[hpsdr] Win7-64 usage

[Steve Bunch]

Berndt,

On Mar 18, 2011, at 4:26 PM, Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:

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> G'day Steve,
> 
> You need a copy of the libusb0.dll, which doesn't come with PowerSDR 1.9.3, 
> but a signed version can be downloaded from the OpenHPSDR and copied into the  
> the PowerSDR directory.

Yes, I did try, but didn't get copying it into the directory to work.  The download from Flex Radio did.  Probably missed some direction somewhere.

> You would expect CPU load to go up when running 
> software in on a virtual machine.

Indeed.  I thought people would appreciate hearing that it worked, and adequately well.  The fact that a pig doesn't sing very well is far less remarkable than the fact that the pig can sing at all.  ;-)

73,
Steve, K9SRB

> 73, Berndt
> VK5ABN
> 
> On 19/03/11 Steve Bunch wrote:
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>> I had no trouble with the Mac version of HPSDRProgrammer after fixing the 
>> problem I reported earlier, and updated Metis/Mercury/Penny to the firmware 
>> versions from the openhpsdr download site.
>> 
>> I then downloaded PowerSDR 1.9.3 from the Downloads link at openhpsdr, and 
>> installed it on Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, running in a virtual machine 
>> under Parallels on a MacBook Pro running MacOS 10.6.6.  PowerSDR did not 
> work, 
>> reporting an error with JanusAudio that sounded familiar.  I searched the 
>> openhpsdr mail history for JanusAudio, and found previous emails that 
> described 
>> the problem I was having and how to fix it.  The workaround was to remove 
> Metis 
>> and install Ozy, download the appropriate driver from the Flex Radio site, 
> and 
>> run PowerSDR once with Ozy, then, turn it all off and disconnect it, remove 
> Ozy, 
>> 
>> put in Metis, start PowerSDR and switch to Metis (see the earlier emails for 
>> details).  It was a pain, but it worked and PowerSDR became happy.  I don't 
> know 
>> 
>> if there's a way to do it that doesn't require an Ozy.
>> 
>> Running PowerSDR on Win 7 on this VM results in CPU usage 3-4x higher than 
>> Heterodyne (native Mac) running on the same MacBook (70-80% vs. 20% of one 
> CPU). 
>> 
>> Dropouts are rare.  The latest version of Jeremy's Heterodyne program runs 
>> well.  I downloaded and briefly tested KK on the Windows 7 virtual machine, 
> and 
>> it appears to run fine.
>> 
>> If anyone has questions about any of this, feel free to contact me offlist.
>> 
>> Using this setup, I was able to give a demo of Metis/Mercury/Penelope, 
> running 
>> PowerSDR on Windows 7 on a Virtual machine running on MacOS X on a MacBook, 
>> using a USB display adapter dongle to drive the projector, to accompany my 
> SDR 
>> talk at the Motorola Amateur Radio Club meeting last Tuesday.  Despite the 
> fact 
>> that the level of interference at the restaurant was incredibly high (neon 
> signs 
>> 
>> and other broadband interference sources), we were able to pick up a few 
> strong 
>> signals to play with, and there was a lot of interest.  Thanks to all the 
> HPSDR 
>> contributors!
>> 
>> 73,
>> Steve, K9SRB
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf at ping.net.au>
>> To: hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
>> Sent: Fri, March 18, 2011 4:28:39 AM
>> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Win7-64 usage
>> 
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>> G'day,
>> 
>> FYI, here are the results of my testing:
>> 
>> Neither PowerSDR 1.6.3, PowerSDR 1.9.3, PowerSDR 1.9.3 Diversity and  
>> Kiss_Konsole_Ethernet work on Windows7 64bit, but perform well on WinXP 
> 32bit. 
>> I was able to use HPSDRProgrammer to upgrade Metis to V1.1, but failed to 
>> program Mercury with V6.4 (erase time-out).
>> 
>> GHPSDR3  with Metis has problems running on Ubuntu 10.04LTS (QUAD CPU). 
> Strong 
>> signals >-60dBm within the sample bandwidth will cause the noise floor to 
>> raise by >20dB and distort signals of weaker stations. I can't remember 
> seeing 
>> this with the old GHPSDR connected to OZY. Will re-check to confirm this.
>> 
>> 73, Berndt
>> VK5ABN
>> 
>> 
>> On 18/03/11 Joe Martin K5SO wrote:
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>>> Either should work fine.
>>> 
>>> Joe K5SO
>>> 
>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Steve Nance wrote:
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>>>> Can either of the GUI's (KISS/PSDR) run under Win7-64 when Metis is  
>>>> used?
>>>> 
>>>> 73, Steve K5FR
>> 
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