As of this afternoon, I am officially releasing firmware version 1.20 for the MasterKeyer. The new firmware and operator manual are available here. I would recommend upgrading to V1.20 at your earliest convenience; it really is a major step up from V1.10 and earlier versions. Please note that you may need to set your sidetone monitor (M), precomp/first element (D) and amp lead/trail (J) delays after upgrading, but the rest of your settings should be fine. If you are running an ALPHA or BETA test version of the firmware, please update to the new release version to make sure you have the latest bug fixes.
Below is a list of new features, improvements and bug fixes in V1.20:
NEW FEATURES:
- Emulation mode for K1EL Winkeyer commands has been added. The MK-1 now works with a wide range of logging and contest software. If it supports the Winkeyer, the MK-1 should work fine.
- Message pause will now wait input from the paddle OR from the USB keyboard, and will automatically resume sending after a word space, button push or ENTER key.
- The beacon /B command now supports optional numeric parameter to override the beacon delay setting. Now any message can have its own repeat delay.
- In USB keyboard mode, ESC will terminate a message playing and clear the message queue. END will still clear only the keyboard buffer.
- Sidetone choices are now: Always, Never, Paddle only.
- The demo/lamp test mode exits if you tap either paddle or any button.
- A new /M (Merge) embedded command allows you to merge two characters into one for non- International Morse characters and prosigns.
- The new /Snn embedded command sets a specific speed within a message (instead of just incrementing/decrementing the speed).
BUGFIXES / ENHANCEMENTS:
- Sidetone is now always on while in tune mode.
- Fixed a bug in message calls. A message calling a lower numbered msg would terminate early and/or send FF (7 dashes) as a Morse character.
- Fixed a bug that caused problems backspacing (8 dits) while recording Message 1 from the paddles.
- Better treatment of precomp. Now lengthens each element, and shortens inter-element spaces by the same amount. V1.10 only lengthened elements.
- Fixed a bug in message calls where last_word was not being set for the new message.
- Fixed a bug where loading settings from USB drive could turn off sidetone in command mode.
- Fixed a bug that could result in no sidetone for QSO number decrement (buttons 1&2)
- Improved sensitivity/timing of TUNE mode paddle sensing.
- Fixed sidetone issue while recording from USB keyboard
- Fixed an issue with multiple button presses sometimes not being detected (if they were within 5ms or so)
- Fixed potential buffer overflow with most_recent_word[]
- Fixed problem with weight adjustment being reversed for speeds of 25 WPM or higher
- USB keyboard Num Lock can be turned off. For full size keyboards, this will have no effect.
