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I'm pleased to meet you OMs!?

My next node red project is a "click for power" flow to allow an Alpha 87a to be tuned and ready for a Flex 6600. Basically a hands-off user interface - click and when you get a green indicator you're QRO, along with the correct antenna and BPFs.??

To learn about managing serial ports (the Alpha 87 uses one) I started messing with an old Oregon Scientific weather station.? In a matter of a couple of hours I had XML data and a dashboard going.??

73
Andy

VA3CW (ex-VE3EKF)
Toronto, ON - FN03fp


 

Andy

Good luck with your project.? Dave, WO2X is working on a similar project except?with an Elecraft Amp.

Here is a link to my flows on Git Hub.? Perhaps some will give you ideas for your project:



In the "Master" folder is a flow called "Tune Button".? This will cause the Flex to go into or out of Tune. ? Dave and I worked together this last weekend to build the flow.? You may need this as part of your larger project.

The most important part of the flow is the function node with the Flex API bind and tune commands.? If you are using multiplex, the command must contain the "Bind" command and the "Tune" command. ?

The "Bind" command must contain the "Client ID" of the client you want to use as the TX source.? You can get your client ids by hovering over the radio selector box on the applicable client's Smart SDR ?log in window. ?(Hover, after you log into the client).

If you do not use multiplex, then you do not need to include the "Bind" command in the overall "Tune" command, since there is only one possible client.

The "Stop Tune" command function is common to all clients.

Since I use multiplex and have several clients, I built a ?"Tune" command for each client and select the one to use from a pull-down selector.

I am using a button for Tune on/off, but if you add inject nodes to each input of the Tune On and Tune Off commands, instead of the button, the functions will send their respective commands to the Flex when you send a timestamp?and you can customize the functions to your project.

Alan
WA9WUD


 

My project will be much like Mike's. Flex 6600, PG XL amp, Green Heron controller...ant switches and so on with the ability to go total lights out.


 


Hi everybody. I can attest to Alan's and Dave's flows, as they both (and Michael) have been great and helped me getting my flows together. I'm using flows to control a DLI Webswitch, my DCU-2 rotor, generate weather alerts and get info from my Flex 6300.

Will keep looking for more flows and for more projects. Hopefully I'll be able to share some soon.

Santiago
HI8SMX

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