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Thanks for your solution for DAX errors. It was THE ONLY APPROACH THAT FIXED MY MESS.
I have been doing many many manual DAX uninstalls according to Tim's thread, and re-installs along with many many SDR removals/re-installs, again following exactly Tim's approach. That never fixed the DAX startup errors. The name mangling was indeed my problem. I couldn't read the blued entries (blured) above the change icon field, but eventually figured it out with the help of Jay - NO5J's listing of the required 28 DAX audio settings. This all took me many hours but I'm happy its fixed. I assume there are hundreds of other Flex SDR owners that struggle with this every time Windows updates. I wish all these fine comments from 7 months ago could be condensed and published in a Flex help and support area instead of pouring over all these comments trying to figure out what works.
73, Jim -
I only bring up my wishes because I do know that W10 unreliability has cost sales.
Once I had it all re-installed I checked my audio settings in DevMgr and found a number of spurious errors just like Neal suggested.
I followed the above instructions EXACTLY but after my reboot I found that some of these additional ports (which I had uninstalled) had re-appeared: even though I had deleted them.
Things seem to be working OK with my 6700 but I would feel much happier having a really clean installation of SmartSDR / SmartSDR CAT and DAX.
What can I do or am I forever to be stuck with these odd settings (DAX Audio RX 2 (FlexRadio Systems DAX IQ for example)?
Thanks in advance and 73, David G4NRT
Or, you can run W10 Enterprise, and lock that beast down big time. I am getting that option soon, as Microsoft has become the biggest impediment of proper computer operation.
To get it fixed on your computer now, Jay or a help ticket should get you running FB, but then you just wait for another update.
I would like to just get my Windows 10 fixed.
David
Also,,,THANKS,,,fixed my problem too. 73
The Flex devices can be part of one of these 4 categories:
DAX AUDIO
DAX IQ
DAX MIC AUDIO
DAX TX
Opening Device Manager, expanding Sound, video and game controllers shows those 4 controllers
The following procedure can help in matching Controllers and Devices:
Open the 'Properties' window for each controller, click on details and select 'Device instance path' from the drop down menu. Keep note of the path.
In my case (Win10/Dax 3.0.27) I have:
DAX AUDIO ROOTMEDIA006
DAX IQ ROOTMEDIA004
DAX MIC ROOTMEDIA008
DAX TX ROOTMEDIA007
Expand 'Audio inputs and outputs', double click on the device you want to verify/fix, click on 'Details' and select 'Parent' from the drop down menu. 'Value' shows the controller at which that device belongs.
Hope this will make the life easier...
73, Max
How do I know what driver belongs where (ROOT/MEDIA/????) and how to correct/change names if the editing option is not available?
73 Holger
I was under the impression that most of the Windows update issues had been solved with the latest SSDR versions. Not being a Windows user (Mac and Linux), I can’t give much more advice that given above already.
I suggest your best avenue is to create a Helpdesk request.
I have had good luck with Windows updates on my Flex lately. This in no way indicates I trust they won't make a mess in the future