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<DIV>Hi Pete,</DIV>
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<DIV>I can confirm that the J6 Open Collector outputs do work on Tx. I’m using
J6 pin 1 to switch my linear on.</DIV>
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<DIV>I’m using PowerSDR v3.3.9 with the same code releases that you are
using.</DIV>
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<DIV>I suggest you try a later version of PowerSDR and a full database reset.
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<DIV>73 Phil...VK6PH </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=n3evl@townisp.com>n3evl</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 24, 2016 3:20 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [hpsdr] Penelope J6 Open Collectors on TX</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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I'm attempting to use the Penelope J6 Open Collectors to control band selection
on the LPF board of an external homebrew amplifier. <BR><BR>I've
configured the matrix in PowerSDR with the desired pin-to-band settings; the
settings for RX and TX are identical.<BR><BR>On my external LPF hardware I have
an indication via an LED of which bank of filters is selected. For RX all
looks well - the correct LED lights up as I change bands via PowerSDR so this
suggests the J6 pin utilization is correct and my wiring from Penelope outward
is OK.<BR><BR>When in TX mode (either via the Tune button or via the MOX button)
none of the LEDs are lit so I end up with no filter selected.<BR><BR>I've
measured the voltage at the various pins (the relays on the LPF board are driven
by 12V) and for a given pin, when not enabled, I see 12V and when enabled (in RX
mode), I see approx 9V. For the same pin in TX mode the voltage does not
change and remains at 12V suggesting the pin is not being enabled by the
software perhaps.<BR><BR>Note: <BR>1) the LPF does not know or care if the mode
is RX or TXÂ so there is nothing else at play on that hardware that might
be different in TX mode.<BR>2) Since this is an LPF that is only in use during
TX, I don't really need to select a given filter on RX but obviously need this
selection to be made on TX.<BR><BR>Has anyone got experience using the J6 pins
on TX and can confirm they work and agree with the settings in PowerSDR?Â
On looking at the Penelope documentation I noted that there does not appear to
be any restriction on using the pins for both TX and RX - it just says to check
the boxes in both parts of the matrix. Is there perhaps another setting I
missed that enabled J6 for TX?<BR><BR>Various versions are shown below (yes,
probably time I upgraded to something newer)<BR><BR><FONT size=-1><FONT
face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">OpenHPSDR mRX PS v3.2.28
(10/3/15)<BR>Metis 3.0<BR>Mercury 3.4<BR>Penny[lane] 1.8<BR><BR>Thanks for any
advice,<BR><BR>Pete, N3EVL<BR><BR><BR></FONT></FONT>
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