Tim Ellison

This is a good question.  SmartSDR for Windows is a WPF application that automatically uses utilizes your video graphics card's hardware acceleration capabilities.  This does not mean that you need...

The TechPowerUp GPU Database web page contains a comprehensive  database of recent video graphics cards by manufacturer listing with their features and capabilities. Video cards supporting DirectX...

SmartSDR for Windows is a WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) application that can use graphics rendering for greater display (panadapter) performance which can put a strain on older video or gra...

PowerSDR is a 1024x768 pixel application.  Netbooks have a maximum resolution of 1024x600 which results in part of the PowerSDR console being "cut off". If your Netbook's graphics card will accept...

For the Firewire-based FLEX-5000 and FLEX-3000 connected to Win7 PCs, you may experience intermittent connection behavior due to software defects in the native Win7 1394 bus driver that interfaces ...

There is a bug in the Windows XP Service Pack 3 update that decreases the data throughput (speed) of the Firewire interface from 400 Mb/s (S400) to 100 Mb/s (S100) that can significantly affect the...

CPU Parking is a feature of multi-core/SMP systems that disables cores when the system load is low. According to public documentation on the feature, unpark time is near instantaneous, but there *i...

There have been reported several incidents of AMD FX processors not working properly with the new 4.0 Firewire driver. We have learned that there are several Win7 bugs and subsequent hotfixes relat...

The Windows operating system has a feature that allows it to shut down PC hardware after some time of perceived inactivity.  If your radio is running and Windows shuts down either the Ethernet inte...

There are two primary methods for connecting a balanced dynamic microphone (one that does not require phantom power) to the FLEX-5000 by using either the front 8-Pin Foster connector or the 1/4" TR...