[NLRS] [NTMS] FlexWire interface for the Flex-1500

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

Look at KM0T's web pages on a universal transverter seitch matrix for 
use with Flex. It was in CSVHF several years ago too.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 9/9/2016 11:12 PM, Ed WB0VHF wrote:
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>
> Al, John,
>
>
> I understand the ease of talking vs. typing, but I, too, am interested
> in the end result. I hope to get 6M through at least 3456 on my 5000. My
> initial thoughts were to use XVTRs for 6M-70CM, then use the internal 2M
> of the 5000 to drive the rest of the XVTRs. Not sure if that is the best
> choice. I guess for John, the equivalent would be to have a second 2M
> XVTR to drive the high band XVTRs.
>
>
> As for programming the transverter page, I thought it was a matrix of
> which relay(s) get activated for a given band. If that is the case, then
> you could have one output for the 2M XVTR, and a different one for the
> 2M amp. On 2M, both get set, one high bands, only the XVTR one for 2M
> goes, along with what you need for that higher band. At least that is
> how I thought it was supposed to work.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Ed
>
> WB0VHF
>
>
>
> On 9/9/2016 9:01 PM, Al Ward wrote:
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>> John
>>
>> I am sure I can help you as I use the K3TUF board as well with my
>> 5000. We should probably chat on the phone. I can talk better than I
>> can type.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Al W5LUA
>>
>>
>> From: ntms-request at texans.net [mailto:ntms-request at texans.net] On
>> Behalf Of John Toscano
>> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2016 8:48 PM
>> To: NLRS Reflector; RMG; ntms at texans.net
>> Subject: [NTMS] FlexWire interface for the Flex-1500
>>
>>
>> Several years ago, I bought the K3TUF kit for interfacing a Flex-1500
>> via its FlexWire interface to external relays for my transverters. I
>> never got around to using it. I'm not ready to heat up the soldering
>> iron yet, but while enduring this intolerable delay in getting the
>> concrete foundation poured for my tower, I am trying to use the down
>> time to "get all my ducks in a row" with respect to everything else I
>> need to prepare for my re-incarnated station (move from Minnesota to
>> Texas).
>>
>>
>> I understand that the interface board provides 16 open collector
>> outputs and how to connect relays to such outputs, but I don't
>> understand what value is entered where on the transverter page of
>> PowerSDR to select which relay(s). My configuration is going to be
>> complex, because I am planning to eventually use the Flex-1500 on at
>> least 6 bands, 902 through 10368, and possibly 10 bands if I choose to
>> also use it for 50/144/222/432. There is not going to be a simple 1:1
>> correspondence between a band and a single relay. For example, if I
>> run 2 meters on the Flex-1500, I will select the 2 meter transverter
>> plus the 2 meter power amplifier, but if I select the 1296 band, I
>> will need to connect the Flex to the enabled 2 meter transverter, but
>> instead of going to a 2 meter power amplifier, the 2 meter transverter
>> will connect to an enabled 1296 transverter instead. If I include the
>> 4 lower bands also, it gets even more complicated because the
>> Flex-1500 would either be talking to a single transverter on one of
>> the low bands or to the 2 meter transverter and then the higher band
>> transverter. I suspect it's something simple, just not written down in
>> the documentation of the K3TUF board nor in the user manual for
>> PowerSDR. Is the "UCB Address" on the transverter page simply a
>> bitmapped value with ones in each position where a relay is to be
>> activated? Or is it not possible for one transverter selection to
>> activate multiple relays at the same time? (While annoying, that
>> wouldn't be terrible, I'd just have to use one low-power DC relay's
>> contacts to activate as many coaxial RF relays as necessary for a
>> particular band...)
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> John Toscano, WØJT/5
>>
>> ELØ9vu
>>
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