SDC Skimmer & 3.10.10

Mike-VA3MW

Can someone test SDC Skimmer on 3.10.10 please. We have a few people saying it does not work as expected.

Many thanks

g4ivv

Hi Mike,

I have had a message from Yuri UT4LW confirming that there is an issue with 3.10.10 not sending IQ data and that he has emailed Flex about it. Reverting to 3.9.19 resolves the issue.

73, Jonathan G4IVV

Mike-VA3MW

Try the 3.9.19 DAX and see if that resolves it. You can safely do that.

g4ivv

Hi Mike,

SDC does not use DAX, it talks directly to the Flex TCP and UDP API endpoints.

Jonathan

Mike-VA3MW

You learn something every day. Thanks for sharing. I must have missed the fine print on that. :)

UT4LW

Hi Michael

In version 3.10.10 there was a change in the UDP-IQ stream that was incompatible with SDC. I had a conversation with the developers and they informed me that there will be an update of the transceiver program.

I can make changes to SDC to be compatible with these changes, but there are other issues that have occurred in the new version that need to be addressed. Therefore, I cannot recommend 3.10.10 to work with SDC.

Mike-VA3MW

An update for everyone. A number of us have been getting to the bottom of this including Yuri. We have a working version of SmartSDR that returns SDC to a working condition. Right now it is tagged in 4.01 (or similar). No exact date just yet, but hopefully not too long. It still has to go through a few internal processes.

KD0RC

Thanks for the update Mike. The SDC Skimmer is sooo cool and I really miss it!

Pat KØPC

Does this mean the fix will NOT be in a 3.x release?

73, Pat KØPC

WX7Y

version 4 is the very next release as the release notes said for 3.10.15 and EVERY ONE will need to move to Ver 4 and won't cost anyone BUT they will only have the features turned on that the they have now. This means Flex won't have version 1, 2 and 3 anymore to maintain, and is a VERY GOOD THING in my opinion.

Mike-VA3MW

@Pat KØPC

Correct. 4.x Basic is an extension of 3 but with a move to the new licensing platform.

Pat KØPC

Thanks, I didn't read the subscription announcement close enough last month to pick up that everyone can move to 4.0 as a new starting point.

Mike-VA3MW

I think a number of people might have read it that way. :)

Everyone gets v4-basic for free.

73

iz7auh

SDC problem continuo also in 3.10.15

F4BPO

I do confirm 4.0.1 resolves the issue introduced in 3.10.10

SDC is back !