SmartSDR for Mac, 4 FT8 windows, 4 panadapters: Which one is TX?

vincetronics

Hello community!

I have a Flex 6600 and I like to run four FT8 windows on four panadapters, in order to monitor four different bands. Previously, when I double-clicked a call in any FT8 window, the software would move the TX focus to the panadapter to which that FT8 decode window corresponded. Recently, when I double-click a call in the FT8 window, the TX focus does not change, and instead the transmit signal is routed to the panadapter with the "TX" indicator. I updated SmartSDR for Mac from 2.9.86 to 2.9.89, and there was no change.

For example, say that TX is on the panadapter for 30m, and I'm trying to respond to a CQ on 40m. I double-click on the caller in my 40m FT8 window, and my signal is transmitted on 30m instead of 40m.

I have to manually switch TX focus to the panadapter I want, when before this was not the case. I was able to double-click in any FT8 window and the software would change TX focus to the corresponding panadapter.

I understand about DAX mappings between panadapters (or slices?) and the FT8 windows. I have tried various combinations of "TX Slice options: Always make TX Slice the active Slice / Always make active Slice the TX Slice" to no avail. And most confusing is why this behavior changed.

Is anyone else running multiple FT8 windows on multiple panadapters and having similar problems?

73,
Vince KB6NTW

SmartSDR-macOS V2.9.89, D4.2.06 C:US-en fw:3.10.10 running on arm64 on macOS Version 15.6.1 (Build 24G90)