T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
6 OPERATION............................................................................155
POWER-UP PROCEDURE...........................................................................................156
POWER-DOWN PROCEDURE.....................................................................................157
TUNING METHODS....................................................................................................158
Spectrum Drag and Click......................................................................................................158
Mouse Wheel......................................................................................................................158
Mouse Wheel Hover.............................................................................................................158
Spectrum Click Tuning..........................................................................................................158
Keyboard Keys....................................................................................................................159
USB Tuning Knob.................................................................................................................159
VOICE TRANSMISSION OPERATION.........................................................................160
CW TRANSMISSION OPERATION..............................................................................164
Initial Settings...........................................................................................................165
Internal Keyer...........................................................................................................166
External Keyer...........................................................................................................168
CWX Form................................................................................................................168
Third Party Program...................................................................................................169
DIGITAL MODE OPERATION.....................................................................................172
CAT Control Setup.....................................................................................................175
Install VCOM.......................................................................................................................175
Configure the VCOM Port Pairs...............................................................................................181
Configure PowerSDR CAT Control...........................................................................................183
Configure PowerSDR Keyer Connections..................................................................................184
Virtual Sound Connection............................................................................................185
Create the Virtual Audio Cables.............................................................................................185
Setup VAC in PowerSDR.......................................................................................................187
Setting up Third Party Digital Programs........................................................................188
Using MixW with PowerSDR...................................................................................................188
Programs Needing to Connect to the Default Sound Device........................................................192
7 SPECIFICATIONS AND ARCHITECTURE................................195
FLEX-5000A AND FLEX-5000C TRANSCEIVER SPECIFICATIONS..............................195
FLEX-5000C EMBEDDED COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS.............................................197
FLEX-5000 ARCHITECTURE.......................................................................................198
DECLARATIONS OF CONFORMITY.............................................................................199
FCC..........................................................................................................................199
EU Compliance..........................................................................................................199
A BUFFERS AND SAMPLE RATE................................................201
FILTER EFFECTS.......................................................................................................201
LATENCY EFFECTS....................................................................................................204
UNDERLYING THEORY..............................................................................................204
B UPDATING THE FLEX-5000 FIRMWARE.................................207
AUTOMATICALLY......................................................................................................207
MANUALLY...............................................................................................................207
Download and Extract the Firmware.............................................................................207
Update the Firmware..................................................................................................208
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