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I was wondering how long it takes your flex 6000 software to start
I have a I5 cpu 3200 mhz and ssd hard drive and it takes about 30 - 45 seconds to start flex 6500 software can any of you give me how long yours takes
Thanks
Len
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I have a Dell 8500 with a custom-installed 256 GB SSD and it takes about 3 seconds with Windows 10. The three seconds is after the radio, itself, boots up.
Jim, K6QE
Discounting the radio itself for now, let's assume it is fully running, about a 45 sec to 60 second process which has nothing to do with your computer.
When SmartSDR starts it first has to load, then wait for discovered radios to appear in the discovery listbox. Then, you select a radio to connect to and click on Connect. From the point of clicking on connect it should take a couple of seconds to have a fully populated screen.
If your radio is not started before you start SmartSDR then the total startup time will be 45 seconds or so to a minute. I've never timed radio startup time, but it goes through several intervals punctuated by relays clicking. I believe there are 3 of those cycles and another click when the connect() method is invoked (when you click on Connect.
If just starting SmartSDR takes that long just to get to the discovery screen, you have a badly fragmented drive or a bad drive.
SSDR software start: between 1 & 2 seconds
Connect to 6500: less than 1 second.
Is this what you were asking about?
73, Duane AC5AA
Again thanks all,
Len
Len
again appreciate all the help from everyone
Len WA7ZXZ
It takes about 6 seconds to bring up the "discovery" window of SSDR on my 6500 and another couple of seconds to bring up a display -- the first time. It probably has to find all its libraries etc. If you quit and restart SSDR, the libraries are still in RAM and it's much faster -- about 2 seconds to discovery.
I assume we're not talking about the 6500's own boot time, from power off through "calibrate" to ready. I get about 50 seconds for that, like other folks.
73 Martin AA6E
Wonder what the life of the side fans is?
In any case, When I DO power down and reboot, I always do it in this order:
1) power OFF rig.
2) Reboot Computer and wait for it to finish.
3) Power up the rig and wait for it to finish (and the nickname shows on the control panel of the 6500),
4) Then I start SSDR and click CONNECT.
It might not be necessary, but I like to let the rig finish negotiating all of its connections first. I guess I have had too many experiences with earlier releases of Windows (like 3.1 and 95) where doing too many things at the same time caused Windows to get "confused" and crash. Old habits die hard!
Ken - NM9P
But I don't think I have even HEARD the word Orthogonal since I Majored in Math & Physics in college! (1977-1981) And I haven't heard it in this context for a long time! Thanks for stretching my vocabulary, Walt! <Grin>
With the Flex 6500 transceiver fully booted, 1 to 2 seconds for the "Radio Setup" applet to load and 1 to 2 seconds after clicking "Connect" for SSDR to load and fully display the panadapter. Dell 8700 with i7 4790 CPU @ 3.6 GHZ, 16 GB RAM and 32 GB SSD cache paired with 1 GB hard drive.
CPU utilization is about 5% on average running SSDR with one panadapter, full DX Labs Suite, two browsers open, Outlook e-mail, DDUtil and three anti-virus apps. CPU utilization increases to 10% on average with four panadapters.
73,
Larry KB1VFU
@Ken, I enjoyed the heck out of physics. I think my interest waned when I had to compute the min speeds 33 1/3 record would have to spin to dislodge a fly , presumably dead, from it.
Len