[Elecraft] New W2 Firmware Rev 0.92 available on our ftp site!

Brian brian at elecraft.com
Tue Dec 15 21:13:13 EST 2009


Hot news!  The latest W2 firmware rev (0.92) is now available on our ftp 
site.  The easiest way to get it downloaded into your W2 is with our 
"Elecraft W2 Utility" program, available in three flavors (PC, Mac, 
Linux).  Check out the Elecraft website for all the details!

This new W2 firmware version has the following cool features...

First, a fix:

*SWR LED's FLASH RANDOMLY WHEN A SENSOR IS CONNECTED:* This turned out 
to be caused by corrupted data in EEPROM.  This version checks for this 
and will correct it by restoring the data to default settings.

And then some enhancements:

SENSOR CALIBRATION VALUES EXPANDED: The calibration data for the Sensors 
is now saved both by Sensor type and the connector used by the Sensor.  
Among other benefits, this allows you to calibrate two of the same type 
of Sensors independently.

FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN "AUTO" RANGE DISPLAY: We are continuing to 
improve the LED display in the "Auto" mode.  In addition to editing 
algorithms, we are setting the LED and Serial Data Output modes to 
default as PEP, rather than Average Power.  This can be changed at any 
time using the "M" (LED's) and "N" (Serial Data) commands

We hope this latest version makes the W2 an even more useful and 
enjoyable wattmeter for your shack.  Keep watching for the next release 
and new W2 related software programs coming soon!

73,
Brian, W6FVI
W2 Firmware Engineer
Elecraft, Inc.



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