Likewise, the upgrade was a smooth process.
Thanks John!
Eric
W9WLW
On May 29, 2014 7:51:11 AM EDT, GARY HUBER <glhuber@msn.com> wrote:
|Version 1.036 update completed.
|
|Regarding Digital Mode BW.... I usually have the BW set at 3 kHz for
|PSK-31.
|
|Thanks John.
|
|73 & DX,
|Gary - AB9M
|
|-----Original Message-----
|From: John Henry
|Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 3:07 PM
|To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
|Subject: [TenTec] New OMNI-VII Firmware posted and new OnePlug posted
|as
|well
|
|I just added a new firmware release for the OMNI-VII and a new OnePlug
|release to the tentec website.
|
|Go to www.tentec.com
|hover over Downloads, select Transceiver Downloads.
|Scroll down to the OMNI-VII / 588 section.
|You will see a new firmware revision history showing what went into
|making Version 1.036.
|
|Basically, in a nutshell for the firmware, Version 1.036 has the
|following changes.
|- Improved Ethernet Audio reliability
|- Improved handling of broken Ethernet packets, net effect was to
|improve Ethernet packet handling for control and audio streaming.
|- Removed support for uncompressed audio via the Ethernet.
|(note, when using third party programs, ensure you enable compression
|for RIP and TRIP, otherwise the radio will not start "RIPing" audio)
|- Added a bit to the ?T query to identify that the version does NOT
|support uncompressed audio. Refer to the programmers reference guide
|for more details.
|- Increased priority of Ethernet audio packet handling. Preserving DSP
|functioning within allotted time. (e.g. AN, NR, etc. all still worked
|at least as well as version 1.035.)
|- Improved handling of QRN/impulse type noise so it wouldn't
|prematurely load up AGC.
|- Added Bandwidth to the rig memory recall/restore. This was added so
|that customers could store settings for digital modes using sideband
|as the mode but wanting a narrower bw filter. ***Caveat, when going
|from 1.035 to 1.036, when one does a recall, the BW will get recalled
|as 12kc, simply adjust the bw to the desired value, and then re-save
|the VFO to Memory. From then on the bandwidth for that specific memory
|will get recalled properly. This should be done for all memories the
|user has already stored.
|- Added Memory Recall (*Rnn, nn=0..99) to the CAT interface in remote
|mode.
|- Added Memory Write (*Snn, nn=0..99) to the CAT interface in remote
|mode.
|Note, for the above two commands, there is not a single query, once a
|memory recall is performed, then each parameter can be queried via the
|CAT interface individually.
|- Improved logic on programming the DDS to help prevent the radio from
|being off frequency. Basically made the timing of the code a bit more
|robust, should help those who have seen the rig transmit off
|frequency, a very very rare occurrence.
|
|Basically, in a nutshell for OnePlug Version 1.2.00 has the following
|changes.
|Problems Resolved: Works best with 1.036 and up Firmware
|- Improved reliability of Ethernet audio handling
|- Rewrote several parts of the code to help alleviate PCs that were
|bogged down by the activity in all of the forms during RIP/TRIP.
|- Removed support for uncompressed RIP and TRIP, always runs as
|compressed audio now for both RIP and TRIP.
|- Removed option to "Lock TRIP to RIG Timing",
|OnePlug is now always driven by the OMNI-VII's data packet rate for
|audio. Keeps them both in sync.
|- Simplified the Ethernet Audio Handling code by removing repititious
|events required to checking compression levels.
|- Added RIP Buffer Depth Adjustment to NetConfig
|Should try to run at minimum value, but can be increased when desired
|to help receive audio handling on networks that experience high
|amounts of jitter or continued loss of packets.
|- Added NetHealth % indicator to CONSOLE display.
|Shows how well the last 100 packets of Receive audio have performed.
|100% means that OnePlug received and processed to the sound card 100%
|of the audio items it was expected to receive.
|<100% means that less than 100 of the expected packets have been
|received.
|It is a weighted average so that losses stay shown longer than really
|occur.
|This prevents a lost packet from going to 99% then back to 100% too
|fast to
|see visually. Located below the "START/STOP RIP" button
|- Corrected a few anomalies in the memory store/recall page.
|- Added the ability to store and recall the rig memories in the rig.
|Does not affect the memories stored on the PC.
|
|Note1: OnePlug Version 1.2.00 can be utilized with rig firmware version
|
|1.035,
|but the rig memory recall/store functions will not work.
|Audio streaming will work, but not as well as it does with firmware
|version 1.036
|
|Note2: Firmware version 1.036 can be used with OnePlug 1.0.10,
|but to use this combination, one must enable "Compress RIP", and
|"Compress TRIP",
|and "LOCK TRIP to RIG Timing" on the NETCONFIG display.
|Otherwise the OMNI-VII running Version 1.036 will not RIP audio.
|
|Essentially, this whole process was to improve the reliability of
|Ethernet audio on slower bandwidth networks.
|Granted, there is more that can be done, but ya gotta throw in the
|towel for a while and see how well it performs on a thousand different
|installations. I can't guarantee it cleans it up for everyone, but so
|far many that have used this combination that were very displeased
|with the previous release are now very pleased with this new one.
|Minimum requirements is basically 512kbps up/down, I did have it
|working fairly clean with very very few drops down to 200k, but,
|specing it at 512k.
|Added a few features customers had asked for.
|e.g. The Bandwidth is stored in the rig memories now. This means you
|can set up a rig memory for a digital mode using lsb, and another rig
|memory with a different bandwidth for voice mode using lsb. It recalls
|the bandwidth from memory. When you recall a memory set up in a
|previous version of software, you will get 12kc as the bandwidth,
|simply change to the bandwidth you want for that memory/mode, and then
|store it for future recall.
|Some wanted to be able to store and recall rig memories remotely.
|This also fixes the QRN/Impulse noise issue officially. It was
|available publicly on previous beta releases, but this is the first
|official release with that change built in.
|
|Questions, Comments, send me an email and I can help you through.
|
|Thanks, and 73,
|John Henry, KI4JPL
|TEN-TEC Engineering
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