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<DIV>All,</DIV>
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<DIV>There are new versions of Metis (V2.3) and Hermes (V2.1) available on the
openHPSDR.org \Downloads page. </DIV>
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<DIV>For Hermes this increases the number of receivers from four to five when
using Hermann’s cuSDR software. There is also a new feature relating to
Transverter use which will be explained once the associated PC code is
ready.</DIV>
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<DIV>For both Hermes and Metis you can now set/remove a fixed IP address
without needing to place a jumper on the board in order to put it into
Bootloader mode. Use HPSDRProgrammer in Bootloader mode to
set/remove the IP address as before but ignore the need to place a jumper first.
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<DIV>There will be a new version of HPSDR Programmer available shortly that will
include this feature. In fact we are going to split HPSDRProgrammer into two
programs – one for setting an IP address and updating code and the other a
‘Recovery’ mode that will provide the current Bootloader functions.</DIV>
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<DIV>My thanks to Joe, K5SO, for his work on the FPGA code and the Beta testers
for their patience whilst we tracked down a rather elusive bug in the IP code.
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<DIV>Best wishes to all for a happy and prosperous New Year – from a SDR
perspective it looks like we are in for a lot of fun!</DIV>
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<DIV>73 Phil...VK6APH </DIV>
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