What's New

What's new in MMSSTV Version 1.11
July 16, 2004
JE3HHT Makoto Mori
Translated into English by JA7UDE Oba

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Revision history Ver1.10 -> Ver1.11
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- Fixed a bug of the FSKID (Contest NR)

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Revision history Ver1.09 -> Ver1.10
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- Added links to the call for participations of NVCG and JASTA contests to
the Help menu.

- Added the CW button to the TX window. Right click on the button to
specify the text to send.

- Added the contest number option to the FSKID. Click on Setup logging
option and Misc tab. Check Add contest NR to the FSKID box.

- Added the sound option to the template color bar.

- Added an option that allows the user to select right or left channel for
the sound output. On the source pane of the Misc tab, selecting Right or
Left enables the TxCH check box. If the TxCH is checked, MMSSTV outputs the
TX sound only on the right or left channel selected.

- Added TxID button in the Log pane of the main window.

- Replaced the Clear button in the RX window with the Lock button. If
LOCKed, MMSSTV will not stop the RX scan even in QRM or QSB.

- Added the log backup function. Select Setup logging and click on Misc
tab. Check Make backup box to enable the function. MMSSTV automatically
makes the log backup with the name of "xxxx_BAK.MDT".

- Improved the function and manipulation of image clipper. Pop-up menus are
moved to Main menus. Added Make space button. Added Rotation buttons.

- Improved the text and color setup functions in the template window.
Added the increase and decrease font size buttons.
Added the bold and italic font buttons.
Added the user-customizable font buttons (F1-F4). Right click on them
to register fonts.

- Improved the speed of character mapping in the template window.
Added the fast code option in the pop-up menu. Some PCs running in the
16-bit color mode does not work well with this code. In that case,
unselect the fast code option.

- Revised the rule of NVCG contest (1.09F)

- Improved the precision of the TONE frequency (1.09F)

- Added the 48KHz sound clock option for the optical connection (S/PDIF)
(may use more CPU power)

- Improved the DSP calculation speed (1.09F)

- Fixed some minor bugs and applied a few improvements.

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Revision history Ver1.08 -> Ver1.09
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- Improved the program termination speed
- Added an option that turns off the font smoothing.
- Added EXTPTT port function (EXTFSK.DLL required).
- Added custom log link
- Added custom RadioCommand
- Added custom sound
- Fixed minor bugs and improved several functions.

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Font smoothing
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When the Windows option "Smooth edges of screen fonts" is engaged, the background color of the template sometimes leaks at the edges of characters on the MMSSTV template window.

There are two ways to solve this problem.
1) Turn the Windows option off. To do so, you will find the option select at:
    Windows XP: Control Panel, System, Advanced, Performance, Visual effects
    Windows 2000: Control Panel, Screen, Effects
    Windows 98: Control Panel, Screen, Effects
2) Change the MMSSTV template option. Right click on the template window, select Options, and check Disable font smoothing. When this option is selected, the font smoothing function of Windows is disabled only within the MMSSTV template window.

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EXTPTT port
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EXTPTT port is provided for the PTT operation using a special USB device, which was originally made for FSK keying. To make use of this port, select EXTPTT in the PTT port drop-down list of TX pane of Setup MMSSTV. EXTFSK.DLL is prerequisite for the operation. For more information, refer to the following web site.
                                      http://www.archi.is.tohoku.ac.jp/~ooba/ja7ude/homebrew.htm

73, Mako

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