The S-meter for SmartSDR is available.

Beppe IK3VIG

Hi, The classic S-meter for your FLEX-6000 is ready and available for download. It works on "A" slice receiver only. Simple instruction file is included in the zip. Download available from these pages: http://www.woodboxradio.com/freeware.html http://www.woodboxradio.com/flex6000.html 73 Beppe ik3vig woodboxradio

Sergey R5AU

Beppe, a nice toy, to improve: 1. check box - stay on top (over all other apps screen) 2. connection to the SSDR directly via LAN or set higher speed via CAT (make no sense for SSDR CAT)

Gary Robertson - KY5R

I have always found Beppe's Bobsmeters to be extremely useful and his S-Meter for SmartSDR continues the tradition. I especially like the Hold button so that you can easily see the peak S-Meter reading for a particular QSO. All that, and it is FREE!!

K4EAR

Maybe larger numerals on the S-Meter and shrink the area below the S-Meter window to accommodate it.. The sticky pointer in red with adjustable hang is wonderful. Thanks Beppe!

Ken - NM9P

Yes, larger numbers would help my aging eyes. Other than that, This is wonderful! Thanks, Beppe!

Bob G W1GLV

does not work with my setup.

Bob G W1GLV

I made a dedicated port via SmartCat. Mine happens to be Comm 5-15. I went tothe meter setup and entered Comm 5. Hit the start button and nothing. Nice meter, if I could get it to work.

Ken - NM9P

The first port I tried didn't work either. Then I noticed the little comment in the setup screen that said "port not available." That is all the warning I god, just a little note, nothing in red or anything, no beeps, etc. Then I changed to a different port that was open and it works fine.

philip.theis

Nice job, looks great. Is there any chance of talking to the radio via ethernet and skip the SmartCAT???

DonS

I experienced the same thing, however, at first it said all was ok and then I checked the setup screen again when I couldn't start the meter and it showed "port not available". Changed ports and came up without an issue.

Ernest - W4EG

Thank you. The new meter is working well and seems to be matching the S-Meter reading of the Flex-6700.

Beppe IK3VIG

Sergey, - the app stay on the top of all by default. - TCP instead CAT when API for SmartSDR will be available. Beppe

Beppe IK3VIG

ok, I will try big numbers

Beppe IK3VIG

Ernest, thank you for comments, yes the S-Meter match the bar indicator on slice, only a slight delay between the two meters. Beppe

Beppe IK3VIG

Hi........when FlexLIB will be available......the S-meter will become a TCP client, Beppe

Robert -- N5IKD

Very good.

Alan --- N5MSE

Beppe: Thanks for the great S-Meter. It looks and works really well on the 6500. 73, Alan N5MSE

Bob G W1GLV

Beppe, meter still not working. Here's my setup in Win8.

DonS

You need to setup a dedicated port - one that works between a device and 6x00 radio, if you didn't already. I also found the first port didn't work but when I created a second port and used that, it worked.

Gary Robertson - KY5R

Bob, are you using DDUtil version 3.0.4.14 in conjunction with SmartCAT? If you are using this latest version of DDUtil, try the following procedure, if you haven't done so already. First of all, change your COM5 port in SmartCAT to a "shared" port rather that dedicated. In DDUtil version 3 Setup, in the features box, make sure that the Signature radio is checked and that Port 4 is indicated - this assumes that SmartCAT selected COM4 as the port to connect to 3rd party programs. In DDUtil Setup, in the Ports box, set RCP1 to COM15 (the other end of your COM5) in the CAT port box. Shutdown DDUtil and re-start it before you start SmartSDR. See if the S-Meter for SmartSDR will now work on COM5. I have my system setup as described above and the S-Meter for SmartSDR works great! Hope this is helpful.

DonS

If he is using DDUtil and connecting to DDUtil instead of directly to the radio, I agree, however, if not then he needs to use a dedicated port.

DonS

How will the call sign and locator be used?

Beppe IK3VIG

only for personal information abt the operator. This is "vanity" tab

W4EY

Beppe: Thanks for the great S-Meter. It looks and works really well on the 6500. 73's Bill W4EY

Bob G W1GLV

I was digging thru the CatLogs.txt file. I'm getting errors througout, maybe this is my problem. I'm sending along a picture of the latest log file.

Tim - W4TME

This is a great conversation that's separate from the main topic, so I created a new problem topic to continue the discussion. Please reference the new topic here: Errors in CAT log

DonS

I have no vanity that is why I put my call sign and locator in the information tab!

ai6re

The meter installed and works but the graphic is not correct on my system. My display is set to 1920 x 1080

Beppe IK3VIG

mumble mumble.......are you using a non standard Windows font size ? If yes.....set it to 100% 73 Beppe ik3vig

ai6re

I am using 125% as required to enable reading on a 22" display at this resolution. Everything else works fine including SmartSDR. I will check back in the future to see if you can adjust for other font sizes. I would have found this handy so thanks for the effort. 73, Don AI6RE

philip.theis

Yes, that is how to run it. Thanks