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Comment on Transmitter Prototypes and More by Bruce Pedersen

Bruce Pedersen — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 06:39:03 +0000

I have a SoftRock Ensemble II receiver and a side by side comparison test produces nearly identical results with the Lazy Dog just a bit better.

Comment on Transmitter Prototypes and More by Bruce Pedersen

Bruce Pedersen — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 06:37:05 +0000

Those of you waiting on a transmitter module, it is worth the wait. I got one of the last TX modules and I am very pleased with my LD-1B2 receiver and transmitter combo. New to the Lazy Dog Receivers? Of the SDR radios out there, the Lazy Dog Series is among the very best.

Comment on E-Mu Support by Jerry Terres

Jerry Terres — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:33:47 +0000

SB_Creative_XFI_Pro_USB.pdf

the label on the outside says 1095 but the pcb on the inside says 1090

for what its worth

Comment on From Aquarium Pump to Vacuum Pump in 5 Minutes (SMT Assembly) by Norman Lane

Norman Lane — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:48:37 +0000

A couple more comments. I found an old ball point pen with a metal ink cartridge and sharpened the open end of the cartridge on a grinder, then used it as a punch to make the new hole in the diaphragm. Made a nice neat hole so the diaphragm laid flat afterward. Also, should have clarified that the 180 degree rotation is around the axis of the part, as if it is rotating like a wheel.

Comment on From Aquarium Pump to Vacuum Pump in 5 Minutes (SMT Assembly) by Norman lane

Norman lane — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:15:33 +0000

Great job of documentation! My pump appears to be exactly the same, but when i did the mod, got no vacuum. The missing piece is to turn the blu plastic thing 180 degrees before reinstalling it. That reverses the positions of the check valves, making the inlet into the outlet.
Also you can do one side only, have one providing pressure and one vacuum.

Comment on E-Mu Support by admin

admin — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:30:12 +0000

I don’t know that there is a difference. I’ve looked at the specs, and they appear identical. They look identical on the outside. I think the 1095 comes with a remote control, and maybe other goodies as well. I will ask if anyone on the Yahoo! Softeock40 group knows, the Creative X-Fi soundcards are mentioned there regularly.

Comment on E-Mu Support by Jerry Terres

Jerry Terres — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:09:37 +0000

what is the difference between a

“Creative SB1090 USB sound adapter”

and a

“Creative Soundblaster X-Fi 5.1 Pro USB SB1095″ ?

which is ‘better’???

thanks

ohwenzelph@yahoo.com

Comment on LD-1 Software V1.5 With HDSDR on a 64-Bit Windows Platform by admin

admin — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:25:27 +0000

I just saw your earlier comment and was about to ask if you had installed CFGSR and copied ExtIO_Si570.dll to the HDSDR install folder. Obviously you realized that you hadn’t done that, and when you did it everything ostarted to work.

Bob’s problem was different. He installed everything on a 64-bit computer, and found that ExtIO_Si570.dll wouldn’t load because it la lacked a digitally-signed libiusb driver. In this installation the libiusb driver is never actually used, but ExtIO_Si570.dll has to be able to find it before it is loaded.

Comment on LD-1 Software V1.5 With HDSDR on a 64-Bit Windows Platform by Patricia Turpin - AB4CT

Patricia Turpin - AB4CT — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:48:26 +0000

Hi Peter,

I sent in a VERY similar report yesterday. I have also fixed it. I am running 32 bit WIN XP and was getting the same error on startup. The website:
http://pe0fko.nl/ca/
fixed everything. I followed the obvious links and downloaded the 32 bit version of libusb-win32 and run the results.

The error disappeared and HDSDR works. I can enable TXmit in HDSDR (select the mic input and radio output) I get RF out on LSB (just trying 40 meters) and CW. Not enough RF to start my auto tuner. I will rehook the MFJ manual tuner (which has RFOut meter this weekend.

Comment on Transmitter Hardware Mod … by Patricia Turpin - AB4CT

Patricia Turpin - AB4CT — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:30:42 +0000

I went to the Control Panel and removed Lazy Dog Engineering, then HDSDR – did not remove the USB driver. I installed HDSDR first then

opened the LD-1B and removed the transmitter board.

Went to the Lazy Dog director and ran LD1Conrol … went to file then Update firmware.
ran USBBootloader & the LD-1TR hex file. All goes well then RESET.

Installed HDSDR 2,15 … and reassembled the TXmit board. Still haven’t pushed it back into the case!

Ran HDSDR & the LD1Control pops up with an error message “Unable to load ExtIO_Si570.dll” I click OK and the LD1control start up displays — click OK (everything looks good with new options).

BUT… if I go to HDSDR Options [F7], and select SDR TXsupport, I get this error…

Actual ExtIO DLL Does not support TX!

Because of this, I can not select any transmit Input or Output Soundcard connections.

I can use the LD1Control TX button and the red light comes on. I am not using the accessory plug ( I have the parts but not built it yet)

I have done this multiple times.

I know I’m probably not holding my tongue in the right place.

Anything obvious??

Patricia AB4CT

Montgomery, AL