[Ham-Mac] TS-590S firmware upgrade is a must

[Dick Kriss]

Ian G3NRW,

Thanks for the tip and the links to the new updates from Kenwood.  I just updated my TS-590’s firmware from 1.07 to 1.08 as well as the new version 1.03 of the ARCP-500.  The TS-590S lives with the the new firmware.  

The only issue I had was a continuing issue I have had finding the correct com port and that may be due to having to run Windows under emulation on an iMac with OS X 10.9.1 (Mavericks).   For some reason I have to quit ARCP-500, pull the USB cable, then restart Windows.  After a few tries, Windows finally discovers the Kenwood required virtual com port

The good news is I will not have to deal with Windows again until the next Kenwood update. The only reason I keep an up to date version of Window on the iMac is to update the TS-590S firmware. 

Thanks again for the notice.  The TS-590S is up to date and working great.

73 Dick AA5VU


1aTS-590S firmware upgrade is a must
Fri Dec 6, 2013 7:59 am (PST) . Posted by:"Ian Wade G3NRW" g3nrwSee the "TS-590S Resources Page" for links to the new version of the 
TS-590S firmware and new version of ARCP-590:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wadei/ts-590s.htm

The firmware update to v1.08 is particularly important, because it fixes 
two very nasty bugs that exist in earlier versions. These bugs are to do 
with transmitting on the wrong frequency (even though the frequency on 
the display is correct), and sometimes not transmitting at all.

Full credit goes to Andy Durbin (K3WYC) and John Brush (WA3CAS) for 
their detective work in tracking down and identifying these bugs back in 
the summer, despite the naysayers who said there was nothing wrong with 
the firmware.

Less credit goes to Kenwood Japan. After being notified of the bugs, 
they acknowledged their existence in August, yet it has taken them more 
than *three* months to come up with a fix. Better late than never, I 
suppose.

I have installed firmware v1.08, and can confirm that this version does 
indeed fix the bugs. I recommend everyone does the same.

-- 
73
Ian, G3NRW

The TS-590S Resources Page:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wadei/ts-590s.htm