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Re: LP100A SWR and Power
I'm still working on it.? The key was making sure I don't corrupt the read of the initial data.? I'm adding more display info. I took out the Gate since the LP100A handles clearing the display nicely. I'm reading every 100ms to try to catch a nice Peak value, but I am checking with Telepost to see if I actually need to do that or if the LP100A actually holds peak from the last x-milliseconds.?? Still a play in progress!? :) Mike [{"id":"6bf0f43f.f0ad1c","type":"tab","label":"LP-100A","disabled":false,"info":""},{"id":"98aa4756.b21c48","type":"serial in","z":"6bf0f43f.f0ad1c","name":"LP100A In","serial":"8c8041f4.047d2","x":200,"y":340,"wires":[["ada0955c.a21b08","1bbc73c5.a5115c","8b20a0ee.cc4e2"]],"info":"Under normal operating conditions, if the W2 is sent either an \"I\" or an \"i\", it returns a string of information about the state of\nthe Sensors, the Range settings, some internal settings, and which Sensor is active. 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Re: LP100A SWR and Power
开云体育Interesting.? I have to Look at the WaveNode manual. This might be a good starting point for Bret and his meter. I’ll check it today. Mike, can you post the code? I have seen the internal meter info from the radio jump to incorrect values on the dashboard (internal voltage and PA temp). I fixed it by rounding off to one decimal place. Dave wo2x On Jul 9, 2020, at 4:42 PM, Michael Walker <va3mw@...> wrote:
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WX7Y Station Flows
? Thanks to Alan and Dave for their help! This is Just a start on my station's NodeRed and looks kind of caveman?compared to the others on here, I have very little time to work on this project right now but making some headway. I have 3 DLI WEB switch's (These flows work with older units and Pro switch's) a Flex 6600M, and Flex 6700? ( Problem with VITA49 running 2 radios, toggles back and forth really fast) HF Auto (need to add PTT drops when Radio tunes) FLEX PGXL Amp? (Looking for a Flow if one exists) WN2 Power Switch (working on Flow)? 73's and thanks for the help? Bret WX7Y |
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开云体育When you bind to a client you receive a lot more info including current band. There is a LOT of data and parsing it will be tricky.?I’d take a look at the data but doing an emergency road trip to the next state. ?Will check it tomorrow.? Dave wo2x Sent from my waxed string and tin cans.? On Jul 9, 2020, at 6:34 PM, Santiago Mejia via groups.io <hi8smx@...> wrote:
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I’ve look for band data and only found TX?frequency info but not band per se. Looking into converting freq to band if not.
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开云体育I get band data from the KPA1500. You can also get it when you subscribe to a client. ? Dave wo2x ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Santiago Mejia via groups.io ?
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Re: LP100A SWR and Power
I'm not sure if it is being simple or lazy. Mike On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 4:36 PM Alan Blind <a.alan.blind@...> wrote:
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Re: LP100A SWR and Power
Mike; Nice. I like your simplicity.....not one of my skill sets. Alan WA9WUD On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 4:22 PM Michael Walker <va3mw@...> wrote:
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LP100A SWR and Power
I blows me away when I have to add new code for a new device. Here is the flow for the LP100A and I even found the STRING node that made this so simple The GATE opens when the radio is in transmit.? I added that on the Elecraft W2 as I was getting some weird readings while in receive. Mike va3mw |
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开云体育Santiago You asked about where the Band Data comes from. I derived band data from the Flex Server "BCD" USB cable output. ? Here is a link to the USB Cable Usage Guide, from Flex; You can find my flow for the band decoder on my ?github in the?“Sub-Flows” folder, "Satellite Board” flow file. I connected each output ?wire ?(Bit) of the USB cable to a unique GPIO pin on the Raspberry Pi. ? I then use this table to build a ?“decoder” using Boolen logic gates (reverse truth table) for each band. ? Here is a map from the FTDI USB cable specification showing Bit versus wire color: Finally, I got to use something I learned 50 years ago in college, building Boolean equations from?truth tables. ?The truth table is ?provided in the Flex USB Cable User Guide. Here is a screenshot of the flow, with the 40M segment selected. ?It is a simple matter of using “AND” logic on the " X” "OR" "X-Not” pins. ?(X=1, X-Not=0) I then send the band data via MQTT broker ?to all the other boards that need to know what TX band is seleced on the Flex Server. Alan WA9WUD |
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开云体育To finish the tour, here are photos of the radio hardware. ? The Flex and all its supporting hardware are located in a remote garage 300 feet from the “shack”. ?I use a fiber optic LAN connection between the house and the remote garage.Alan ============= The Garage: Top to Bottom (based on hot air rising to the top): ?Plaster LA1K, HF-Auto, Flex 6600, 1296 MHZ transporter, 2M Transverter, and 70CM Transverter. ?All enclosed in dust proof filtered air cabinet. Support Hardware: Elecraft W2 Wattmeter, SteppIR Controller, Cabinent Fan Control ,? DX Engineering Receive Antenna Controller, Green Heron Rotor Control, SMORF Antenna Analyzer, various serial to IP converters below. The “Wall” behind the server cabinets. ?Power control on top, antenna control ?and ground bus on the bottom, UPS 12 battery on the floor: |
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wow!? nice work Alan. I'm sorry I caused this.? LOL On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 8:21 AM Alan Blind <a.alan.blind@...> wrote:
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开云体育Thanks for the kind comments. ?What you see is after one year of working with Node-Red and 11/2 years of Flex 6600 ownership.Without the help of the Flex and “Remote Operations” community, I would not have been able to design the more complex flows…Thanks to Mike, Dave and Andreas. This all started with Mike’s first post on the Flex Community describing his use of Node-Red for remote operations. Below are photos of the various “ Shack” screenshots. ?I use multiplex, so all of the below are running at the same time. Alan WA9WUD The Satellite Shack: The Systems Monitor Screen: The iPad HF Radio Screen: ?(I like working HF SSB while walking around my QTH). ?I can also log all of the QSO on the iPad and use UDP broadcast to move the log entries over to HRD Logbook. ?I use my Apple iPods for audio in and out. The FT8 Screen on my Apple Laptop; |
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