It is unclear to me that the same binaries will run on O II as on O I. The
inner workings of the control system aren't identical. Possibly the same
source code handles both rigs, which can be compiled for either target.
Even if they are clever enough to have a binary that auto-senses which rig
it's running in, the difference will be in the testing. Having zero-bug code
for the O II does not guarantee zero bugs for the O I. The O I is a
different machine, with much less CPU power, and that makes bugs more likely
to show up.
73 Martin AA6E
On 11/11/05, Duane A Calvin <ac5aa@juno.com> wrote:
>
> Toby,
> How do you know this? My understanding was that Ver. 2.0 was to
> run on both versions of the Orion. Later they may need to "split the
> build tree" as new features that reqiure more memory than the Orion has
> are introduced. But I thought that 2.0 was to be a common release.
>
> 73, Duane (looking forward to 2.0 for my Orion)
>
>
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 08:29:26 -0500 "Toby Pennington"
> <toby423@earthlink.net> writes:
> > Tom,
> > The release of the 2.0 code for the old Orion may not happen at the
> > same
> > time the O2 ship date as the code for the two Orions is different.
> > The
> > priority now is getting O2 to market, and the 2.0 code for the old
> > Orion
> > may have to wait for a while longer.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <CATFISHTWO@aol.com>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Riding a horse (Orion II)
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > I hope you are feeling better now and thanks for the update, I am
> > anxiously
> > > awaiting the V2 update.. tom N6AJR
> > >
> > > In a message dated 11/10/2005 10:19:13 A.M. Pacific Standard
> > Time,
> > > sales@tentec.com writes:
> > >
> > > First my apologies for not putting a note on here about Orion II
> > sooner.
> > > I missed nearly two weeks of work
> > > between going to Canada to operate the CQ WW SSB contest and
> > managing to
> > > be laid out sick for four
> > > days leading up to the trip. In all I wasn't here for 12 days
> > and it
> > > took some catching up time on my part
> > > to get back up to speed. I just today read through the
> > reflector
> > > archive going back to October 21 to get
> > > more up to date on what's being discussed here.
> > >
> > > Orion II: There isn't a whole lot to say except -- coming in
> > November
> > > in my estimation. We've had
> > > some production line units done for a couple of weeks now (as
> > opposed to
> > > pre-production beta units).
> > > We're down to finishing the firmware and seeing if anything
> > last-minute
> > > comes up with either
> > > firmware or hardware that was unanticipated.
> > >
> > > I took a production line unit home for the first time on Nov. 2
> > and ran
> > > it for several hours in the
> > > Sweepstakes CW contest last weekend. I've been using it a lot,
> > > listening a lot, and leaving it on
> > > all night every night to see if anything happens. There are
> > several
> > > other people here who are doing
> > > the same thing in an effort to see if anything last-minute needs
> > to be
> > > addressed.
> > >
> > > 73
> > > Scott Robbins W4PA
> > > Amateur Radio Product Manager, Ten-Tec, Inc.
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> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
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