[TenTec] Orion II firmware problems

[Ron Castro]

I found that 2.037j worked fine with both the new and previous version of 
the N4PY software.  Maybe my computer is more tolerant of the baud rate. I'm 
using a cheap USB to serial converter into a laptop.

Ron N6AHA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py at arrl.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II firmware problems


> There seems to be an issue with some Orion II's with 2.037j that causes 
> the
> baud rate to be off a little.  The fix is to set the baud rate at 56000 
> baud
> instead of 57600.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 121 Little Bell Drive
> Bell Mountain
> Hays, NC 28635
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David E. Shelton" <des.n4in at gmail.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 7:46 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion II firmware problems
>
>
>> Is it just me or does the current version of FW 2.037j have some issues
> with
>> computer interfacing the Orion II. I can't get DX4WIN, MixW, WriteLog, or
>> several others to interface smoothly with 2.037j. I reverted back to 
>> 2.034
>> and the problems are gone. When will this be fixed? I looks like the FW
> was
>> released September 7. This is a fairly significant problem that would
> affect
>> about everyone with these rigs. Is there a work around other than using
>> 2.034? Thanks,
>> David, N4IN
>>
>>
>>
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