Tim Ellison

Occasionally Windows can get confused and orphan both physical and virtual comports.  These ports are not visible to the user in Device Manager, but Windows will enumerate them causing failures whe...

Export Profiles without Persistence Data Note: This step must be done using SmartSDR for Windows.  If you skip this step, you will delete any saved profiles. Backup your Profile and Persistence Dat...

Unfortunately, the answer is yes.  Fortunately the number of them is very small.  Below is a list of the card(s) that have been shown not to work well with SmartSDR for Windows even after loading t...

Wireless routers often operate at multiple speeds depending on several factors.  If you are experiencing issues throughput performance issues when operating an application using a Wi-Fi connection....

Starting with SmartSDR v1.4, the LAN Remote (now called PC Audio) feature uses your PC's default sound playback and recording devices as the remote speakers and microphone.  If you are using a USB ...

We recently debugged a problem where SmartSDR-Win was reporting in the Settings->Radio Setup->General tab that the graphics adapter was not providing partial or maximum graphics acceleration when t...

NOTE: This article only applies to the FLEX-6000 GPSDO since it is a GPS-only system.  The FLEX-8000s utilize the GNSS constellation of satellites, of which GPS is a subset.An external GPS antenna ...

 There are several things you can do to optimize the throughput performance of your Ethernet adapter to ensure maximum performance.  These settings and recommendations are not required to operate y...

Setting up network devices on a LAN is often seen as complicated and time-consuming. But not with the FLEX Signature Series SDRs and SmartSDR™. In most cases, simply plugging your FLEX-6000 or FLEX...

Due to the 48 kHz sampling rate of the FLEX-1500 and the default 9 kHz DDS IF, the main receiver passband can be offset to the right side of the Panadapter.  To move the main receiver passband clos...