[TenTec] Orion II Firmware Status Update April 23

[Gary Hoffman]

Excellent Reporting John Henry !

This message states clearly that there are problems, what has been done to 
avoid releasing the problems to the world, and
what the path forward is going to look like in terms of producing solutions 
and improvements.

It also shows the will and the ability to communicate effectively and 
frankly.

Exactly what is needed.

73 de Gary, AA2IZ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry, John" <jhenry at tentec.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 11:25 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion II Firmware Status Update April 23


> 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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