[aprssig] FW: KPC-3 v8.2 release xxxx-7265 bug confirmed

[Doug Ferrell]

On Thu, 12 May 2005, Herb Gerhardt wrote:

> FYI for New Paradigm digis using KPC-3 (not the plus) TNC's.  Herb KB7UVC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwaprssig-request at nwaprs.org [mailto:nwaprssig-request at nwaprs.org] On
> Behalf Of David Dobbins
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:16 PM
> To: SIG NWAPRS
> Subject: KPC-3 v8.2 release xxxx-7265 bug confirmed
> 
> 
> There has been some discussion on the national APRS reflector concerning a
> bug in the Kantronics KPC-3 (not Plus) version 8.2, release xxxx-7265 ROM.
> The impact affects only those TNCs being used as APRS digipeaters, and the
> fix to work with the new paradigm settings is an easy one. I have made the
> changes to the web pages, and will upload those shortly. In the meantime,
> here's the text about the issue, how it can be spotted, and the fix. Thanks
> to James VE7SRV for taking the time to write a good set of instructions:
> 
> If you have a KPC-3 v8.2 TNC with release xxxx-7265 or earlier, as many of
> you have, you need to set:
> 
> UIDIGI ON WIDE1-1,WIDE4-4,WIDE5-5,WIDE6-6
> 
> You can check the version of TNC firmware by connecting to the TNC, and
> issuing the command: Version
> 
> The TNC will respond with something like this:
> 
> KPC3-3F427265-8.2
> 
> Where:
> 
> XXXX-XXXX7265 v8.2

   Dont' mean to throw wrenches into this already confusing subject
but....

   I didn't include the entire message quote above (folks can go back and
read it) but I think that the above info for the 7265 version is
incorrect. We just had this discussion in length concerning the 8.2 chip 
versions in the digiowners sig. I'll gather those messages and post them
someplace.

  I'll be testing this particular chip this weekend (on two Tallahassee
area Digi's) to verify others findings in the Digiowners Sig but there was
a difference between 8.2 version 7265 and the earlier versions of the 8.2
for the original KPC-3.



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...DOUG, KD4MOJ
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