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The Edirol Firebox is a professional grade firewire (1394) sound card. When setup properly for use with the SDR-1000™, the result is truly world-class radio performance. This page is designed to help you setup your new sound card for use with the SDR-1000™. Below you will find a step-by-step guide along with tips for getting the fastest support. If you have questions that are not addressed in this guide, the [Flexradio] Email Reflector and the Teamspeak Server are available for fast, friendly support. The retail version of the Edirol FA-66 that FlexRadio Systems ships comes with several components:
• The device itself (pictured above)
• 6-pin to 6-pin firewire cable
• 4-pin to 6-pin firewire cable (typically used with laptop computers)
• Driver CD
• The 110/220 VAC to 9 VDC power adapter. FlexRadio offers a cable set with everything you need to connect the sound card to the SDR-1000.
For a list of firewire cards (including two that are confirmed to work
w/ the FA-66), check out: http://kb.flex-radio.com/article.aspx?id=10250
Step 1: Install the Driver. Use either the driver CD that comes with the unit or a downloaded copy of the latest driver at the following address to install the driver. http://www.roland.com/products/en/_support/dld.cfm?ln=en&dsp=0&iCncd=688 Begin installing the driver in accordance with the instructions found in the FA-66 Operators Guide on pages 24-27. Do not plug in the firewire cable until instructed to do so by the driver installation program.
Step 2: Connect the cables Once installation is complete (including any necessary reboots), use the following photographs as a guide to connect the FA-66 to the SDR-1000™, speakers, and microphone. FlexRadio offers a cable set that provides all the cables you need to hook the FA-66 to the SDR. BACK PANEL
A. Connect Outputs 1&2 ‘Speaker’ output to your computer speakers. Please note
that the red colored lead [the ring] connects to the EVEN numbered jacks.
B. Connect Outputs 3&4 ‘Line Out’ to SDR1K ‘To Line Out’.
Set the MIC control on the main PowerSDR console to a low value (5-10). Select Mic on the TX Meter in the upper right corner. Click the MOX button to begin transmitting. Speak in a normal voice and adjust the SENSITIVITY CONTROL on the front panel of the FA-66 (see front panel figure above) until the voice peaks are reading near 0dB on the multimeter. If the Peak/Limit LED on the FA-66 is frequently coming on, decrease the mic gain on the FA-66 until it comes on occasionally. It will probably be necessary to adjust the MIC control on the PowerSDR front panel in combination with the SENS control on the FA-66 front panel to attain 0dB peaks. Miscellaneous
When properly setup for 192 KHz operation in other than the SPEC mode, the display should look like the picture below. When using the 192KHz sampling rate, 80
kHz of spectrum will be shown in the default 1x zoom Panadapter display (and more
when zoomed out).
When using the Mode-SPEC you will notice two humps as shown below. THIS IS NORMAL. The “humps” are caused by hardware inside the FA-66 and are typically only encounted in the SPEC mode. You can avoid this phenomenon by
switching to the 96 KHz sampling rate or by using a mode other than the SPEC mode as shown above.
This concludes the FA-66 Quick Start Guide. At this point you should be able to receive and transmit with the Edirol Firewire. If you are still having problems, please refer to the support links mentioned at the top of this guide. Updated: 09/27/06