FUNcube Dashboard, limited to installation on PC hard drive?
Hi!
I posted this query on the FUNcube forum, but I have yet to see a response over there. Hopefully someone with the FUNcube project will see it here, and possibly help me find an answer to my question.
For the past 3+ months, I have been using small Windows 8.1 tablets with both the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and assorted "RTL-SDR" dongles. When working the SSB transponders, I have been using one of these tablets with a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and HDSDR as the downlink receiver. I have also experimented with using the FUNcube Dashboard program on the tablets. The tablets appear to be able to run the Dashboard program, but the program has a restriction that requires it to be installed on a computer's hard drive. Since these tablets have small "hard drives" (C: drives), sometimes as small as 16 GB, a 32 GB or 64 GB micro-SD card is one way to gain more space to run programs from.
I don't know if there is some reason that requires the program to be installed on the computer's C: drive. Since I have been able to install other programs to the D: drive (micro-SD card) in my tablets, including programs like HDSDR and SDR Sharp, it appears that there isn't anything inside these tablets that would prevent a program like the Dashboard from running off the micro-SD card. Could a future version of the Dashboard allow users to install the program somewhere other than a "hard drive"?
Thanks in advance, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK
Hi Patrick,
Do you have the error message that is displayed when you try and run the dashboard from an add-in card?
If so, I will talk to the developer and get an answer for you.
73
Ciaran - M0XTD
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 5:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube Dashboard, limited to installation on PC hard drive?
Hi!
I posted this query on the FUNcube forum, but I have yet to see a response over there. Hopefully someone with the FUNcube project will see it here, and possibly help me find an answer to my question.
For the past 3+ months, I have been using small Windows 8.1 tablets with both the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and assorted "RTL-SDR" dongles. When working the SSB transponders, I have been using one of these tablets with a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and HDSDR as the downlink receiver. I have also experimented with Pro+ using the FUNcube Dashboard program on the tablets. The tablets appear to be able to run the Dashboard program, but the program has a restriction that requires it to be installed on a computer's hard drive. Since these tablets have small "hard drives" (C: drives), sometimes as small as 16 GB, a 32 GB or 64 GB micro-SD card is one way to gain more space to run programs from.
I don't know if there is some reason that requires the program to be installed on the computer's C: drive. Since I have been able to install other programs to the D: drive (micro-SD card) in my tablets, including programs like HDSDR and SDR Sharp, it appears that there isn't anything inside these tablets that would prevent a program like the Dashboard from running off the micro-SD card. Could a future version of the Dashboard allow users to install the program somewhere other than a "hard drive"?
Thanks in advance, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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