RF Gain control doesn't work with SmartControl

Andrew Rodland

I have a Flex 6400M, and also a separate Maestro, both running 3.1.8. I've been playing around with using the Maestro in SmartControl mode to change some of the options on the session I've got running on the 6400's front panel. Everything seems to work well, except that the RF Gain control (accessed via the slice antenna selector on the Maestro) does nothing! The slider moves, but levels don't change at all, and I've confirmed by snooping in the API that nothing is being updated.

If I create a separate session with its own slice on the Maestro (non SmartControl) then the RF Gain control there does operate, so this seems to be a SmartControl issue.

Tim - W4TME

This is a software defect that will be addressed with the next release of SmartSDR v3.

Joe Bales

I don't have an external Maestro Andrew, but I do have a Flex 6400M and I just noticed that when using the 6400M in SmartControl Mode I am unable to change the RF Gain on the windows SmartSDR Client. This prompted me to come here and see if others have had this issue. I was happy to see your post, but discouraged no one had replied back to it. Do you have any further info on this Andrew?

KD0RC

May be a good idea to submit a helpdesk ticket so that the issue gets logged and prioritized.

73,

Len, KD0RC

ka9ees

@Andrew Rodland

I just checked mine and it works fine. Any reason you haven't updated to v3.1.12?

73,

Ed KA9EES

arodland

@ka9ees 3.1.12 wasn't released back in April.

ka9ees

@arodland It's available now.

73,

Ed KA9EES

arodland

Sure is. What made you assume I'm not running it?

ka9ees

@arodland

Because original post said v3.1.8.

G3DEN

This is still not working on the latest version of SmartSDR v3.74

Erik Carling EI4KF

Not ever worked for me on a 6400M. I reported this in 2021 and was told it was known defect. I think it gets repeatedly overlooked in SSDR updates. But if the slider did not exist, I would not miss it.

ka9ees

I'm running 3.7.4, and it still works. No trouble.

Erik Carling EI4KF

I am on 3.7.4

+32db gain

but in SmartControl

Slider is at minimum and moving it does nothing. So actually plenty of trouble until we learn your secret!

ka9ees

@Erik Carling EI4KF

I stand corrected. On the front of the rig, you all are correct. It doesn't work. Yet on the PC it works fine. I run in SmartControl mode 99.99% of the time. I only use a couple knobs and buttons on the rig.

Mike-VA3MW

This is SMART-10318 for reference