README this file EPROMS.ZIP the binary files needed to burn your own eproms MAN_WP52.ZIP the manual in WordPerfect 5.2 format MAN_WP60.ZIP the manual in WordPerfect 6.0 format --------------------------------------------------------------------- What has changed in V1.23 V1.23 is primarily a bug fix release, to fix some minor problems with V1.22. Overall V.22 is very stable, but there are a few things that could cause occasional problems. A couple of new features also made it into V1.23. * Turned serial queuing back on. This will allow you to use slow baud rates without it resetting the controller. It has been off since V1.20. * Allowed the Doug Hall PL frequency entry to be variable length, minimum of two digits. It had accidently been changed to fixed length of two digits. * Changed how C037 and C038 work internally, although most users will not see a difference. This solved some problems with calling the automatic macros with the correct audio routing variable. * Fixed a bug with command C136 (set up reverse patch ring). * Fixed reverse patch mode 2. It worked in V1.22, but the log-on code had to be set differently than described in the manual. This has now been automated in command C133. * Fixed the 9 second limit for entering the reverse patch mode 2 log-on code. * Fixed problem with very long macros causing voice messages to be thrown away. * Fixed problem that would allow courtesy beeps to be sent during a voice message in some situations. These situations included: when words numbered 500 or higher were spoken, when polite messages were started or stopped, and when polite messages were interrupted. * Made polite messages easier to interrupt. They are now interrupted if the receiver is kerchunked during a word, not just when one word is ending and another beginning. * Changed C062 (change beginning of command names) so that if it changes the beginning of a command name that was shorter than three digits, it fills in the previously unused digits with zeros. * Increased the size of the voice queue so that longer macros can be recalled with C054 without overflowing the queue. * Added keypad test as command C163. * Changed how forward patch number readback mode two works. There is now a longer delay between the word "Autopatch" and when the number is read back, and a delay after the readback. The receiver must be kerchunked between the end of the word "Autopatch" and the end of the last delay or the number will not be dialed. * Added forward patch number readback mode three. It is similar to mode 2 described above, but will only dial if you do NOT kerchunk the receiver. * Put several autopatch-related messages in macros, so that they can be customized. See appendix D macros 408..411. They are set up automatically by C110. * Raised the CW speed limit to 50 WPM. The code is still generated as before, but can be sent faster. * Added words numbers 610..617 to provide more flexibility in speaking the current time, including 24 hour time. * Added two optional digits to C060 (serial port case sensitivity and line feeds) to allow turning suppressed (serial responses to commands entered by DTMF) and queued serial on and off. * Provided a way to use '*' as the autopatch up code without turning autoexecution on and changing the EOF digit to something else. See command C164. * Added a user command to reset the COP (computer operating properly) hardware timer so that extremely large macro trees can be executed without resetting the controller. No one has needed this yet, but some have come close. Known problems with V1.23: * The analog smoothing function (set with command C161) effectively smooths large changes, but does not help enough with small ones to make consecutive readings consistent. Because of this, variations in the analog readings can make the temperature seem to change by as much as one degree every second, no matter what the smoothing factor is set to. * The COR and PL polarity switches on the radio cards are still swapped (as they always have been). * The Sub-Tone Access header on the autopatch is mis-labeled: Gnd and +12V are swapped. This header is not currently used for anything, so it should not affect anyone. What about the next release? We have a lot of ideas for the next release, including serial status screens, improved autopatch operation and finishing the HF interface. We will also try to include a lot of the other features you have requested. If you have ideas you have not told us about yet, please let us know about them in writing (fax (406) 482-7547, paper mail, e-mail at linkcomm@ins.infonet.net).