Using the "138MHz-4.4GHz USB SMA Source/Signal Generator/Simple Spectrum Analyzer" for TV/CATV/SAT
- Thread starter vma
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scopus
Specialist Contributor
- My Satellite Setup
- Primesat/Famaval 1.8 PF C/ku/Ka, Octagon SX8HD1, SX88, Openbox S3 Mini HD-V8S Freesat V7 HD-V8 Finder, Amiko A4K Combo, Satlook Colour HD Spectrum, Sansui A909 Amp and BOSE Acoustimass speakers for the audio.
- My Location
- Staffs UK
Same to you Vitor. Many thanks for your fantastic software!!
John
Enthusiast.
- My Satellite Setup
- Elite 2.2 PF with Multi lnb changer - CM1.2 - Gibertini 1.25.
Ku - Ka - Ext Ku - C & Ext C. X.
PC cards 6983,6903, main receiver GTX Combo. Ericsson RX8200.
Promax HDRanger+ & HDRanger2 Analysers.
- My Location
- North Nottinghamshire. UK.
- My Satellite Setup
- Triple Dragon, Dreambox 8000, Echostar AD3000ip, TBS6522,6925,6983 PCie cards.
Gibertini 1.25m motorised dish driven by the AD3000, with either Inverto BU Quad or Norsat / XMW Ka LNBs . SMW 1.05m + 3 other dishes. Speccy: Promax HD Ranger+
- My Location
- The Flatlands of East Anglia
Season's Greetings Vitor
vma
Regular Member
- My Satellite Setup
- Main dish: 120cm No-Name, Motek SG-2100A, Bullseye LNB
- My Location
- Portugal
New version:
Changelog:
2016-12-25:
(No back to xmas celebration...)
Regards,
Vitor
Changelog:
2016-12-25:
- Fixed broken Log on Maps function
- Implemented user selectable MAC Address for licensing
- Increased size of mouse frequency box and change tool tip to box style
- Implemented Signal Source Preset Buttons
- Implemented frequency input check
(No back to xmas celebration...)
Regards,
Vitor
John
Enthusiast.
- My Satellite Setup
- Elite 2.2 PF with Multi lnb changer - CM1.2 - Gibertini 1.25.
Ku - Ka - Ext Ku - C & Ext C. X.
PC cards 6983,6903, main receiver GTX Combo. Ericsson RX8200.
Promax HDRanger+ & HDRanger2 Analysers.
- My Location
- North Nottinghamshire. UK.
- My Satellite Setup
- A little less analogue, and a lot more crap.
- My Location
- UK
Vitor, have a break, if only for dinner.
John
Enthusiast.
- My Satellite Setup
- Elite 2.2 PF with Multi lnb changer - CM1.2 - Gibertini 1.25.
Ku - Ka - Ext Ku - C & Ext C. X.
PC cards 6983,6903, main receiver GTX Combo. Ericsson RX8200.
Promax HDRanger+ & HDRanger2 Analysers.
- My Location
- North Nottinghamshire. UK.
scopus
Specialist Contributor
- My Satellite Setup
- Primesat/Famaval 1.8 PF C/ku/Ka, Octagon SX8HD1, SX88, Openbox S3 Mini HD-V8S Freesat V7 HD-V8 Finder, Amiko A4K Combo, Satlook Colour HD Spectrum, Sansui A909 Amp and BOSE Acoustimass speakers for the audio.
- My Location
- Staffs UK
Just perfect!!
- My Satellite Setup
- Triple Dragon, Dreambox 8000, Echostar AD3000ip, TBS6522,6925,6983 PCie cards.
Gibertini 1.25m motorised dish driven by the AD3000, with either Inverto BU Quad or Norsat / XMW Ka LNBs . SMW 1.05m + 3 other dishes. Speccy: Promax HD Ranger+
- My Location
- The Flatlands of East Anglia
At last getting a chance to test the device (decorating, holidays interrupting).
Falling at the first hurdle - can't get past the Parameters error, whichever Band I try. The error necessitates my having to reboot the PC every time, as I can't clear the "Parameter Is Incorrect" box.
Any ideas chaps? Probably something obvious
Falling at the first hurdle - can't get past the Parameters error, whichever Band I try. The error necessitates my having to reboot the PC every time, as I can't clear the "Parameter Is Incorrect" box.
Any ideas chaps? Probably something obvious
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vma
Regular Member
- My Satellite Setup
- Main dish: 120cm No-Name, Motek SG-2100A, Bullseye LNB
- My Location
- Portugal
Tell me what you are doing! Which parameter are you inputting? What value did you select? Did you select a COM-port, especially the correct COM-port?
You never have to reboot the PC because of my program (or any program): just press simultaenously CRTL+SHIFT+ESC to open the task manager and kill the offending task!
Regards,
Vitor
You never have to reboot the PC because of my program (or any program): just press simultaenously CRTL+SHIFT+ESC to open the task manager and kill the offending task!
Regards,
Vitor
- My Satellite Setup
- Triple Dragon, Dreambox 8000, Echostar AD3000ip, TBS6522,6925,6983 PCie cards.
Gibertini 1.25m motorised dish driven by the AD3000, with either Inverto BU Quad or Norsat / XMW Ka LNBs . SMW 1.05m + 3 other dishes. Speccy: Promax HD Ranger+
- My Location
- The Flatlands of East Anglia
Hello Vitor, thanks for your rapid reply, and remedy! I chose the wrong COM port, COM 1 instead of COM 4
Working OK so far now. More haste, less speed!
Another thing Vitor, my Activation code ends on December 31. I did send an email a week or two back asking for a permanent code (I had sent a donation). Any chance of one some time?
Rgds Llew
- My Satellite Setup
- Triple Dragon, Dreambox 8000, Echostar AD3000ip, TBS6522,6925,6983 PCie cards.
Gibertini 1.25m motorised dish driven by the AD3000, with either Inverto BU Quad or Norsat / XMW Ka LNBs . SMW 1.05m + 3 other dishes. Speccy: Promax HD Ranger+
- My Location
- The Flatlands of East Anglia
Just noticed that jeallen, will correct that. Nevertheless it swept a section of the band OK for the purposes of checking after changing to a working COM port.
vma
Regular Member
- My Satellite Setup
- Main dish: 120cm No-Name, Motek SG-2100A, Bullseye LNB
- My Location
- Portugal
Hi,
New software version:
2016-12-27:
2016-12-27:
Vitor
New software version:
2016-12-27:
- Fixed frequency display on mouse position (had too many decimal places)
- Optimized font size in Spectrum Parameters group
2016-12-27:
- Lots of corrections (thanks John!)
- Included description of "Zero Span" functionality
Vitor
vma
Regular Member
- My Satellite Setup
- Main dish: 120cm No-Name, Motek SG-2100A, Bullseye LNB
- My Location
- Portugal
There's no stopping...
New version avaliable:
2016-12-28:
By the way, the software looks much better now, all input fields open a propper frequency/percentage/timer input form and the values are checked, so that the software doesn't abort or do silly things.
I colour coded the fields: salmon red means that you cannot edit those values, light blue means you can click the field and change the value.
Finally I improved the centre frequency input (forgot to mention that in the change log, too - need to add that later on). When inserting a centre frequency, the software will check against lower and upper frequency limits of the selected device and adjust the span as required.
Example: Start Frequency = 1000MHz, End Frequency= 2000MHz, Span=1000MHz. You now select 4000MHz as Centre Frequency and what happens is that you will get Start Frequency=3600MHz, End Frequency=4400MHz and Span=800MHz. Why? Because you cannot have a Centre Frequency=4000MHz AND a Span=1000MHz, because the device only goes up to 4400MHz. That was previously totally wrong... I'm glad nobody complained...
Hope you guys like the looks and feel of the new version - I certainly do!
Regards,
Vitor
New version avaliable:
2016-12-28:
- Improved GUI: orange fields cannot be edited, blue field can be edited
- All numeric input fields (except in Setup tab) are now input through input form and values are validated/checked
By the way, the software looks much better now, all input fields open a propper frequency/percentage/timer input form and the values are checked, so that the software doesn't abort or do silly things.
I colour coded the fields: salmon red means that you cannot edit those values, light blue means you can click the field and change the value.
Finally I improved the centre frequency input (forgot to mention that in the change log, too - need to add that later on). When inserting a centre frequency, the software will check against lower and upper frequency limits of the selected device and adjust the span as required.
Example: Start Frequency = 1000MHz, End Frequency= 2000MHz, Span=1000MHz. You now select 4000MHz as Centre Frequency and what happens is that you will get Start Frequency=3600MHz, End Frequency=4400MHz and Span=800MHz. Why? Because you cannot have a Centre Frequency=4000MHz AND a Span=1000MHz, because the device only goes up to 4400MHz. That was previously totally wrong... I'm glad nobody complained...
Hope you guys like the looks and feel of the new version - I certainly do!
Regards,
Vitor
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John
Enthusiast.
- My Satellite Setup
- Elite 2.2 PF with Multi lnb changer - CM1.2 - Gibertini 1.25.
Ku - Ka - Ext Ku - C & Ext C. X.
PC cards 6983,6903, main receiver GTX Combo. Ericsson RX8200.
Promax HDRanger+ & HDRanger2 Analysers.
- My Location
- North Nottinghamshire. UK.
Vitor is on a "roll"!
Just hope it slows down a little before 1st Jan 2017, or we will be in 2018 before we know it!
He certainly is .... ive got a request to give him something to think about
Vitor, iv'e dug out an oldie but goodie IBM ThinkPad T40 that runs Win XP Pro that has .net3.5 installed that would be ideal for the software .... unfortunately when trying to open the software it gives me the error message "Not a valid Win 32 application" which is a shame. Any way around this Vitor ?.
Regards
Edit: ... just downloaded the latest --- very nice.
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scopus
Specialist Contributor
- My Satellite Setup
- Primesat/Famaval 1.8 PF C/ku/Ka, Octagon SX8HD1, SX88, Openbox S3 Mini HD-V8S Freesat V7 HD-V8 Finder, Amiko A4K Combo, Satlook Colour HD Spectrum, Sansui A909 Amp and BOSE Acoustimass speakers for the audio.
- My Location
- Staffs UK
Probably needs a 64 bit PC to run Vitors program a a guess...He certainly is .... ive got a request to give him something to think about
Vitor, iv'e dug out an oldie but goodie IBM ThinkPad T40 that runs Win XP Pro that has .net3.5 installed that would be ideal for the software .... unfortunately when trying to open the software it gives me the error message "Not a valid Win 32 application" which is a shame. Any way around this Vitor ?.
Regards
Edit: ... just downloaded the latest --- very nice.