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#qmx firmware 1_00_019 #qmx

 

Hi all

I released firmware version 1_00_019 for QMX and QMX+. The main reason for this release is the minor changes for QMX+ compatibility. Again please note: QMX and QMX+ run the same firmware!?

1. Added QMX+ 160-6m to list of options at first power-up or after factory reset, correctly populated the Band Configuration screen for the 160-6m version.?

2. New CPU Monitor utility in the System menu in the terminal.

3. System configuration "GPS Source" selects paddle port or QLG3 as GPS source in QMX+.

4. System configuration "Real Time Clock" selects hardware CR2032 RTC in QMX+ or the QMX software clock.

5. Bug fix: occasionally hanging LCD updates during rapid frequency changes.

When I am back from my US trip I will update the operating manual for 1_00_019 with the changes and with example RF Sweeps for the QMX+. For now, you can continue to use the 1_00_018 operating manual. The changes in 1_00_019 are pretty self-explantory and intuitive.?

73 Hans G0UPL

 

Travel safe my friend...

73
James and Dawn?
 

One thing is different to former FW. Up from 018 I think the QMX did not start after copy FW in the USB memory. I had to remove the power supply. After connecting again start was possible.

After update 018 to 019 there was no selection of the band configuration. Maybe no factory reset was necessary.

73, Ludwig
 

On 1_00_019 no factory reset is performed automatically. And a factory reset is not necessary.

73 Hans G0UPL


On Mon, May 20, 2024, 6:26?PM DH8WN via <DH8WN=[email protected]> wrote:
One thing is different to former FW. Up from 018 I think the QMX did not start after copy FW in the USB memory. I had to remove the power supply. After connecting again start was possible.

After update 018 to 019 there was no selection of the band configuration. Maybe no factory reset was necessary.

73, Ludwig

 

On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 11:26 PM, @Ludwig_DH8WN wrote:
One thing is different to former FW. Up from 018 I think the QMX did not start after copy FW in the USB memory. I had to remove the power supply. After connecting again start was possible.

After update 018 to 019 there was no selection of the band configuration. Maybe no factory reset was necessary.

73, Ludwig
Yes, I noticed my QMX did not automatically reboot after loading 018. Thought I had killed it for a moment but a full power cycle including unplugging the power lead sorted it.

Not loaded 019 yet.?
 

It's always a good day when there's a QMX firmware release in the morning emails. Why do these updates always come out on my busiest days though...? ?

One note: While a factory reset might not be essential for those doing incremental updates, it may be for those jumping from much earlier versions.?

Looking forward to trying this out shortly.?

Cheers,
Ronan
MM0IVR?
 

Hi Ronan

When a factory reset is required (for example, when coming from earlier versions), the firmware should do it automatically.?

73 Hans G0UPL


On Tue, May 21, 2024, 2:55?AM Ronan Cantwell via <ronancantwell=[email protected]> wrote:
It's always a good day when there's a QMX firmware release in the morning emails. Why do these updates always come out on my busiest days though...? ?

One note: While a factory reset might not be essential for those doing incremental updates, it may be for those jumping from much earlier versions.?

Looking forward to trying this out shortly.?

Cheers,
Ronan
MM0IVR?
 

Hans,
Great work as usual. Those sorts of things pop-up with any new product release when it gets in the hands of a few hundred people. They will find amazing and creative new ways of 'breaking' things that the designers never thought to do.

At my place of employment we can put-out a new firmware release every week or two but what slows that to every two or three months is all of the regression testing that needs to be done across the different hardware releases and models. As the QRPLabs products are more for the experimenter and 'those who dare go where seldom others follow' I think that most of us are not expecting perfection with every new software release.

I am amazed at your work output and I suspect that you are always fiddling around with different attempts to do something unique. It's probably a good thing that they do not let you have a soldering iron on an airplane or to trail out a 200 meter long wire through a gap in the door seals so you can test things out.
--
Tisha, AA4HA
 

Brava!

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