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Why does SSDR show radio available?

Rich McCabe
Rich McCabe Member ✭✭✭
edited June 2019 in FLEX-6000 Signature Series
I assume this has something to do with multi-client but makes no sense to me.  On the same PC it does not seem like should have radio available?  If course I cant start it. This started with V 3.image

Answers

  • bahillen
    bahillen Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    I believe it is for selecting a different Flex radio if you have a second radio.
  • Rich McCabe
    Rich McCabe Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
  • Bill -VA3WTB
    Bill -VA3WTB Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
  • Rich McCabe
    Rich McCabe Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
  • Jay Nation
    Jay Nation Member ✭✭
    edited June 2019
  • Bill -VA3WTB
    Bill -VA3WTB Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    SSDR treats all radios as a client now, each radio is a client. The radio found is available untill you sellect it. It will not say in use, because it has not been sellected yet.
  • Rich McCabe
    Rich McCabe Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
  • Bill -VA3WTB
    Bill -VA3WTB Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    Must be two instances running together. Can you disconnect one?
  • Rich McCabe
    Rich McCabe Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
  • John - K3MA
    John - K3MA Member ✭✭
    edited June 2019
    Do you happen to have a wireless network and wired network card installed in the computer?
  • Rich McCabe
    Rich McCabe Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    No, hard wired only.
  • Bill -VA3WTB
    Bill -VA3WTB Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    Umm how do you open that box?
  • Rich McCabe
    Rich McCabe Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    Well in my case it was staying open after starting the radio. I unchecked the auto-start last radio and that went away. Now that I have rechecked that box it is not coming up, but you can open it buy clicking the SSDR icon again.

    In the old days it showed radio in use.


  • Bill -VA3WTB
    Bill -VA3WTB Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    Ok when I do that it says IN USE
  • Rich McCabe
    Rich McCabe Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    OK that is how I would expect it to work. In my case its not.
  • Bill -VA3WTB
    Bill -VA3WTB Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    like this
    image
  • Bill -VA3WTB
    Bill -VA3WTB Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    Maybe try another reset to factory?
  • Rich McCabe
    Rich McCabe Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    Well as you can see in my screenshot that is not the case for me.  You can see SSDR running (the only radio I have) and shows available. 

    And I just did a factory reset again as I read your last post. No change.
  • Eric-KE5DTO
    Eric-KE5DTO Administrator, FlexRadio Employee admin
    edited June 2019
  • Bill -VA3WTB
    Bill -VA3WTB Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    I am on a 6500 with on version 2.5.1  that must be why it tells me in use?
  • Rich McCabe
    Rich McCabe Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
  • Bill -VA3WTB
    Bill -VA3WTB Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    This is complicated stuff...lol
  • James Whiteway
    James Whiteway Member
    edited June 2019
    Yes, I believe Rich's issue is only going to show in v3 and up. It's to allow multi-client operation with a gui app like mine( that's having issues separate from this....developer errors!) To work alongside SSDR at the same time. Or even two instances of SSDR, on the same pc. James WD5GWY
  • James Whiteway
    James Whiteway Member
    edited June 2019
    Rich, I would think it shouldn't show that message from the same instance of SSDR. Much less allow you to try to connect from a running instance of SSDR. James WD5GWY
  • Bill -VA3WTB
    Bill -VA3WTB Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    If you are using multi client, and I am not. Then your radio may have an open slot. That was a good reason given from Eric, but as he said they may visit this sometime.  Complicated indeed.
  • Abed - AB5ED
    Abed - AB5ED Inactive Employee
    edited June 2019
    Rich,

    I see how this can be confusing!  We've had a request that for situations like this, we show the single station that is already connected next to the "Available", even when another PC/Maestro could connect to the radio with multiFLEX.

    We think that makes sense and will easily show who is currently connected, so our engineering team has implemented this for the next release.
  • Tim - W4TME
    Tim - W4TME Administrator, FlexRadio Employee admin
    edited June 2019
    But the radio IS available.  Just not from the same PC that it is already running on. I suspect you have auto connect enabled.
  • Rich McCabe
    Rich McCabe Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
  • Rich McCabe
    Rich McCabe Member ✭✭✭
    edited June 2019
    Appears it is :)

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