[TenTec] [Orion] Orion I firmware

[Toby Pennington]

V2.0 has been a bear for Gary and company,  with many hours and weekends
spent trying to get it right.  But they seem to be caught in a loop in which
when one thing gets fixed three other problem pop up,  and they seem to be
unable to escape the loop or trap they are caught in.

This still leads me to wonder if V2.0  if the right way to go,  and that
perhaps revisiting 1.xxx with new insight and direction could pay off in a
more stable firmware without losing the fine functions of the Orion we now
enjoy.  AS it is,  the new firmware is unusable, except for a small group of
guys who operate the rig in a narrow and confined manner.

Based on what I have heard and experienced,   I really don't expect to see
any rapid resoution of the multiple problems associated with 2.0.  It will
be more of the same in the future unless some new approach is taken to
correct perhaps what could be called "inherent flaws" in the 2.0 core setup,
which weaken or nullify the fine features we enjoy in the 1.xxx versions.

Toby  W4CAK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin, AA6E" <martin.ewing at gmail.com>
To: "Andy Hamon" <andyh at cwgsy.net>
Cc: <orion at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Orion] Orion I firmware


> The solution, sadly, is to reload v 1.372.  That's what many of us
> have done.  This beta version is way too much "beta".  Sad, because it
> shows a lot of promise.
>
> AN worked OK for me, but the SP situation was unacceptable.
>
> Would anyone like to start a pool and take a bet on when the next
> non-beta Orion 1 version comes out?  Probably not soon, or they would
> not have released 2.054b.
>
> 73 Martin AA6E
>
> On 2/19/06, Andy Hamon <andyh at cwgsy.net> wrote:
> > Guys
> >
> > Loaded the new v2 firmware onto my Orion yesterday afternoon and
> > tried it in the ARRL test.
> > The "upload" went fine and after doing the Master Reset and
> > reconfiguring my parameters, everything is great EXCEPT one thing.
> >
> > When I switch in the auto notch, the audio goes from being crystal
> > clear to unreadable! At setting 1, the signal is just readable, only
> > just. At setting 9, forget it. The radio sounds like a real cheap AM
> > BC receiver being overloaded. The distortion is awful.
> >
> > Same result in SSB as CW.
> >
> > Under firmware v1, no such problem.
> >
> > Is it worth reloading the firmware?
> > Is it a setting a bit further up the chain that is overdriving
> > something when the auto notch?
> > Is it a user problem?
> >
> > Any suggestions??
> >
> > Thanks & 73
> >
> > Andy, GU4WTN
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