SmartSDR v1.4 Update Posted

Mike Whatley

At last Gerald. You shot back.  Do you get it now?   Stop listening to the Mob!


With this 2nd delay I'm betting as I have stated elsewhere, you're going to have to raise prices above what you have projected on the major software upgrades.   Software development is expensive!!!! And Hard. You know this better than I!

Don't wait. Announce a price rise on Smart SDR Version  2.0 now. And announce that V. 2 will be out when your team gets it done.    And then don't say anything until you release it. No further comment. 

You'll be better off. Though there will be no less whining from the user base. They can't help it.

Mike/WA4D
wa4d.net 

Jay -- N0FB

I'll guarantee, many of you were a whiners before you ever heard of Flex Radio.  This is just the latest snit.

mw0pic

Touche!

KY6LA_Howard

Ernest

Keep in Touch

mw0pic

I do blame myself Burt.

 I made a serious error of judgment based on my previous good experience with Flex . I only want FM.

 73 Bob

mw0pic

No need to shout Burt .

Do you want to make an offer.

Bob G W1GLV

grow up dude

DrTeeth

That would be counter productive and destructive. I'd keep the price the same and limit/shorten the life of v2 (which of course nobody has a clue about so it cannot do and harm).

Jay -- N0FB

Gerald, God Bless you guys....No good deed goes unpunished, does it?  

Take heart...there are more of us who understand the challenges of making next generation software solutions against a timeline than those who haven't a clue.  The majority of us appreciate the tremendous task FRS has taken on in creating a completely new paradigm in Software Defined Radio.  We appreciate your deft manning the conn of FRS and look forward to utilizing 1.4 when it passes muster.  

Please pass my sincerest thanks and admiration to your team!

KY6LA_Howard

Gerald

Your too soft...

I would never let my programmers out for a Bathroom break...just give them empty Mountain Dew Cans...

Yes.. we used to have Free **** in the Fridge to sooth the all-niters...

But the rest of the time lock them in the room with lots and lots of caffeine

Seriously Guys....

If you have ever had to do a software development project, you already understand that they are INVENTING something entirely new that has never been done before.. Even things that on the surface seem quite simple have unknowns that bite you in the **** when you actually try to do it...

Integrating multiple systems can be especially trying because putting things together always seems to bring out a new set of unknowns...that not only have to be identified but also fixed..

For those of you who have never done a software development project, I can understand that you can't understand why it seems to be taking so long...

To cure this mystery.. I suggest you buy a programming book and try to program a couple of obviously simple tasks... you may be surprised to find that it takes you many times longer to do it than you would have ever guessed... I bet once you try to do some software development you will understand how hard it is (not just to do it but to get it right) and stop wondering why it takes so long

All this whining will not make 1.4 come any quicker or sooner...

James Whiteway

I'm happy as long as v1.4 doesn't break my "super secret" app I'm working on! Ok, just kidding! All mode means to me AM,SSB,CW(and FM on newer rigs). But, seriously, I am looking forward to v1.5 and SmartSDR reaching parity with PowerSDR. Once the DSP (NB,ANF,TNF) work as well as they do in PowerSDR, I'll be a happy camper. But, no rush otherwise, as I know the API will change and force me to rework all my code.(borrowed and my own creation) Fun, fun guys! It's just a radio and quite enjoyable as it is. my .02 James WD5GWY

Bob G W1GLV

Gerald, keep the faith you have one of the best radios in the world. I have all the faith in the world that v1.4 will probably be the greatest revision ever. Love my 6500.

KY6LA_Howard

G4YDO... you obviously do not remember Apple releasing the iPhones with defective antenna designs....

Jay -- N0FB

Howard....Or the Lisa, or the Apple Newton, or....   :-)  

I still buy Apple products even with these (few) failures.  They still make some of the best products on the market.  This the same reason I bought the 3000 and the 6300 from Flex Radio.

Jay -- N0FB

Howard....Or the Lisa, or the Apple Newton, or....   :-)  

I still buy Apple products even with these (few) failures.  They still make some of the best products on the market.  This the same reason I bought the 3000 and the 6300 from Flex Radio.

rfoust

Thanks for the update Gerald! No complaints here, looking forward to 1.4 when it is ready.

By the way, Apple is super-secret, but Microsoft has gone way public with their Office 365 roadmap.  They just push out new features as they become ready.  See how they do their roadmap here (in case it gives you any ideas): http://roadmap.office.com/en-us

-Robbie KI4TTZ

Gerald-K5SDR

Also, "Apple pulls iOS 8.0.1 after users report major problems with update."  I still haven't update my iPad.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/24/6839235/apple-ios-8-0-1-released
http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-releases-ios-8-0-1-a-week-after-ios-8-launch/

Gerald-K5SDR

Oh, and I love my iPad.  I carry it with me everywhere I go.  I am the only person left on the planet who does not own a smart phone.  I see no need when I carry an iPad because I can read and type on the iPad.  Who makes phone calls anymore.

My iPad fell out of the car and cracked the glass last week.  I was very sad.  Still work though.  Note that when you drop an iPad it often damages the WiFi antenna so that you don't get much range anymore.  That happened to me months ago.  

I still love my iPad and will buy a newer one soon.

Gerald-K5SDR

Bob, you will get FM.  Promise - cross my heart and hope to die as used to say as kids. Used it myself at home on a FLEX-6700 with alpha releases last fall.  East coast repeaters were coming in to Texas like gang busters on 10m.  

To my knowledge, FlexRadio has never used the term "all mode" in any of our official corporate communications.  That would be **** because a true "all mode" radio does not exist out of the box anywhere.  

Jim Best

What a bunch of rude cry babies.

Rich McCabe

Thanks Gerald. 

Richard McClelland, AA5S

Perhaps those who have a commercial interest in seeing that feature 'x' or component 'y' is released by a certain date can provide onsite engineering resources in order to facilitate the completion of the project according to their particular priorities and schedule.  I work in the software industry as well and this would not be an unprecedented outcome.  

Those of us without a commercial interest in the next release might do well recognize that a roar without a corresponding incremental revenue stream is not the roar of a lion but of a mouse and adjust their tone accordingly.  

Finally, let's not forget that if we sufficiently annoy a sole proprietor, he is free to sell his operation to any interested party (cough, cough, MFJ) and move on to other pursuits.  How responsive do you think the new owner would be?

Dan -- KC4GO

As a new owner but the developer of several software packages and lead on several major projects I found the one thing I could ill afford was the "RUSH TO FAILURE" mode that seemed to come out as the time line got shorter. While I to would like the new version of software have been out yesterday it's not practical to release it only to have to patch it next month because you missed a critical bug. I'll continue to use, explore and be delighted with my 6500. I also learned a long time ago that "If your willing  to **** you MUST be part of the solution"

noun
1.a means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation.

If we are not part of the development team, Alpha testers, Beta Testers then I assume my job as part of the solution is to wait quietly unless asked to preform some other duty... I for one would love to do Beta testing and be a bigger part of the team. 

Best regards to the development team
Waiting patiently

Dan KC4GO 

Gerald-K5SDR

Too tired tonight to write this but I will tomorrow.  It starts off like this...

A guy walks into the bar and says, "Gimme a ****, bartender."  Bartender asks, "How's it going, Joe?"  Joe says, "My wife is at the hospital birthin a baby."  Bartender, "Huh, why aren't you there with her?"  Joe, "Oh, there ain't nuthin to birthin babies.  Doc said it'd be here by mornin."  

More tomorrow after a cup of java.

Jay -- N0FB

Ha!!

Jim K4JAF

Thanks Gerald for the info..  Look forward to the new software when it is ready..

73s Jim K4JAF

Tim - W4TME

Burt - your banter with Bob is getting too personal and is not constructive to this post.  Please refrain from further comments of this nature.  Thank you. 

Bill N5TU

Thank you so much, Gerald.  I am eager to see version 1.4 when it is ready for "prime time."

73, Bill, N5TU

Bill N5TU

I didn't know you guys were writing in Java.  <grin>

Bill, N5TU

George - AB4FH

Gerald,
Thanks for the update.  I'm still glad that I got a 6700.  I use it daily and am very pleased with it.  Good luck on getting the kinks worked out of v1.4.  BTW, a friend of mine who was the head of electronics development for the department that I managed, once likened development to a sack full of venomous snakes.  He said, you beat on the sack until you felt safe enough to put your hand in it. LOL