Version 4.2.18 Successful Install

KD0RC · April 28

I just installed V 4.2.18 on my Windows 10 laptop. The installation was easy and went perfectly.

In the very limited testing that I have done, everything seems to be working great except for the offset in the digital modes. There used to be a 1500 Hz offset default when in DIGU. The option for the offset is either gone, or I can't find it. The result is that the VARAHF modem is listening 1500 Hz low, and obviously, won't decode anything.

I can zoom way in and drag the filter skirts to 1200 Hz and 1800 Hz and get back to OK, but this is an awkward work-around.

Other things successfully (but not extensively) tested so far:

TeensyMaestro
FlexRepeaterSpots
Flexicraft Utility
Flex User Monitor
Antenna Genius Utility
RimuSDR (Windows version)
ACLOG (N3FJP)
FRStack4
SDC (including SDC Skimmer)
POTACAT

Dudley WA5QPZ · April 28

Len,

Have you rebooted your radio since the upgrade? My offset is there for Digital ..

KD0RC · April 28

Hi Dudley, yes, I sure did. I will do another reboot and see if that helps.

KD0RC · April 28

Hi Dudley, I did another cold reboot, and the behavior is the same - no digital offset, and I don't see a way to set it.

Is the offset now part of SmartSDR+? If you right-click one of the filter settings, do you have the option to set the offset there?

g4ivv · April 28

Hi Len,

Well the digital offset is still availble in the Maestro:

But I can't find it in SmartSDR for Windows, only the RTTY offset. I wonder if anyone else can find it? I hope this isn't another example of Flex accidentally losing controls again 😀

I think the problem you are seeing is that the new filter presets are wrong for DIGU (and probably DIGL), so if I click 300Hz bandwidth it centres it at 150Hz instead of at 1500Hz. But on the Maestro I can then tap the offset up and down to recenter it.

I guess people with early access should be able to correct the bug themselves.

73, Jonathan

KD0RC · April 28

Hi Jonathan, I suppose it is not actually needed if you can easily set the high and low cut filter frequencies by mode. I will give that a shot once the 30 day SmartSDR+ waiting period is over.

For now, I may just leave it at 3.0k which will center it properly without having to mess with the high and low cut values.

g4ivv · April 28

Hi Len, yes leaving it at 3k is a good workaround. So far, 4.2.18 is looking good for everything else I've tested, its working well with SDC Contest in CW and PSK/RTTY modes and RimuSDR on Linux.

Edited to add: the missing digital offset control is still present in SmartSDR for MacOS and RimuSDR for Linux and it works in both those as expected (and also chosing a DIGU filter of <3k correctly centers the passband around the offset). So it looks like its just a SmartSDR for Windows issue and the radio firmware is fine.

73, Jonathan

K9YK · April 28

So the new DAX V2 is working ok on Windows 10? I was hoping someone would test this out for us. Flex wouldn't answer the question directly. :-)

KD0RC · April 28

It appears to be working fine. I have tried SDC Skimmer, VARA HF and WSJT-X. They all work fine. I did have to reselect the RX and TX audio, as they have changed names under 4.2.18.

KD0RC · April 28

I had an issue where additional panadapters on my 8600 occasionally came up with no panadapter or waterfall data, just audio. I did a factory reset, and that seems to have fixed it.

Version 4.2.18 Successful Install

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