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Table of Contents
Default Chapter
3
Table of Contents
3
Preface
9
Acknowledgments
10
Using this Manual in Its Pdf Form
11
1 Hardware Installation
12
Unpacking and Deciding on a Location
12
Contents of the Carton
12
Location Considerations
13
Physical Connections
14
Front Panel
14
Power Switch
14
Straight Key or Paddles (KEY)
14
Microphone Connector
15
Antenna Port
16
Back Panel
16
Headphone Jack
16
RF Ground Terminal
16
VDC Power Socket
16
External Keying Line
17
IEEE 1394 Firewire® Jack
17
PTT Jack
17
Flexwire™ Peripheral Interface Bus
18
Powered Speaker Jack
18
Installing and Configuring the Flexradio Firewire Driver
19
Switch off the FLEX-3000 and Install the Firewire Driver
19
Power up the FLEX-3000 and Install the New Hardware Found
24
Configuring the Flexradio Driver Using the Control Panel
27
Sampling Rate and Buffer Size
28
Operation Mode
29
DPC Latency Checker
30
2 Powersdr Installation & Setup
31
Upgrading from an Earlier Version
31
Powersdr Installation
31
Powersdr Setup Wizard
36
Initial Powersdr Configuration
40
Transfer of Calibration Data
40
Audio Parameters
42
Audio Mixer
42
Completely Factory Calibrated
43
3 Front Console
44
Vfo a
46
Tuning Controls
46
Vfo B
47
(4 ) Multimeters
47
RX Meters
48
TX Meters
48
Band Selection & Band Stacking Memories
49
Mode Selection
50
Filter Controls
51
Labeled Filter Buttons
51
Variable Filter Buttons
52
Mode Specific Controls
53
Phone Controls
53
CW Controls
54
Digital Controls
56
Display Controls
56
Display Selection Controls
57
Display Type Descriptions
57
Screen Controls
57
Panadapter (Panoramic Adapter)
58
Spectrum
58
Histogram
59
Waterfall
60
Phase
61
Scope
61
Cursor and Peak Position
62
Off
62
Panafall
62
Panascope
62
Multirx Controls
63
Dsp Controls
63
Vfo Controls
64
Cpu
65
Start/Stop Button
65
Mon (Monitor)
65
Mox (Manually Operated Transmit)
66
Mut (Mute)
66
Rec (Record) and Play
66
Tun (Tune)
66
Atu and Byp
67
Af (Audio Frequency Gain)
67
Agc-T (Agc Maximum Gain)
67
Drive (Transmitter Power Output/Tune Power)
68
Agc (Automatic Gain Control)
68
Rx Gain
68
Sql (Squelch)
69
Date/Time Display
69
Setup Form
69
Operating Forms
69
4 Setup Form
70
General Tab
72
Hardware Config Sub-Tab
72
FLEX-3000 Config
72
Receive Only
72
Dds
73
Radio Model
73
Options Sub-Tab
74
Options
75
Process Priority
75
Clicktune Offsets (Hz)
76
Miscellaneous
76
Custom Title Text
77
Keyboard
77
Calibration Sub-Tab
78
Filters Sub-Tab
79
Audio Tab
80
Buffer Size
80
Primary Sub-Tab
80
Sample Rate
80
Expert
81
Latency (with Expert Checked)
81
MIC Boost
81
Gain (Db)
82
VAC Sub-Tab
82
Virtual Audio Cable Setup
82
Allow PTT to Override/Bypass VAC for Phone
83
Auto Enable
83
Combine VAC Input Channels
83
Latency
83
Mono/Stereo
83
Direct IQ
84
Display Tab
85
Spectrum Grid
85
Refresh Rates
86
Waterfall
86
Multimeter
87
Phase Resolution
87
Averaging
88
Polyphase FFT
88
Scope Time Base
88
Dsp Tab
89
Noise Reduction
89
Options Sub-Tab
89
Automatic Notch Filter
90
Use Peak Readings for TX Meter DSP Values
90
Buffer Size
91
Noise Blanker 2
92
Window
92
Expert
94
Image Reject Sub-Tab
94
Receive Rejection
95
Transmit Rejection
95
CW Pitch
96
Keyer Sub-Tab
96
Connections
97
Options
97
Break in
98
Signal Shaping
98
Agc
99
AGC/ALC Sub-Tab
99
Alc
100
Leveler
100
Transmit Tab
101
TX Profiles
101
DC Block
102
Transmit Filter
102
Tune
102
Noise Gate
103
Vox
103
AM Carrier Level
104
Monitor
104
Standard TX Profiles
104
Pa Settings Tab
105
Gain by Band (Db)
105
Appearance Tab
106
Display Sub-Tab
106
Cursor/Peak Readout
107
Overall Display
107
Panadapter
108
General Sub-Tab
109
Band Data
110
Vfo
110
Meter Sub-Tab
111
Edge Style
112
Original Style
112
Keyboard Tab
113
Cat Control Tab
114
Cat Control
115
Allow Kenwood AI Command
116
Digl/U Returns LSB/USB
116
Flexprofiler Installed
116
PTT Control
116
Test
117
RTTY Offset
118
Tests Tab
119
Audio Balance Test
119
Two Tone Test
119
Signal Generator
120
Enable HW Signal Generator
121
5 Operating Forms
122
Memory Form
123
Save
123
Recall
124
Wave Form
125
Playback
125
Playlist
126
Quick Rec and Quick Play
126
Record
126
TX Gain (Db)
126
Receive
127
Record Options
127
Sample Rate
127
Transmit
127
Equalizer Form
128
3-Band Equalizer
128
10-Band Equalizer
129
Xvtrs Form
130
Cwx Form
132
Standard CWX Controls
132
CWX Memories
133
Special Characters
133
Extended CWX Controls
134
Keyboard and Extended Controls
134
Morse Definition Editor
135
Mixer
137
Input
137
Output
137
Voltage and Temperature Information
138
6 Operation
139
Power-Up Procedure
140
Power-Down Procedure
140
Tuning Methods
141
Spectrum Drag and Click
141
Mouse Wheel
141
Mouse Wheel Hover
141
Spectrum Click Tuning
141
Keyboard Keys
142
USB Tuning Knob
142
Voice Operation
143
Cw Operation
146
Initial Settings
147
Internal Keyer
148
CWX Form
150
External Keyer
150
Third Party Program
151
Digital Operation
154
CAT Control Setup
157
Install VCOM
157
Configure the VCOM Port Pairs
163
Configure Powersdr CAT Control
165
Configure Powersdr Keyer Connections
166
Create the Virtual Audio Cables
167
Virtual Sound Connection
167
Setup VAC in Powersdr
169
Setting up Third Party Digital Programs
170
Using Mixw with Powersdr
170
Programs Needing to Connect to the Default Sound Device
174
7 Specifications and Architecture
177
Flex-3000 Transceiver Specifications
177
Flex-3000 Architecture
179
Declarations of Conformity
180
Fcc
180
EU Compliance
180
A Buffers and Sample Rate
181
Filter Effects
181
Latency Effects
183
Underlying Theory
183
B Updating the Flex-3000 Firmware
186
Automatically
186
Manually
186
Download and Extract the Firmware
186
Update the Firmware
187
C Optimizing the Agc
189
D Window Functions
191
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Brand
FlexRadio Systems
Model
Flex-3000
Category
Transceiver
Language
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