Release 1.5.

Author: wb2osz

.gitignore

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 # Windows shortcuts
 *.lnk
+/use_this_sdk
+*.dSYM

99-direwolf-cmedia.rules

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+# Normally, all of /dev/hidraw* are accessible only by root.
+#
+#	$ ls -l /dev/hidraw*
+#	crw------- 1 root root 247, 0 Sep 24 09:40 /dev/hidraw0
+#
+# An ordinary user, trying to acccess it will be denied.
+#
+# Unnecessarily running applications as root is generally a bad idea because it makes it too easy
+# to accidentally trash your system.  We need to relax the restrictions so ordinary users can use these devices.
+#
+# If all went well with installation, the  /etc/udev/rules.d directory should contain a file called
+# 99-direwolf-cmedia.rules  containing:
+#
+
+SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0d8c", GROUP="audio", MODE="0660"
+
+#
+# I used the "audio" group, mimicking the permissions on the sound side of the device.
+#
+#	$ ls -l /dev/snd/pcm*
+#	crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 Sep 24 09:40 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
+#	crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 17 Sep 24 09:40 /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p
+#
+# You should see something similar to this where someone in the "audio" group has read-write access.
+#
+#	$ ls -l /dev/hidraw*
+#	crw-rw---- 1 root audio 247, 0 Oct  6 19:24 /dev/hidraw0
+#
+# Read the User Guide and run the "cm108" application for more information.
+#

CHANGES.md

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 # Revision History #
 
 
+## Version 1.5  --  September 2018 ##
+
+
+### New Features: ###
+
+- PTT using GPIO pin of CM108/CM119 (e.g. DMK URI, RB-USB RIM), Linux only.
+
+- More efficient error recovery for AX.25 connected mode.  Better generation and processing of REJ and SREJ to reduce unnecessary duplicate "**I**" frames.
+
+- New configuration option, "**V20**", for listing stations known to not understand AX.25 v2.2.  This will speed up connection by going right to SABM and not trying SABME first and failing.
+
+- New "**NOXID**" configuration file option to avoid sending XID command to listed station(s).  If other end is a partial v2.2 implementation, which recognizes SABME, but not XID, we would waste a lot of time resending XID many times before giving up.   This is less drastic than the "**V20**" option which doesn't even attempt to use v2.2 with listed station(s).
+
+- New application "**kissutil**" for troubleshooting a KISS TNC or interfacing to an application via files.
+
+- KISS "Set Hardware" command to report transmit queue length.
+
+- TCP KISS can now handle multiple concurrent applications.
+
+- Linux can use serial port for KISS in addition to a pseudo terminal.
+
+- decode_aprs utility can now accept KISS frames and AX.25 frames as series of two digit hexadecimal numbers.
+
+- Full Duplex operation.  (Put "FULLDUP ON" in channel section of configuration file.)
+
+- Time slots for beaconing.
+
+- Allow single log file with fixed name rather than starting a new one each day.
+
+
+
+### Bugs Fixed: ###
+
+- Possible crash when CDIGIPEAT did not include the optional alias.
+
+- PACLEN configuration item no longer restricts length of received frames.
+
+- Strange failures when trying to use multiple KISS client applications over TCP.  Only Linux was affected.  
+
+- Under certain conditions, outgoing connected mode data would get stuck in a queue and not be transmitted.  This could happen if client application sends a burst of data larger than the "window" size (MAXFRAME or EMAXFRAME option).
+
+
+- Little typographical / spelling errors in messages.
+
+
+### Documentation: ###
+
+
+- New document ***Bluetooth-KISS-TNC.pdf*** explaining how to use KISS over Bluetooth.
+
+- Updates describing cheap SDR frequency inaccuracy and how to compensate for it.
+
+### Notes: ###
+
+Windows binary distribution now uses gcc (MinGW) version 6.3.0.
+
+----------
+
 ## Version 1.4  -- April 2017 ##