Maestro Outputs

Peter Bentley

I recently cancelled my Maestro order when I discovered it had no facility for driving an external HDMI monitor. It seems to me this would be a very useful and obvious facility and might widen the appeal of this already brilliant product.

G4BIM

Martin Smith

Yes, fully agree. I guess that will be the MK2

Chris DL5NAM

... i thinking also for canceling. Maestro has no connection for my coffee maker and shows not if the dish washer ready.

KY6LA_Howard

Me too It does not have an outlet to plug in my cold **** dispenser. Realistically running a HDMI display will happen when the 6000 series can run multiple simultaneous instances of GUI via a PC.

Kevin Va3KGS

Already have 3 monitors connected to the Flex Computer.  The Maestro is for the Bedroom !!

Burt Fisher

When  your mate has a headache?

Kevin Va3KGS

She loves Technology <?/.)#$ What the **** is that you have now!!  You said you wanted my toy(s) to be smaller !!

Jim Gilliam

Run it on an iPhone and use Air Play to stream to a video monitor as large as an amphitheater.

Lee - N2LEE

Peter, I believe you missed the target audience and role of the Maestro. It was obvious this is NOT a PC or intended to be a replacement for one. If it was then there would be no need to continue with SSDR software.

The Maestro was designed to give a user portable and/or remote operation in a relatively small footprint. If you consider the wifi and battery capability it helps you understand the intended purpose. If you are doing Field Day or an Expedition an HDMI monitor for tuning a radio is not needed.

Of course this doesn't mean you couldn't use it in place of PC, which many will do but not the sole purpose.

Besides until they come out with a foldable 30" HDMI monitor that I can put in the case it doesn't do me much good.

Also, curious can you list the number of other radios you have that support hdmi monitors ?

Barry N1EU

I don't think "portable and/or remote operation" totally encapsulates the target market.  I think Maestro is also very much targeting the contesting market and general users who simply want a knobbed front panel.

Barry N1EU

Lee - N2LEE

 Barry I would agree with that. That certainly is an appeal to the Knobbers.

Chris DL5NAM

Maybe, but why need Knobbers battery and WIFI ? But Knobbers need HDMI for 95" TV flat screen :-)  and Maestro no offer.

W7NGA

Buy a Microsoft Surface Pro 4. Amazing with SSDR! And, HDMI for free! I too, thought I must have knobs to be bona-fide ... but no longer. The secret is a good wireless mouse or pointing device. I am evaluating them now .. as we speak! Moving past knobs and into the future ...

W7NGA  dan
San Juan Island, Wa.

KF4HR

Perhaps when Flex adds the HDMI port to the Maestro they'll also offer us a large optional backpack so we can carry along a large flat screen monitor!  Oh, and with extra room for a portable generator, big amp, tower, and HF yagi too!  Sorry... too much coffee this morning.

Mark Griffin

Perhaps having a unit that would run the flex without SSDR might be a good thing. Especially with all the issues that have been occurring the past year with SSDR.

W7NGA

And ... let's not forget the joys of talking to your Windows 10 computer - "Hey Cortana ... please tune to 21.430 Mhz, AM mode, dbx4800 profile, call CQ AM, ignore any SSB responses, repeat if no valid reply"

and magic happens!

"best 73's Cortana, please shut down now, the SS Sweepstakes are starting!"

Jay Nation

Or possibly, not enough Coffee.
73, Jay - NO5J

Bill -VA3WTB

Issues?

VE6KWA

Ahh yes... Cortana the magical station assistant...While attempting to voice train "her" the other day, I uttered some profanity. The female voice & profanity brought my wife to the shack door inquiring as to my activities... LOL...

Michael Coslo

As a person who uses 2 very large monitors, I pretty much consider the Maestro an attractant to the group that prefers knobs and switches to computer screens. To me, it's a perfect compromise, although one I don't have much interest in myself. 

James Whiteway

Maestro is just another computer running a specalized version of SSDR. The upside to that is, there is but one hardware platform to support for it's version of SSDR. Unlike supporting varying user PC's and their hardware issues(and drivers), Flex should have finer control over issues with SSDR in Maestro. One reason that makes Maestro an attractive , (although expensive) option, if one wants knobs and portability in a single device. WD5GWY

Steve K9ZW

In the contesting mode a Maestro typically would be in Parallel to a PC, as one will be needed for logging.  That is the configuration FRS had been showing at conventions.

As a sort of "all around the house device" the Maestro's wireless independence is a driving feature, that while it doesn't preclude an HDMI output doesn't require it either.

My "Moveable Operating Station" will become a Maestro and a Laptop for flexibility.  Expecting at times to run both on batteries. 

With that sort of configuration if FRS offered a software module that would repeat or emulate the Maestro's touchscreen, it would be really nice to include that in the PC's display - which all could be run out to an HDMI connected large-scale monitor.

73

Steve

K9ZW

Dave Dave

tiny PC's that cost under $200 and run on 12v make the Maestro way to expensive.
My asus tiny pc runs ssdr great.

Chris DL5NAM

What do you think is inside a Maestro?

Dave Dave

its a $1000 pc and small monitor with some knobs that can only be used for one thing.... Did you think it was a dishwasher?

Walt - KZ1F

And running Microsoft Windows OS (embedded).

Steve K9ZW

I run a 6300 with a  PC-on-a-stick, but it is no Maestro.

Having played with a Maestro prototype at the W9DXCC it became very clear to me how the Maestro would be a "team-player with a PC" and not a "PC-replacement."

We can argue the debate between dedicated device and adapted generalized PC.

There is a place for both and neither fully could replace the other in my shack.

YMMV of course. 

Proof will be once Maestri are out in the wild.

As an aside, I don't think I would have given up my pre-order, rather with doubts I would have let my distributor (or FRS if here) know I didn't want to be first. 

Several hams did this in the Flex-6700/6500 rollout, and thereby kept their options open.

73

Steve K9ZW

James Whiteway

I think if you cancel now, you loose the option to buy at the preintroduction price. And have to pay the current price. James WD5GWY

Bob G W1GLV

OOPS!!!

Burt Fisher

Maybe it's like a stock option and you can sell the option?

Walt - KZ1F

I did that with the 6500. As we were in the process of moving out then moving in. Consequently, many people got the radio's earlier than they otherwise would have. By 'that' I meant deferred, not cancelled.