SmartSDR wont start on Mac using parallels

Pat Hayes

Mark_WS7M

Alan

Pat Hayes

Did this already! I think the other person is right.... .NET = **** - Does anyone know what the .net requirement is for version 3.1.12?

Alan

Pat Hayes

I am using a mac running parallels *trying to run smartsdr on the road* at home I am using a windows machine with no issues - the odd part of all this? A brand new VM does the same thing after installing 3.1.12 so I'm at a loss here, very strange. Version 2.4.9 ran fine the last time I used the VM (about a year ago) Pat NX9S

Pat Hayes

I am using a mac running parallels *trying to run smartsdr on the road* at home I am using a windows machine with no issues - the odd part of all this? A brand new VM does the same thing after installing 3.1.12 so I'm at a loss here, very strange. Version 2.4.9 ran fine the last time I used the VM (about a year ago) Pat NX9S

Pat Hayes

Thanks Mark - I have both actually, same issue with both. .NET is up to date, verified this. I'm at a loss on this one

Mark_WS7M

henrylance

Pat Hayes

Thats an easy one - because I use my mac at the same time. This issue happens in VMWare's fusion as well - an oddity for sure

Jean_Luc F5JRC

BootCamp is great but in my side I am using a Flex6500 with Parallels most of the time, and in this case I am also using MacloggerDX which is certainly one the best logging software you can imagine! Coherent Mode (not sure of the translation!) three screens et voilà, the best of the two worlds! 73 Jean-Luc

Alan

Each person has their own use case.  I considered boot camp, but that just turns my Mac intro an expensive Windows-only PC.

More importantly, for me, I like using Parallel's "Coherence" view mode.  This allows me to have both Mac OS and Windows 10 OS apps running together on the same desktop.

In Coherence, I run Smart SDR because I prefer the User Interface.  I run the Mac OS version of WSJT-X and JT Bridge because I prefer the quicker response and easier on the eyes user interface.  I have a collection device apps, such as PST-Rotor, W2 Wattmeter, SMORF SWR meter, and HF-Auto which only run on W10 OS.  I can arrange all of these apps, running together, on my single Mac desktop (two large monitors).

I also run a "Time Machine" backup of my entire SSD.  With regards to Windows, if something bad happens overnight from a W10 OS update, I just ask Time Machine to back the clock up to "whenever",  before the update, use the "before update" virtual W10 machine, and now I am back online.

Alan
WA9WUD

Ted VE3TRQ

I routinely run SSDR under Parallels. As long as you set up bridged networking, it seems to work great. Have run with both Win7 and Win10. Still running v2 SSDR.

Neil D Friedman N3DF

What exactly is bridged networking?

Ted VE3TRQ

Parallels gives you a few networking choices - you can have the Win o/s on a separate network, or on the same network as your Mac. You want to be on the same network, so in the same IP range and in the same collision domain (i.e. you see broadcasts).

henrylance

Pat Hayes

Still nothing - anyone? This occurs in both platforms, VMWare Fusion & Parallels. Ive tried creating a new machine on both - same outcome. I've tried older versions of win10, fully patched etc... Every possible scenario i could think of I have tried - .NET is up to date as well. I'm at a loss

Ted VE3TRQ

What version Parallels and what version MacOS? (You may have mentioned that, but it is critical info). Many of us are very successfully doing what you appear not be able to do.

Alan

Pat

I will build a new W10 virtual machine, load Smart SDR and upload it to iCloud.  I will give you a link so you can download the same.

You can run the unlicensed W10, I think with some Microsoft restrictions, to test your setup.  You can add licensing later if you want.

Please provide your e-mail so I can send you the link and in view, this forum is dying soon.

Alan
WA9WUD

Pat Hayes

Alan

OK.  You out-rank me as I am a non-IT person.  (retired Nuclear Engineer)

  BTW, I am running the exact hardware and software with no problems.  I had some strange things happen when I tried using the "gaming" computer configuration in Parallels.  I found through experimentation that the "productivity" configuration worked best for me when running Smart SDR.

Alan
WA9WUD

Ted VE3TRQ

I think this may be one of these cases where staying on old software works better. I am running High Sierra, although the latest Parallels, with SSDR v2.4.9. If it works, leave it alone. Besides that, I have too many 32-bit only applications that will choke on Apple's insistance on killing 32-bit. I was annoyed enough when they dropped G5 emulation :-(

Pat Hayes

I hoped it would be that easy - here is the latest 

Jean_Luc F5JRC

Pat Hayes

FW is disabled at this point

Ted VE3TRQ

Another thought - are you using Coherence? I do not.

Alan

Pat Hayes

just got the mac a week ago - nothing else on it cant see it being hardware or OS related - I would like some feedback from Flex if they even watch these forums.... 

Pat Hayes

I am not

Pat Hayes