[hpsdr] dual Mercury operations; new software and a firmware fix

[Dan Mitchell]

Joe;
My only success with running multiple receivers on a single Mercury was with
the system devised by John Melton (the server/dspserver/jmonitor setup using
Ozy). It worked really well for me; then came Metis. John changed his server
code to accommodate Metis, but I was never able to make it work for me. The
REAL problem is me, for I am not able to write, compile, or modify code and
need to have the code pretty much able to run from Windows executables.

So, modifying your Metis firmware, while it is a kind offer, would be only
half the battle for me since I am not "code-savvy".

Thanks to you, and all who put in so much time and effort in HPSDR, because
folks like me would never be able to enjoy this niche of Ham Radio without
you.

73,
Dan, W0IQ


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[mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Joe Martin K5SO
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:53 AM
To: HPSDR list
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] dual Mercury operations; new software and a firmware
fix

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Hi Dan,

No, not at the present time.

I think I could pretty easily put such code into my Metis v6.7  
firmware version for you if you like, but you'd have to be my tester  
to check it out as I don't have any program here that runs multiple  
receivers on a single Merc.

You see, the fundamental problem is that to do it correctly (not the  
way we had it before) we would need to decide how we might want to  
inform the Metis/Ozy/Magister boards whether we want multiple  
receivers on a single Mercury board or multiple Mercury boards.  That  
would involve modifying the comm protocol between the Metis/Ozy/ 
Magister and the PC.  There are numerous ways to do it, of course, but  
we as a group need to decide how best to do for HPSDR.  In the  
previous firmware there was no distinction between those two cases.

In the recent re-vamp of firmware to support Alex the multiple Rx  
capability was dropped in the Metis, Ozy/Magister, and Mercury  
firmware in order to get something out quickly I presume and, as far  
as I know, no one has addressed putting that functionality back into  
the "official" firmware.

Let me know if you would like me to give it a try for you in an  
"unofficial" Metis version.

73,  Joe K5SO


On Oct 11, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Dan Mitchell wrote:

> Joe;
> Do we now have a way to run multiple receivers on a single Mercury  
> using
> Metis??
> 73,
> Dan, W0IQ

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