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Re: [TenTec] Orion II Firmware Status Update April 23

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II Firmware Status Update April 23
From: ringlord <ringlord@dragnet.com.au>
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:00:56 +1000
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I imagine everyone else who owns an O2 is having as much trouble wiping 
the smile off their faces as I currently am.  Great news from TT John 
Henry.  Many tnx from down under.
Mario
VK3NI

Henry, John wrote:
> In an effort to keep our customers up to date, I am reporting the
> status for the Orion II firmware as to today's date.
>
> Due to the time it would take to resolve all of the issues found by
> internal testing and by beta testing in the 2.042 base firmware, we
> decided to revert back to the previous release 2.039D, and make
> improvements to it as requested by our customers. This release is now
> in beta test, and will undergo a few modifications again early next
> week.
>
> This release will not contain the changes for AF AGC nor will it
> contain the waterfall display. The combination of these two items
> caused a large number of issues within the beta firmware of the 2.041
> and 2.042 releases. Therefore we decided to hold off on releasing
> those two features to the public. In the meantime we have combined our
> internal problem tracking and improvement opportunities as identified
> by others, even as late as this week, and generate a new beta based on
> 2.039D.
>
> Pending beta testing inputs this weekend, we will determine what our
> next course of action for this release will be.
>
> We appreciate everyone's patience, as we are dedicated to providing
> quality firmware updates for our customers.
>
> Thanks,
> TenTec Engineering
> John Henry
>
>   
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