A small utility to read SmartSDR radio metering points with ethernet API

Hi Denley!

Many tnx for the utility!

Trying to use with my 6300,  on W7 , but get the following message when I try to connect the radio:

'-150,0' is not a valid floating point value.

Any idea??

73

William - py2gn

Works great here on Win7 64bit and Flex6700 
Thanks for the App
Bret
WX7Y

Thank you Denley,

it works fine also on my 6300. Very nice!
I am still locked in the "discovering" of my radio and I would be glad if you could give me any help. I also posted a question on this post https://community.flexradio.com/flexradio/topics/getting-started-question
As soon as I make it works, I will send a zip file with my experimental project. It seems other friends are asking for this but no public answer until now.

73' and thank you again
Enzo
iw7dmh

I've been using Flexlib with VB.net successfully and have some snippets I can provide.

Nothing Fancy yet, but I'm using various functions.

Dave W0DHB

Like wise I have installed on a Windows 6 core with 12 gig memory running Win 7 64 bit. absolutely no issues. I like the voltage before and after fuse surprised in the amount of drop.  a lot of it is greek to me but makes a nice add on to my three Screen system. If you have a blg or form where the funtions are discussed I would like to sit in. thank you for another reason I like the SDR .

I questioned the voltage drop myself seemed really high.

Burt we are talking about smart sdr. You can download Fldigi and one of the screens read temp of the 6000

Thanks Denley..   I downloaded and it works great on my Win8 and 6700.

Roger

Denley,   Any chance you can add another meter to include S meter style calibration markings?  I hate to admit, but reading he dBm values is annoying to me and having S meter reading would be helpful.   Thank you,   Brian, W9HLQ

Denly's website (denzone.com) seems offline at the time of my posting here. I checked on Archive.org and found a earlier .ZIP file of his FlexMeter software on Dropbox. It contains a .TXT note and a .EXE Windows application file. Hopefully this link will remain available for people who have been unable to find the software at Denly's website. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/igsnaxr91y8lhga/FlexMeter.zip

Regards to all,
de John, WA7UAR

PS. The "Flexmeter notes.txt" file is reproduced below:
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In my quest to figure out how to talk to my Flex 6000 radio with the Ethernet API I wrote a program that exposes the metering reported by the radio Ethernet API. Please consider this software only as a science experiment and that it is given with the thought some people might enjoy playing with it.  I wrote it using my Flex 6700 with version 1.3.8 software. I have not tested it with any other radio or software version and there is no promise that it will work at all with your system.  I wonít be able to give any technical support for it but if you are want to try it on those terms, you are welcome to download it from the location listed below.  Please don't rely on any readings from this program to be correct.
When the radio is queried with the Ethernet API to list its meter points it lists them by source, name, and number. For each metering point the API also provides a units type as well as high and low meter range values. This program lists these items as reported by the radio. The program also uses the meter ranges as reported by the API. The description of each metering point that is displayed in the program also comes from the API response. For each unit type my program applies a formula that tries to interpret the raw data returned by API. The program output matches what the radio is displaying in many cases but in other places the values don't make sense to me.  I assume that is because I don't quite understand what is measured or how it is supposed to work, but it could be that some of the API responses are still a work in progress and are just incorrect. 

This program does not install any files other than a small ini config file that saves some user settings. When you first start the program, it listens for broadcasts from a Flex 6000 and then lists the radios it finds. Select the radio you want monitor.  In the options menu you can chose automatically start the metering if there is only one radio on the network. In the Source box at the lower left of the program you should see several sources such as COD-, RAD, or SLC.  When you click on a source, the names of metering points associated with that source will be listed in the Name box.  For example clicking on RAD with my radio will show two DC volt measurement points (+13.8A and +13.8B).  Selecting one of the names will populate the Number box with possible choices. If for example there are several slices running on the radio, there will be several numbers listed when SLC is the selected source. If there is only one number for a given metering point, it will be automatically picked, but if there are more than one to choose from you must click which one you want to start reading the meter.

The download location is [denzone (dot) com]

Typical Source Names:
COD- (Codec)
RAD (Radio)
SLC (Slice)
TX- (Transmitter)
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