[TenTec] Orion II Firmware Status Update April 23

[John Molenda]

I very much agree with the usefulness of the knob I wish the knob worked 
with a clicking motion , each time the knob would move you would feel a 
click or stop which tells you have achieved one more step in that direction 
.  I don't use the memories because of this over sensitive inaccurate knob . 
And I vote for the waterfall I used it all the time .  John kb2huk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim M." <jmiller1706 at cfl.rr.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II Firmware Status Update April 23


>
>
> I have actually been using 2.041XL since it came out but have noted the
> anomalies N6IE has noted before.  I thought the waterfall was a good
> feature.  Still a rare occasional red screen.  I never used AF AGC so I
> won't miss it.  I think it was implemented so that the notch would be in 
> the
> AGC loop, but in my opinion the notch really should have been done at IF
> ahead of the product detection and AGC detection stages of processing. 
> The
> audio on my radio is still exceptional, both Tx and Rx, and the main
> receiver is great.  I use it with Ham Radio Deluxe and DM-780 on MARS and
> occasional ham band use.
>
> One thing that may have not been mentioned:  When doing a memory recall
> (hitting the recall button), the Multi knob sensitivity is way too high, 
> it
> goes through the memories much too quickly (that is you have to just 
> barely
> nudge the knob to increment a memory and sometimes it skips).  Maybe slow 
> it
> down a bit?
>
> 73/N4BE
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:25:42 -0400
> From: "Henry, John" <jhenry at tentec.com>
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion II Firmware Status Update April 23
> To: tentec at contesting.com
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> 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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