Another Metering question

Walt - KZ1F

Prior to create a pan and slice the radio sends a whole series of VitaMeterPackets (why do I want to call them Vita Meter Maid, as in 'lovely Vita, Meter Maid"). They don't appear to be tied to anything as nothing else has been instantiated, pan, slice, etc.
What are they? Are they valid? And what do they represent?
This is what they look like, the meter id goes from 1 through 18 and they look like this:

Meter{_index=1, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-48, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=2, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-60, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=3, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-125, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=4, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-125, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=5, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-125, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=6, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-125, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=7, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-125, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=8, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-125, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=9, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-125, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
0Meter{_index=10, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-125, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
1Meter{_index=11, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-125, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=12, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=0, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=13, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-27849, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=14, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-24522, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=15, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=0, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=16, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=0, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=17, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=-32768, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}
Meter{_index=18, _source=null, _source_index=-1, _name=null, _value=0.0, _raw_value=7175, _low=1.7976931348623157E308, _high=-1.7976931348623157E308, _fps=-1.7976931348623157E308, _peak=false, _description=null, _units=None}

Thanks,

Walt - kz1f

Walt - KZ1F

Now that it is Monday morning and the show is over...bump

James Whiteway

It's a way to keep a topic Near the top in a forum's listing Burt.

Walt - KZ1F

So far there is an apparent mismatch between the flexlib source (1.4.11) and the behavior of applications build against it.  There is another one in the lsts and due to all the obsequious comments they were down to page 3 or 4 where no one at FRS would ever see it. The difference between this and, say, what William is doing, he is looking for specific packet types, I look at all of them.

So there is this thread,
the mismatch in RequiredFirmawareVersion, and
getting back two streamids when only one was expected.

Burt, think of a bump as a synonym for nudge, as in, hey, I am still here.. Tnx James.

IW7DMH, Enzo

Now that is Monday and the show in over... Flex boys need some vacation day. At least. They deserve It 73'

Walt - KZ1F

When I would attend, what then was called, "User Week"s, it was an entire week in St. Louis, or San Francisco, etc training customers, selling customers, showing what we were writing and announcing. After the show was over, we went back to work the following Monday.  We also don't get 6 weeks of vacation either.

Walt - KZ1F

Burt, this is my second and last warning.
Classless? look in a mirror.

Stu Phillips - K6TU

Walt,

If you send the radio a "meter list" command before you create a panafall, you will see that these meters relate to the transmitter, dc supply levels, pa temperature etc.  They are valid.

An alternative is to send "sub meter all" and subscribe to meter updates - that way, when a slice is created or deleted, you will see the additions/remove messages for the slice related meters.

The values have to be scaled depending on the units associated with each meter.

Stu K6TU

Walt - KZ1F

Thanks Stu. I further instrumented the program Here is the relevant section:

 received status S7153BAEF|meter 1.src=COD-#1.num=1#1.nam=MICPEAK#1.low=-150.0#1.hi=20.0#1.desc=Signal strength of MIC output in CODEC#1.unit=dBFS#1.fps=40#

 received status S7153BAEF|meter 2.src=COD-#2.num=2#2.nam=MIC#2.low=-150.0#2.hi=20.0#2.desc=Average Signal strength of MIC ouput in CODEC#2.unit=dBFS#2.fps=20#
status S7153BAEF|meter 3.src=TX-#3.num=8#3.nam=CODEC#3.low=-150.0#3.hi=20.0#3.desc=Signal strength of CODEC output#3.unit=dBFS#3.fps=10#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 4.src=TX-#4.num=8#4.nam=SC_MIC#4.low=-150.0#4.hi=20.0#4.desc=Signal strength of MIC output#4.unit=dBFS#4.fps=10#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 5.src=TX-#5.num=8#5.nam=COMPPEAK#5.low=-150.0#5.hi=20.0#5.desc=Signal strength of signals after the CLIPPER (Compression)        #5.unit=dBFS#5.fps=20#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 6.src=TX-#6.num=8#6.nam=SC_FILT_1#6.low=-150.0#6.hi=20.0#6.desc=Signal strength after Filter 1#6.unit=dBFS#6.fps=10#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 7.src=TX-#7.num=8#7.nam=ALC#7.low=-150.0#7.hi=20.0#7.desc=Signal strength of signals after SW ALC (SSB Peak)#7.unit=dBFS#7.fps=10#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 8.src=TX-#8.num=8#8.nam=SC_FILT_2#8.low=-150.0#8.hi=20.0#8.desc=Signal strength after Filter 2#8.unit=dBFS#8.fps=10#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 9.src=TX-#9.num=8#9.nam=B4RAMP#9.low=-150.0#9.hi=20.0#9.desc=Signal strength of signals before the ramp#9.unit=dBFS#9.fps=10#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 10.src=TX-#10.num=8#10.nam=AFRAMP#10.low=-150.0#10.hi=20.0#10.desc=Signal strength of signals after the ramp#10.unit=dBFS#10.fps=10#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 11.src=TX-#11.num=8#11.nam=GAIN#11.low=-150.0#11.hi=0.0#11.desc=Signal strength after Gain#11.unit=dBFS#11.fps=10#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 12.src=TX-#12.num=5#12.nam=HWALC#12.low=-150.0#12.hi=20.0#12.desc=Voltage present at the Hardware ALC RCA Plug#12.unit=dBFS#12.fps=20#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 13.src=RAD#13.num=208#13.nam=+13.8A#13.low=10.5#13.hi=15.0#13.desc=Main radio input voltage before fuse#13.unit=Volts#13.fps=0#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 14.src=RAD#14.num=210#14.nam=+13.8B#14.low=10.5#14.hi=15.0#14.desc=Main radio input voltage after fuse#14.unit=Volts#14.fps=0#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 15.src=TX-#15.num=1#15.nam=FWDPWR#15.low=0.0#15.hi=53.0#15.desc=RF Power Forward#15.unit=dBm#15.fps=20#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 16.src=TX-#16.num=2#16.nam=REFPWR#16.low=0.0#16.hi=53.0#16.desc=RF Power Reflected#16.unit=dBm#16.fps=20#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 17.src=TX-#17.num=3#17.nam=SWR#17.low=1.0#17.hi=999.0#17.desc=RF SWR#17.unit=SWR#17.fps=20#

received status S7153BAEF|meter 18.src=TX-#18.num=4#18.nam=PATEMP#18.low=0.0#18.hi=100.0#18.desc=PA Temperature#18.unit=degC#18.fps=0#

Walt - KZ1F

@Stu, I hadn't considered the environmental readings, thanks!

Walt - KZ1F

@gods of flexradio getSatisfaction: please mark this as answered.

Thanks, Walt - kz1f