P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available
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P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available
 
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P3 Version 1.16, SVGA version 1.04 and P3 Utility version 1.12.4.26 are all now available from the Elecraft website. We are suggesting that users update their P3 Utility to the latest version.
P3 Utility is available at: http://www.elecraft.com/software/P3/P3_Utility_Setup_1_12_4_26.exe P3 1.16 and SVGA 1.04: http://www.elecraft.com/software/elecraft_software_page.htm MCU 01.16 / 4-27-2012 • Faster P3 Utility response when no SVGA board is installed • Added the menu selection, "MENU : SVGA menu : SVGA FW" to display the revision numbers of SVGA firmware and FPGA images. • Disabling the SVGA now blanks the external display. • The external display waterfall color bias is initialized properly at power-up. • The AVERAGE and MKRA/B parameter adjustment text on the external display is removed when the adjustment is exited on the P3. • The "VFB" RS-232 command now works with the SVGA display. • MKR A and MKR B adjustment text on the external display is still on after changing SVGA resolution and after the un-QSY function. • The waterfall height adjustment on the external display is terminated when pressing a toggle key on the P3. • The display frequency is correct when K3 RIT is on after switching from tracking to fixed-tune mode. • Fixed an intermittent bug in the "#QSY" RS-232 command. • VFO B cursor displays correctly when VFO B is on a different band. • The auto-baud of the K3 RS-232 port works again. (It broke in version 1.06.) P3SVGA 01.04 / 4-20-2012 • Added U-shaped bracket style cursors. • Added 4 optional fonts which can be selected within the P3 SVGA menu. • Numerous screen bug-lets fixed such as thicker separation line between waterfall and spectrum, removed dark space on right of waterfall, removed hanging marker frequency lines, disappearing marker highlight when filter width was narrow, window formatting etc. • Added monochrome waterfall color table. • Spectrum trace no longer resets (sags) when VFO A or B is tuned in fixed tune mode. • Added waterfall color bias, available in P3 SVGA menu. • Top and bottom tick marks now move when tuning VFO A in tracking mode. • Spectrum/Waterfall screen update speed increased slightly. • Vertical white line center frequency added when in tracking mode. • Transmit cursor now displays ‘under’ VFO A cursor. • Trace averaging now resets using un-averaged data instead of zero. • Fixed RIT bug where RIT was not being displayed correctly. • Fixed I/Q sync bug that caused high noise to display on spectrum when span changed. • Fixed jumping 200 Hz VFO A/B cursors in fixed tune mode. Known Issues: 1) When CenterEn is enabled on the P3 in tracking mode and the center frequency is changed, the SVGA frequency does not stay in sync. This will be addressed in a future release. 2) Several users have seen what appears to be flickering in the waterfall display. This is not a bug - Its the normal optical result of scrolling discrete pixelated data and noise up one line at a time across the whole waterfall. It happens on the smaller P3 screen too, but it is not as evident to your eye due to the smaller size. The effect can be minimized by setting averaging to 2 and then enabling waterfall averaging. 3) 1920x1080 resolution does not correctly sync horizontally on some monitors. We are aware of this problem and are seeking a solution. In the meantime we suggest using 1440x900 resolution. 73, Paul |
Re: P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available
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Thanks Paul,
I really like the ability to set the waterfall color bias on the SVGA. It now looks just like what shows up on the 4" display on the P3. Even though I'm not color blind, using the B&W waterfall allows for much better discrimination of very weak signals from the noise clutter. Also, the nice BIG font size makes things much more readable at a distance from the big screen. Jim Sheldon - W0EB > P3 Version 1.16, SVGA version 1.04 and P3 Utility version 1.12.4.26 > are all > now available from the Elecraft website. We are suggesting that > users > update their P3 Utility to the latest version. > > P3 Utility is available at: > http://www.elecraft.com/software/P3/P3_Utility_Setup_1_12_4_26.exe > P3 1.16 and SVGA 1.04: > http://www.elecraft.com/software/elecraft_software_page.htm > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available
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In reply to this post by Paul Saffren N6HZ
I've already found what looks like a minor bug in SVGA 1.04. When using vertical "line" cursors, and in "SPLIT" mode, the red VFO B cursor is always wider than the green VFO A cursor line. If SPLIT is off, the two match. This occurs even if you do a double tap of the A>B button to make the subreceiver frequency and mode equal to the main (A>B All).
Jim - W0EB > P3 Version 1.16, SVGA version 1.04 and P3 Utility version 1.12.4.26 > are all > now available from the Elecraft website. We are suggesting that > users > update their P3 Utility to the latest version. > > P3 Utility is available at: > http://www.elecraft.com/software/P3/P3_Utility_Setup_1_12_4_26.exe > P3 1.16 and SVGA 1.04: > http://www.elecraft.com/software/elecraft_software_page.htm > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available
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This is only true if you use a non-default bandwidth for the receiver (e.g., less than 2.8 KHz in SSB, less than 400 Hz for CW). The split cursor always shows the default (transmit) bandwidth for the selected mode. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 4/27/2012 7:18 PM, Jim Sheldon wrote: > I've already found what looks like a minor bug in SVGA 1.04. When using vertical "line" cursors, and in "SPLIT" mode, the red VFO B cursor is always wider than the green VFO A cursor line. If SPLIT is off, the two match. This occurs even if you do a double tap of the A>B button to make the subreceiver frequency and mode equal to the main (A>B All). > > Jim - W0EB > >> P3 Version 1.16, SVGA version 1.04 and P3 Utility version 1.12.4.26 >> are all >> now available from the Elecraft website. We are suggesting that >> users >> update their P3 Utility to the latest version. >> >> P3 Utility is available at: >> http://www.elecraft.com/software/P3/P3_Utility_Setup_1_12_4_26.exe >> P3 1.16 and SVGA 1.04: >> http://www.elecraft.com/software/elecraft_software_page.htm >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available
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In reply to this post by Paul Saffren N6HZ
<<<Added 4 optional fonts which can be selected within the P3 SVGA menu.>>>
Thanks! Big improvement....very nice.... 73, Ed - K6CTA ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Thanks for the update Paul. Waterfall bias is a welcome addition. I have noticed some unreported bugs in my system...
The baseline of the pan trace and the baseline of the pan window don't align properly. The difference is about 1/4" on my SVGA monitor with pan/waterfall split roughly 50/50, but varies as you change span. It also does this on the P3 monitor, and is even more pronounced at narrow spans. My SVGA output does not always come up with the waterfall when I have it set to. The little monitor initializes properly. Double tapping the Display button brings the waterfall back on the SVGA output. Strange slowdowns happen when the span is set near 150kHz, including the inability of the Utility to properly talk to the SVGA card. I went in circles trying to update the firmware before I figured this out. The utility seems to communicate best when span is set to 200kHz. I don't think this is a regression, but I just noticed the comms part of it. 73, Larry N8LP
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Re: P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available
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In reply to this post by Paul Saffren N6HZ
Hi All,
I am having some difficultly in updating my P3 firmware. P3 Utility 1.12.4.26 is installed but when I check for new Firmware Available I am told they are: MCU 01.13 SVGA 01.02 FPGA0 01.02 FPGA1 01.02 FPGA2 01.02 FPGA3 01.02 FPGA4 01.02 And that these are already installed. Should not the latest P3 utility automatically tell me of updates available and then allow me to install them. Any on e have a suggestion? Thank you. 73 Doug EI2CN -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Paul Saffren N6HZ Sent: 27 April 2012 23:21 To: [hidden email] Subject: [Elecraft] P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available P3 Version 1.16, SVGA version 1.04 and P3 Utility version 1.12.4.26 are all now available from the Elecraft website. We are suggesting that users update their P3 Utility to the latest version. P3 Utility is available at: http://www.elecraft.com/software/P3/P3_Utility_Setup_1_12_4_26.exe P3 1.16 and SVGA 1.04: http://www.elecraft.com/software/elecraft_software_page.htm MCU 01.16 / 4-27-2012 . Faster P3 Utility response when no SVGA board is installed . Added the menu selection, "MENU : SVGA menu : SVGA FW" to display the revision numbers of SVGA firmware and FPGA images. . Disabling the SVGA now blanks the external display. . The external display waterfall color bias is initialized properly at power-up. . The AVERAGE and MKRA/B parameter adjustment text on the external display is removed when the adjustment is exited on the P3. . The "VFB" RS-232 command now works with the SVGA display. . MKR A and MKR B adjustment text on the external display is still on after changing SVGA resolution and after the un-QSY function. . The waterfall height adjustment on the external display is terminated when pressing a toggle key on the P3. . The display frequency is correct when K3 RIT is on after switching from tracking to fixed-tune mode. . Fixed an intermittent bug in the "#QSY" RS-232 command. . VFO B cursor displays correctly when VFO B is on a different band. . The auto-baud of the K3 RS-232 port works again. (It broke in version 1.06.) P3SVGA 01.04 / 4-20-2012 . Added U-shaped bracket style cursors. . Added 4 optional fonts which can be selected within the P3 SVGA menu. . Numerous screen bug-lets fixed such as thicker separation line between waterfall and spectrum, removed dark space on right of waterfall, removed hanging marker frequency lines, disappearing marker highlight when filter width was narrow, window formatting etc. . Added monochrome waterfall color table. . Spectrum trace no longer resets (sags) when VFO A or B is tuned in fixed tune mode. . Added waterfall color bias, available in P3 SVGA menu. . Top and bottom tick marks now move when tuning VFO A in tracking mode. . Spectrum/Waterfall screen update speed increased slightly. . Vertical white line center frequency added when in tracking mode. . Transmit cursor now displays 'under' VFO A cursor. . Trace averaging now resets using un-averaged data instead of zero. . Fixed RIT bug where RIT was not being displayed correctly. . Fixed I/Q sync bug that caused high noise to display on spectrum when span changed. . Fixed jumping 200 Hz VFO A/B cursors in fixed tune mode. Known Issues: 1) When CenterEn is enabled on the P3 in tracking mode and the center frequency is changed, the SVGA frequency does not stay in sync. This will be addressed in a future release. 2) Several users have seen what appears to be flickering in the waterfall display. This is not a bug - Its the normal optical result of scrolling discrete pixelated data and noise up one line at a time across the whole waterfall. It happens on the smaller P3 screen too, but it is not as evident to your eye due to the smaller size. The effect can be minimized by setting averaging to 2 and then enabling waterfall averaging. 3) 1920x1080 resolution does not correctly sync horizontally on some monitors. We are aware of this problem and are seeking a solution. In the meantime we suggest using 1440x900 resolution. 73, Paul -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-Firmware-1-16-and-SVGA-1-04-now-avai lable-tp7507590.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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"Spectrum trace no longer resets (sags) when VFO A or B is tuned in fixed tune mode."
This is a BIG improvement. Many thanks on this one.
Roger W5RDW
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Also the vertical cursor does not disappear when the BW is narrowed down to 50 hz when on cw mode. I appreciate that improvement.
Font size set to number 2 looks very nice. Nice to have more improvements.....thanks guys! Toby W4CAK |
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See Below... On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:07:41 -0700 (PDT), N8LP <[hidden email]> wrote: >The baseline of the pan trace and the baseline of the pan window don't align >properly. The difference is about 1/4" on my SVGA monitor with pan/waterfall >split roughly 50/50, but varies as you change span. It also does this on the >P3 monitor, and is even more pronounced at narrow spans. I confirm this, but the difference is more pronounced on my monitor. When I set the WF height at ~ 50% the monitor waterfall image is more like 60 - 70% of the monitor vertical height. However, I believe in my case it might be the age of the monitor which was very inexpensive and only has 1024 x 768 resolution which probably has elliptical pixels which are taller than they are wide. That could cause the distortion I am seeing. >Strange slowdowns happen when the span is set near 150kHz, I confirm this also. I'd almost believe that somehow the refresh rate is being corrupted or somehow follows the span rate, because when reducing the span the refresh rate returns to normal. The anomaly seems to me to begin at near 125 and continuously become more pronounced at 144. At 150 it is almost at a dead stop and at 152 it is back to normal up to 200KC wide. [snip] Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Shouldn't this be 1.15 not 1.16? Mine says 1.15
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Re: P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available
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Try pressing the "Copy Files from Elecraft" button on the P3 Utility's
firmware page. Dick, K6KR -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of tomb18 Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 4:42 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available Shouldn't this be 1.15 not 1.16? Mine says 1.15 -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-Firmware-1-16-and-SVGA-1-04-now-avai lable-tp7507590p7509887.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available
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Somehow you're looking at a stale FTP directory. Here's the current
content: FTP directory /P3/firmware at ftp.elecraft.com To view this FTP site in Windows Explorer: press Alt, click View, and then click Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer. _____ Up to higher level directory <ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/> 04/27/2012 11:54AM Directory <ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/firmware/> . 04/19/2012 04:38PM Directory <ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/> .. 04/26/2012 05:19PM Directory <ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/firmware/beta/> beta 02/28/2012 11:06AM 341,241 p3f00_0102.bin <ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/firmware/p3f00_0102.bin> 02/28/2012 11:06AM 341,241 <ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/firmware/p3f01_0102.bin> p3f01_0102.bin 02/28/2012 11:06AM 341,241 <ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/firmware/p3f02_0102.bin> p3f02_0102.bin 02/28/2012 11:06AM 341,241 <ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/firmware/p3f03_0102.bin> p3f03_0102.bin 02/28/2012 11:06AM 341,241 <ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/firmware/p3f04_0102.bin> p3f04_0102.bin 04/27/2012 11:15AM 87,176 p3fwnotes.rtf <ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/firmware/p3fwnotes.rtf> 04/27/2012 10:38AM 985,182 p3m0116.hex <ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/firmware/p3m0116.hex> 04/20/2012 04:36PM 1,509,286 p3s0104.hex <ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/P3/firmware/p3s0104.hex> Dick, K6KR From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 5:06 PM To: Dick Dievendorff Subject: Re: RE: [Elecraft] P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available Hi, I did. The updated said 1.15 as the version. I beta tested the 1.15...strange Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: Dick Dievendorff <[hidden email]> Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012 8:03 pm Subject: RE: [Elecraft] P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available To: 'tomb18' <[hidden email]>, [hidden email] > Try pressing the "Copy Files from Elecraft" button on the P3 Utility's > firmware page. > > Dick, K6KR > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] > [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of tomb18 > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 4:42 PM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available > > Shouldn't this be 1.15 not 1.16? Mine says 1.15 > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-Firmware-1-16-and-SVGA-1- > 04-now-avai > lable-tp7507590p7509887.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: P3 Firmware 1.16 and SVGA 1.04 now available
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In reply to this post by N8LP
Hi Larry,
Can you send me a screen shot of the P3 and/or a picture of the external monitor so I can see what it looks like? I believe you have my email address, if not it's pauls at elecraft . 73, Paul
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