[TenTec] Firmware upgrade and Keyer timing--Solved

[Gary Tuck]

Ok, got the answer to the keyer timing issue.  Been talking to Paul at 
Ten Tec this morning. He called me back after conferring with their 
software folks.  If you turn the Orion off,  it will start again in the 
opposite mode of what was selected when you turned it off.  So, if 
you've chosen Mode B and turn on and off, it will still show Mode B but 
it is in Mode A.  So, if you're a Mode B guy like me, always leave it 
in Mode A.  They're working on a fix.

I foolishly thought that I'd perhaps done something wrong yesterday in 
flashing to 1.372 and that started a comedy of errors this morning.  I 
tried flashing it three times before I finally, at Paul's advice, 
deleted my files, made sure AVG anti virus was disabled, and downloaded 
the update again.  Then turned off Orion of course and the laptop and 
even unplugged my serial cable since previous attempts stalled at about 
line 3000 with Serial port error.  Then tried again with the Error 
checking box checked.  It proceeded much much faster and all is well.  
Now I'm hesitant to do anything including a Master reset unless I've 
problems down the road.  Been a Mac guy for 15 years and using Windows 
still seems a mystery.

Hope this helps anyone with the Keyer timing problem.

Gary  W7TEA