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Mac with VirtualBox Windows VM or Parallels or ???
Has anyone had any luck with running the Flex Radio software on a Mac via Parallels or VirtualBox Windows VM or ??? Looking for anyone that has any success with any of them and any additional software you may have run with it like DDUtil, etc ... I have an Elecraft Amp, Tuner and two transverters and am looking for a solution so I can possibly TOSS this windows machine once and for all or is there talk of Flex writing their SDR code for MAC....or am I forever doomed?
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There were speed issues in the very early days of version 1 but once Flex got to version 2 the software has had no issues with performance.
As with all Macs memory size effects operating performance. If you have performance issues at all upgrade your memory size.
I have had no issues with Parrallels and highly recommend it. Good advise on the network settings, worth noting, made the same mistake.
Ham radio Delux, Flex Smart SDR, WinLink, FT8, PC-ALE etc. all have worked well locally and via remote using Parrallel remote access.
Don’t forget your Mac can also run Windows natively by booting up in Windows 7 and even 10 if not too old a Mac.
I have had none of the Windows issues in 7 that we hear about from updates in the last 3 years running natively (booting up in Windows 7)). Perhaps the Apple drivers for Windows are better matched to the hardware.
Last the dog park software is great and has worked well for me also.
The Mac Hardware platform is my preference for Windows when required.
Watts
K4QJZ
Windows 10 will still have the same issues you had on the other hardware and Windows 7 is at the end of life soon.
I wish I could get my mind around DogPark to go native but I still have a lot of issues with it.
A couple years ago they talked about making MAC run IOS which would have been great with the SmartSDR for IOS APP but I think that idea got dumped in the trash.
I have heard some people playing with WINE on MacBook Pro but haven't gone that route to see if I could get it running and load DOT-NET 4.0 under WINE.
If DOT.NET 4 won't load don't bother trying to run SmartSDR installer under WINE it won't work, Maybe next **** weekend I'll give it a go.
Bret
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Thanks for all the replies
If you could, can you share what screen you might have navigated to in the Parallels setup and what values you entered to finally make it work. I am at my wits end, here!
You do this by setting Parallels up for bridged networking.
As of today, I am able to connect to and operate the FLEX using SmartSDR under Windows 10, using Parallels on my Mac, BUT ONLY WHEN I'M ON AN OUTSIDE INTERNET CONNECTION. On the plus, at least that proves that Parallels and SmartSDR can work, which many of you have confirmed.
When I try to run it on the LAN, it only sees one radio, and it is my FLEX-6400 on my CenturyLink static IP address, not my LAN. IT DOES NOT SEE MY RADIO ON MY LAN.
Ken, at FLEX, has been an incredibly good help! Unfortunately we've not gotten this issue solved, but I don't blame him as he is not a Mac user, and especially not a Parallels user.
I found a network configuration screen in Parallels and it says that the Mac needs to be connected to the following network. It has the following settings:
Start address - 10.211.55.1
End address - 10.211.55.254
Subnet mask - 255.255.255.0
Subnet - 10.211.55.0
The IP address of the FLEX-6400 is 192.168.0.39
The IP address of the Maestro is 192.168.0.38
When I "come in" from the outside, the port forwarding seems to properly route the traffic thru to the FLEX and it works. The router is at address 192.168.0.1, on the LAN side. So the FLEX and the incoming router are on the same network, and it works.
I am suspecting that with the Parallels VM interface to Windows it looks like it must be on the "10" network and that may be my problem. Unfortunately I don't know how to fix it.
I don't use Windows for much of anything other than local special purpose applications like the FLEX Radio, or programming the Intellitec control pads in our motorhome, or any other Windows only applications, but I don't want to "break it!"
If my analysis is right, is there such a thing as a guide as to how to reconfigure Parallels to operate on the "192" network? Somehow I suspect that might fix my problem.
My top bar didn't have any of the icons that I see on your picture, and definitely no spider-web icon. But you gave me the pointing that I needed to find where to fix it.
Again, thank you so much!!!
I've got SmartSDR running on my Windows 10x 1909 where SmartSDR CAT runs without issue.
Any thoughts?
Thank you & 73s
Karl, K0EG
I would suggest you save all your profiles. Then do a complete uninstall of SmartSDR and DAX and CAT. Then do a fresh install from a new download from Flex in case there is a glitch in a file installed or downloaded.
Hope that cleans it up for you.
Watts
K4QJZ
Karl, K0EG!