal separator will appear between the maximized panadapter and any other panadapters that are open at the time Clicking and dragging this horizontal separator will increase or decrease the available size for the maximized panadapter The non maximized panadapters will adjust to fill the remaining available space To return to the standard view click the next to the close button You can have up to three maximized panadapters at a time Page 115 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide ANT1 LLS __ 14 100 000 jonas Caer an ee 3 5 7 9 20 40 psp use A 4 120
5. FlexRadio Systems Software Defined Radios FLEX 6000 SIGNATURE SERIES SMARTSDR SOFTWARE USER MANUAL Version 1 3 0 08 15 2014 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FlexRadio Systems is a registered trademark and SmartSDR is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems All other brands or names are trademarks of their respective owners FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide VERSION HISTORY Version Implemented Revision Approved Approval Reason Date By Date By Matt Youngblood 09 30 2013 9 30 2013 Original Draft 1 01 Greg Jurrens 10 1 2013 Tim Ellison 10 1 2013 Minor Edits Copyrights Name change 1 03 Matt Youngblood 12 3 2013 Added Features 1 05 GregJurrens 12 3 2013 Title Header Edits 1 0 24 Matt Youngblood 12 20 2013 DAX Functionality 14 Matt Youngblood 1 17 2014 DAX IQ FlexControl l l lh ae nite ton vo Identification Weighted Averaging functionalit oreamplifier use SmartSDR v1 2 ee ee a a as and added features for Tim Ellison 4 30 2014 Additional edits for v1 2 Added Tempest Changes Edits for v1 2 16 Edits for v1 2 17 Edits for v1 3 1 21 Matt Youngblood 5 8 2014 1 2 16 TimEllison 6 25 2014 1 217 Matt Youngblood 7 1 2014 Tim Ellison 8 15 2014 Page 2 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Wi
6. lighter blue area of the Slice Receiver or the carrier the vertical yellow or red line of the Slice Receiver the cursor will change to a small hand icon Clicking and dragging when the hand icon appears will change the frequency of the Slice up or down in frequency as the panadapter remains Stationary This tuning will occur in increments of the currently selected step size Once the Slice reaches the edge of the panadapter the Slice will stop and the panadapter will begin to move behind the slice This is called Pan Edge Tuning and allows for rapid tuning above or below the panadapters current frequency range Double clicking anywhere in the panadapter grid will initiate a Click Tune Click tune will move the active or closest Slice to the frequency where the mouse pointer is located Mouse Wheel Tuning occurs when an active slice is selected and the mouse is focused on and within the boundaries of SmartSDR FlexControl tuning will tune the active slice regardless of the mouse focus The amount of frequency changed by one tuning action on the FlexControl Mouse scroll wheel or by dragging is determined by the active slice Tune Step size Tune Step size is mode group specific and can be set by the user using the step size adjustment on the Active Slice Widget oie LOO Be Page 34 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 6 3 MAKING
7. 3 5 7 9 20 40 i osP use xrRT DAX a L MED 25 2 2 SmartSDR Audio Output Configuration The audio outputs of all slices are constantly being sent out the audio outputs unless you have explicitly muted the output The audio output gain level is adjusted by two different controls the master audio gain and the slice audio gain If using the ACC or Powered Speaker audio output on the FLEX 6000 the Speaker Master Gain slider the top most slider shown in the image below is used to adjust the audio output being sent to the PC sound card Consequently if you have connected the headphone jack to the PC sound card you will use the Headphone Master Gain slider to adjust the audio output being sent to the PC sound card sf ee aN 25 2 3 SMARTSDR AUDIO INPUT CONFIGURATION As noted previously the audio input on the ACC Connector is being used for this example e Select the ACC input from the Audio Input dropdown box selection In the Transmit control panel select the ACC input When this option is selected the ACC button will illuminate e Turn off all audio processing Click on the PROC and EQ ON buttons until they both are not illuminated Page 88 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide e Turn off VOX Click on the VOX button until it is no longer illuminated The SmartSDR Transmit Control Panel should lik
8. 7 Turn on the TX compressor expander with the COMP button The compression slider controls the Compression Threshold At the minimum setting the threshold is O dB while at max the threshold is approximately 33 dB The compression ratio is fixed at 5 1 while the downward expander set for a threshold of 45dB with a ratio of 4 1 8 Adjust the compression level control to the right of the COMP button to achieve the desired compression for the desired style of operation e g DX Contesting ESSB etc Note that the peak level indicated on the meter should not change significantly but the average should increase in proportion to the compression level A normal compression level will be about 10 dB 9 Adjust the transmit equalizer to optimize the audio for the desired operating style and microphone response 10 If VOX operation is desired enable the VOX button and adjust VOX gain delay for proper operation 17 7 HOW TO OPERATE VOX Press the button to enable voice operated transmit operation and adjust the VOX gain slider to adjust the VOX sensitivity Sensitivity should be adjusted to the minimum that allows reliable keying by the voice without keying from other room noises VOX delay sets the hang time before the transmitter unkeys after you stop speaking Delay should be set to be comfortable for the style of operation desired Page 65 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series Sm
9. For assistance HelpDesk or the Online Community SmartSDR Versions Client Software v1 2 22 2 063 GPU Capability Maximum Graphics Acceleration Page 99 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 27 5 RADIO TAB Startup Radio GPS Transmit CW Phone Receive FLEX 6700 Radio SN XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX Mask XXXXXXXXXX HW Version vX X XX XXX Region aaga USA IP Address XXX XXX_XXX_XXX Options FlexControl Enabled Remote On Disabled Program NIMM id Delay ms ey 2000 gt UDP Port 12060 Radio Identification Model FLEX 6700 Nickname Callsign Click Here to Connect f ganas Located in the General tab is basic information about the selected radio The tab contains the Radio Hardware version Installed Options Hardware Version Mask subnet mask and IP Address of the radio Radio Hardware version refers to the software and firmware that is loaded into the radio itself Following the Mask is a Region indicator which displays the country for which the radios transmit capabilities are based The Change button will open an explorer window to select a TURF file for changing the region A TURF file is supplied by FlexRadio Systems or the international distributor where the radio was purchased Navigate to the TURF file and click Open The radio will automatically update the radio to the n
10. Modems Rig Audio ID Misc Web Devices Settings Right channel O55 Device Y es Capture FA 66 In 2 FA 66 E Pulse 4udic Server string File I O only Restore defaults Close ed 25 3 3 Adjusting the Audio Gain Levels As noted previously set the input and output gain controls using the Windows Audio Control panel for the PC sound card For the transmit level setting adjust the digital mode program s output gain until the peak hold bar registers O dB on the SmartSDR for Windows Audio Input Level meter as shown below Page 92 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 26 DIGITAL MODE SETUP WITH DAX DIGITAL AUDIO EXCHANGE 26 1 AUDIO DATA Audio data will allow you to exchange several kHz of audio data with a receiving program It is designed to provide you with the audio from a slice receiver so the limits on the slice receiver bandpass filter will set the limits on this audio passband The Audio support is bi directional meaning you can both RX and TX DAX supports up to 8 cannels in the radio 26 1 1 Set Audio Channel on Slice First select one of 8 DAX channels in SmartSDR on a slice receiver Each channel can be on only one slice receiver The radio prevents selection of multiple slices per channel The selection is made in the DAX panel and associated drop down FlexRadio Systems gt
11. Next the RF frequency in MHz is entered followed by the IF frequency in MHz This is followed by any error in your local oscillator a maximum output power from the radio and then any IF gain in your transverter Here s a detailed description of each field and what you would input or see in the field Page 75 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Name holds the name of the transverter generally a reference to the RF frequency of the transverter This name must be 4 characters or less The name will be displayed in the panadapter during transverter use as a reminder that RF will be passing through the transverter The name is also used on the transverter band selection panel discussed later RF Freq MHz the output RF frequency of your transverter This is the frequency that the final antenna will work on Note that the RF frequency and the IF frequency are directly related by the LO frequency You must enter an RF frequency that will be directly translated to the IF frequency For example if you enter 1296 for a 1296 to 28MHz transverter you must enter 28 in the IF frequency Do not use 1296 1 for one and 28 0 for the other unless this is the way your transverter is configured If you have any doubts be sure that the LO frequency calculated by SmartSDR matches the LO frequency of your transverter IF Freq MHz t
12. selection 24 Installing 22 interlock 02 IP address radio 54 KIEL 59 keyer CW 58 external 59 setup See W legal notice 8 level mic 124 license software 12 line input S6 loops antenna 712 menu hiding 711 menu bar 107 mic balanced input 62 input 724 level meter 24 setup 103 mic input 62 microHAM 59 mode changing 35 MON 64 124 Slider 724 monitor 64 MOX 122 NB 84 noise blanker 84 noise reduction 84 overview SmartSDR 30 panadapter 710 adding 7108 DAX seelction 97 maximize 42 menu 711 moving 42 scale 40 tuning 38 zoom 714 Panadapter 31 creating 38 zoom 39 Panafall 31 PC SOUND CARD 86 pin diode 70 Playback 37 preamplifer 84 PTT 82 87 QRQ 71 QRQ CW 59 QSK 70 radio downgrade 98 radio setup 98 receive antenna common 71 receiving 83 Recording 37 requirements Windows 22 RF gain 85 712 RF power 22 RigCAT 90 RIT XIT 721 RX equalizer 726 RX filter adjusting 36 RXA and RXB 72 sampling rate DAXIQ 97 SCU 30 settings panel 54 setup panel 98 Signal Capture Unit 30 Slice filter adjusting 36 Slice Receiver 30 adding antenna 719 Page 130 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide closing 33 creating 33 DAX selection 93 flag 118 playback 37 recording 37 transmit 719 tuning 34 S Meter 119 softwa
13. A al Late iS 2 240 21280 21 320 2 360 2 1400 The display above illustrates two panadapters on a single receive antenna ANT1 but having separate transmit antennas on ANT1 and ANT2 respectively Slice A and B both have ANT1 selected Slice A has ANT1 selected as the TX antenna and Slice B has ANT2 selected as the TX antenna Clicking on the TX indicator for the slice changes the TX indicator to red and activates the respective slice as the transmitter with its TX antenna Page 71 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 21 7 USING TWO TRANSCEIVE ANTENNAS ON THE FLEX 6700 ANT1 14 225 150 7 9 20 40 i 4 ne 1 USB j e i i aih AN Af WA al p ai Wl a ie vh M vf thy he i z NA IMA hat Pa i a Nh ny if We hn Ay AV th h sAN h 14 160 14 180 14 200 14 220 14 240 14 260 14 280 9 amp ANT2 RX a Ba 7 9 20 40 ANT ad psp cw Display P W WV Npe Pag An vi ary ui vin Ny era i i ar ay Nay A h A yyy hN any May Ang My Ai Aw bad Pars Ay Nhs H Lavy Apes Ady Nena LOO S 9 7010 7 020 7030 7040 7O50 7 0O60 7070 7 080 In the display above the Slice A is set to receive and transmit on ANT1 Slice B is set to receive and transmit on ANT2 The Slice B is selected as the active transmit frequency of 7 033 MHz on ANT2 as indicated by the red TX button To move the trans
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17. button is clicked the ATU will be placed in bypass mode ATU Tune Operation Indicator This annunciator display will indicate the result of an ATU tuning operation where the possible outcomes are Success Fail or Abort CW Transmit Control Panel Delay a S30 Sidetone a L ay R Breakin lambic Pitch H ALC bar meter This meter is an indication of the analog ALC hardware input levels provided by external power amplifiers If there is ALC being displayed the external power amplifier is notifying the exciter FLEX 6000 to reduce the drive level NOTE When operating on Phone mode if hardware ALC is indicated the default RF Power and SWR meters will be momentarily hidden and the ALC meter displayed indicating a positive ALC condition exists Delay Slider Moving Delay slider control the slider control to the right increases the time delay in milliseconds ms between the end of a keying element and when the radio transitions from transmit to receive This effectively controls the QSK characteristics of the radio where a value of Oms is full break Increasing this value will allow different degrees of QSK semi break such as listening between letters or words while sending Speed slider Moving the slider control to the right increases keyer s word per minute WPM setting Moving the slider control to the left decreases keyer s WPM setting Sidetone Button Enables or disables the CW Sidetone Sidetone Slider Adjusts the v
18. information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail If the program is interactive make it output a short notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode Gnomovision version 69 Copyright C year name of author Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for details type show w This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions type show c for details The hypothetical commands show w and show c should show the appropriate parts of the General Public License Of course the commands you use may be called something other than show w and show c they could even be mouse clicks or menu items whatever suits your program You should also get your employer if you work as a programmer or your school if any to sign a copyright disclaimer for the program if necessary Here is a sample alter the names Yoyodyne Inc hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program Gnomovision which makes passes at compilers written by James Hacker Page 19 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide signature of Ty Coon 1 April 1989 Ty Coon President of Vice This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into proprietary programs If your program is a subroutine library you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary
19. limits The FLEX 6700 6700R models contain two fully equivalent but independent SCUs The FLEX 6500 and FLEX 6300 contain a single SCU The FLEX 6700 6700R models can simultaneously digitize two antennas one for each SCU while the FLEX 6500 and FLEX 6300 digitize a single antenna Each panadapter spectral display requires selection of an associated receive antenna The default association for the first panadapter is ANT1 One or more Slice Receivers may be placed on one or more panadapters Multiple slices and panadapters can share a single receive antenna SmartSDR v1 2 allows up to eight panadapters and eight slice receivers on the FLEX 6700 6700R models and up to four panadapters and four slice receivers on the FLEX 6500 The FLEX 6300 allows up to two panadapters and two slice receivers All Slices placed on a panadapter must use the same receive antenna as the panadapter Changing the receive antenna for a single slice will change the receive antenna for its host panadapter and all slices within The FLEX 6700 6700R models allow simultaneous reception from two receive antennas The FLEX 6500 and FLEX 6300 operates from a single receive antenna The receive RF Gain control located on the panadapter ANT pop out menu is tied to its respective SCU receive antenna combination Transmit antenna selection is completely independent of the receive antenna Only one transmit slice can be active at one time The transmit slice is selected by cli
20. not have this number available it may still be calculated by inputting a known value signal into the transverter reading the receive level in SmartSDR and then adjusting the RX Gain until the values are equal Page 76 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Below you can see a completed transverter setup form with a single band entered Startup Radio Transmit CW Phone Receive XVITR ii Ie FLEX 6300 1296 Name 1296 Valid RF Freq MHz 1296 000 IF Freq MHz 28 000 LO Freq MHz 1268 000 LO Error Hz 0 RX Only Disabled Max Power dBm 3 0 RX Gain dB 23 0 Remove The green Valid indicates that SmartSDR has enough information to use the transverter When operating in a Transverter band the Transverter name will appear in the top right corner of the panadapter as shown below 22 1 USING A TRANSVERTER There are two ways to tune to a transverter The first way is to use the band select panel in the panadapter shown below To get to the transverter band panel first select Band in the panadapter and then click the XVTR button at the lower right of the panel of buttons that appears Next select the transverter band you wish to use The buttons in the panel use the name of each transverter specified in the transverter setup form Page 77 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Rese
21. producing excess power than what has been set In the DX setting more gain is provided to the audio to increase the overall sideband envelope which results in a stronger signal that may be more readily heard at a distance The DX setting adds even more gain increasing your talk power or punch without incurring audio distortion DX is most effective if you increase the low cut TX filter to between 200 400 Hz in order to concentrate your talk power in the audio frequency range that has the greatest intelligibility Compression MIC Y a NOR PROC MON The recommended setting is to leave the speech processor enabled and in the NORmal position 17 3 HOW TO OPERATE SSB IN SPLIT MODE Many DXpeditions prefer to operate split mode where they transmit on a frequency but listen up or down a few kilohertz In order to do this in SmartSDR you must add a second slice receiver to the panadapter to use as your secondary frequency To add a slice click the MLS button on the left side of the screen Your panadapter display should look like this Page 61 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide A ma 14295350 14 307 750 7 9 20 40 a psp use 20 40 i den AY nl bal Ki hut A PUITA Wi 14 280 5 14310 14 320 Slice receiver A should be tuned to the DX station s transmitting frequency Slice rec
22. receiver at your current position Create Slice Create TNF A M m i i l h A h j J j 7 7 ly i j ANNA V h j vh W a i h i When a Slice Receiver is within the bounds of a Panadapter the Close Button will remove the slice from the panadapter and will no longer be accessible for receive or transmit audio If a slice has moved off screen outside the bounds of a Panadapter the Slice Receiver display will change to indicate where the Slice is tuned relative to the Panadapter etd Double clicking on the indicator will center the slice in the panadapter The By indicator also will show if the transmitter is enabled on the off screen slice Page 33 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide An Off Screen slice can be closed by right clicking on the off screen indicator and selecting Close Slice or move it on screen by selecting Move Slice here as shown below Close Slice Move Slice here If a Slice Receiver moves too far beyond the bounds of the Panadapter it will be put into a detached state and will no longer produce audio Moving the Slice back into the bounds of the Panadapter will put the Slice Receiver back into a normal state which produces audio 6 2 HOW TO TUNE A SLICE RECEIVER Drag Tuning is one of the more common tuning methods By placing the cursor over the Receive Filter
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24. the Launch SmartSDR option checked Setup SmartSDR Completing the SmartSDR Setup C E m OR Wizard Setup has finished installing SmartSDR on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup View the Release Notes requires a PDF reader FlexRadio Systems Click Finish when you have made your selections Page 29 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 5 SMARTSDR OVERVIEW 5 1 THEORY OF OPERATION SmartSDR is a software system designed to run on radios such as the FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR has been designed from the start to work on hardware platforms that perform wide band Sampling of the RF spectrum How is wide band sampling different from other radios In superheterodyne also called superhet or multiconversion radio systems a series of down conversions using local oscillators is performed on the RF input ultimately resulting in a baseband signal This signal is generally only a few kilohertz wide and is ready to be demodulated and presented to the operator in the form of audio In a superheterodyne architecture generally only a single receiver is available at a time and the receiver has limited bandwidth In a wide band sampling radio a large portion of the spectrum is sampled turned into digital information all at once
25. the current Transmit settings in to a single Transmit Profile that can be selected from a list of profiles o Profile Manager Selecting this window will reveal the Profile Manager window to create delete or modify profiles Page 107 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide o Once Global profiles are created they will be listed below for quick selection 28 2 2 Volume Controls In this section there are two rows of controls The first row controls the speaker volume for the radio s powered speakers By clicking ou will mute the audio of any speakers connected to the PWR SPKR plug After muting the icon will show a red circle with a cross through it EJ Located to the right of this button is the Speaker Volume slider A Adjusting the silver circle to the left or to the right will decrease or increase respectively your speaker volume The Headphone Volume controls behave the same way as the icon will display when muted Likewise with the Headphone Volume slider o W adjust the volume of any headphones connected to the radio 28 3 LOWER MENU BAR oe Q TNE CWX fa eee Not Ready Located in the Lower Menu bar you will find a series of controls for initiating items within SmartSDR You will also find a Transmit indicator and a Date Time indicator 28 3 1 Application Launcher In the application launcher you will find a serie
26. used 25 1 PREREQUISITES 1 Connecting the FLEX 6000 to a PC sound card 2 Configuring a PTT interface 3 Installing SmartSDR CAT 25 1 1 CONNECTING THE FLEX 6000 TO A PC SOUND CARD There are several audio inputs and outputs on the FLEX 6000 that can be used for connecting the radio hardware to a PC sound card Please refer to the FLEX 6000 Hardware Reference Manual for a detailed description and location of the following audio inputs and outputs The basic audio schematic is used to connect a FLEX 6000 to a PC sound card PC Sound Card Mic Line In lt gt FLEX 6000 Audio Output PC Sound Card Line Out Soeaker Out lt gt FLEX 6000 Audio Input FLEX 6000 Inputs Front Mic Connector MIC 8 pin Foster Rear Balanced Input BAL 3 pin XLR Rear Line Input LINE 1 4 TRS connector Page 86 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Rear Accessory input ACC 15 pin D sub connector FLEX 6000 Outputs Front Headphone connector 1 4 TRS connector Rear Powered Speaker connector 1 8 TRS connector Rear Accessory output 15 pin D sub connector The audio input and output you choose is mostly a matter of your operating preferences For example if you also operate phone modes you may not want to constantly disconnect your microphone and speakers to facilitate the connection to the PC sound card so you may want to use
27. using the TRANSMIT tab in the Radio Setup menu Left FLEX 6700 6500 Right FLEX 6300 Startup Radio GPS Transmit CW Phone Receive Startup Radio Transmit CW Phone Receive FLEX 6 700 Timings in ms ACC TX 0 Enabled TX Delay 0 RCA TXL p Enabled Timeout min 0 RCA TX2 0 Enabled Interlocks TA REQ RCA Disabled Accessory Disabled Tune Power 10 Hardware ALC Disabled Show TA in Waterfall Disabled RCATX3 0 Enabled TX Inhibit Disabled FLEX 6300 Timings in ms ACC TX 0 Enabled TX Delay 0 RCA TXL p Enabled Timeout min 0 TX Inhibit Disabled Interlocks TX REQ Accessory Active Low Tune Power 100 Hardware ALC Disabled Show TX in Waterfall Disabled On the FLEX 6700 and FLEX 6500 there are four PTT outputs Three are RCA jacks on the rear panel labeled TX1 TX2 and TX3 The FLEX 6300 has one RCA jack labeled TX On each of the radios there is an output on Pin 11 of the Accessory connector on the rear panel as well These outputs are isolated and each one can have a specific delay Some users will want to utilize the delay settings to sequence switch external equipment For external amplifier use the delay should be set to zero for any output that keys the external amplifier This will insure the relay will follow the PTT signal exactly The TX Delay setting can be used if the external amplifier has slow T R relays and requires a longer time between P
28. v1 0 0 FlexRadio Systems 2012 2013 Click NEXT to continue The Installing screen will be displayed showing the files being loaded Page 27 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Installing Please wait while Setup installs SmartSDR on your computer Extracting files C lexRadio Systems SmartSDR v1 0 0 System Windows Interactivity dll SmartSDR v1 0 0 FlexRadia Systems 2012 20135 I Installing Please wait while Setup installs SmartSDR on your computer Loading FlexControl 64 bit Drivers Please wait SmarkSDR v1 0 0 FlexRadio Systems 2012 2013 Cancel Page 28 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide After a few moments the Completing the SmartSDR Setup Wizard screen will be displayed as shown below It is recommended that you review the SmartSDR for Windows release notes as they contain important information regarding the features and operation for this specific release of SmartSDR Check the View the Release Notes requires a PDF reader option to display the SmartSDR for Windows Release Notes after SmartSDR installer has completed the software install If you want to start the SmartSDR for Windows application after the SmartSDR installer has completed leave
29. v4 li A i i h 4 K i nal 20 AAN MAR ia Wi Sy y 7 VA y AM bp y Wy La t yi ka aana KA A a v MaN P Apai yA aaan h AAA hud apart fe YA fy ih j Page 32 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 6 HOW TO OPERATE A SLICE RECEIVER 6 1 HOW TO CREATE AND DESTROY A SLICE RECEIVER To add a Slice Receiver click the RX button on the left side of the panadapter This action will place an additional Slice Receiver resource inside the corresponding panadapter A Slice Receiver will be created in the center of the panadapter if none exist If a Slice Receiver is already present in the panadapter the new Slice Receiver will be created with the same basic characteristics mode DSP settings etc as the active or closest Slice Receiver to the center of the panadapter with a mode specific frequency offset re r TX 14 078 00 5 f G 204 40 a osp use xyerr Dax When you have utilized all of your available Slice Receiver resources the Add Slice Receiver button will turn to a dark shade of grey indicating that the action is no longer available It will return to an available state once a Slice Receiver is closed If your cursor is already in the position in the display where you would like to create a receiver you may right click the panadapter revealing a pop up menu which will allow creation of a slice
30. weak signal situations e MON button Clicking this button will enable the audio input monitor while transmitting allowing the operator to hear the audio signal being sent to the transmitter in real time e MON Slider Moving the slider control to the right increases the monitor volume for your transmit audio Moving the slider to the left decreases the monitor volume Page 124 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 28 7 6 Voice Mode Panel AM Carner VOX Delay DEXP A Low Cut High Cut LE Rioo La Ri 2900 L Carrier Slider adjusts the AM Carrier Level that is used by the radio Sliding the control to the right will increase the carrier level while sliding to the left will decrease the level Voice Operated Transmit VOX button When the VOX is on the sound of your voice will automatically switch the transceiver into the transmit mode When enabled the VOX button will illuminate blue VOX Level Slider will increase the audio level at which transmit is engaged when dragging the control to the right and decrease when dragging to the left Delay slider adjusts the delay between the end of the voice to when the radio switches back to receive mode Sliding the control to the right will increase the delay while sliding to the left will decrease the delay Downward Expander DEXP Reduces the audio level by a specific
31. will be receiving the focus Window In the Radio Identification section there are three modes for identifying your radio Nickname Callsign and Model After entering in a Nickname or Callsign clicking the buttons beside the text will cause the corresponding information to appear in the OLED display on the front of the radio When the selected option is active the button beside it will illuminate blue For example the Model button _ Model _ is enabled displaying FLEX 6700 on the OLED display NOTE You must connect to the radio before you can set the display 27 6 GPS TAB Only available on the FLEX 6700 and FLEX 6500 The GPS tab has the option to Install or Uninstall a GPS module in the software If your radio has a GPS module installed from the factory this process should already be complete If you are installing the GPS module after the fact you will need to click Install to test for the GPS and enable the GPS functionality If the GPS Installation GPS is currently installed installation has been successful you will see toward the top of the panel When removing the GPS or if you would like to bypass the GPS you will click me Uninstall to disable GPS functionality The lower portion of the GPS tab displays information collected from the GPS module This information includes Latitude Longitude Grid Square Altitude Sat Tracked Number of Satellites being tracked by the GPS Sat Visible Total number of s
32. yf Wh Ay i ny Ne Wa Maton wi wi liii h A mf ra Hp why Ny ayy ra y iA Ae y i N A PORN MNA ual ia KAA if P M wy a an 14 040 14 060 14 080 14 100 14 120 14 140 14 160 14 180 nat Por a Re Seale ea AM Ppt acta Artis ot Pa AA AMES i IS AN Pan ARAN ani AM ge utp 14 020 14 040 14 060 14 080 14 100 14 120 14 140 14 160 14 180 File Settings Help FlexRadio Systems RF Power SWR KJ RX Band 20 4 i ANT akan 1 an IMON MOX ATU BYP Display Level Compression Aa A ACC BIAS 20dB Display Hz 63 125 250 500 1k 2k 4k 8k 10dB J e 2 I _ J RX Pare yes Aan Ap 729 TX A j pa i aby ye idl T adh ra Nl J Me AA ga ay dy ffl Vito nh jadis fi Mus nh AN Me yi sata rad ina Aa A hat Av 7 npa AN Af A ik ar Y 9 14 020 14040 14060 14080 14 100 14 120 14 140 14 160 14 180 1088 09 11 13 Ready 22 25 23Z When multiple panadapters are open clicking on the main bar and dragging its position will rearrange the panadapter windows Page 116 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 28 6 SLICE TX 42 1 53056 Q j DSP USE x RIT DAX 28 6 1 Definition A Slice is a software resource which represents an independent full performance receiver FLEX 6000 radios can have multiple Slices in operation at one time A FLEX 6700 can operate up to eight Slices simultane
33. 0 7 240 i 7 2 7 300 The display above is configured on a FLEX 6700 so that Slice A receive antenna is set to RX A and Slice B to RX B ANT1 is selected as the transmit antenna for Slice A and ANT2 for Slice B This configuration allows separate receive antennas on the two independent SCUs This configuration is not available on the single SCU FLEX 6500 or FLEX 6300 In the above illustration Slice A is selected as the transmit frequency To change the transmitter to Slice B simply click its TX button 21 10 ANTENNA SELECTION FOR TRANSVERTER OPERATION The left slice flag above shows XVTR selected for both receive and transmit antennas This provides common transverter port transceive operation The slice flag on the right illustrates the setup where RX A is set as the receive antenna and XVTR as the transmit antenna This mode supports split transmit receive transverter operation Page 73 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 21 11 ANTENNA CONFIGURATION BASIC TERMS AND RULES 10 Ti 12 13 14 15 16 17 For more advanced antenna configurations it is helpful to define terms used to describe the FLEX 6000 Signature Series architecture and the rules associated with its configuration A Spectral Capture Unit SCU is a direct sampling wideband digitizer that captures the entire RF spectrum within its input filter
34. 0 or FLEX 6700 such as 20dB On the 6300 the preamp actually provides different levels of gain by frequency If there is a net 5dB or better gain the indicator will show PRE If there is a net 5dB or less gain attenuation then the indicator will read ATTN If it is in between these two values it will read to indicate that the preamp is on but not providing much change in the band of interest This means on a 6300 that one panadapter could have PRE and the other ATTN Page 85 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 25 DIGITAL MODE SETUP WITH THE FLEX 6000 AND SMARTSDR FOR WINDOWS In the initial versions of SmartSDR configuring a FLEX 6000 for operating digital modes is essentially the Same as most analog DSP radios That is an analog audio interface is connected from the radio hardware to a PC sound card In a future version of SmartSDR audio will be streamed digitally from the radio over the Ethernet connection to the PC via the IP protocol In the meantime the following procedure can be used for operating digital modes with the FLEX 6000 This procedure assumes that you have a working knowledge of operating digital modes with your favorite sound card based digital mode program and will not delve into the details of configuring specific third party digital mode programs For the examples in this procedure Fldigi v3 20 x will be
35. 000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 19 HOW TO OPERATE DIVERSITY RECEPTION FLEX 6700 ONLY Diversity Reception is a powerful method for improving the reliability of a message signal by using two or more communication channels with different characteristics Diversity is very useful for aid reception in weak and fading QSB signal conditions With optimally configured antennas weak signal QSB copy can be improved up to 75 Two common diversity methods are space and polarization Both of these methods use separate antennas to receive different versions of the same signal The FLEX 6700 incorporates two fully independent Spectral Capture Units SCUs that allow two separate antennas to be simultaneously digitized The analog to digital converters ADCs on the respective SCUs are driven from a single clock source to provide stable synchronous reception Since the FLEX 6500 and FLEX 6300 use a single SCU they are not capable of diversity reception For best results antennas should be de correlated in some way so that fading on one antenna is likely to be seen as increased signal strength on the other antenna De correlation can be accomplished by using different types of antennas dipole and vertical using the same type antenna at wide spacing e g multiple wavelengths or using the same antenna with different polarizations horizontal and vertical or right and left The more de correlated the antennas the better b
36. 0M Hz 10 to 8 dBm above The user can also Enable or Disable transmit for each transverter band The RX Gain is an offset to compensate for receive gain in the transverter hardware so that the panadapter and meter data appear correctly Clicking the Delete button will delete the selected band Page 104 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 27 12 CONNECTING TO A RADIO In order to connect to a radio select the radio you wish to connect to in the list box located on the left side of the Radio Setup window If you are able to connect to the radio you will see 2 5 appear next to the radio in the list box Once selected the radio will be highlighted in blue Click or double click on the radio in the list box to initiate the connection This will close the Radio Setup window and open the Main Window of SmartSDR e Main Window o Upper Menu Bar m Menu s m Volume o Lower Menu Bar m Buttons Time m 1X indicator o Organization and arrangement m Tile adjustments Page 105 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 27 13 RESTORING TO FACTORY DEFAULTS Restoring the radio to factory defaults will clear any persistence data in the radio and return it back to its original state NOTE This should only be used as a last resort I
37. 0em TX 00 32 52 When multiple panadapters are open clicking on the main bar and dragging its position will rearrange the panadapter windows Page 42 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide le Settings Help FlexRadio Systems TX P cw PHNE RX EQ RF Power SWR RF Power TUNE MOX Level Compression MIC v NOR DX PROC CECO FOU fi J WW AT Boe ee D 3 5 7 9 20 40 i 4 psp usg xvrrr Dax 4 160 Display 2 Low Cut High Cut DAX Bit Eo Qko E p ry GPS 04 21 14 a Developer steve EM10em TX 00 36 10Z When multiple panadapters are open clicking on the main bar and dragging its position will rearrange the panadapter windows Page 43 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 8 TRACKING NOTCH FILTERS 8 1 TRACKING NOTCH FILTER TNF THEORY With notch filters found on most receivers the notch is removing an audio frequency after the AGC When you hear a carrier in the middle of a sideband transmission you can enable the notch and adjust it to remove the objectionable carrier This issue with this type of notch is apparent when the dial frequency is changed Since the notch is on an audio frequency offset as the dial frequency is changed the audio frequency of the und
38. 1 Q which has no demodulation AGC etc applied to it This is similar to getting a RAW file out of a digital camera instead of a JPG file 26 2 1 DAXIQ Channel First select one of four DAXIQ channels from the DAX menu on the panadapter Each channel can be on only one panadapter The radio prevents selection of multiple panadapters per channel Display ae l A AXIO Channel None _DAX None H LU PJ 26 2 2 DAX Panel Setup uaria 4000 v ME Sample Rate Rate Sample Rate Rate Sample Rate Rate On the DAX Panel enable the stream that corresponds to the channel set in the SmartSDR Panadapter by clicking on the number When enabled the button will change to blue Here you also can see the center frequency of the panadapter set the sampling rate of the stream as well as see the transfer rate in kbps Page 97 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide AT 27 RADIO SETUP XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX FLEX 6700 Available Radio SN XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX Mask XXX XXXXXXX HW Version vX X XX XXX Region Change USA IP Address XXX XXX_XXX_XXX Options FlexControl Enabled Remote On Disabled Radio Identification Model FLEX 6700 Nickname Callsign 27 1 INTRODUCTION After installation of the SmartSDR software you will find an icon on your computer desktop to launch SmartSDR Double
39. 25 000 CW v z ad step lt E gt 50 100 400 MED 800 15K 3 0K B NR APF Ler ape Bk Te ae Pat IR EES ey tg gh Wh ds Mite Re oa gt PHL a hh aad cK aCe ae gel eae aka ee en on Fae E P be The Med 25 250 _ 125 Weil Dane A POA aw Developer Matt Youngblood TX pede Slice receiver A should be tuned to the DX station s transmitting frequency Slice receiver B should be selected as the active slice so you can tune your transmit frequency to where the DX station is listening Select TX enable on slice B so your transmitter will follow AM osr use Hl L MED If you prefer you can use the slice audio controls to pan the slice audio so one receiver is in your left ear and the other is in your right ear 16 2 CW TRANSMITTING In order to transmit CW you will need either a straight key or an iambic paddle if you want to use the built in keyer Refer to the FLEX 6000 Hardware Reference Manual for wiring instructions Page 57 of 131 FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide BHEN da Speed f Sidetone J Breakin lambic a gt If you want to use a Straight key uncheck the IAMBIC control in the CW transmit panel The BREAKIN control allows automatic PTT when the key is pressed The Delay slider sets the PTT hold time for break in in milliseconds It can be set anywhere from zero full QSK to 2000 milliseconds 2 seconds 16 3 USING THE BUILT IN KE
40. 3 0 Audio Streams F XK Siet RX Game Rate 1573 kbps P Slice D Rate 1582 kbps 3 Slice Rate 0 kbps Slice kbps ee irl 8000 v Rate 3168 kbps Sample Rate Rate 6327 kbps SUGE A000 v EEA kbps Ss er 8000 v Rate 0 kbps When the DAX Channel is set for a Slice Receiver the DAX Control Panel s connected to the radio will also show the Slice Receiver that is connected to the DAX Channel as confirmation When transmit is initiated by a digital mode program through CAT or other means SmartSDR must make a determination about where the transmit audio will originate First the Slice Receiver that has been designated the transmitter in SmartSDR red TX button on the Slice Receiver flag is illuminated will be the Slice Receiver transmitting as usual If the DAX button is enabled in SmartSDR in the transmit control panel DAX will use the DAX source for the transmit audio Ifa single DAX Control Panel is active and a single PC is being used the transmit audio will come from the digital mode program connected to the DAX TX audio sound card corresponding to the DAX Channel of the Transmit Slice Receiver For example if the Transmit Slice has DAX Channel 1 selected audio will originate from the sound card labelled DAX TX 1 Note that in the DAX Control Page 95 of 131 FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Panel the TX button to the right of the DAX Channel button
41. 31 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 5 2 3 Panadapter The panadapter uses the data available from the SCU and turns it into a visual representation of the spectrum instead of audio information The panadapter display pictured below shows the level of signals present across a specific region of the spectrum just as a spectrum analyzer would The higher the white line appears in the display the stronger the signal is in that part of the band A scale for the absolute signal level in dBm decibels above or below one milliwatt is provided on the right hand side of the display This allows the operator to quickly identify signals of interest where the operator can focus his efforts Each panadapter is derived from the data from a single SCU so it is possible in multiple SCU radios to show two different panadapters tuned to the same region of the spectrum each with data from a different SCU and ultimately a different antenna The panadapter shows the most current state of the spectrum and can be adjusted to show various widths of spectrum A panadapter can be seen below re TA 4043 450 9 20 40 mg ID DSP cw w eer DAX I AM rh yal he Ming drt Aah Le Ly i il rl i Ho fn Lh ht a rat et nian 7 we R 4 BA nf PETI ie I hat Mah eal hiya ba Fi NAAT a ah ay ole ah hye A Lat al AN Maj rr onl ia Tay a ah i rie Ware va j P
42. 6300 The default setting is O dB For typical HF operation below 12m the O dB setting provides the highest dynamic range and is recommended for most locations Even in quiet rural locations gain is not needed or desired unless a low gain low noise antenna is utilized The best way to determine the amount of gain needed for a given antenna and band condition is to disconnect the antenna and measure the receiver noise floor with the slices dBm meter Hover the mouse pointer over the S meter to enable the pop up dBm meter indicator Next connect the antenna If the band noise measurement without a signal present in the passband is 8 dB or more higher than that with no antenna additional gain is not needed If a directional antenna is used it should be pointed toward the band opening for this measurement because noise propagates with the opening Note that although the RF gain slider is present in every panadapter the gain setting control the preamplifiers that are in an SCU If you adjust the preamp settings for one panadapter all other panadapters on that SCU will also be changed since the change is actually made to the SCU For operational purposes this equates to a per antenna basis In the case of the FLEX 6500 with a single SCU the preamplifier settings affect all panadapters and receivers There is a preamp indicator that will be lit whenever the preamp attenuator is turned on for the band It will show the requested gain for a FLEX 650
43. A SLICE RECEIVER ACTIVE A slice consists of a center Carrier Frequency displayed by a solid yellow or red vertical bar A yellow bar indicates the slice is Active indicating that this is the slice that you are currently manipulating An active slice will have the focus of tuning devices such as the mouse wheel and the FlexControl You can toggle the active slice by clicking anywhere on an available slice s filter display When a new Slice Receiver is selected as the Active Slice the old Active Slice Receiver will become inactive and its carrier line will change to the red color There can only be one Active Slice under tuning device control at a time in SmartSDR 6 4 HOW TO CHANGE THE DEMODULATION MODE a psp Use The Mode Menu button on the Slice Flag displays the mode that is currently selected Inside the menu there is a Mode drop down menu and three quick select modes To change the quick select modes to a 16K 16K 2 1K different mode use a right click to expose a dropdown menu of 27K 29K 3 3K available modes Beneath the mode select buttons are the mode specific Filter Presets USB USB CW The position of the Receive Filter relative to the Carrier Frequency will correspond to what mode that you are in A Receive Filter to the right of the Carrier indicates an Upper Sideband mode A Receive Filter to the left indicates a Lower Sideband mode A Receive Filter that spans both the left and right of the Carrier will in
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45. Day PSK31 PR781 ESSE 3 2k 10m and 6m Beacons Default 10m 15m 20m CW PR781 10m 15m 20m PSK PR781 ESSB 3 2k 20m ESSB Proset HCS 20m Field Day PSK31 20m JT9 em Beacons 2m MON 20m SSB TRX 5 Pans 6m Calling Freq There are two tabs at the top of the window and the tab that is selected will correspond to which menu option the user selected Type the desired profile name into the text box at the top that says New Profile Name and click save or hit the Enter key on the keyboard to save a new profile Saving a Global profile will save all of the current settings for the radio Saving a Transmit profile will save only the settings related to transmit To delete the profile select the profile name and click the delete button Page 51 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 11 2 LOADING PROFILES To load a profile from the Profile Manager Window select the desired profile and click load or just double click on the profile name After a profile is saved a quick selection option becomes available on the Profiles drop down menu to rapidly change between saved profiles Global profiles can quickly be changed from the Profiles dropdown menu The saved profiles will show up under the Profile Manager selection Save Global Profile Save Transmit Profile Profile Manager CW Profile
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47. NFIGURE ANTENNAS 21 1 21 2 21 3 GETTING STARTED When SmartSDR starts for the first time it loads a single panadapter and slice receiver with Antenna 1 ANT1 selected by default Transceive operation is then functional on ANT1 with no further setup or adjustment required SELECTING THE RECEIVE ANTENNA FOR A PANADAPTER WITHOUT SLICE RECEIVERS TNF RX ANT XVIR Y LoopA LoopB r ANT lt N RF Gain a d P N J A rl TE RI IA aA Af Wn N My rs f n Afia Anh Ww f 1A AN ve Ain A LN My vine A ee a Jey MA AA LAW Display DAX 14092 14096 14 100 14 104 14 108 The display above shows a single panadapter without any Slice Receivers activated The panadapter receive antenna is selected on the ANT pop out menu on the left side of each panadapter LoopA or LoopB Not available on FLEX 6300 may be selected along with the RF Gain for the associated panadapter USING THE PANADAPTER ANT POP OUT MENU RX ANT ANT RX ANT ANT1 RX ANT ANT v Loop LoopE Ica RF Gain f a Il RF Gairm Fa RF Gain The pop out menus provide receive antenna selection and RF Gain control for the FLEX 6700 left FLEX 6500 center and FLEX 6300 right Changing the configuration on this menu affects the receiving setup for all slices located on its panadapter Changing the receiving antenna on any slice within the panadapter changes the configuration for its panadapter and all slices located within Pag
48. RI Lp 14 128 510 Channel None None 26 1 2 Set Audio Source If you intend to use DAX audio for transmit select DAX as the input source for the audio in SmartSDR Compression MIC Y a N R ROC MON Note that the previous source that you had selected for audio will be used in situations where you initiate PTT with the front MIC or RCA jack on the back of the radio and you are in SSB AM FM SAM 26 1 3 DAX Panel Setup M Find the DAX icon in the Windows System Tray located in the right corner of your Windows task bar Right click on the icon and select Show to bring up the DAX Control Panel Page 93 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Oo Ff g E aA OP E Customize 4 11PM 12 20 2013 okak ie The DAX Control Panel will show you which slice is connected to the channel the data rate it is receiving from the radio for diagnostics and provide a VU meter to see the audio level again for diagnostics You can also select if a particular DAX channel is enabled for transmit on your computer by pressing a TX button in DAX To receive on a DAX channel press the channel number and it will turn blue Page 94 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 4 DAX Control Panel v1 0
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50. Speakers High Definition Audio Device DAX RESERVED IQ RX 2 FlexRadio Systems DAX IQ DAX RESERVED AUDIO RX 4 FlexRadio Systems DAX Audio Digital Audio HDMI High Definition Audio Device DAX AUDIO TX 5 FlexRadio Systems DAX TX Digital Audio S PDIF High Definition Audio Device DAX AUDIO TX 8 FlexRadio Systems DAX TX DAX RESERVED AUDIO RX 1 FlexRadio Systems DAX Audio DAX AUDIO TX 4 FlexRadio Systems DAX TX DAX RESERVED AUDIO RX 3 FlexRadio Systems DAX Audio DAX RESERVED AUDIO RX 5 FlexRadio Systems DAX Audio For each DAX Audio channel you will see four sound cards Let s assume we re looking at DAX Channel 1 DAX AUDIO RX 1 DAX AUDIO TX 1 DAX RESERVED AUDIO RX 1 DAX RESERVED AUDIO TX 1 You will connect your 3rd party software to the DAX AUDIO RX TX sound cards The ones marked RESERVED are for internal use in the software so you should not connect to them Page 96 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 26 2 DAX IQ DATA The second type of DAX channel listed in the lower portion of the DAX Control Panel is the DAXIQ channel of which there are four all four may not be implemented on all radios Each of these channels will stream wide band IQ data to a client program This allows decoding of multiple signals across large swaths of the amateur bands The data provided in a DAXIQ channel is raw
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53. TT and RF Emission Unless you are noticing problems with the radio emitting RF before the amplifier has switched to transmit position you should leave the TX Delay set to zero The TX Delay will have a negative impact on QSK operation If the intent is to operate QSK then Delay should be set to zero The Interlocks settings are used for amplifiers that have a hold off output for QSK CW There are two interlock inputs One is an RCA jack on the rear panel and the other is Pin 13 of the Accessory connector on the rear panel On the FLEX 6300 this is only available on the Accessory connector If your amplifier does not have one of these outputs or you do not use it in your station leave these settings disabled If you need to use the hold off select Active High or Active Low to enable the interlock and set the proper polarity of the signal provided by the amplifier Page 82 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 24 HOW DO RECEIVE The FLEX 6000 has a number of digital signal processing functions that enhance receiving in noisy environments The receiver Automatic Gain Control can be adjusted for optimum performance in noisy or quiet environments The Automatic Gain Control threshold adjustments are located with the slice audio controls it is the bottom control in the audio panel Each slice receiver can have its own settings for the AGC t
54. This sampling provides the basis to use a number of analysis tools and receivers in the spectrum all at once all from the one hardware sampler Because the notion of a receiver is firmly embedded in both the amateur community and possibly the rest of the world it seemed inappropriate to describe the functionality of a wide band sampling system simply as a receiver 5 2 KEY SMARTSDR COMPONENTS 5 2 1 Signal Capture Unit SCU Instead in the SmartSDR world there are one or more Signal Capture Units or SCUs that are responsible for the collection of wide band data from the RF spectrum The SCU components are an antenna input an optional set of receive preselectors and an analog to digital converter ADC Each SCU in the radio system can be connected to only a single antenna at a time but due to the sampling architecture it may support potentially any number of receivers and spectrum displays The SCU enables listening to multiple bands at the same time on the same antenna A hardware platform with multiple SCUs such as the FLEX 6700 allows for monitoring many bands of more than one antenna or the ability to perform more complex noise mitigation techniques that are available in multi antenna systems 5 2 2 Slice Receiver SmartSDR can create a number of receivers out of the data collected from the SCU How does this work The SCU sampled data stream varies by radio but is typically 1 4Gbps on data that contains all activity across a
55. WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs If you develop a new program and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public the best way to achieve this is to make it free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms To do so attach the following notices to the program It is safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively convey the exclusion of warranty and each file should have at least the copyright line and a pointer to where the full notice is found one line to give the program s name and an idea of what it does Copyright C yyyy name of author This program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation either version 2 of the License or at your option any later version This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program if not write to the Free Software Foundation Inc 51 Franklin Street Fifth Floor Boston MA 02110 1301 USA Also add
56. Y DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION The name and trademarks of copyright holders may NOT be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to the software without specific written prior permission Title to copyright in this software and any associated documentation will at all times remain with copyright holders Page 11 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 2 3 SOFTWARE LICENCE AGREEMENTS 2 3 1 FlexRadio Software License SmartSDR for Windows End User License Agreement SmartSDR End User License Agreement Revised September 30 2013 This copy of SmartSDR for Windows the Software Product and accompanying documentation is licensed and not sold The Software Product is protected by copyright laws and treaties as well as laws and treaties related to other forms of intellectual property Bronze Bear Communications Inc or its subsidiaries affiliates and suppliers collectively FlexRadio Systems own intellectual property rights in the Software Product The Licensee s you or your license to download use copy or change the Software Product is subject to these rights and to all the terms and conditions of this End User License Agreement Agreement Acceptance YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BY SELECTING THE ACCEPT
57. YER The radio has a built in iambic keyer that can be used either as iambic A or iambic B These settings are on the CW tab of the Radio Setup panel It is also possible to swap the dot and dash paddles in software Startup Radio GPS Transmit CW Phone Receive Ie FLEX 6700 CW lambic Enabled A WBa Swap Dot Dash Sideband CWU CWL The keyer speed can be set anywhere between 5 and 100 WPM using the Speed control in the CW transmit panel The IAMBIC selector must be enabled to use the built in keyer The Sidetone control will increase or decrease the sidetone volume in the speakers and headphones Page 58 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Delay Speed ET Sidetone L Breakin Iambic Pitch G00 gt 16 4 HOW TO OPERATE QRQ HIGH SPEED CW WITH QSK The FLEX 6000 is capable of full QSK operation In order to use QSK the delay control must be set to zero This will allow the transmit receive switching to occur immediately upon release of the key The FLEX 6000 uses very fast reed relays in the CW T R switching but at extremely high CW speeds above 60 WPM you will get better inter element receiving results using one antenna for transmit and a different antenna for receive Refer to the antenna selection instructions for information on how to configure separate transmit and receive antennas QRQ is onl
58. andwidth for the FLEX 6500 and FLEX 6300 There are multiple methods for adjusting the zoom of the panadapter The first is by the plus and minus buttons located in the bottom left corner of the panadapter and is used for rapid zooming Zooming out will double the bandwidth presented in the panadapter while zooming in will cut the bandwidth in half The frequency at the center of the panadapter will remain the same after clicking a zoom button The second method is a click and drag method using the horizontal axis for more precise zooming Click and drag anywhere on the frequency labels located at the bottom of the panadapter to zoom in or out 14 020 ALSE The click and drag method will zoom in by dragging to the right and vice versa With this method the frequency at the point where your mouse was located at the click event will remain stationary in the panadapter When zooming out with a FLEX 6000 radio there are certain points where the size of the data used to create the display on the screen will need to be doubled As this occurs there will be more noise taken into account while processing the display which will cause a noticeable increase in the noise floor The reverse occurs when zooming in on a panadapter After zooming out to a certain point the hardware will switch to wideband mode When this occurs any panadapters that are affected by this change will display WIDE in the top right corner to indicate that it is in wideband mo
59. applications with the library If this is what you want to do use the GNU Lesser General Public License instead of this License Page 20 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 3 KEY CONTACTS FlexRadio Systems U S A 4616 W Howard Lane Suite 1 150 Austin TX 78728 U S A Phone 512 535 4713 Fax 512 233 5143 Email sales flexradio com HelpDesk http helpdesk flexradio com Community Support https community flexradio com FlexRadio Systems Representative for EU SDR Funktechnik GmbH Godeke Michels Weg 12 D 21762 Otterndorf Germany Phone 49 4751 900501 Fax 49 4751 998569 Email FlexRadio EU t online de www flexradio com Page 21 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 4 INSTALLING SMARTSDR FOR WINDOWS APPLICATION ON YOUR PC The SmartSDR for Windows application is the software used to interface with the FLEX 6000 radio hardware for viewing spectrum and controlling the radio 4 1 RECOMMENDATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS Minimum recommended CPU for SmartSDR for Windows is the Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 x2 processor For optimal performance a quad core or greater CPU is recommended 4 2 MINIMUM WINDOWS AND NET REQUIREMENTS SmartSDR is a Windows NET Framework application designed to operate
60. are the Waterfall controls The Gain Black and Auto controls work together to adjust how different signal levels are displayed in the waterfall The Black control sets the level below which all pixels will render as black In other words it sets the level at which signals are no longer of interest The Auto control will automatically set the black level to just below the noise as band conditions preamplifier changes or antenna changes alter the noise floor To enable auto black click the Auto button so that it is blue The Gain control adjusts how rapidly the waterfall will advance through the color spectrum for minimal changes in signal level Adjusting gain low gives the waterfall a broader dynamic range but lessens its ability to show small variations signals Raising the gain lowers the dynamic range but provides more detail in the variances in smaller signals magnitudes The rate control adjusts how fast the waterfall will advance on the screen At the lowest setting many minutes of data can be persisted on the display On its highest setting the waterfall displays a rapidly changing spectrum in the most detail Page 41 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide In most cases Auto Black properly adjusts the background color or black level for the display s zoom factor and the relative noise floor of the band you are viewing You can ho
61. artSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 18 HOW TO OPERATE AM AND SAM TX 4 1 00 000 9 20 40 q aan AM a rar DAX AM w USB CW AM 5 6K 6 0K 8 0K 10K 12K 14K 16K 20K I l i i MH Ay i Mi Vi y tat ah wy Ay h i W Mary TN f ja To operate AM or Synchronous AM SAM mode select AM or SAM on the mode drop down menu The receive AM bandwidth is selected on the drop down along with the mode selection The carrier frequency indicator is shown at the center of the filter passband Note that the filter bandwidth may be adjusted on either side by dragging the side of the filter with the mouse This allows asymmetrical filter settings to get rid of heterodyne carriers or other interference on one side of the desired signal RF Power The AM Carrier control allows the carrier level to be set while maintaining a constant overall PEP output of the transmitter With the AM Carrier control at full scale standard 25 carrier operation is provided When both the RF Power and AM Carrier controls are set to maximum the carrier level will be approximately 25W and PEP output will be 100W Reducing the RF Power control will reduce the carrier level and PEP in proportion By reducing the AM Carrier level the percentage of carrier relative to total PEP can be reduced to increase talk power in the AM sidebands This is called Reduced Carrier AM Page 66 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6
62. at you wish to QSY to or select the band with an HF band button The second way to select a transverter band is to directly enter the frequency of the desired operation into the slice receiver For example entering 1296 don t forget the decimal point to tell SmartSDR that we want to go to 1296MHz will move the panadapter and slice to 1296MHz Page 79 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved 22 2 22 3 FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide MULTIPLE COPIES OF A BAND In some situations it may be desirable to have multiple copies of a signal frequency in the radio For example if you have a high power 144 to 28MHz transverter in use on a FLEX 6700 the radio will not definitively know whether to tune to the internal 144MHz band or to the external transverter This ambiguity is resolved in two ways First if the band is selected using the band buttons the radio will always know which band to switch to In the event that direct frequency entry is used the following rules are used to select the band of operation 1 If the panadapter is currently in a band that would match the entered frequency SmartSDR remains on the current band 2 The most recently used band that matches the frequency entered will be selected Example e The current panadapter is tuned to 50 125MHz e There is an external 144 to 28MHz transverter on a FLEX 6700 with an internal 2m band e The
63. atellites that should be visible to the GPS currently Speed Speed of your radio in knots along the surface of the Earth Freq Error Average error in the frequency of the 10MHz output from the GPS If you multiply this number by your current frequency it is the GPS s report of how far off frequency you could be 9 Status Displays the current status of the GPS Module One of six modes will be displayed 2 oo Ot a a E Page 101 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Not Present Holdover Locking Locked Holdphase gt OoOaQadon gt Warm up 10 UTC Time 27 7 TRANSMIT TAB The Transmit tab offers adjustments for Timings as well as Interlocks Timings in ms RCA TXL 0 Disabled TA Delay 0 RCA TX 0 Disabled Timeout min 0 RCA TXS 0 Disabled ACC TX 0 Disabled TA Inhibit Disabled The Timings section has adjustments for RCA TX1 TX2 and TX3 Only TX1 on FLEX 6300 as well as the Accessory TX TX Delay and TX Timeout Each of these controls is measured in Milliseconds MS Each of the TX1 2 3 timings are independent and start from depressing the microphone PTT keying of a cw paddle etc RF can come out as soon as the largest of TX1 2 3 ACC_TX have elapsed if TX_Delay is set to zero Otherwise TX_Delay is added to the maximum of TX1 2 3 ACC_TX The user can also enable disable the TX Inhibit by clicki
64. ceesreesseseeens 64 17 7 PHON OOPTE N OA EE E E E 65 ISHOW TO OPERATE AV AND SAM sssssssccssssscasssasnecsaiasnndaasanssasdsadadasasasueceasaascsaasasasecasassess 66 19 HOW TO OPERATE DIVERSITY RECEPTION FLEX 6700 ONLY cc0008 67 Page 4 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 20 HOW TO OPERATE THE ATU cssscscessescssccassastaassensseusseasceassacseecaseasteassenssecsseascetscassrcveseasies 68 2L LHOW TO CONFIGURE ANTENNAS siesisescessssevaccsesdacssiesuasesesestesseveressseebecssaiesuaseseesatesaecte 69 21 1 C O a E E E E tees 69 22 Selecting the Receive Antenna for a Panadapter Without Slice Receivers 69 21 3 Using the Panadapter ANT Pop Out Menu cc eecccccccceccceeesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 69 21 4 Selecting the Transmit Antenna for a Slice Receiver cccceccceccssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 70 2455 Antenna Options for Pin Diode QSK Operation ccccccccccecceeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 70 21 6 Using a Common Receive Antenna with Separate Transmit Antennas 71 21 7 Using Two Transceive Antennas on the FLEX 6700 ssnnneensssssssseeeressssssseeerees 2 21 8 Using a Dedicated Receive Antenna cccccccccccccneessseeeccccessaeeesseeeecceessnaeeesees 72 21 9 Receive Only Antenna Operation a saciae a tiascaat eon EE 73 21 10 Antenna Selection for Transverter Operation
65. cking on the large TX button on the slice flag which will illuminate the button in red ANT1 and ANT2 ports allow transmission at 100W on 160m through 6m amateur bands The XVTR port allows continuous coverage low power 10 dBm max transverter IF from 100 KHz to 165 MHz Each slice can have its own transmit antenna selection which may be the same as or different from it s receive antenna Each SCU on the FLEX 6700 has the option of a dedicated receive only antenna designated RX A and RX B respectively These inputs are hard wired to their respective SCU and may not be switched between SCUs Note that this does not preclude using RX A with ANT2 or RX B with ANT1 The single SCU on the FLEX 6500 has the option of the dedicated receive only antenna input RX A LoopA and LoopB on the FLEX 6500 and FLEX 6700 are provided to allow connection of external preamplifiers or preselectors The internal relay switching is identical to RX A and RX B respectively However LoopA and LoopB is a logical designation that assumes that their input is Page 74 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide from one or both of ANT1 and ANT2 This means that a preamplifier installed in LoopA will be functional if either LoopA or RX A are selected Logically RX A will assume a receive only antenna connected to RX A and LoopA will assume that a device is connected bet
66. click the icon to launch the program Upon launching SmartSDR you will be presented with the Radio Setup window The Radio Setup window is where you will select and configure the radio you wish to connect to 27 2 UPDATING A RADIO In the event where the current Radio Hardware version is not compatible with the current Client Software version an update will be required You will notice that there is a yellow indicator Update followed by the text Update in the list box where your radio is listed You will also notice text requiring you to update your radio before you can proceed In order to resolve the discrepancy click As long as your radio is advancing to a more recent revision it will begin the update process If the Client Software requires an older Radio Hardware version a pop up window will be shown to ensure that this is being done intentionally Radio Downgrade By selecting to downgrade your radio it will remove the current version of software and previous version to be compatible with the client software you are currently running Clicking the Downgrade button will remove the current version of software and load a previous older version to be compatible with the client software you are currently running Click Downgrade ito proceed Click Sancel Ito maintain the existing version of Radio Hardware Page 98 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series Smar
67. contains the following selections o Radio Setup Selecting this option will bring up the Radio Setup Window for connecting and configuring radios Oo FlexControl Selecting this option will bring up the FlexControl Setup Window for modifying the programmable functions of the FlexControl Help Menu contains the following selections O Support Selecting this option will launch your default web browser and navigate to the FlexRadio help desk http helpdesk flexradio com home Here you can find information about troubleshooting your radio or submit a ticket to receive support o Community Selecting this option will launch your default web browser and navigate to the FlexRadio support community http community flexradio com home Here FlexRadio users can post questions answers ideas problems and praises so that other users can comment and offer support to one another o Tutorial Selecting this option will bring up the Tips and Tricks tutorial window which provides helpful hints on how to operate SmartSdr e Profiles Menu contains the following selections O Save Global Profile Selecting this option will bring up the Profile Manager window to save all of SmartSDR s current settings into a single Global Profile that can be selected from a list of profiles O Save Transmit Profile Selecting this option will also bring up the Profile Manager window to save
68. cord or play again press the appropriate button Only one audio recording per slice receiver is saved The audio played during transmit will originate in any playback regardless of whether the slice receiver the recorded the audio is the slice receiver now transmitting For example you may record audio using slice receiver A and then playback that audio over the air using slice receiver B To do this make slice receiver B the transmitter by selecting it using the red TX selection to the left of the letter B Then press PTT on the microphone footswitch or other PTT source and then press the play button on slice receiver A Page 37 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 7 HOW TO OPERATE THE PANADAPTER WATERFALL 7 1 HOW TO CREATE DESTROY A PANADAPTER WATERFALL iy On the lower tool bar of SmartSDR there is a button to create a new Panadapter and Waterfall i This control will add another Panadapter to the Main Window This control will turn to a dark shade of grey when you have used up the available panadapter resources Clicking the Close button will remove the panadapter and any slices that are displayed in the panadapter Once this occurs you will not be able to use the slice resources until they are recreated in a new panadapter 7 2 HOW TO CHANGE THE PANADAPTER FREQUENCY TUNE Each panadapter has the ability to perform a pan functio
69. cut and low cut of the Receive Filter To initiate the Filter Control Widget hover your mouse over the Carrier Frequency just above the horizontal axis Frequency bar This will cause the Filter Control Widget to appear Within the control there are three sections separated by dotted lines If you hover your mouse over the left section a left Control arrow will appear Clicking and dragging left or right will adjust the low cut of the filter and will display as the left side of the Receive Filter moving left or right The measurement at the bottom displays the separation from the carrier frequency The center section adjusts both the high cut and low cut of the filter simultaneously Hovering over the center section will display a four way arrow Clicking and dragging up and down from within this section will decrease increase the low cut while increasing the high cut of the filter effectively making the Receive Filter bar wider Clicking and dragging left and right will move the Receive Filter bar left and right relative to the Carrier Frequency If you hover your mouse over the right section a right Control arrow will appear Clicking and dragging left or right will adjust the high cut of the filter and will display as the right side of the Receive Filter moving left or right The measurement at the bottom displays the separation from the carrier frequency Page 36 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signatur
70. de When in Wideband the radio will open up the Bandpass Filters as wide as they can go for any panadapters or slice receivers that are using that Antenna Note that the FLEX 6300 is always in WIDE mode and will not show this indicator Just to the left of the WIDE indicator is a spot for indicating whether the preamplifier is active and at what level This indicator will normally be hidden See section 24 1 for a complete description of preamplifier control One more step to the left is a spot for indicating whether the Panadapter is on a Transverter XVTR band This indicator will normally be hidden See section 22 for a complete description of how to setup for XVTR operation Page 39 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 7 4 HOW TO CHANGE THE SIGNAL MAGNITUDE SCALE OF A PANADAPTER Each panadapter will allow you to adjust the maximum and minimum amplitude displayed Clicking the up or down arrows displayed in the top right corner of the panadapter will increase or decrease respectively the maximum amplitude displayed in 10 dB increments You may also adjust the minimum amplitude by clicking and dragging the vertical axis This will effectively adjust where the noise floor is positioned within the panadapter 7 5 ADJUSTING THE PANADAPTER AND WATERFALL CONTROLS Display menu button Display on the Panadapter menu will expose display cont
71. dicate a double sideband mode 65 HOW TO ADJUST THE SPEAKER AND HEADPHONE VOLUME OF A SLICE RECEIVER PEAR g eeen L MED Clicking on the Slice Audio menu button will expose the Slice specific audio controls Right clicking on the Slice Audio menu button offers a shortcut for muting audio without having to enter the menu The Slice Audio Menu includes a Mute button and volume slider to adjust the audio level of the slice A Left and Right R balance button and slider to adjust the balance between left and right channels for headsets or speakers Automatic Gain Control AGC dropdown menu sj allows the user to select Fast Medium Slow and Off AGC settings Finally the slider to the right of the AGC dropdown controls AGC Threshold Page 35 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 6 6 HOW TO CHANGE THE RX FILTER OF A SLICE RECEIVER Nh hd ayaa A at Wie 1 h taf er iy MN Surrounding the Carrier Frequency bar will be a blue Receive Filter bar which represents the filtered receive audio The portion of spectrum that is highlighted by the Receive Filter bar will be output as audio The Receive Filter width can be adjusted manually by hovering the mouse over the edge of the bar to get the lt gt cursor Clicking and dragging will expand or reduce the size of the filter The Filter Control Widget is used to adjust the high
72. ding on the noise some adjustment can help The NB threshold control adjusts the level at which a sample is considered to be impulse noise The general rule of thumb for this adjustment is to use the lowest level that is effective For large impulse noise meaning the noise floor jumps are large then a lower level should be used If the impulse noise is causing only small jumps in the noise floor a higher level can be used Large signals both in the passband and around it can cause the NB to distort the audio if the threshold control is set too high The Noise Reduction will eliminate most of the background noise and make the signals more readable It s best to adjust the AGC threshold first then enable the Noise Reduction Both the Noise Reduction and Automatic Notch Filter algorithms use a correlation based adaptive filter The Noise Reduction increases correlation between Input and Output with the assumption that noise is uncorrelated and should be canceled out The threshold adjustment controls the adaptation rate of the filter so in the case of Noise Reduction there will be very little audible change while adjusting the threshold unless the noise is changing rapidly or dramatically The Automatic Notch Filter decreases correlation of the Input and Output since a tone is highly correlated and should be canceled out The threshold adjustment controls the adaptation rate of the filter If there is a loud tone and you move the receive filte
73. dio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 74 How to change the signal magnitude scale of a panadapter cccccceceeeeeeeeeees 40 7 5 Adjusting the panadapter and waterfall controls esnssssssooeeesssssssseeeressssssseeeeess 40 7 6 How to change the size and position of multiple panadapters cccccceeeeeeees 42 S TRACKING NOPCHFILIERS cosisonoio n aana oni aos a ter nen Ener yee rere 44 8 1 Tracking Notch Filter TNF Theory sicsassxstsrctreitovaasaeseted seueraicsetaredscidersasiaeatedtessers 44 8 2 Creating and adjusting a Tracking Notch Filter TNP ssssseensssessssseeeesssssseseeeees 44 8 3 Turning on or off all Tracking Notch Filters TNE s eesesssssseenssssssssseeressssssseeeeees 46 9 HOW TO REPROGRAM A FLEXCONTROOL eeooococccsssssssececcccccecccossssssssssssecceeeecssssso 47 10 HOW TO IMPORT AND EXPORT RADIO SETTINGS eccoscssssssssscccccccceccsssososssssos 49 11 HOW TO SAVE AND CHANGE PROFILES ssssssssseseecceccccccccsosssssssessecceececossssosssssssoe 50 11 1 Saving and deleting profiles ee eccccccccccccneeseeeeccceeeeeaeeeeseeceeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaas 50 11 2 WO ACTIN DO NCS sors en R E ES J2 12 HOW TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE TRANSMIT CONTROL PANEL 000 53 13 HOW TO DETERMINE THE IP ADDRESS OF THE RADIO AND THE SOFTWARE VERSION INA IV MED AR ascecsedenescnsasaeesedeaceesaassneesadead
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75. dio will reconfigure internal relays to connect the exciter in the FLEX 6000 to the XVTR port on the radio If a split IF is in use the RXA or RXB port may continue to be used for receive provided that your transverter continues to provide receive RF check with transverter manufacturer When a common IF transverter is used the XVTR port normally being used for transmit will be switched away from the FLEX 6000 SCU and connected to the exciter As a side effect the relay may connect the SCU to one of the HF antenna ports which would cause the panadapter to show HF signals If you are on 1296 1 MHz and suddenly see receive signals from 28 1MHz in the 10m band from your 10m antenna this could be quite confusing For this reason the panadapter will freeze for common IF transverters when transmitting WEAK SIGNAL CONSIDERATIONS When using SmartSDR for weak signal operations three kinds of receivers will be in use Panadapters Waterfalls and Slice Receivers The noise floor of the panadapter may be changed to facilitate seeing signals that are weaker than the noise floor Amateurs generally refer to the noise floor as the noise floor in a 500Hz bandwidth receiver For a SmartSDR panadapter the receiver is variable width for a single bin or pixel in your display The further you zoom in the panadapter the lower the bin size in use and the lower the noise floor The processing gain achieved in this way is 3dB for each reduction in the bandwi
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77. dth of a bin by two or each time the magnifying glass is depressed On a FLEX 6700 fully zoomed in the bin size will be 1 5Hz This represents a 25dB gain over the 500Hz noise floor The waterfall and panadapter both derive data from the same receiver so for best weak signal viewing zoom the panadapter to one of the last few zoom levels On a FLEX 6500 or FLEX 6300 the minimum bin size is 5 9Hz The noise floor of the slice receiver is independent of the panadapter and is adjustable by adjusting the filter width of the slice receiver Your ears and brain provide their own type of processing gain and so the slice receiver should be adjusted for best listening experience In general the AGC T should be set to a fairly low value for best listening on transverted bands In other words it should be adjusted for a relatively quiet receiver Page 81 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 23 HOW TO CONNECT AN EXTERNAL AMPLIFIER The FLEX 6000 has hardware interfaces for connecting an external power amplifier There are four PTT outputs on the FLEX 6700 and FLEX 6500 and two outputs on the FLEX 6300 each with independently configurable time delays a transmit hold off input for amplifiers that have QSK hold off outputs and a standard zero to negative four Volt hardware ALC input SmartSDR controls the configuration for these interfaces
78. e or disable Grey the equalizer The eight sliders will adjust the corresponding channel listed at the top of the panel The slider allows for adjustments 10 dB 28 8 SMARTSDR CWX PANEL CWX is a keyboard entry method for CW operation The user will type a message into the blue text bubble to be sent by the radio There are two methods of sending messages Live and Standard e Live mode of operation is enabled when the Live button is highlighted in Red While in live mode text will be transmitted as the user types into the text bubble e In Standard mode the text will not be transmitted until the user hits the Send button or presses the Enter key As text is transmitted the font color will change from black to white indicating that the transmission has occurred The user can stop transmission at any point by pressing the Escape key on the keyboard or tapping your paddle or key Page 126 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Resend Clear History After a message has been sent the user can right click on the sent message to bring up a context menu that allows the user to resend the message or clear the history of the conversation CWxX also supports several prosigns that can be entered in the CWX text bubble To insert Prosign BT use To insert Prosign AR use To insert Prosign KN use T
79. e 69 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Pgp A la gt ENN TX TX r 14 000007 a 50022000 F ii 7 9 20 40 21 4 21 5 5 F 3n f G 20 40 DSP use raa fe DsP use X RIT DAX The slice receiver flags allow drop down selection and annunciation of the receive antenna selected for its panadapter and all respective slices located therein The left flag shown above shows the options allowed on a FLEX 6700 the center flag shows those available on the FLEX 6500 and the right flag shows the FLEX 6300 The RX B input selection is only available on the FLEX 6700 since it contains two independent SCUs __ IRK I frxant ANT2 Y 8 TX Bora LoopA LoopB 1418 7000 RFE Gaire da T 1l 3 5 Ff 9 20 40 Display sp use oar pax Loop selection is provided only from the panadapter ANT menu but is indicated under the receive antenna selector on each slice within the respective panadapter The LoopA annunciator can be seen under ANT1 in the Slice A flag shown above This means that the RX A loop is active and connected to ANT1 SELECTING THE TRANSMIT ANTENNA FOR A SLICE RECEIVER TX 289 A ANT 1 The transmit antenna for each slice is selected from the red drop down menu shown on Slice A above The transmit antenna selector offers the same ANT1 ANT2 and XVTR options on both t
80. e Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 6 7 RECORDING AND PLAYING A SLICE RECEIVER Slice receivers may be recorded using the Quick Record Playback feature of SmartSDR To the left of each slice receiver flag are both a record round and play button triangle 3 TX 50 002 616 3 5 7 9 20 40 psp cw x RT DAX On initial startup there is no recorded audio in the playback buffer and so the play button will be disabled greyed out To record audio from the slice receiver press the record button once circle While recording the record button will animate a repeated pulse Recording will continue until the record button is pressed again or until two minutes have passed Recording will include any received audio while in receive mode and also any transmit audio when the radio switches to transmit mode Once the recording is stopped the record button will return to a solid red circle and the play button will be active Green triangle TX 30 002616 5 T Go 20 40 d psp cw x RT DAX To playback the audio press the play button triangle If the play button is pressed while the radio is in receive the playback audio will be routed to the speakers and headphones If play is pressed while the radio is in transmit the audio recording will also play through the transmitter To stop playing audio press the play button a second time or wait for the recorded audio to finish playing To re
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82. e the Software Product and will remain in force until terminated You may terminate the license at any time by removing the Software Product from all of your computers and destroying the original Software Product This License will automatically terminate if you breach any of the terms or conditions set out in this Agreement Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason you shall immediately cease all use of the Software product remove the Software Product from all of your computers and either destroy the original Software Product and all copies of the Software or return the Software to FlexRadio Systems at your own cost Right to Install You shall install the Software Product ONLY on computers that you own or on a computer which you have been given explicit verbal or written permission to install from the computer owner Page 12 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Restrictions on Transfer Without first obtaining the express written consent of FlexRadio Systems you may not assign your rights and obligations under this Agreement or redistribute encumber sell rent lease sublicense or otherwise transfer your rights to the Software Product Restrictions on Use You may not decompile reverse engineer disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive the intellectual property or source code for the Software Product The Software
83. e the following image below AM Carner VOX Delay DEXP a Low Cut High Cut LER Ta R300 L Hz 63 125 250 500 1k 10dB ON RX TA Page 89 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide When using the ACC audio input which is set at a fixed gain level the adjustment input must be done on the Windows sound card audio control panel or by using controls in the digital mode program itself if they exist The more common method of adjusting the input gain is by using the Windows audio Control panel 25 3 DIGITAL MODE PROGRAM SETUP FLDIGI With most digital mode programs you have to configure the audio setup and CAT and Fidigi is no different For this example CAT will be configured First and then the audio setup NOTE For the remainder of this example it is assumed that you have Flidigi downloaded and installed on your computer The download URL is http www wihkj com download html The SmartSDR xml RigCAT file is also needed It can be downloaded by doing a right click and a save as on it from http www w1hkj com xmlarchives html Please review the Fldigi user documentation for installation instructions 25 3 1 Fidigi RigCAT Configuration Steps e Start Fildigi and open the Configure Menu e Select the Rig Control menu option e Click on the RigCAT tab e Check the Use RigCAT checkbox e Click on the Op
84. e version refers to the software and firmware that is loaded into the radio itself Located in the Startup tab is information about the client Client Software refers to the software that runs on your computer to operate the radio SmartSDR Versions Client Software vX X XX XXXX GPU Capability Maximum Graphics Acceleration Page 54 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 14 HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE You can get technical support by opening a HelpDesk support ticket helpdesk flexradio com or by calling at 512 535 4713 x2 Another great resource is our online community community flexradio com where FlexRadio Staff and other FlexRadio Operators post Ideas Questions Praises Problems and solutions The community has powerful search capabilities that allow you to easily locate solutions to questions that others have previously asked 15 HOW TO UPDATE THE SOFTWARE In the event where the current Radio Hardware version is not compatible with the current Client Software version an update will be required You will notice that there is a yellow indicator Update followed by the text Update in the list box where your radio is listed You will also notice text requiring you to update your radio before you can proceed In order to resolve the discrepancy click Update As long as your radio is advancing
85. e vertical axis measured in decibels dB The moving white line represents RF coming into the radio The panadapter is where the majority of typical operation will occur The FLEX 6000 series radios are capable of displaying multiple panadapters simultaneously each with their own frequency and bandwidth Page 110 of 131 FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 28 5 2 Waterfall Definition 14060 Eterio 14080 14090 14 100 14 110 14 120 14 130 14 140 LIVE A Waterfall is a historical representation of the frequency data over time Frequency is listed along the horizontal axis from lower to higher frequency from left to right measured in Megahertz MHz Time is listed on the vertical axis where the most recent data is at the top and the oldest data is on the bottom 28 5 3 Left Menu In this section there are a series of menu options that control various functions of the panadapter These controls are located on the left side of the panadapter Hide Menu button a collapse the panadapter menu so that it is no longer obstructing the view of the panadapter When clicked it will appear with an arrow pointing to the right Clicking the button again will expand the menu back to its default state Add Slice Receiver button will place an additional Slice Receiver resource inside the panadapter When you have utilized all of your available Slice Receiver resources the Add Slice Receiver button w
86. ee colors to visually indicate the input level range Signals up to 10 dB are shown in green Signals levels between from 10 and O dB are shown in yellow Any signal level that is greater than O dB is shown in red When setting up your microphone audio for optimal modulation adjust the input gain so that the peak level indicator is peaking just BELOW the O dB on voice peaks t is very important that your peak level indicator never exceed 0 dB and turn red at any time A red peak level indicator indicates over driven or clipped input audio levels resulting in audio distortion The input ALC is active but excessive input signal levels will result in input signals that can exceed O dB If you see the peak level indicator turn red at any time turn down your audio input gain until you no longer see the peak level indicator turn read Page 63 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 175 250 500 10dzE The Transmit Equalizer control panel is illustrated above with the TX and ON buttons highlighted With these buttons selected the graphic EQ can be optimized for different microphones and operating styles such as DX contesting and ESSB The sliders provide a 10 dB adjustment range over eight octaves The settings shown above provide very good audio quality for many dynamic microphones 17 5 MONITOR MODE OPERATION Level Compres
87. eiver B should be selected as the active slice so you can tune your transmit frequency to where the DX station is listening Click on TX on slice B so your transmitter will follow the active slice Ea osr use a L a MED a If you prefer you can use the slice audio controls to pan the slice audio so one receiver is in your left ear and the other is in your right ear 17 4 HOW TO CONFIGURE YOUR AUDIO CONTROLS FOR VOICE MODES Connect a suitable microphone to the 8 pin front panel connector or to the balanced microphone input following the instructions provided in the FLEX 6000 Hardware Reference Manual In the transmitter control panel select MIC for the front panel microphone or BAL for the rear panel balanced microphone input Page 62 of 131 FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide AM Carner VOX Delay DEAP Ly Low Cut High Cut LER Ga Ry 2900 L Transmitter Low Cut and High Cut bandwidth can be set on the Transmit Control panel The bandwidth is adjustable up to 10 KHz in 1 Hz increments Level Compression There are two indicator components of the microphone or input Level meter to show the actual audio input level The left most component is a solid bar indicating the average input level and the smaller box like component farther to the right of the average input level bar is the peak level indicator The Level meter indicator bars also utilize thr
88. en button and select the SmartSDR xml file downloaded previously e Inthe Device drop down select the FlexRadio virtual com port associated with your FLEX 6000 In this example it is COM4 the default FlexRadio virtual com port e Change the Baud Rate to 9600 e Change the Stopbits to 1 e Make sure the CAT command for PTT option is checked e Click on the Initialize button to make the connection to the FLEX 6000 If the connection is successful the QSY button on the bottom right hand side of the Fldigi console will no longer be grayed out and the frequency readout for Slice A will be shown above the mode and Filter buttons on the Fldigi console e Click on the SAVE button to save the configuration changes Page 90 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Page 91 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 25 3 2 FLDIGI RIGCAT CONFIGURATION STEPS e Start Fldigi and open the Configure Menu e Select the Sound Card menu option e Click on the Devices tab e Check the PortAudio option e Inthe Capture dropdown box select the PC sound card INPUT interface e Inthe Playback dropdown box select the PC sound card OUTPUT interface e Click on the SAVE button to save the configuration changes Fidigi pnfiguration el IOl x Operator UI Waterfall
89. esirable frequency is changed and it falls out of the notch requiring a readjustment of the notch With the Tracking Notch Filter TNF once the frequency has been notched the filter remembers the RF frequency of the objectionable signal When the dial frequency is changed the filter is automatically adjusted to maintain the notch on the objectionable frequency With SmartSDR you can have a large number of Tracking Notch Filters to notch out local problem carriers or birdies across all bands covered by SmartSDR The TNFs may be temporary for only the current session or they may be remembered permanently 8 2 CREATING AND ADJUSTING A TRACKING NOTCH FILTER TNF To create a TNF click the TNE button on the left side of the panadapter This will create a TNF in the center of the panadapter You can also right click in the panadapter or waterfall on the frequency where you would like the TNF created and select Create TNF Create Slice Create TNF The Tracking Notch Filter will be created on the frequency where the right click occurred A TNF will be shown by a greenish vertical line with diagonal stripes Page 44 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Nd meen FEI Y K ii i W i I Mi f y if W N Once the TNF is created the TNF may be remembered deleted or additional notch depth may be added by right clicking on
90. esnsasceeecedeacessnaeaceceedsateceiasseacsadeseceiuatseececdeabecss 54 14 HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE eessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssee 55 IS HOW TO UPDATE THE SOR EW AR Risssssssscassasesicasasscsdacancsscsciascsasvanasacasasavscacancsssstiaacssssss 55 IG TOW TO OPERA EE CW sscciesssatesescastensnvcaseiessdessioncdotebescnsdsssaweoes veasdeasioahaotebeasacdsssaweoueseacieds 56 16 1 How to Operate CW in Split Mode eecccscccccccceeessseecceeceeeeeeeseeeceeeeeeeeeeeeees 56 16 2 CN Tn A o T A eecen EEE E E 57 16 3 Usmo iho UU KOVI esiaren EEE EE 58 16 4 How to Operate QRQ high speed CW with QSK sissnessssssssseessssssssseeressssssseeeeess 59 16 5 How to connect an external keyer using the FSK Key Input on the rear panel ACCESOS CONECO RRM nnn eee 59 17 HOW TO OPERATE SINGLE SIDEBAND SSB cccccccccccrrrcrccccccccccccccccccccccscsees 60 17 1 How to select the SSB filter bandwidth ee eeeeeessseeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeees 60 17 2 Operate the Sec Cl PLOC CS SON ast ctecteesscasttcctetiicasaestartcectuesssartutanetiecastastaneatecteiees 6l 17 3 How to Operate SSB in Split Mode ce ecccccccccccceeeeseseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeenees 61 17 4 How to configure your audio controls for voice modes ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 62 17 5 Momtor mode opetat ON sore a ssuteencr cou icoessusicameteueiaesaaaiienn a iaaiiai 64 17 6 Recommended audio adjustment steps for voice modes esessssessceec
91. ew region There is an option to enable disable the FlexControl by clicking the EA When blue the Disabled ie FlexControl is enabled when grey the FlexControl is disabled and will no longer control SmartSDR Next is the Remote On enable disable control ia When blue Remote On is enabled Disabled ae when grey remote on is disabled To operate remote on with the radio off if you close the rear RCA connector continuously it will power on the radio Open the RCA contact and the radio will power off The next section contains controls for adjusting focus integration controls This allows the user to pass the mouse and keyboard focus back to the third party program of their choice The delay control adjusts the wait time for SmartSDR to pass the focus back to the selected program When N1MM is selected in the dropdown menu a textbox becomes available to adjust the UDP Port which is the Page 100 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide receiving port for NIMM Modification of the N1MM ini file is required and must agree with this port number See the link below for more details on setting up N1MM to broadcast the focus data hitp nimm hamdocs com tiki index phop page UDP Broadcasts UDP Port 12060 When Other is selected from the dropdown menu then a textbox becomes available to adjust the name of the window that
92. f and slider When these controls are enabled they will illuminate the annunciators on the slice flag in blue NB NR ANF When the slice is in CW mode the ANF button and slider will switch to an APF button and slider Clicking on the APF button will enable the Audio Peaking Filter The slider will adjust the Audio Peaking Filter bandwidth This function can be useful when trying to copy weak CW signals When operating a FLEX 6700 an additional control will appear to initiate Diversity Reception ON This will overlap two synchronized receivers on the same frequency which will operate on two different antennas for simple diversity reception The slaved slice will have a slice flag with reduced functionality To hear the reception enhancement achieved using the diversity feature you must listed using stereo headphones Using stereo speakers can result in phasing nulls due to the lack of audio isolation between the left and right audio channels 5 TX i T 5000 EEE i mM psp Page 120 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide pse USB x r Dax use USB CW AM LEK LEK ZIK 24K ZPR O 29K 33K 40K The Mode Menu button displays the mode that is currently selected Inside the menu there is a Mode dropdown menu and three quick select modes To change the quick select modes to a different mode use a right click to e
93. f you are having trouble with your radio please submit a HelpDesk support request On the FLEX 6500 or FLEX 6700 to restore to factory defaults hold down the OK button on the front panel of the radio while you press the power button On the FLEX 6300 hold down the power button until the LED blinks purple This will clear any memories in the radio and return them back to their Original state NOTE This should only be used as a last resort Contact support if you are having trouble with your radio Page 106 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 28 MAIN WINDOW 28 1 INTRODUCTION The Main Window of SmartSDR is where the primary operation of the radio will occur Inside this window there is a Top Menu Bar Bottom Menu Bar and Tiles 28 2 UPPER MENU BAR File Settings Help Profiles a FlexRadio Systems yy lt Located in the top menu bar are a series of drop down menus File Settings and Help You will also find volume controls for speaker and headphone volume 28 2 1 Menus File Settings Help Profiles e File Menu contains the following selections Oo Exit Selecting this option will close SmartSDR and disconnect from the radio o Import Export Selecting this option will open the Import Export control window for exporting or importing the radio settings e Settings Menu
94. for Windows Software User s Guide 28 6 4 Filter Control Widget The Filter Control Widget is used to adjust the high cut and low cut of the Receive Filter To initiate the Filter Control Widget hover your mouse over the Carrier Frequency just above the horizontal axis Frequency bar This will cause the Filter Control Widget to appear Within the control there are three sections separated by dotted lines If you hover your mouse over the left section a left Control arrow will appear Clicking and dragging left or right will adjust the low cut of the filter and will display as the left side of the Receive Filter moving left or right The measurement at the bottom displays the separation from the carrier frequency The center section adjusts both the high cut and low cut of the filter simultaneously Hovering over the center section will display a four way arrow Clicking and dragging up and down from within this section will decrease increase the low cut while increasing the high cut of the filter effectively making the Receive Filter bar wider Clicking and dragging left and right will move the Receive Filter bar left and right relative to the Carrier Frequency lf you hover your mouse over the right section a right Control arrow will appear Clicking and dragging left or right will adjust the high cut of the filter and will display as the right side of the Receive Filter moving left or right The measurement at the bottom displays the se
95. h components should be installed M Select the components you want to install dear the components you do not want to install Click Next when you are ready to continue SmartSOR application files Current selection requires at least 7 3 MB of disk space SmartSDR v1 0 0 FlexRadio Systems 2012 2013 Click NEXT to continue The Select Additional Tasks screen is displayed as shown below It is recommended that you leave the Create a desktop icon option checked to provide a convenient way of starting SmartSDR for Windows from your Windows Desktop Page 26 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing SmartSDR then dick Next Additional icons Create a desktop icon SmartSDR v1 0 0 FlexRadio Systems 2012 2013 Click NEXT to continue The Ready to Install screen is displayed as shown below Setup is now ready to begin installing SmartSDR on your computer Click Install to continue with the installation or dick Back if you want to review or change any settings Destination location C Program Files FlexRadio Systems SmartSDR v1 0 0 Setup type SmartSDR for Windows SmartSDR application files Additional tasks Create a icon a SmartSDR
96. he FLEX 6500 and FLEX 6700 models Each slice may have its own designated transmit antenna that is activated by the large red TX button to the left of its slice letter e g Slice A in above ANTENNA OPTIONS FOR PIN DIODE QSK OPERATION Page 70 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved 21 6 FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Full QSK operation with reception between individual elements is supported on a single transceive antenna at speeds up to 30 WPM QRQ QSK is supported at 100 WPM when a separate receive antenna is used on RX A RX B or XVTR The QSK annunciator located to the left of the TX selector button on each flag indicates that QSK is operational in the selected mode QSK is not supported with a separate receive antenna set to either ANT1 or ANT2 USING A COMMON RECEIVE ANTENNA WITH SEPARATE TRANSMIT ANTENNAS RX 4 225 5 0 Band 9 20 40 ANT pas Display Ko Ah I RET E i or E alt anes ae had La Wha tal Lesa ve sy ml ye An LAM e i h e Lal we Ha l p r laham A Ha ia wey i wor hrel np i i i i r pean 1 W 9 D 14 1 60 14 180 4300 14 220 14 240 14260 14 280 4300 Co A a i TX AV RX 2 542 850 Band 3 5 7 9 20 40 ANT DSP use isplay nod 1i i A i TF f Pia A ee A t ier P l ae J Hi taht Ya na tl L yes hii I K kianat ap ea at i 4 K i wil i wh 4 AWM tun a ati Hi Tie a at
97. he IF frequency that corresponds to the RF frequency previously entered Currently SmartSDR only understands high side injection so the IF frequency must be below the LO frequency of your transverter LO freq MHz the calculated value of the local oscillator in your transverter This number should match the transverter manufacturer s specifications If it does not check the RF and IF entries again and make corrections LO error Hz If your local oscillator is off frequency by a known amount enter that amount here and SmartSDR will make the proper adjustments to properly read your transmit and receive frequencies in SmartSDR If you are using a GPS or 10MHz locked transverter this number should be set to zero RX Only Enable this if you do not want to transmit through your transverter It will lock out the transmit capabilities in SmartSDR Max Power dBm enter the IF input power level to the transverter to achieve maximum output power of the transverter This will limit the output power that SmartSDR allows to be provided to the transverter This value may be between 11dBm and 15dBm for IF frequencies below 80MHz and 11dBm to 8dBm for IF frequencies above 135MHz RX Gain dB this field is optional but will correct the receive signal level reading in the panadapter and slice receivers To properly set this you should enter the IF gain for the transverter If you do not know this value ask your transverter manufacturer If you do
98. he RF power output A value of 0 will not produce any RF output The scale from 0 100 approximates RF output wattage e TX Profile Dropdown This dropdown allows the user to quickly toggle between different TX Profiles that have previously been created e TUNE button Clicking this button will cause the transmitter to output a sinusoidal tone at low wattage 10 watts by default for running external automatic antenna tuners and amplifiers While TUNE is enabled the output wattage can be adjusted using the RF Power slider control e MOX button Clicking this button will key the transmitter Clicking the MOX button while enabled will turn off or unkey the transmitter e ATU button Clicking this button will initiate a tuning sequence by the internal Antenna Tuning Unit ATU If successful the button will stay illuminated and the Success message will be displayed in the ATU Tune Operation Indicator If the tuning operation fails to find a better impedance match the ATU button will turn off the BYP Bypass button will illuminate and either the Fail or Abort message will be displayed in the ATU Tune Operation Indicator Page 122 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved 28 7 4 FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide BYP button This button when illuminated indicates that the ATU is in Bypass mode If the ATU is active indicated by the ATU button being illuminated and the BYP
99. hod the frequency at the point where your mouse was located at the click event will remain stationary in the panadapter When zooming out with a FLEX 6000 radio there are certain points where the size of the data used to create the display on the screen will need to be doubled As this occurs there will be more noise taken into account while processing the display which will cause a noticeable increase in the noise floor The reverse occurs when zooming in on a panadapter After zooming out to a certain point the hardware will switch to wideband mode When this occurs any panadapters that are affected by this change will display WIDE in the top right corner to indicate that it is in wideband mode When in Wideband the radio will open up the Bandpass Filters as wide as they can go for any panadapters or slice receivers that are using that Antenna Page 114 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 28 5 5 Vertical Zoom Each panadapter will allow you to adjust the maximum and minimum amplitude displayed Clicking the up or down arrows displayed in the top right corner of the panadapter will increase or decrease respectively the maximum amplitude displayed in 10 dB increments You may also adjust the minimum amplitude by clicking and dragging the vertical axis This will effectively adjust where the noise floor is positioned within the panadapter
100. ice receiver that is enabled for transmit mode specific controls are also displayed There is a CW and Phone Digital mode specific transmit sub panels Page 121 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 28 7 1 How to Access the Transmit Control Panel To display the Transmit Control Panel click on the Transmit Control Panel icon in the lower left hand corner of the SmartSDR application window 28 7 2 Open and Close Panels To open or close a panel click on the corresponding indicator at the top of the Transmit Control Pycw PHNE RX EQ Panel When the button is illuminated in blue the panel is open and grey when closed 28 7 3 RF Power ATU Control Panel global RF Power SWR RF Power TX Profile Y TUNE MOX ATU BYP RF Power bar meter This meter is an indication of the peak RF power being transmitted SWR bar meter While transmitting the SWR meter will measure the ratio of peak voltage on the minimum amplitude of voltage of standing wave or VSWR This is an indication of the radiated RF power efficiency If a VSWR greater than 3 0 1 is displayed stop transmitting and investigate the impedance mismatch of the antenna system connected to the FLEX 6000 as this could indicate a faulty antenna coax or coax connectors RF Power slider control Moving the slider control to the right increases t
101. ies who have received copies or rights from you under this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such parties remain in full compliance 5 You are not required to accept this License since you have not signed it However nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License Therefore by modifying or distributing the Program or any work based on the Program you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so and all its terms and conditions for copying distributing or modifying the Program or works based on it 6 Each time you redistribute the Program or any work based on the Program the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients exercise of the rights granted herein You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License Page 17 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 7 If as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent infringement or for any other reason not limited to patent issues conditions are imposed on you whether by court order agreement or otherwise that contradict the condit
102. ill turn to a dark shade of grey indicating that the action is no longer available It will return to an available state once a Slice Receiver is closed e Add Tracking Notch Filter button will place a TNF in the center of your slice filter If no Slice is available the TNF will be placed at the center of the panadapter e Band menu button will expose the Band Menu Selecting a band from this list will adjust the panadapter display to within the correlating amateur radio band One band can be selected at a time and allows for rapid switching between views of the amateur radio bands Clicking the Band menu button again will collapse the menu Page 111 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Display DAX 137 474 Oo When switching between bands if any Slice Receivers were left on the old frequency these are removed and one new one will be added If no Slice Receivers were present one will not be added at the new frequency Antenna menu button will expose antenna selection options RX ANT AANT1 Y J LoopA Loop Oo The RX ANT LAW LESA drop down menu allows you to select the antenna that you would like to use for receive within this panadapter This will dictate which antenna is supplying the RF for the frequency display as well as the receive audio for the Slice Receivers within the panadapter o The Loop buttons Loo
103. iming and threshold TX 14 OO 0O00 G9 204 40 B x RIT DAX R The dropdown sets the attack and release time for the AGC You can choose FAST MEDIUM SLOW or OFF Off disables the automatic gain adjustment and allows you to set the gain manually It will not change in response to the received signal strength The proper setting for the AGC threshold is determined by the band noise and the signal strength of the desired signal Reducing the threshold can significantly improve the signal to noise ratio of the desired signal Increasing the threshold will increase the gain in the receiver which is sometimes necessary for weak signals Properly adjusted you can virtually eliminate noise and have a very clean signal that is very pleasant to hear In the slice DSP control panel are the enable buttons and threshold adjustments for the Noise Blanker Noise Reduction and Automatic Notch Filter The midrange setting of the threshold controls are good starting points for adjustments TX 14 1 00 000 3 5 7 9 20 40 OSP use x RT DAX Page 83 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide The Noise Blanker is to combat impulse noise such as power line hash To enable the Noise Blanker click the NB button then adjust the threshold control for the best noise suppression In general the default setting is adequate but depen
104. indows Software User s Guide FlexRadio Systems TX 14 307 620 Se si psp 3 5 7 9 20 40 a DSP u xyRIT Dax NB ro NR ANF DIV H Th i fl P M A o aE Sn AA AA al A A i ell Ail AM ae a ae Hy w fy Li M Te a pe t if i i iw oh i jal i i Why Y e A p Meg aha 4 SmartSDR automatically sets the slice audio faders to place the two antennas in the left and right ears respectively The sound will be very different from normal reception since the user is listening in stereo to the same signal on two different antennas 20 HOW TO OPERATE THE ATU TUNE MOX ATU BYP Press the button to initiate tuning on the Automatic Tuning Unit The ATU will set the power output to approximately 2W on 6m and 10W on all other bands The ATU will tune until it achieves a successful impedance match as shown by the Success indicator The BALSA button will remain lit to show that the ATU is engaged If the ATU cannot achieve a successful match the red ad indicator will light and the tuner will revert to bypass mode TUNE MOX ATU BYP In the event that the measured antenna SWR is lower than the ATU than the final tuning outcome the ATU will switch into bypass mode indicated by the highlighted BYP button and the Success indicator will light Page 68 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 21 HOW TO CO
105. ing SmartSDR CAT After SmartSDR CAT is installed note the virtual server port number assigned to your FLEX 6000 The default FlexRadio virtual com port is COM4 and will be used in this set procedure Once SmartSDR CAT is installed you can use the Test tab to verify that SmartSDR CAT is properly communicating with the FLEX 6000 25 2 SMARTSDR FOR WINDOWS SETUP As noted above we have connected the FLEX 6000 s audio input and output via the ACC Connector to a PC sound card In this example we will be using an Edirol FA 66 sound card but any PC sound card is suitable for operating digital modes Page 87 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 25 2 1 SLICE RECEIVER SETUP Create or modify a slice receiver for operating digital modes Since all of the audio from all slice receivers is mixed together in the audio output it is best to only have one slice receiver defined so that you do not have to worry about muting the audio for other slice receivers Change the Demodulation mode to DIGU or DIGL DIGU upper sideband is the ASFK demodulation mode most commonly used for digital mode operation Verify that the Audio Pan control is in the center position To ensure that audio will be sent to the sound card make sure that the Pan audio control is in the center position See the slice receiver control panel image below 3 TX 4 1 04 1 0O
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107. j 5 2 4 Waterfall The waterfall uses the same data from the SCU as the panadapter and turns it into a time based visual representation of the spectrum In the waterfall intensity of signal is represented by a change in color in a similar way as water density is shown in a weather radar The vertical position in the waterfall represents the time that the information on the spectrum was obtained The waterfall owes its name to the way that it continually moved downward like a waterfall as time passes The waterfall can be useful for understanding how signals are distributed in the spectrum over time locating where stations have recently transmitted and even locating holes where operation will not interfere with other stations A waterfall can be seen below i ji i TE So iso at 5 4 g b wn w _ gt 2 cee M gt a e o aU eee eae e o J i H i i b i 5 2 5 Panafall The panafall display is simply a panadapter and a waterfall that are joined such that the horizontal direction has the same frequency location In this way the panadapter portion of the display will show the current state of the spectrum and the waterfall portion will show a historical perspective Page 31 of 131 FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Lp 14045450 w gt eu 3 a 7 Z psp cw x RT DAX iM j Ah r har Waa da y yd lid j
108. large section of the RF spectrum In the FLEX 6700 for example an SCU tuned to the HF band collects every signal present in the spectrum from O 73MHZ This data is not directly observable or understandable by an operator so a number of tools exist for understanding and using the SCU data the first of which is the Slice Receiver Each Slice Receiver is tuned to a specific frequency just as a Variable Frequency Oscillator VFO would be in a traditional radio The Slice Receiver then takes this more digestible amount of data typically describing 10 20kHz of the band and performs operations to output the signals required by the operator For example in the case of a sideband receiver the Slice Receiver will demodulate the upper sideband of the data collected will filter it according to the receiver filter settings may perform noise mitigation techniques on the data and then ultimately passes it to an audio system to become sound to the operator Because the source of the Slice Receiver data is always the SCU data and each Slice Receiver uses the same techniques to demodulate filter and convert the signal into audio each Slice Receiver shares the same base performance as the other slice receivers For the operator this means that access to two or more receivers with the same top performance may be used interchangeably without concern for differing performance characteristics of each receiver often found in superheterodyne receivers Page 30 of 1
109. led A B Swap Dot Dash Sideband CWU CWL Under the CW tab there is a slider to toggle lambic mode and paddle swap for dot dash lambic can be enabled or disabled in either mode A or mode B configurations Blue signifies selected mode WB There are two settings for the Key configuration Dot Dash and Dash Dot Dot Dash indicates the left paddle is the dot and the right is the dash When Dash Dot is selected the button will highlight blue DashiDot There is also a selection for upper CWU or lower sideband CWL for CW Operation Gay cw 27 9 PHONE TAB On the SSB Tab there are controls for setting up Microphones as well as Transmit Filter Bandwidths Microphone BIAS 20dE Disabled Enable Disable the Mic Meter During Receive BIAS button Clicking this button will enable the 5 VDC microphone BIAS voltage on the MIC connector Only enable the BIAS if the microphone being g used requires the 5 VDC voltage to operate such as microphones with condenser elements 20dB button Clicking this button will enable the 20 dB gain audio preamp This option is not available when LINE is selected as the audio input Page 103 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Disable Enable Mic Meter button Enables or disables the Mic Meter during receive 27 10 RECEIVE TAB The receive tab has selections for Frequency Offset to adjus
110. ler text below the TX describes the status of the transmitter PTT Inhibit 06 05 13 2149352 28 3 4 Date Time Indicator 06 05 13 21 49 35Z The Date Time Indicator gathers data from your computer s clock Today s date is listed on the first line and the current time in Greenwich Mean Time GMT on a 24 hour scale is on the second line 28 4 ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT In this section we will discuss the organization and arrangement of the Main Window of SmartSDR This will include the organization of the Tiles within the window as they resize and reorder with user input Page 109 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 28 5 PANAFALL PANADAPTER WATERFALL 4 O99 400 9 20 40 psp use xr Dax li el ids jus i 14060 14070 14 080 14 090 14 100 I4 110 14 120 p 2 7K B 4099400 6 230740 4 Dep 1 USB xem pax j ih h i ff tl i a ut Pat ee ai as A fy a erie yl Lanta A i h j i i 7 ye ml Tat Ma At ia A ri A ae ae aaa Wiha Lid al Fa Me ay A J i P Aba ul If LERT it MM om 14060 4070 4 OBC 090 14 106 I4 110 14 1530 14 140 LIVE A Panadapter is a visual spectrum display of radio frequencies RF Frequency is listed along the horizontal axis from lower to higher frequency from left to right measured in Megahertz MHz Amplitude is shown on th
111. lice Flag It represents the frequency of the Carrier of the individual slice Clicking on this display will enable manual keyboard input of the desired frequency The S Meter shows the power within the Receive Filter as measured in S Units 6 dB per S Unit Page 119 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 28 6 6 Slice Menus psp use xr DAX In this section of the Slice Flag are a series of menus for adjusting the slice settings Greyed out menus indicate menus that are not yet implemented Clicking on the Slice Audio menu button will expose the Slice specific audio controls Right clicking on the Slice Audio menu button offers a shortcut for muting audio without having to enter the menu The Slice Audio Menu includes a Mute button a and volume slider to adjust the audio level of the slice A Left and Right m balance button and slider to adjust the balance between left and right channels for headsets or speakers Automatic Gain Control AGC dropdown menu MED allows the user to select Fast Medium Slow and Off AGC settings Finally the slider to the right of the AGC dropdown controls AGC Threshold OSP use xRT DAX NB NR ANF he Digital Signal Processing DSP Menu contains Noise Blanker NB On Off and slider Noise Reduction NR On Off and slider and Automatic Notch Filter ANF On Of
112. lient Profile setup program Once the download has completed run the file dotNethx40_Client_setup exe to install the WET Framework 4 0 Client Profile on your PC After the install of the NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile has completed click on the link Windows Update that ts displayed after the text Check for more recent versions to install all necessary updates Make sure you select all NET Framework 4 updates from both the High Priority and Software Optional sections before running the SmartSDR v1 0 0 setup program again Click on OK to open a web browser and download the NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile software from the Internet or click on CANCEL to stop installing SmartSDR for Windows Page 24 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 4 3 2 Step 2 Installing SmartSDR for Windows The first screen displayed is the Welcome to the SmartSDR Setup Wizard as shown below Welcome to the SmartSDR Setup Wizard This will install SmartSDR v1 0 0 on your computer Itis recommended that you close all other applications before reiini Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Click NEXT to continue The SmartSDR for Windows End User s License Agreement screen is displayed as shown below Please read the following important information before continuing Please read the following License Agreement You must accep
113. maximum extent permitted by such applicable laws Complete Agreement This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and FlexRadio Systems with respect to the use of the Software Product licensed hereunder and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous understandings regarding such subject matter No amendment to or modification of this Agreement will be binding unless in writing and signed by FlexRadio Systems Any translation of this Agreement is done for local requirements and in the event of a dispute between the English and any non English versions the English version of this Agreement shall govern Page 14 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 2 3 2 GPL Information Portions of the software contained within the FLEX 6000 Signature Series transceiver are covered under the GNU General Public License GPL GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2 June 1991 Copyright C 1989 1991 Free Software Foundation Inc 51 Franklin Street Fifth Floor Boston MA 02110 1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document but changing it is not allowed Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it By contrast the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software to make sure the sof
114. mit frequency to 14 225 MHz on ANT1 simply click the TX button on Slice A 21 8 USING A DEDICATED RECEIVE ANTENNA ANT1 h 14 290 600 I 3 5 7 9 20740 psp uss fy IT ha wnat J 7 5 rie y v im EAR J p 300 4000 14 100 14 200 14 300 14 400 The above display shows Slice A having a dedicated receive antenna on RX A with the transmit antenna ANT1 The FLEX 6700 6700R models have the option of two separate receive antennas on RX A and RX B respectively The FLEX 6500 has only the RX A option The FLEX 6300 FLEX 6500 and FLEX 6700 all have the option of receiving from the XVTR port The XVTR port is not recommended as a receive antenna port if an external preamp is used on its antenna Transmission on the XVTR port could put up to 10 dBm of reverse power into the connected preamp Page 72 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 21 9 RECEIVE ONLY ANTENNA OPERATION Lp 14 0235 660 4 psp cw Jira Dax NK IN n My mill Mi i Wal Ath A f AAN hm N r h Aafia nme sie Vinh pli Ut VY WA nd 4 ed Mad by MINA d N puw Y 14 000 14 020 14080 TRST 3 5 7 9 20 40 psp LSB Mn a iF hi vn fy 1 it YU w Vl yh Aam A Tra ol de A mhad id wah NM tebe A A SU ey i 7 A vy yy bean A yen ied i w Aol Mey A MA ly MN ul Mah i A 7 160 T 7 200 7 22
115. most recently used 144MHz band is the external 144 28MHz transverter e Adirect frequency entry of 144 2 is typed e The radio will select the external 144 28MHz transverter and tune to 144 200MHz e The panadapter will clearly indicate the selected band by placing a 144 or whatever name was given to the transverter band in the upper right of the panadapter If this is not the desired result if you intended to switch to the internal 2m band just use the Band selection to switch to this band in the panadapter At this point the radio will switch to the correct band and it will become the favorite band next time a direct frequency is entered TRANSVERTER POWER SETTINGS The operation of the RF power slider in SmartSDR is set by the Max Power setting in the transverter setup Setting the RF power slider to 100 will set the power to the Max Power setting The zero setting will shut off all RF power from the transverter port A setting of 1 would be 20dB below the max power For example if a Max Power setting of 5dBm was set in the settings the slider O position will be no power 1 will be 5dBm 20dB 15dBm The 50 setting on the slider will be 5dBm 10dB 5dBm Page 80 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved 22 4 22 5 FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide TRANSMITTING ON A TRANSVERTER When transmissions occur on the transverter the ra
116. must be illuminated in order for this audio to be used DAX will allow multiple PCs to use the same DAX channel s For example you could use two PCs to listen to the same frequency with different decoding programs In the event that more than one PC is used on the same DAX channel the TX selection in the DAX Control Panel will determine which PC using DAX will be the source of the transmit audio If you select TX in one DAX control panel for a given DAX Channel all other PCs will be deselected as the transmit audio source for that DAX Channel You can also see the data rate from the radio to the computer and the level being received from the radio listed in kbps while in transmit 26 1 4 Connecting 3 party software Next connect your 3rd party software to the preset sound cards that are available on your system Here is an example of a partial list of sound cards DAX AUDIO TX 1 FlexRadio Systems DAX TX DAX AUDIO TX 7 FlexRadio Systems DAX TX DAX RESERVED AUDIO RX 8 FlexRadio Systems DAX Audio DAX AUDIO TX 6 FlexRadio Systems DAX TX DAX RESERVED IQ RX 3 FlexRadio Systems DAX IQ DAX RESERVED IQ RX 1 FlexRadio Systems DAX IQ DAX RESERVED IQ RX 4 FlexRadio Systems DAX IQ DAX AUDIO TX 2 FlexRadio Systems DAX TX DAX RESERVED AUDIO RX 7 FlexRadio Systems DAX Audio DAX RESERVED AUDIO RX 2 FlexRadio Systems DAX Audio DAX RESERVED AUDIO RX 6 FlexRadio Systems DAX Audio DAX AUDIO TX 3 FlexRadio Systems DAX TX
117. n to adjust the frequency range that is viewed Clicking and dragging within the panadapter grid will reorient the frequencies being viewed on the panadapter in the direction that your mouse is moving By moving your mouse to the right you will display lower frequencies and vice versa The Band menu button in the Panadapter menu will expose the Band Menu Selecting a band from this list will adjust the panadapter display to within the correlating amateur radio band One band can be selected at a time and allows for rapid switching between views of the amateur radio bands Clicking the Band menu button again will collapse the menu Clicking on the XVTR button in the lower right will swap the buttons over to a list of XVTR bands Click the HF button same location to swap back _ RX TNF_ EECA Band 4 ANT em te ANT Display WWV GEN Display Ba gt di f 474 DAX Page 38 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide When switching between bands if any Slice Receivers were left on the old frequency these are removed and one new one will be added If no Slice Receivers were present one will not be added at the new frequency 7 3 HOW TO ZOOM A PANADAPTER Each panadapter has a zoom range up to a maximum of 14 MHz for the FLEX 6500 and FLEX 6700 or 7 MHz for the FLEX 6300 down to a minimum of 1 5kHz in bandwidth for the FLEX 6700 and 6kHz in b
118. ndows Software User s Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS GAIN Bi ener E O T E E E 8 2 COPYRIGHT INFORMA TION iscssscscscsescssccsseastenssenssensseascesseacseccaseastensseussecsseasdetscassecseseastes 11 2 1 Manual Copy oDi eese E E E E 11 22 Software Copyrights sssssseeeeeesssssssseeeersssssssecerrssssssssceerrssssssseerersssssseseeeressssseees 11 2 3 Software Licenc ASTCSMCINS serisi oE E a O E 12 2 3 1 FlexRadio Software License cccccccnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceececeeeeeeeeeeaaaeeaeeeeeeeees 12 Ao AG Veg MOM AO es oce races apes ce neonaae E A E T TEE AS 15 IR COIN TAU irseacasscacasesacecesusicecensstenssesssoacucsacscssetcuccsanstesssesdenaeuassacusesetencesupsteasessiesacuessese 21 4 INSTALLING SMARTSDR FOR WINDOWS APPLICATION ON YOUR PC 22 4 1 Recommendations and Requirement ccccccccccccceesseseeccceeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeses 22 4 2 Minimum Windows and NET Requirements ccccecccceccceceeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeenees 22 4 3 lnstan TINS SOLNO era E E E E 23 4 3 1 Step 1 Pre Installation Tasks nnooessooennesssssssoeeerssssssssseerssssssssserrrsssssssecerees 23 4 3 2 Step 2 Installing SmartSDR for WindOwWS ccccccccccccssseseseeeeeeeeesaneneseeeeeees 29 5 SMARISDROVERVIE W cssessssscesticseccsecesnctesteendcesteuscsastiesecsbasssacsesisendcestesucuestesncebacesnctestsessess 30 5 1 THEORY Or OC AO arsena e e Tei 30 5 2 KEY SMARISDRCOMPONENTS sepies E 30 32l Seal Capiu UniS OC
119. ng on the Deane button Interlocks TX REQ RCA Disabled Accessory Disabled The Interlocks section offers three setting for RCA TX and Accessory TX Disabled Active High and Active Low The FLEX 6300 does not have interlock settings for RCA Tune Power 10 Hardware ALC Disabled Show TX in Waterfall Disabled The Tune Power text box allows the user to manually set the Tune Power from 0 100 Watts Disabled The user can also enable disable the Hardware ALC by clicking on When blue Enabled Hardware ALC is enabled when grey it is Disabled Page 102 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide A Please note this input is provided as a safety measure for external amplifiers It is NOT meant to be used in regular operation as an active power control input or to modify the attack of an external amplifier Almost all modern HF amplifier manufacturers discourage the use of ALC in normal operation In fact many amplifiers do not have ALC implemented The software is set to not show your transmit signal on the waterfall by default so that the waterfall does not display data that may not be useful to the user Instead it will display a single white line while in transmit When enabled The Show TX in Waterfall setting will cause the waterfall to show the data of your transmission 27 8 CW TAB CW lambic Enab
120. ng up the CW specific controls in the transmit panel and show the narrower CW receive filter presets The CW display is slightly different from the SSB display In CW mode the slice carrier indicator line is in the center of the receiver passband This coincides with the CW carrier frequency and takes into account the CW pitch offset It shows exactly the location of your transmitted carrier 16 1 HOW TO OPERATE CW IN SPLIT MODE Many DXpeditions prefer to operate split mode where they transmit on a frequency but listen up or down a few kilohertz In order to do this in SmartSDR you must add a second slice receiver to the panadapter to use as your secondary frequency To add a slice click the MLS button on the left side of the screen Your panadapter display should look like this Page 56 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide File Settings Help SF lexRadio Systems a 2 n i x TX P cw PHNE RX EQ 3 JA 3 AV 4025 000 14027000 _ E Bi thinkin x a 7 9 20 40 3 5 7 Q9 20 40 4 psp ew xverr Dax Dsp Gwe xRT Dax SWR cw USB OW AM cw USB ewe AM 7 50 100 250 400 50 100 250 400 RF Power 800 TOK 5K 30K 800 TOK 5K 30K TUNE MOX Delay Speed FEI 20 Sidetone 0 AL a 2 AM 140 Garnier Low Cut High Cut s 00 gt Zj 2900 gt 40
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123. nssoanaenscmnecessovesess sche riser r nii oeassones 87 29 2 SMARTSDR FOR WINDOWS SETUP siccccsscseessssessceseneceacttapteeresderenstviasecesenerencuaantpecesees 87 23 2 SLICE RECEIVER SETUP cessere eneee en ee ee ee ee en eer ee 88 25 2 2 SmartSDR Audio Output Configuration cceeeeseeccccecceeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeees 88 25 2 3 SMARTSDR AUDIO INPUT CONFIGURATION ssseeeeeeeneeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeens 88 235 3 Digital Mode Program Setup Fldigi ccc cccccccccsesesssseeececcceeeeessseeececessteeeesees 90 25 3 1 Fidigi RigCAT Configuration Steps cccccccccccssssssseeecceeeeeaeeeeseeeceeseeeeaaeeeees 90 25 3 2 FLDIGI RIGCAT CONFIGURATION STEPS ccceeeeeeeeeeeeessnsnceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeens 92 25 3 3 Adjusting the Audio Gain Levels ccccccccccceseesssseeeeccceeseeeesseeeecceeeseaeensess 92 Page 5 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 26 DIGITAL MODE SETUP WITH DAX DIGITAL AUDIO EXCHANGE 93 26 1 PANO Gore stecteseerea EE 93 26 1 1 Set Audio Channel on Slice ec cccccccccccessecceceeeeececeeeeceeeeeecceeseecceeaaeeeceeas 93 pS 6 PMS 01108 SOUCO ae nee eee en eee ees 93 20 1 DAX Pane CUM cc cc8tos04s20ctcacncasiseesias aacebhasesieassiean denssosedssseeanbteseateenstaassceosmones 93 26 1 4 Connecting 3 party software s s sssseseseesseesee
124. ntrol to make the programming experience more intuitive Each of the buttons have a corresponding drop down menu that allows the user to modify its function Page 47 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide The different options include Tune Slice When enabled the knob will tune the active slice RIT Receive Incremental Tuning When enabled the knob will tune the RIT of the active slice Double clicking the button will zero the RIT setting XIT Transmit Incremental Tuning When enabled the knob will tune the XIT of the active slice Double clicking the button will zero the XIT setting Slice AF When enabled the knob will adjust the volume of the active slice Master AF When enabled the knob will adjust the master volume control AGCT Automatic Gain Control Threshold When enabled the knob will adjust the AGCT of the active slice CWX Macros When selected pressing the button will send the selected CWX Macro None Page 48 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 10 HOW TO IMPORT AND EXPORT RADIO SETTINGS From the Profiles dropdown menu select Import Export Profiles Profiles Help Save Global Profile Save Transmit Profile Profile Manager Import Export Profiles
125. o insert Prosign BK use amp To insert Prosign SK use The user can quickly control the transmit speed by clicking the up down arrows next to the speed control or directly typing into the text box mses 100 F Clicking the Setup button will reveal the Setup Panel which contains a delay control 12 Hot Key presets for preset messages The Delay control adjusts how long after the end of a transmission until the radio will return to receive mode This is measured in milliseconds For QSK operation the Delay should be set to a low value while a high delay setting will keep the radio in transmit between characters or words The Hot Key messages can be set by typing directly into the text boxes next to the F1 F12 buttons Once the message is set the user can press the corresponding key on the keyboard to automatically send the message A Hot Key message can also be set from the Text Bubble by pressing Ctrl F1 F12 after text has been entered Page 127 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Page 128 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide NET Framework 23 ACC 124 ACC connector 87 ACC TX 702 accessory connector 87 active receive panel 25 Active Receiver 35 AF gain 724 AGC 83 ALC 102 123 AM 65 carrie
126. olume or amplitude of the CW note Moving the slider control to the right increases the volume Moving the slider control to the left decreases the volume Sidetone Pan Slider Moving the Sidetone Pan Slider will adjust the sidetone from left to right channel audio Breakin button ON by default Clicking on this button will enable or turn on the transmitter by a key or paddle closure rather than using PTT lambic button ON by default Clicking on this button will enable the lambic keyer Disable the lambic keyer if using a straight key Pitch increment decrement control Clicking on the lt or gt buttons will decrease or increase the CW pitch frequency tone in 50 Hz increments Page 123 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 28 7 5 Phone Transmit Control Panel Level Compression MIC v a NOR PROC Vie Level bar meter This meter shows the real time audio input level in dB from the selected audio input A peak level of approximately 10 dB is the optimal target for fully modulating the radio Never exceed O cB e Compression bar meter This meter shows the real time level of compression being applied to the input signal when the audio compressor COMP is enabled e Audio Input drop down MIC is the default Clicking on the dropdown box will display the audio input options of MIC BAL XLR balanced input
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128. on Windows XP SP3 Vista Windows 7 and Windows 8 The NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile is required The minimum version of Windows supported by SmartSDR v1 2 0 and greater is Windows Vista Service Pack 2 SP2 The SmartSDR v1 2 0 Installer will automatically detect your current Windows version and will notify you if it does not meet the minimum operating system requirements SmartSDR will allow for installation on Windows XP SP3 with a warning that Windows XP is no longer supported by Microsoft or FlexRadio Systems Upgrading XP to a Microsoft supported operating systems is recommended If your Windows XP PC has not been upgraded to SP3 you must do so before installing SmartSDR If you need to install SP3 for Windows XP install it before installing the NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile The easiest method for obtaining it is to use the Windows Update service An optional update method is to download the SP3 update software via the Internet directly from Microsoft using this web link http www microsoft com en us download details asox id 24 Note this is a very large download approximately 316 MB which may take over an hour to download using slower Internet connections If you need to install the NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile the SmartSDR for Windows Installer will automatically install it from the SmartSDR Installation CD or attempt to download the necessary software from the Internet if the CD is not available Alternately you can do
129. ontrol over which antenna is being used for the transmit audio This selection is unique to the slice and changing it will not affect the panadapter or other slices To the right of the transmit antenna dropdown is the Filter Bandwidth Annunciator 12 0K This displays the current bandwidth of the Receive Filter in KHz measurement Following the Filter Bandwidth Annunciator is the Transmit Button TX which will toggle Transmit TX on and off for the individual slice When transmit is enabled on the slice the button will highlight red Le You can move the transmit capabilities between slices by clicking the Transmit Button on another slice When clicked the Slice Indicator A will collapse the Slice Flag for an unobstructed view of the panadapter This is commonly used when a panadapter has a small width and height dimension When collapsed you will see the Letter Indicator remain and a new TX Button appear a The TX button behaves the same way as the larger version A Below the Antenna Dropdown Menus there are three DSP Digital Signal Processing annunciators nen illuminated in blue it is indicating that the corresponding function is enabled INB NR ANF NB Noise Blanker NR Noise Reduction ANF Automatic Notch Filter The Miifindicator shows when you are in an arrangement that supports QSK operation When illuminated in blue you are in a supported setup EEOSE 60 he Frequency Display is consumes the largest portion of the S
130. or LINE TRS line level balanced input for operating phone and digital modes DAX Digital Audio eXchange for digital mode operation using third party software e Audio Gain slider control to the left of the Audio Input drop down Moving the slider control to the right increases the amount of transmitter audio gain and is shown by the Level bar meter Moving the slider control to the left decreases the audio input gain ACC button Clicking this button will enable audio input and output on the ACC connector on the rear of the FLEX 6000 e DAX Button Clicking the DAX button will enable input from Digital Audio eXchange Processor PROC button Clicking on this button will enable the DSP speech processor resulting in additional talk power The speech processor may be on or off and has three different settings if turned on In the NOR or normal setting the processor provides minimal additional gain and simply prevents audio peaks from clipping or producing excess power than what has been set In the DX setting more gain is provided to the audio to increase the overall sideband envelope which results in a stronger signal that may be more readily heard at a distance The DX setting adds more gain and compromises audio fidelity for readability by reducing the audio bandwidth DX will always have a less pleasing sound to the ear and should not be used when the receiving end can copy your signal well It will help with readability and strength in
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132. ously while the FLEX 6500 can operate up to four and the FLEX 6300 can operate two Each Slice is designated by a letter indicator A which increments with each additional Slice 28 6 2 Carrier Frequency A slice consists of a center Carrier Frequency displayed by a solid yellow or red vertical bar A yellow bar indicates the slice is Active suggesting that this is the slice that you are currently manipulating An active slice will have the focus of tuning devices such as the mouse wheel and the FlexControl 28 6 3 Receive Filter A a A An AA yiI h ty yee H Surrounding the Carrier Frequency bar will be a blue Receive Filter bar which represents the filtered receive audio The portion of spectrum that is highlighted by the Receive Filter bar will be output as audio The position of the Receive Filter relative to the Carrier Frequency will correspond to what mode that you are in A Receive Filter to the right of the Carrier indicates an Upper Sideband mode A Receive Filter to the left indicates a Lower Sideband mode A Receive Filter that spans both the left and right of the Carrier will indicate a double sideband mode The Receive Filter width can be adjusted manually by hovering the mouse over the edge of the bar to get the lt gt cursor Clicking and dragging will expand or reduce the size of the filter Page 117 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR
133. pA _Loope Pyl toggle on Blue and off Grey the LoopA or LoopB ports The FLEX 6500 only has one loop option while the FLEX 6300 does not have a loop option Oo RF Gain o adjusts the preamps of the FLEX 6000 The FLEX 6700 has two stages of hardware preamps which allow a total of five Preamp settings in 10dB steps 10 0 10 20 30 In most scenarios the preamp should be left in the default setting for optimal operation In a few rare situations e g extremely low RF noise floor lossy receive antenna you may get a bump in signal to noise ratio by turning the preamp up Even rarer if you had extremely strong signals you may decrease the preamp setting to keep from overloading the radio RF front end The FLEX 6500 has one hardware preamp and 3 preamp settings while the FLEX 6300 has one hardware preamp and 2 preamp settings e Display menu button Display on the Panadapter menu will expose display controls A horizontal line separates panadapter controls top from waterfall controls bottom Page 112 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide The FPS slider controls the Frames Per Second that the Frequency Line is drawn at Lowering the FPS control has several effects 1 It lowers the rate at which both the panadapter and the waterfall are updated 2 It lowers the network bandwidth of data sent from the radio to the client im
134. paration from the carrier frequency 28 6 5 Slice Flag a TX le 42153056 DiE T 9 20 40 i psp use xri Dax The Slice Flag contains all of the controls and information related to the individual Slice The Flag will follow the Slice for easy access The Close Button bm will remove the slice from the panadapter and will no longer be accessible for receive or transmit audio The Lock Slice button E will lock unlock the slice tuning When blue Bo slice tuning is disabled This feature is useful to prevent accidental tuning The Quick Record button g will record the receive or transmit audio of the respective slice receiver When a file has been recorded the quick play button will change from Grey to Green gt i Pressing the quick play button will play back the recorded audio When the radio is in transmit the recorded audio will be played through the transmitter Page 118 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Receive Antenna dropdown is the far left blue dropdown It allows for easy control over which antenna is being used for the receive audio Changing the antenna on the slice will change the antenna on the panadapter menu and any other slices within the panadapter ANT1 Transmit Antenna dropdown MESS is the red dropdown to the right of the receive antenna dropdown It allows for easy c
135. portant in situations where you may have limited bandwidth 3 As the rate of update is lowered the extra data not displayed is averaged and so the variance of the data is lowered making both the panadapter and the waterfall smoother If you prefer a faster updating display but a more averaged or smoother one adjust the FPS setting for the update speed you prefer and then raise the AVG averaging control The AVG control increases the number of frames that are averaged lowering the variance and smoothing the display The final panadapter control Weighted Average emphasizes signals that are increasing in amplitude over ones that are declining This has a tendency to continue to show locations where signals have been and show a more precise view of their full amplitude when they first appear Below the line at the center of the control are the Waterfall controls The Gain Black and Auto controls work together to adjust how different signal levels are displayed in the waterfall The Black control sets the level below which all pixels will render as black In other words it sets the level at which signals are no longer of interest The Auto control will automatically set the black level to just below the noise as band conditions preamplifier changes or antenna changes alter the noise floor To enable auto black click the Auto button so that it is blue The Gain control adjusts how rapidly the waterfall will advance through the color spectr
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137. r 66 25 amplifier conenction 82 antenna common receive 71 dedicated receive 72 loops 712 receive 0 receive only 73 seelctions 2 selecting 69 transmit 70 antenna configuration 69 antenna tuner See ATU attenuation 85 ATU 68 22 audio gain 124 audio output 88 auto black 41 113 automatic notch filter 84 balanced input 62 band Band 38 black level slider 41 113 BYP 123 calibration frequency 104 carrier AM 125 CAT 87 clock 09 connecting 05 copyright software 11 copyright information 11 CW breakin 723 external keyer 59 iambic 23 keyer 58 operating 56 pitch 23 QRQ 59 setup See W sidetone 1 23 speed 23 split 56 transmitting 57 date and time 09 DAX 93 button 124 control panel 93 transmitting 95 DAXIQ 97 channel selection 97 114 sampling rate 97 demodulation changing 35 Digital Audio Exchange See DAX digital modes 86 DIGU 88 display controls 40 112 downgrade 55 98 DSP ANF 84 annunciators 719 noise blanker 84 noise reduction 84 DSP control 83 Edirol 87 equalizer 126 transmit 64 ESSB 64 filter SSB 60 transmit 63 Flidigi 90 FPS slider 40 113 Gain slider 41 113 GPL 15 Page 129 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide GPS 101 grid square 108 status 708 headphone volume 107 headphone connector 87 input
138. r around it you should hear the tone get canceled at different rates depending on the threshold control setting 24 1 HOW DO I USE RECEIVE PREAMPLIFIERS Each Signal Capture Unit in the FLEX 6000 includes a preamplifier with adjustable gain The RF gain selector is located in the ANT menu on the left side of the screen RX ANT AANT1 J LoopA Loops Daa RF Gain e The FLEX 6300 can be set to OdB default and 20dB Note Since the FLEX 6300 always operates in wide band mode the preamplifier incorporates a tapered gain with 3db cutoff located at 14 MHz This technique is optimized so that preamp gain and improved noise figure is provided above 14 MHz and the gain is tapered below 14 MHz to offset the rising noise levels below 14 MHz e The FLEX 6500 can be set to 10dB OdB default 10dB and 20cB e The FLEX 6700 can be set to 10dB OdB default 10dB 20dB and 30dB Page 84 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 24 2 SETTING THE RF GAIN PREAMPLIFIERS RX ANT ANT1 LOOpA LoopE RF Gain T Each Signal Capture Unit in the FLEX 6000 includes a preamplifier with adjustable gain The RF gain selector is located in the ANT menu on the left side of the screen The gain range is selectable in 10 dB steps from 10 dB to 30 dB on the FLEX 6700 10 dB to 20 dB on the FLEX 6500 and OdB to 20dB on the FLEX
139. ratio when under the threshold level which is usually used to cut out background noise from entering the MIC TX Low Cut and High cut allows the user to set the low end cutoff and the high end cutoff of their transmit bandwidth 28 7 7 Active Receiver Panel m m 14213036 CELNA u ise LOO Be L amp R BK 24K mE0 e 3 3K 4 0K NB NR ANF The Active Receiver Panel mirrors the controls of the active receiver For a list of the controls and their function see the Slice Flag Section of this manual The tune step control is the only control that does not also reside on the Slice Flag oT You can adjust the size of your tune step by clicking the right or left arrows This will alter the step size of each click of the mouse wheel and Flexcontrol It will also change the snap tune function for drag tuning and click tuning When a Slice is moved it will automatically snap to the nearest round number at the chosen step size This information is remembered on a per Slice basis Page 125 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 28 7 8 Equalizer Panel Hz 63 125 250 500 10dB ON a ee ee ee ee ee TX The Equalizer Panel allows the user to adjust the receive and transmit equalization for the radio Toggle between Receive and Transmit by clicking on the corresponding button The SA will enable Illuminated Blu
140. re downgrade 55 license 12 speaker 67 powered S amp volume 107 speech processor 61 split mode SSB 61 SSB filter bandwidth 60 operating 60 setup 64 split mode 61 step 125 support 55 SWR 68 meter 722 timeout transmitter 702 TNF 44 adjusting 44 creating 44 disabling 46 remembering 45 Tracking Notch Filters See TNF transmit equalizer 64 indicator 09 inhibit 702 setup 702 timeout 702 transmit control panel 08 122 Transmit Control Panel 53 transmitter antenna 70 filter 63 transverter 73 TUNE 22 tune power 02 tune step 25 tuner See ATU tuning double click 34 drag 34 FlexControl 34 mouse wheel 34 panadapter 38 TX delay 82 TX inhibit 702 TX1 2 3 82 102 updating radio 98 updating software 55 version history 2 volume headphones 07 speaker 107 speaker and headphone 35 VOX 65 89 125 delay 725 waterfall auto black 41 113 black level 41 113 gain 41 113 Waterfall 31 creating 38 weighted average 714 WIDE 114 WIDE mode 39 WinkKeyer 59 XIT RIT 721 XVTR 73 Zoom panadapter 39 7114 Page 131 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved
141. responsibility for any typographical technical or other inaccuracies errors or omissions in this documentation In order to protect FlexRadio proprietary and confidential information and or trade secrets this documentation may describe some aspects of FlexRadio technology in generalized terms FlexRadio reserves the right to periodically change information that is contained in this documentation however FlexRadio makes no commitment to provide any such changes updates enhancements or other additions to this documentation to you in a timely manner or at all This documentation might contain references to third party sources of information hardware or software products or services including components and content such as content protected by copyright and or third party web sites collectively the Third Party Products and Services FlexRadio does not control and is not responsible for any Third Party Products and Services including without limitation the content accuracy copyright compliance compatibility performance trustworthiness legality decency links or any other aspect of Third Party Products and Services The inclusion of a reference to Third Party Products and Services in this documentation does not imply endorsement by FlexRadio Systems of the Third Party Products and Services or the third party in any way EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN YOUR JURISDICTION ALL CONDITIONS ENDORSEMENTS GU
142. rols A horizontal line separates panadapter controls top from waterfall controls bottom Band Weighted Average Off ANT Gain H iy Display Black Auto ns The FPS slider controls the Frames Per Second that the Frequency Line is drawn at Lowering the FPS control has several effects e t lowers the rate at which both the panadapter and the waterfall are updated e It lowers the network bandwidth of data sent from the radio to the client important in situations where you may have limited bandwidth e As the rate of update is lowered the extra data not displayed is averaged and so the variance of the data is lowered making both the panadapter and the waterfall smoother If you prefer a faster updating display but a more averaged or smoother one adjust the FPS setting for the update speed you prefer and then raise the AVG averaging control The AVG control increases the number of frames that are averaged lowering the variance and smoothing the display Page 40 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide The final panadapter control Weighted Average emphasizes signals that are increasing in amplitude over ones that are declining This has a tendency to continue to show locations where signals have been and show a more precise view of their full amplitude when they first appear Below the line at the center of the control
143. rved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide File Settings Profiles Help ia G TNF CWX When the band button for a transverter is clicked the radio will change the frequency of the panadapter to the transverter frequency Below you can see that we are now on 1296 0MHz and there is now a band indicator in the upper left of the panadapter that indicates that we are on the 1296 transverter sf lexRadio Systems AV TNF Band ANT Display DAX 12C M TUNE MOX ATU B ALL sons So e Sidetone 80 4 R L Breakin lambic Pitch lt 70 gt The FLEX 6000 is actually receiving on the IF frequency and performing a frequency translation in the slice and the panadapter to indicate the frequency being listened to If you have more than one transverter on the same band you can name them differently and then access them with different transverter buttons Each transverter band behaves just like an Page 78 of 131 FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide HF band in that it remembers settings used for that band If you were to QSY change frequency to 1296 1 SmartSDR will remember that this is the last frequency used on the 1296 transverter band All other features of SmartSDR including multiple slices wide bandwidth views of the spectrum etc are all available on the transverter band To return to an HF band simply enter the HF frequency th
144. s 122 281 2 Open and CHOSE Fe ACN erin E E ERS 122 28 7 3 RF Power ATU Control Panel global ccc cccccccceesseeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 122 28 7 4 CW Transmit Control Pannel cccccessscccsssccecnecccesssccecnsccseeccseeescseensceeens 123 28 7 5 Phone Transmit Control Panel ccc ecccccesccccsseccceeeceeeesececeeceeeeeceeeeeeeeeees 124 Deck VOCE NOUS Fae eenaa E A E E EAER 125 28 1 1 ACUVE Receiver Panele ds csciesavacesmanpaenccsaninces NE E AE NEEE A ANO REE 125 28o Laual Pan laes ES 126 28 8 Smartsdr CWX panel csiccscisesssessaanstantsessdsssnanndielsedienssaanesaoidevadassaanadieleebesnssaaaedaaiinss 126 Page 7 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 1 LEGAL NOTICE 2013 2014 FlexRadio Systems All rights reserved FlexRadio Systems SmartSDR and related trademarks names and logos are the property of FlexRadio Systems and are registered and or used in the U S and countries around the world All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners This documentation including all documentation incorporated by reference herein such as documentation provided or made available at support flexradio com downloads is provided or made accessible AS IS and AS AVAILABLE and without condition endorsement guarantee representation or warranty of any kind by FlexRadio Systems and FlexRadio assumes no
145. s of controls which will initiate applications within the SmartSDR infrastructure The first control will add another Panadapter to the Main Window This control will turn to a dark shade of grey when you have used up the available panadapter resources 9 e The second control will launch or hide the Transmit Control Panel This panel will appear vertically on the right side of the Main Window of SmartSDR Once the Transmit Panel is opened it can be closed by clicking the icon again e The third control will globally toggle on and off the Tracking Notch Filters that have been placed When disabled the TNF s will turn to a shade of white on the panadapter e The fourth control will launch or hide the CWX panel This panel will appear vertically on the left side of the Main Window of SmartSDR Once the CWX Panel is opened it can be closed by clicking the icon again 28 3 2 GPS Indicator GPS KXXXXX e FLASHING YELLOW GPS in warm up Page 108 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide e SOLID YELLOW GPS in holdover lost satellites e SHORT FLASH BLUE GPS locking e LONG FLASH BLUE GPS in hold phase mode e SOLID BLUE GPS locked e SOLID AMBER Radio off GPS powered for stability 28 3 3 Transmit Indicator The Transmit indicator is designed to inform the user of the current state of the radio transmitter The smal
146. s screen click YES to install the NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile software or click on NO to stop installing SmartSDR for Windows If you are installing from the SmartSDR for Windows CD and selected YES the following screen will be displayed Page 23 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide The NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile setup program was located on your Installation CD Click OK to automatically start the installation of NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile on your PE After the install of the NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile has completed click on the link Windows Update that ts displayed after the text Check for more recent versions to install all necessary updates Make sure you select all NET Framework 4 updates from both the High Priority and Software Optional sections before running the SmartSDR v1 0 0 setup program again Click OK to begin the NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile software install or click on CANCEL to stop installing SmartSDR for Windows If you choose not to install SmartSDR for Windows in order to install the NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile the following screen will be displayed The NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile setup program can be E downloaded from the Internet A web browser will be opened automatically and load the URL where you can download the NET Framework 4 0 C
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148. shown above In this example LSB can then be selected from the drop down menu to the left of the USB indicator In SSB modes the slice carrier indicator line will be located to the left of the receiver passband for USB and to the right for LSB It shows exactly the location of your transmitted SSB suppressed carrier frequency If the slice is the active slice the carrier indicator line will be displayed in yellow and with a triangular arrow at the top All other slices are displayed with no arrow and have red carrier indicators 17 1 HOW TO SELECT THE SSB FILTER BANDWIDTH psp USB X RIT DAX use USB CW AM L6K 18K 21K 24K ERN 2 9K 3 5K 4 0K Standard SSB filter bandwidths from 1 6K to 4 0K can be selected from the drop down panel under the mode selection button as shown below Custom bandwidths can be adjusted either by clicking and Page 60 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide dragging the side of the filter display on the panadapter or by using the filter widget control enabled by hovering the mouse at the bottom of the carrier indicator 17 2 OPERATING THE SPEECH PROCESSOR The speech processor shown below in the red square may be on or off and has three different settings if turned on In the NOR or normal setting the processor provides minimal additional gain and simply prevents audio peaks from clipping or
149. sion MIC v 4 NOR PROC MON The MON button allows monitoring of the processed audio prior to the final brick wall filtering and ALC limiter This gives a real time indication of compression and equalization settings on the transmitted audio Monitor mode is enabled by engaging the MON button so that the monitor level may be controlled by the adjacent slider 17 6 RECOMMENDED AUDIO ADJUSTMENT STEPS FOR VOICE MODES 1 Select the desired microphone input from the drop down menu 2 Select the desired transmit filter width on the Setup Voice panel 3 Turn the compressor off by pressing the PROC button so that it is not highlighted 4 Adjust the TX Equalizer to compensate for the microphone and operating conditions The default setting is optimized for most microphones The TX EQ is located after the compressor expander so it should typically be adjusted prior to engaging the compressor Minor adjustments can be done after engaging the compressor expander but care is needed to avoid excessive peaks Page 64 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 5 Speak into the microphone at the loudest voice level you would normally use 6 Adjust the microphone gain control so that the peak indicator hovers near O VU on the Level meter Some low output dynamic studio microphones may require the 20 dB gain selection located on the Setup Voice panel
150. stall them or restore them at a site Individual operators can also save their favorite settings and then after others have operated restore the state of the radio to where it was Note Graphical User Interface layout settings are not stored in v1 3 but may be included in a future version There are two types of profiles GLOBAL and TRANSMIT profiles Global profiles store the state of the radio including the panadapters and slices that are open the current modes and all of the settings for noise blanker AGC filters etc There are also transmit profiles that can be used to store a profile for a specific microphone or operating style Profiles are far superior to traditional band stacking in that you can save as many different configurations as desired and give them a meaningful name for recall The user can leave the Profile Manager open to the side of the SmartSDR window and instantly switch configurations by double clicking the desired profile 11 1 SAVING AND DELETING PROFILES From the Profiles dropdown select the option Save Global Profile or Save Transmit Profile Profiles Save Global Profile Save Transmit Profile Profile Manager Import Export Profiles This will bring up the Profile Manager Window Page 50 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Global Transmit Global Transmit 20m Field
151. t Thus it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you rather the intent is to exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Program Page 16 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide In addition mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program with the Program or with a work based on the Program on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under the scope of this License 3 You may copy and distribute the Program or a work based on it under Section 2 in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following a Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine readable source code which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange or b Accompany it with a written offer valid for at least three years to give any third party for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution a complete machine readable copy of the corresponding source code to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange or c Accompany it with the information you received as to th
152. t for the error in the local oscillator Frequency Offset Cal Frequency 15 MHz Start Offset in ppb 1 Snap to tune step Enabled Calibration Frequency This is the frequency of the source that you are using for the calibration Start Initiates the automatic estimation of the offset based your cal frequency Offset Resulting offset in parts per billion This box can also be manually entered The Snap to tune step feature will allow the user to adjust whether features like Drag Tune or Click Tune will snap or round the frequency to the closest tune step size For example if your tune step is set to 10Hz then the slice receiver will snap to every round 10hz ie 14 100 000 14 100 010 14 100 020 increment regardless of the tuning method When this feature is disabled it will allow the receiver to be tuned in 1hz steps 27 11 XVTR TAB ho MJ ho t Name 222 Valid RF Freq MHz 0 000 IF Freq MHz 28 000 LO Freq MHz LO Error Hz 0 RX Only Disabled Max Power dBm 44 0 RX Gain dB 0 0 Remove The XVTR Tab allows the user to set up transverter bands for the FLEX 6000 Clicking the will create a new tab for a new transverter band Each band can be set with a low and high limit frequency listed in MHz It also allows the user to set the Intermediate Frequency IF and the IF Offset to correct for the error in the transverter s oscillator The Max power can now be modified from 10 to 15 dBm below 8
153. t the terms of this agreement before continuing with the installation SmartSDR for Windows End User License Agreement Revised January 26 2015 This copy of SmartSDR for Windows the Software Product and accompanying documentation is licensed and not sold The I accept the agreement E I do not accept the agreement SmartSDR v1 0 0 FlexRadio Systems 2012 2013 To accept the license agreement click on the I accept the agreement radio button and then click NEXT The Select Destination Location screen is displayed as shown below It is recommended that you use the default installation location as it will use the Windows recommended location for the application files You may however choose an alternate location Page 25 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Where should SmartSDR be installed A Setup will install SmartSDR into the following folder To continue dick Next If you would like to select a different folder dick Browse C Program Files FlexRadio Systems SmartSDR v1 0 0 Atleast 7 3 MB of free disk space is required SmartSDR v1 0 0 FlexRadio Systems 2012 2013 Once you have decided on the installation location for SmartSDR for Windows click NEXT to continue The Select Components screen is displayed as shown below additional components may be displayed Whic
154. tSDR for Windows Software User s Guide Note If you were not intending to downgrade the radio check to make sure that you are running the correct version of SmartSDR Once the process has started you will see a progress bar showing the approximate completion status Upon completion of the update you will see Available list box appear next to the radio in the 27 3 CONFIGURING A RADIO In order to configure a radio select the radio you wish to connect to in the list box located on the left side of the Radio Setup window Once selected the radio will be highlighted in blue Use the tabs toward the top of the window to navigate to the different areas for configuration Startup Radio Transmit CW Phone Receve AVIR 27 4 STARTUP TAB Located in the Startup tab are quick troubleshooting tips for connecting to your radio You will also find the Client Software Version as well as the GPU Capability of your computer Client Software version refers to the SmartSDR for Windows software that runs on your computer Startup Radio Transmit CW Phone Recewe AVIR S atSDR Select radio on the left to begin If your radio ts not displayed please try the following troubleshooting tips 1 Make sure your radio is turned on and connected to the network Make sure the front panel and Ethernet LEDs are illuminating on the radio 2 Check your computer s network connection Look for LEDs on the computer s Ethernet connector 3
155. the Accessory connector for both the audio input and output In the following example the left channel audio output on the Accessory connector is used to facilitate both the input and output audio connections to the PC sound card A detailed schematic of the ACC connector s audio connections can be found in the FLEX 6000 Hardware Reference Manual When connecting the FLEX 6000 to a PC sound card connect one of the FLEX 6000 inputs to the LINE OUT on the sound card and one of the FLEX 6000 outputs to the MIC or LINE IN on the sound card 25 1 2 CONFIGURING A PTT INTERFACE In order to key the radio from transmitting digital modes either a CAT connection or serial port PTT interface can be used The most common method is to use CAT commands to key and un key the radio but either a physical or virtual serial port can be used too For this procedure SmartSDR CAT will be used to key and un key the radio via the SmartSDR CAT protocol SmartSDR CAT will also properly translate Kenwood CAT commands too Please refer to the SmartSDR CAT Users Guide for additional information regarding the CAT protocol 25 1 3 INSTALLING SMARTSDR CAT SmartSDR CAT is a FLEX 6000 client application that translates serial port CAT commands into FLEX 6000 FlexLib commands and is included with SmartSDR for Windows It must be installed before setting up your digital mode configuration Please refer to the SmartSDR CAT User Guide for detained instructions for install
156. the TNF again Delete TNF Remember Normal Deep Very Deep h j i Tanaan d To see details on the current TNF or change its frequency or width hover your cursor over the TNF The cursor will change to a 4 way directional cursor and details about the TNF will appear in a callout To increase the width of the TNF left click and then move the cursor up and down To adjust the frequency of the TNF slice side to side Page 45 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 8 3 TURNING ON OR OFF ALL TRACKING NOTCH FILTERS TNF To disable all TNFs at the same time click on the TNF icon in the bar at the bottom on SmartSDR PLP whe G TNE When all TNFs are disabled the TNF icon will gray out as shown below To re enable all TNFs just click on the button again Page 46 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 9 HOW TO REPROGRAM A FLEXCONTROL From the Settings dropdown menu at the top of SmartSDR select the FlexControl option eS Radio Setup Flex ontrol This will bring up the simple mode FlexControl panel AUXI AUX2 AUXI Tune Slice v p s a M gt 0G ae uy i Si fi byK6TDIK6TU The panel resembles the physical appearance of the actual FlexCo
157. to a more recent revision it will begin the update process If the Client Software requires an older Radio Hardware version a pop up window will be shown to ensure that this is being done intentionally cic owned OOOO OO O O O O O O Radio Downgrade By selecting to downgrade your radio it will remove the current version of software and load a previous version to be compatible with the client software are currently running a Downgrade Cancel Clicking the Downgrade button will remove the current version of software and load a previous older version to be compatible with the client software you are currently running Click Downgrade ito proceed Click Cancel to maintain the existing version of Radio Hardware Note If you were not intending to downgrade the radio check to make sure that you are running the correct version of SmartSDR Once the process has started you will see a progress bar showing the approximate completion status Upon completion of the update you will see 2 22 appear next to the radio in the list box Page 55 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 16 HOW TO OPERATE CW 3 TX 4025 000 lee i 9 202 40 osp GW nr Dax cw USE a AM 50 100 250 400 800 LOK ISK 3 0K To use SmartSDR in CW mode select CW in the slice control panel This will automatically bri
158. tware is free for all its users This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software Foundation s software and to any other program whose authors commit to using it Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License instead You can apply it to your programs too When we speak of free software we are referring to freedom not price Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software and charge for this service if you wish that you receive source code or can get it if you want it that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs and that you know you can do these things To protect your rights we need to make restrictions that forbid anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you distribute copies of the software or if you modify it For example if you distribute copies of such a program whether gratis or for a fee you must give the recipients all the rights that you have You must make sure that they too receive or can get the source code And you must show them these terms so they know their rights We protect your rights with two steps 1 copyright the software and 2 offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy distribute and or modify the software Also for each a
159. um for minimal changes in signal level Adjusting gain low gives the waterfall a broader dynamic range but lessens its ability to show small variations signals Raising the gain lowers the dynamic range but provides more detail in the variances in smaller signals magnitudes Page 113 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide e The DAX menu button will expose the DAX controls ANT Display DAXIO Channel None DAX lt o The DAXIQ Channel dropdown menu allows the user to select the DAX channel 1 4 that will stream the IQ from the panadapter 28 5 4 Horizontal Zoom Each panadapter has a zoom range up to a maximum of 14 MHz in bandwidth displayed at one time on the FLEX 6500 and FLEX 6700 and up to 7 MHz on the FLEX 6300 There are multiple methods for adjusting the zoom of the panadapter e The first is by the plus and minus buttons z E located in the bottom left corner of the panadapter and is used for rapid zooming Zooming out will double the bandwidth presented in the panadapter while zooming in will cut the bandwidth in half The frequency at the center of the panadapter will remain the same after clicking a zoom button e The second method is a click and drag method using the horizontal axis for more precise zooming The click and drag method will zoom in by dragging to the right and vice versa With this met
160. ut even small amounts can be beneficial One interesting example of the application of circular polarization diversity on HF is discussed in the December 2010 QST article Gimme and X Gimme an O What s that Spell Radio The diversity implementation provided in SmartSDR v1 3 is intended for use only with headphones Two Slice Receivers attached to separate antennas are automatically routed to the left and right ears so that the brain can provide discrimination between the signals The reason speakers are not used is that they allow the signals to combine in the space between the speakers to cause undesirable peaks and nulls in the sound For example Slice A could be set to RXA and Slice B to RXB As seen in the screen shot below a weak SSB signal has been tuned on Slice A attached to ANTI The DIV button has been selected on the slice DSP drop down to enable Diversity and pop up the slaved diversity Slice B on ANT2 locked to the same frequency as Slice A Note that RXA RXB and XVTR ports are also available for receiver inputs SmartSDR automatically sets the slice audio faders to place the two antennas the left and right ears respectively Your brain does the rest Remember that the sound will be very different from normal reception since you are literally listening in stereo to the same signal on two different antennas Page 67 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for W
161. uthor s protection and ours we want to make certain that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free software If the software is modified by someone else and passed on we want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on the original authors reputations Finally any free program is threatened constantly by software patents We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses in effect making the program proprietary To prevent this we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone s free use or not licensed at all The precise terms and conditions for copying distribution and modification follow Page 15 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0 This License applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General Public License The Program below refers to any such program or work and a work based on the Program means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law that is to say a work containing the Program or a portion of it either verbatim or with modifications and or translated into an
162. ween RX A IN and RX A OUT 18 The XVTR input output port may be used on the FLEX 6300 FLEX 6500 and FLEX 6700 as another receive only input or may be used as a transverter transmit or common receive port RX A and or RX B on may be used for split transmit receive operation when selected as the receive antenna and XVTR as the transmit antenna 19 Pin diode silent CW QSK operation on ANT1 and ANT2 require that both receive and transmit be on the same antenna or that a dedicated receive only antenna be used on RX A RX B or XVTR If ANT1 and ANT2 are used separately as receive and transmit antennas the transmitter reverts to mechanical relay TR switching Each slice has a QSK annunciator that indicates when pin diode TR switching is engaged 22 HOW TO CONFIGURE TRANSVERTERS To configure transverters first bring up the transverter configuration panel in SmartSDR by clicking Settings Radio Setup and the selecting the XVTR tab The radio setup panel should look like this Startup Radio Transmit CW Phone Receive XVTR a SE _ a FLEX 6300 To add a transverter band click the plus tab A new transverter band tab will show up which has blanks that need to be filled in with information about your transverter The first blank holds the name of the transverter or transverter band Generally you would enter something like 1296 for 1296MHz or 10G for 10 368GHz but you may enter any 4 character descriptor for the band that suits you
163. wever manually adjust the Waterfall display s setting to allow for the display of weak signals at or near the noise floor If the black level is set too low many of the in the noise FFT bins will always be zero regardless of the display gain setting To achieve and ideal setting for adjusting the waterfall black level do the following e Turn the display gain level to maximum e Adjust the waterfall black level to a point where the waterfall is primarily white but there are approximately 2 5 black areas displayed e Turn the display gain down until the background is deep blue This ensures that small signals in the noise will be seen 7 6 HOW TO CHANGE THE SIZE AND POSITION OF MULTIPLE PANADAPTERS Clicking the Maximize button will prioritize the arrangement of the panadapter at the top of the display Once a panadapter is maximized a grey horizontal separator will appear between the maximized panadapter and any other panadapters that are open at the time Clicking and dragging this horizontal separator will increase or decrease the available size for the maximized panadapter The non maximized panadapters will adjust to fill the remaining available space To return to the standard view click the next to the close button You can have up to three maximized panadapters at a time FlexRadio Systems a pen _ WA s EATS 7 2 4 Dsp fise xem DAX 8 90 LN RF Power e TUNE MOX ATU BYP GPS 04 21 14 Developer steve EM1
164. wnload it directly from Microsoft using this web link BEFORE installing SmartSDR for Windows http www microsoft com en us download details aspx id 17113 Page 22 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 4 3 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE If you are installing SmartSDR for Windows from the CD place it in your CD drive and close the drive door The SmartSDR software installer will automatically begin If you are installing SmartSDR for Windows from the installer downloaded from the Internet double click on the SmartSDR installer SmartSDR_v1 x x_Installer exe to begin 4 3 1 Step 1 Pre Installation Tasks The first thing the SmartSDR software installer will do is determine if your PC s operating system and installed NET version meets the minimum requirements If your PC does not have the required NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile software loaded the following Setup Pre Install screen will be displayed Windows NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile Dependency Failed o SmartSDR v1 0 0 requires the Microsoft NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile which is not installed on your PC You must install the MET Framework 4 0 Client Profile before continuing the installation of SmartSDR v1 0 0 Click YES to install the Windows NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile now If you choose NO then the SmartSDR v1 0 0 installation will be halted If you see thi
165. xpose a dropdown menu of available modes Beneath the mode select buttons are the mode specific Filter Presets osr use DORT Dax RIT 0 AIT 0 The X RIT Menu has controls for RIT and XIT You can enable RIT or XIT by clicking the corresponding button When enabled the button will turn blue Modify the offset by clicking the right or left arrows or by typing in the text box Click the button to clear the offset You can also control RIT and XIT on the FlexControl by clicking the AUX1 button to enable RIT and AUX3 for XIT Double click the tuning knob to zero out the RIT XIT Double click the corresponding AUX button to disable RIT XIT o When RIT XIT is set to something other than 0 the slice s transmit filter bandwidth will be displayed on the panadapter as a red bar The bar is located behind the receive filter and will often overlap as shown below Also when RIT is adjusted a red dotted line will appear to show the original location of your receiver to where your slice will return upon zeroing out RIT psp use xrm DAK Channel None In the DAX menu there is a selection for your DAX Audio Channel 28 7 SMARTSDR TRANSMIT CONTROL PANEL The SmartSDR Transmit Control panel contains the controls and metering required for optimal FLEX 6000 RF transmission The SmartSDR Transmit Control Panel consists of two sub panels the global RF Power ATU Control Panel and depending on the demodulation mode of the Sl
166. y available on FLEX 6700 16 5 HOW TO CONNECT AN EXTERNAL KEYER USING THE FSK KEY INPUT ON THE REAR PANEL ACCESSORY CONNECTOR In CW mode the FSK Key Pin 4 input on the rear panel accessory connector can be used as a Straight key input This is useful if you wish to attach an external keyer such as a KIEL WinKeyer microHAM microKEYER or other contest oriented interface This input is always active and is not affected by the FLEX 6000 internal keyer settings It s therefore possible to use both the external keyer and the internal keyer at the same time Page 59 of 131 Copyright 2014 FlexRadio Systems All Rights Reserved FLEX 6000 Signature Series SmartSDR for Windows Software User s Guide 17 HOW TO OPERATE SINGLE SIDEBAND SSB 1p SAA 4 262 100 9 20 40 ag osr 1 TA X RIT DAX USB USB CW AM 16K 18K 21K 24K ORA ZIKR ISK FOK an To use SmartSDR in SSB mode select either USB or LSB in the slice mode select control panel This will automatically bring up the SSB specific controls in the transmit panel and show the wider receive filter presets The image above shows the slice receiver in USB mode USB and LSB are automatically selected for the normal mode of operation for each band when the band selection panel is used TX hee level POO DSP 1 USB al x DAX use USB CW AM mE SBMcw am FR DIGL DIGU SAM 0K To select the opposite SSB mode click on the mode indicator as

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