nicFW880 BETA 05D

Please review the previous releases notes as I'm not going to repeat everything here.

There are two new icons for APRS and GPS added. If you use a custom skin you'll need to adjust the positions of the icons. The skins in the extras.zip file have been updated.

GPS Icon

This icon has two states.

• The dish pointing down means that GPS functionality is enabled, but no GPS lock is acquired.

• The dish pointing up means GPS is enabled and locked.

APRS Additions

• Beacon popup/browser now shows distance and heading.

• The APRS Icon has two states
  ■ APRS means APRS decoding is enabled.
  ■ APRSX means APRS automatic beacons are active.

• AX.25 Digipeater path added. Use "AX.25" in:
  Main Menu->APRS->Digipeater Path
  The default digipeater callsign is "ARISS" but this can be edited:
  Main Menu->APRS->AX.25 Digipeater

• You may now select a specific VFO for automatic beacon APRS operation with:
  Main Menu->APRS->Use VFO
  When set, the VFO selected will display an Aprs icon. All automatic beacons will be sent via this VFO.
  This VFO will be muted if:
  Main Menu->APRS->Hear Tones
  is set to Off. A mute icon will also be shown on the VFO.
  Note that manual beacons and PTT beacons are always sent on the active VFO.

BETA 05A Update

• Fixes the issue of the AX.25 Digipeater menu not saving changes.

BETA 05B Update

• Fixes the minute miscalculation on received beacons.

• Mutes the microphone during the initial pause when sending APRS beacons.

BETA 05C Update

• Fixes the short audio burst after a received beacon when the VFO is assigned to APRS and muted.

• Fix for the side buttons stopping working when squelch is open while APRS decoding is active. Note, this requires Main Menu -> APRS -> Use VFO to be set to A, B or C.
  Do not use squelch override on the VFO that's set for APRS

BETA 05D Update

• Squelch override can no longer be activated on a VFO assigned to APRS use if Hear Tones is set to off.

• Switching VFOs now cancels squelch override status. This is to prevent it carrying over to the APRS assigned VFO and locking the side buttons.

• When squelch override is active the 'RX' that was shown in the signal bar areas now displays 'OV'

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