[hpsdr] Invalid firmware

[Willi Reppel]

Hi George,
Thanks for your suggestions. The actual version of W5WC PowerSDR is 
v.2.2.3.13. and I downloaded it yesterday. I am going to update Metis to 
version 2.1. and see if the "Invalid Firmware" warning appears again after 
powering.
73 tks es gl de
SM6OMH  Willi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Byrkit" <ghbyrkit at chartermi.net>
To: <hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Invalid firmware


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> Dear Willi,
> As Phil said, this means either that the combination of firmware that you 
> are using is NOT
> a valid set (while your combination looks valid), OR you are using an 
> older version of KK
> or PowerSDR that doesn't know about that version of Metis (or Ozy).  If 
> the software knows
> about the Metis/Ozy version, and version checking is enabled, the software 
> will ensure
> that the Mercury/Penny versions are appropriate for the Metis/Ozy version.
>
> You can bypass this by turning off version checking, something that you 
> can do in both
> PowerSDR and KISS.
>
> Now, about PowerSDR 'versions'...  You should cite the complete 4 segment 
> version.  Saying
> V2.2.3 is NOT uniquely identifying the version.  If you use the 3-segment 
> version, you
> MUST use the 'build date' that is also likely reported.  Or else it's like 
> reporting that
> you have, say a Ford or BMW and not giving the model and year.
>
> For example, I think that PowerSDR (single RX) is at around V2.2.3.12 or 
> so.  You can view
> the FULL version by checking the properties of the program executable. 
> Sometimes you can
> see this also by just hovering with the mouse over the exe in Windows 
> Explorer.
>
> Please be aware that we are releasing Metis 2.1, which fixes certain 
> issues that Metis 1.9
> and Metis 2.0 have under some circumstances.  I think that Phil announced 
> that yesterday.
> And I think that I followed up with more details on the Metis 1.9 issues.
>
> 73,
> George K9TRV
>
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