[hpsdr] Getting Mercury/Penny going under Linux

Joe Martin K5SO k5so at valornet.com
Thu Jan 9 06:47:29 PST 2014


Also, remember that you may disable firmware checks in PowerSDR by checking the box to “Bypass Firmware Checks” under the Setup > HPSDR menu. 

73,  Joe K5SO

On Jan 9, 2014, at 7:42 AM, Joe Martin K5SO wrote:

> Hi Richard, 
> 
> No, everyone hasn’t moved on to Hermes.  The current firmware still supports Ozy, Mercury, and Penelope, as usual.  It is important to use a consistent set of firmware with your software program.  One consistent set of firmware/software for PowerSDR is:
> 
> Ozy v2.5 (loaded by PowerSDR…if a different version shows up for you edit the initOzy11.bat file to point to v2.5)
> Mercury v3.4
> Penelope v1.8
> PowerSDR mRX v3.1.9 (10/14/13)
> 
> There are other combinations of firmware/software that will work too but the ones listed above do work together (I just confirmed that they do).  
> 
> 73,  Joe K5SO
> 
> On Jan 9, 2014, at 6:12 AM, richardh at iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
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>> 
>> 
>> Gradually moving forward in getting my previous system going again 
>> 
>> Have Ozy (now a functional board) Mercury + Penny 
>> Have managed to program these boards tho when I try to run PowerSDR under Windows it complains that the software versions are wrong and wont run
>> Not clear what numbers correspond to the versions I have 
>> tried Linux instead - seems to recognize the USB port but cant get a functional program to compile under Qt 
>> various problems with the QtMultimedia library and the version I have - trying GHPSDR3 
>> Is there a functional standalone program under Linux for this combination?
>> I guess everyone has moved on to Hermes
>> 
>> Thanks for any ideas
>> 
>> Richard 
>> ex VK6BRO
>> 
> 

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