Hi John -
I'm glad that you are forging ahead with the Orion II firmware update.
Do you have any plans for a similar update for us folks with the original
Orion? If so, I would like to volunteer to be a beta tester if you need some.
It's good to have you on board at TenTec.
73 - John, W4AU
At 23:25 4/23/2010, you 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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