[hpsdr] Mercury-EU with Alex-RX

[Jose V. Gavila]

Hi Doug,

Thanks for your message. Finally, it was a simpler thing ;-)

I got my HPSDR used. Former owner had used a linear PS... but that liner 
PS has only a 5V output!. So it was OK for Mercury-EU and Metis alone, 
but not so to manage Alex, which needs also the +12Vdc rail.

Regards,

JOSE

El 22/07/2014 3:22, Doug Wigley escribió:
> Hi Jose,
>
> If you have only the Alex-RX filter you will need to check the 'RX1' box for
> each band on the General=>Alex=>Antenna tab in the setup form. Connect your
> antenna to the 'RX 1 IN' BNC and the receiver to the 'To RX' BNC.
>
> 73,
> Doug W5WC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hpsdr [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Jose V.
> Gavila
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 6:34 PM
> To: hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
> Subject: [hpsdr] Mercury-EU with Alex-RX
>
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>
> Hi all,
>
> I got an Alex-RX from TAPR to add to my HPSDR system, which by now it is
> just a Mercury-EU along a Metis. Well, it seemed to me like a simple thing
> to get it connected and working, but nope!
>
> I have connected the supplied ribbon cable to the J4 ('Alex control') 10-pin
> connector on Mercury-EU and then to the Alex-RX board. But it does nothing
> when I select the different options / bands on the PowerSDR mRX PS v3.2.17.
> Of course, I have selected Alex on the hardware config page. And Mercury-EU
> and Metis are updated to last firmware versions and work properly.
>
> Is there anything I am missing?
>
> Best regards,
>
> JOSE

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