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Re: #qcx #firmware 1.03 release (CAT, real time clock) #qcx #firmware

Gregg Myers
 

Hi Hans,

Thanks for testing this. I had used a slightly different sequence.
1. Power is off
2. Plug in GPS
3. Power on
4. Go to Alignment 8.11
5. At this point, I start to see the weird behavior... For example, the QCX automatically seems to get out of the menu without me doing anything (showing VFO A and blank line underneath without me doing anything). But actually, I find it is still in the menu settings if I turn the rotary encoder back and forth 
6. If I go back to 8.11 then hit select, It doesn't seem to calibrate. But just now I was playing with it and turning the rotary encoder between 8.11 and 8.12, eventually it starts to calibrate correctly.

If I use your sequence I still saw my menu item appear to blank out when I hot plugged the GPS, but trurning the rotary encoder back and forth to 8.11 and 8.12 made it work.

So the behavior still seems different compared to T1.02b, where I never had the blank screen and I never had to turn rotary encoder back and forth. But anyway, I did get it to calibrate.

I had similar behavior on two different QCX. I didn't change fuse settings on either unit. Maybe I have noise eminaiting from my GPS connection? But I never saw this on earlier firmware.

Anyway, I can see how I can get it to work now. I like the new features you added in T1.03. keep up the good work!

73,
Gregg W7GRM



On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 10:55 PM Hans Summers <hans.summers@...> wrote:
Hello Gregg

I have just tried a fresh QCX-40 with a fresh 1.03 chip, and the frequency calibration worked fine. Steps:

1) Go to menu 8.13
2) Plug in GPS
3) Wait some seconds until I see satellite lock
4) Turn the rotary encoder one click anticlockwise to 8.12 and wait 6-7 seconds for the Sys Osc cal
5) Turn the rotary encoder one click anticlockwise to 8.11 and wait 6-7 seconds for the Ref Clk cal
6) Unplug GPS
7) Go to menu items 8.5 and 8.6 to check calibrations ran fine

If you have a different sequence of steps and it is failing please can you specify, so I can try that? 

Are you sure your fuse settings are correct (no divide-by-8 fuse etc)?

73 Hans G0UPL



On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 7:54 AM Gregg Myers <gregg.w7grm@...> wrote:
Has anyone else tried to calibrate their QCX crystal frequencies with GPS with firmware T1.03? It doesn't work for me. I get strange button responses, and the QCX never does update the crystal frequencies properly or at all. I reverted back to T1.02b and the GPS calibration works fine.

73,
Gregg W7GRM

On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 9:05 AM Tom N9GVP <tsnyder35@...> wrote:
Thanks, Hans, for the info on the time display when in split mode with CW decode ON.  It really is just a cosmetic issue.  Not a problem at all.
-Tom

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