[hpsdr] Alex: definitely need docs now!

[Scott Cowling]

Hi George,

The SWR cable is sized to go between Mercury and Penelope/Pennylane, 
not all the way over to the Alex-TX board (although it will work if 
you plug it into Alex-TX).

The forward and reflected power signals from Alex-TX go to the 
on-board connector as well as over to Mercury via the ribbon cable.

Thus the "SWR" connector on Mercury is equivalent to the "SWR" 
connector on Alex-TX as long as you have the control ribbon cable 
connected properly between the two boards.

73,
Scotty WA2DFI



At 11:03 2011-08-23 -0400, george byrkit wrote:
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>I went to the post office and collected the large box with the 'expensive'
>parts of Alex.  This larger box is sent (within the USA at least) as
>'insured' (because of its value).  So it must be signed for.  The smaller
>box with the cables was only sent with tracking to confirm that delivery had
>occurred.
>
>So, using the endplate with antenna holes as a guide, I was able to locate
>where the Alex boards went in the Hammond box.  And all that is now mounted
>in my Pandora.  HOWEVER! It looks like all the boards (metis, pennylane and
>mercury) need to be moved to be closest to Alex as possible for the VSWR
>cable to reach.  Or else a longer VSWR cable may need to be offered?
>
>And, of course, it would be good to know exactly where all these cables are
>supposed to plug in.
>
>If I can get all this sorted out, I may be able to make more progress on
>adding Alex support to KISS Unified.  That's the only version where it will
>be added, as putting it in there adds it both for Ethernet (Metis) and USB
>(Ozy/Magister).  I've done a bit of work on that and have the UI in place in
>Setup.  And most of the code in the Process_data and Data_send functions.
>I'm just not sure if setting the TX antenna on PTT is enough.  There may be
>more other cases when it needs to be selected.  I'll do what I can and wait
>for Phil to return from holiday in about 10 days (end of next week.)
>
>73,
>George Byrkit, K9TRV
>
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