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XTBM-Pro Firmware Update
JeffVolp:
I'm cleaning up a minor issue with the XTBM-Pro where the display may not fully clear when switching back to the monitor mode. If anyone has uncovered another issue that needs to be addressed, I'd like to hear about it. Please contact me directly.
Jeff
JeffVolp:
Jeepers, I have received absolutely zero suggestions for anything to be addressed. It is hardly worth a firmware update just to fix this minor issue. Has anyone discovered anything else?
Jeff
toasterking:
--- Quote from: JeffVolp on August 04, 2016, 09:55:07 AM ---Jeepers, I have received absolutely zero suggestions for anything to be addressed.
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There could be a very simple reason for that. The XTBM-Pro is the gold standard to which all other X10 meters should be compared. I have zero issues and zero complaints.
But I thought really hard and came up with a suggestion: I'd like to be able to see voltages over 9.99V. Would this be desirable or possible with a firmware update? Sometimes I'd like to see if something new I'm plugging into the circuit is in fact causing some attenuation even if the signal is still plenty strong at the time. That way I'll know if I have a device that could potentially cause problems if connected in an area where signals are already attenuated.
JeffVolp:
--- Quote from: toasterking on August 09, 2016, 02:03:57 PM ---
--- Quote from: JeffVolp on August 04, 2016, 09:55:07 AM ---Jeepers, I have received absolutely zero suggestions for anything to be addressed.
--- End quote ---
There could be a very simple reason for that. The XTBM-Pro is the gold standard to which all other X10 meters should be compared. I have zero issues and zero complaints.
But I thought really hard and came up with a suggestion: I'd like to be able to see voltages over 9.99V. Would this be desirable or possible with a firmware update? Sometimes I'd like to see if something new I'm plugging into the circuit is in fact causing some attenuation even if the signal is still plenty strong at the time. That way I'll know if I have a device that could potentially cause problems if connected in an area where signals are already attenuated.
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Thank you very much for the compliment.
Unfortunately, the hardware was designed to max out at 9.99V. X10 problems occur at the low end below 1Vpp. So I thought it better to provide the resolution down there than to show how much the XTB transmitters can pump out. Even though the XTB transmitters will peg the XTBM-Pro at 9.99V when measured nearby, since X10 signal strength falls off rapidly as you move away from the transmitter, you can always check out on a circuit to see the effect of a new device.
Jeff
JeffVolp:
The XTBM-Pro firmware has been updated to fix the two remaining minor bugs that I have been aware of. Several characters from a prior mode could be left on the display following the "double-button" reset to the X10 Monitor mode. And the voltage for bit 4 did not lock along with the rest of the bitmap display when the cursor was moved off the zero position. Both have been corrected, and all Pro units shipping from 8/20/16 on will have the update.
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