Thetis 2.9.0 Released (updates--see first post & now with link to Beta versions)

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Thetis 2.9.0 Released (updates--see first post & now with link to Beta versions)

Postby w-u-2-o » Mon Apr 04, 2022 1:05 am

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Beta link: https://github.com/ramdor/Thetis-2.9.0/releases

If you want to be on the bleeding edge of development, that's your link. If you just want to hang in with the latest "official" (is any open source "official"?) release, then follow the link to the TAPR site below.

Beta discussion is here (NOT FOR NON-BETA QUESTIONS): viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4132


Updates at the TAPR GitHub site: https://github.com/TAPR/OpenHPSDR-Thetis/releases/tag/v2.9.0

2.9.0.3 -- fixed broadcast CAT issue and split duplication problem.
2.9.0.2 -- fixed Windows 7 installation problems.

Original announcement:

Representing the culmination of over ten months of effort by Richie, MW0LGE---thank you, Richie!

You can find the installer and source code at the TAPR GitHub repository:

https://github.com/TAPR/OpenHPSDR-Thetis/releases/tag/v2.9.0

Summary of major new features and improvements

- Many bugs fixed along with other improvements/changes
- Display decimation for lower performance computers
- Extensive additional ZZ CAT commands
- DirectX speed improvements for modern operating systems (Windows 10 & 11)
- Extensive new VAC configuration options
- Extensive new open collector output configuration options
- Interactive filter adjustments using the mouse
- Transverter manual notch filter support
- Entirely new band stack system
- N1MM spectrum output
- Automatic noise floor driven AGC gain adjustment
- CAT over TCP/IP capability; all Thetis CAT commands are supported; 30 second inactivity disconnect
- TCI: Transceiver Control Interface support (https://github.com/ExpertSDR3/TCI)

TCI users please take careful note below of what is supported and what is not supported in this release

Audio/IQ over the stream is not yet supported

TCI spots use new display system in the spectral display

Currently supported inbound commands

- modulation
- vfo
- trx
- split_enable
- tune
- rx_enable
- dds
- if
- spot
- spot_delete
- start
- stop
- set_in_focus

Currently supported outbound commands

- clicked_on_spot
- rx_clicked_on_spot
- app_focus
- rx_enable
- tx_enable
- if_limits
- drive
- tune_drive
- tune
- split_enable
- dds
- if
- vfo
- trx
- modulation
- rx_filter_band
- start
- stop
- device
- protocol
- receive_only

For those looking to drill down into a little bit of history, you can find the notice and release notes for the previous release, 2.8.11 here: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3557
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby W1AEX » Mon Apr 04, 2022 2:27 am

The installer is choking on my Windows 7 installation. Any thoughts on a workaround for this?

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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby ramdor » Mon Apr 04, 2022 2:53 am

hmm I have not used wix installer at all, but a quick scan of the xml in the project, and it seems like it requires a windows version number >= 603, which is windows 8.1. I think it should be 601, but Doug is the man for this.

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Postby ramdor » Mon Apr 04, 2022 3:02 am

also seems like WindowsFirewallHelper.dll has been missed from the installer

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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby ramdor » Mon Apr 04, 2022 3:18 am

I have rebuilt the installers to check for >=601, included the missing dll and tested them on a win7 machine, seem ok. Doug will have to change the tapr distro.

https://github.com/ramdor/OpenHPSDR-The ... g/v2.9.0.1

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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby W1AEX » Mon Apr 04, 2022 3:33 am

Richie,

Thank you! The installer ran perfectly and handled the database compatibility update without any issues. Thetis then came up fine with all my settings intact when it was re-started. When I ran the Firewall Check it completed successfully and indicated my firewall was configured correctly.

2.9.0.1 - 22a is running fine here.

73 and thanks!

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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby ramdor » Mon Apr 04, 2022 3:38 am

ah that is good Rob. I have emailed Doug so hopefully will update TAPR at some point.

Cheers, Richie.
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby dynamicfusion » Mon Apr 04, 2022 6:47 am

Great job richie! outstanding release.
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby PD3LK » Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:37 am

Updated without any problems :) Thank Richie!
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby Jim » Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:41 am

The new skin buttons didn't make it over. Made and added.

The 5 channelized frequencies for 60M didn't make it either. Shows 5.354 only.
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby W4GM » Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:44 am

Thank You! Installed without any issues.

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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby DL8LAQ » Mon Apr 04, 2022 1:44 pm

Thetis installs and runs very nice. Thanks Doug and Ramdor!

Edit: Using Region Germany and check Extended clear all bandstacks. FCK! Absolutely annoying! I need extended for my transverters!
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby rbduck » Mon Apr 04, 2022 2:37 pm

I updated last night 2.9.0 and again this morning the updated version. No problems with either. My 60 meter channels were good also. All were there.
Thanks!
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby oe3ide » Mon Apr 04, 2022 2:57 pm

DL8LAQ wrote:Thetis installs and runs very nice. Thanks Doug and Ramdor!

Edit: Using Region Germany and check Extended clear all bandstacks. FCK! Absolutely annoying! I need extended for my transverters!


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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby DL8LAQ » Mon Apr 04, 2022 3:08 pm

oe3ide wrote:
DL8LAQ wrote:Thetis installs and runs very nice. Thanks Doug and Ramdor!

Edit: Using Region Germany and check Extended clear all bandstacks. FCK! Absolutely annoying! I need extended for my transverters!


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It's a useless feature!
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby ramdor » Mon Apr 04, 2022 3:15 pm

DL8LAQ wrote:
oe3ide wrote:
DL8LAQ wrote:Thetis installs and runs very nice. Thanks Doug and Ramdor!

Edit: Using Region Germany and check Extended clear all bandstacks. FCK! Absolutely annoying! I need extended for my transverters!


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It's a useless feature!


In your opinion ;)

It has been there for 9 months. I can work on changing it, but then people will have issues when they change region or turn extended off/on and then tell me they have hundreds of entries that have mixed in with the user defined ones. I will have to add code to differentiate between system/user entries, update the database structure, and a bunch of other stuff. It is not something I have that much interest in looking at tbh right now.

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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby W9BHI » Mon Apr 04, 2022 4:00 pm

Installed the MSI version over the old 2.8.11 and it is working perfectly.
Not seeing any of the issues others have encountered.
Thank you Richie for the many hours of your personal time you have put into this software code for all of our members to enjoy.
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Files in use?

Postby HB9LFQ » Mon Apr 04, 2022 4:05 pm

Hi all,

If I run the installer from Thetis-v2.9.0.1.x64.msi, Setup (see attachment) tells me that it wants to update files that are used by:
- Dell Support Assistant Remediation
- Firefox
- NVIDIA LocalSystem Container

What files are overwritten here and can this cause problems? I don't remember the same for Thetis 2.8.11. Is it safe to continue?

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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby W2SDR » Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:27 pm

I guess I cant even ask if there is a way to shut the pop up off
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby w-u-2-o » Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:29 pm

W2SDR wrote:I guess I cant even ask if there is a way to shut the pop up off

When you start the program merely click it and it will disappear.
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby W3MMR » Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:32 pm

w-u-2-o wrote:
W2SDR wrote:I guess I cant even ask if there is a way to shut the pop up off

When you start the program merely click it and it will disappear.


Why are we forced to see it? And why are you deleting my posts? Just asking a question that I'm sure others are out there wondering tbe same thing. Doesn't seem quite fair. So not only do we have to deal with political messages, we can't even ask about them.
Also, what's the point of having a "wants and wishes" post of you're just going to delete a want or wish?
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Re: Files in use?

Postby dl5tt » Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:36 pm

HB9LFQ wrote:Hi all,

If I run the installer from Thetis-v2.9.0.1.x64.msi, Setup (see attachment) tells me that it wants to update files that are used by:
- Dell Support Assistant Remediation
- Firefox
- NVIDIA LocalSystem Container

What files are overwritten here and can this cause problems? I don't remember the same for Thetis 2.8.11. Is it safe to continue?

73,
András


Hi András,
I've got the same message on screen and I stopped firefox for installing Thetis. Up to now I have no problems on my ANAN-PC and I hope it will persist.
73
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby w-u-2-o » Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:56 pm

W3MMR wrote:
w-u-2-o wrote:
W2SDR wrote:I guess I cant even ask if there is a way to shut the pop up off

When you start the program merely click it and it will disappear.


Why are we forced to see it? And why are you deleting my posts? Just asking a question that I'm sure others are out there wondering tbe same thing. Doesn't seem quite fair. So not only do we have to deal with political messages, we can't even ask about them.
Also, what's the point of having a "wants and wishes" post of you're just going to delete a want or wish?


The author of the software, Richie, has explicitly expressed several times that the feature will stay and that there is nothing that will sway him on this. This has been known since near the beginning of March, based on previous discussions on this forum.

Richie fully understands that not everyone will agree. But given that such disagreement will not cause him to change the code there is no point in allowing further discussion of the issue, since it will have no effect on the matter and will only serve to distract everyone from the rest of the discussion.

Further posts complaining about this issue will be deleted. This is a matter I will not be swayed on. And I certainly understand that not all will agree with my standpoint on this, just as they may not agree with Richie's standpoint either. Also do not assume this is tacit agreement with Richie's decisions. My decision in this matter is wholly intended to keep tempers low, discussion civil, and development on track. I realize this approach may not be entirely successful, but I hope it will be more successful than not.

I will leave these two posts so that people will unambiguously understand this. Further posting on the matter will be deleted. Repeat offenders will be put on moderation if necessary.

73,

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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby W3MMR » Mon Apr 04, 2022 10:45 pm

Well instead of deleting my posts asking about it, maybe point me in the right direction on where to find the information on this entire thing first. Because I don't follow this forum on a regular basis. I haven't been on here in months, probably over a year, so how am I supposed to know all this information? How about people buying an Apache radio for the first time? Are there going to be other Pop Ups eventually added? Like Google Ads? I just saw a post on the Apache Facebook page and no one has any idea about the pop up because they haven't been following all these updates and only use Official releases. So, you're going to have a lot of folks with the same reaction as me.
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby w-u-2-o » Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:15 pm

The last 10 months of development, including the issue at hand, is captured in this topic:

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3817
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby Dan » Tue Apr 05, 2022 2:41 am

I have installed 2.9.3 64 and it is working very well.
Thank you Richie.

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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby ramdor » Tue Apr 05, 2022 2:53 am

Dan wrote:I have installed 2.9.3 64 and it is working very well.
Thank you Richie.

73, Dan KM6CQ


good stuff !

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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby ramdor » Tue Apr 05, 2022 10:06 am

Just a heads up, v.2.9.0.3 was released over on TAPR last night. It is at exactly the same stage as my 2.9.0.1 22a release. It includes the fixes for the broadcast cat issue, os version check and the missing dll.

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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released!

Postby W9EZ » Tue Apr 05, 2022 10:30 am

Got it and working great here!
Thanks Richie!
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Re: Thetis 2.9.0 Released (updates--see first post)

Postby W9BHI » Tue Apr 05, 2022 5:35 pm

Just for asking, do I just install the newest version .msi or should I uninstall the previous version?
It appears to just overwrite the previous version (I guess)
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