[hpsdr] PowerSDR vs Kiss

[Berndt Josef Wulf]

G'day,

Thank you to everyone who responded to my email. I've calibrated the card and 
the system is work as can be expected. I'm now looking forward to receiving 
the Metis card.

73, Berndt
VK5ABN

On 10/02/11 Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:
> G'day,
> 
> The Mercury card arrived today and it was time to play with HPSDR. The 
current 
> system consists of Atlas, Ozy and Mercury. 
> 
> I downloaded and installed the current PowerSDR and Kiss versions from the 
> OperHPSDR website. Initially nothing was going to work until I also 
installed 
> Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 on a Windows XP box.
> 
> Eventually both, Kiss and PowerSDR started working. Whilst pushing both 
> applications through its paces, I noticed that the signal level indication 
on 
> the S-Meter and panorama display on PowerSDR shows -70dBm without pre-
> amplifier switched off and antenna disconnected, whilst Kiss shows a more 
> realistic level of about -120dBm.
> 
> Not having any experience with either applications, I'm at a loss finding an 
> explanation. Perhaps I missed a setting in PowerSDR?
> 
> Also, is there a way of listening to the audio on the PC just with USB 
> connected? I alway had the impression that data is send via USB, similar to 
> the USRP, and data processing was done on the PC. It took me some time to 
> realize that I had to plug the head phone into the Mercury PC or 
alternatively 
> use an audio cable connecting it to the PC.
> 
> How does this work with Metis?
> 
> 73, Berndt
> VK5ABN
> 

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