Since I am using the Flexradio PowerGenius amplifier I need two PTT Outs A/B in order to use SO2R.
Within Setup/General/OC/HF Control there are possibilities to use the PINs of the OC 9 Pin Connector on the back.
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With this I could VFO A (TX) (using bands 10-20m) trigger PTT on Port A of PGXL and VFO B (TX) trigger PTT on Port B of PGXL.
With Flex ANT1 TX always triggers Port A PGXL and ANT2 TX always triggers Port B PGXL which is more convenient since I do not have to define bands (if the above works) to TX ports.
If there is a possibility to poll via CAT which VFO has "TX active" I could just switch the "PTT Out" of the Anan to the respective port with node red triggering a relayboard. Therefor I would have more flexibility.
This would also account for the "-60dBc output signal" ports at the PGXL since the feedback has to come from the transmitting port. I thought of just coupling it with -3db wilkinson power divider so that I only have one feedback line to the Anan => thoughts?
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Withhin Thetis I configured XVTR and assigned buttons 0/1 (VHF/UHF). I see that Setup/General/OC/VHF I do have a matrix as well. Are the "Bands" linked to the XVTR setup? So that when in VHF/UHF mode I can trigger specific OC Pins to have PTT on my transverters or will it be defined by the input frequency (28MHz)?
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For freuqency CAT output I understood that I can just open a port Setup/General/Serial/Serial. Since VFO A/B are not distinguished here (At Flex you can define Freq output for VFO A/B seperatly) I will be using node red to poll VFO A/B (with proper CAT commands), to send it to my PGXL/TGXL/AG2x8.
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Thanks for taking the time. If something is not clear I´ll try to sort it out. Just for everyone´s understanding I do not have an ANAN yet and have to figure out abvove points to make a decision.
Thanks a lot,
73 de Volker, DL4RCE