Release News

[Jan]

Version 4.0.17

http://pira.cz/rds/magicrds/MagicRDS_Setup.exe

• Software RT+ Encoder in Extensions now supports several other options for ODA group selection
• RT+ is no longer limited to 32 characters
• XCMD now correctly encodes < and > as &lt; and &gt;
• Task scheduler: Presets dropdown box added
• Bug fix: Special - Reset
• Menu item added: RDS Encoder - Copy To
• External text sources: Items 'Go to next after' and 'Expires after' now have default values of 60 and -1 respectively
• External text sources: RSS reader bug fixed
• Communication Decoder now shows XCMD also if contains no RT+ tags

Known issues:
SNMP request to the Magic RDS 4 may probably sometimes corrupt TCP connections. A solution is on the way.

[Jan]

Version 4.0.18

http://pira.cz/rds/magicrds/MagicRDS_Setup.exe

• SNMP freezing bug fixed
• Exception indicator added for each encoder (watching for no connection, no response, etc.)
• SNMP exception trap added (click on the Default button in SNMP Trap dialogue box)

[Jan]

Version 4.0.19

http://pira.cz/rds/magicrds/MagicRDS_Setup.exe

• Special mode added for serial connection over satellite (see the help for Bridge - m4vp.pdf)
• Serial connection now supports various parity and flow control modes
• About 10 bugs fixed

Still under development:
Entirely new External text sources tool
User defined buttons with associated script
Webserver
etc.

[Jan]

Version 4.0.20

http://pira.cz/rds/magicrds/MagicRDS_Setup.exe

• Web-server has been implemented (at this time a simple status page only). Enable in Preferences.
• In the Terminal, there's a new button which allow to send a file to the encoder which contains ASCII commands (each command on separate line). Useful for example for quick pre-configuration of many encoders.
• Recent events show also current date
• RDS Spy is no longer launched if cannot operate (on uni-directional connections or on connections below 19200 bps)
• Bug fixes: 'Trying speed 1200' on closed serial connection, some buttons were sometimes mixed, Bridges no longer show options valid only for encoders

[Jan]

Version 4.0.20 build 2020-12-17

• UECP Encoder Access Right bug fixed

[Jan]

Version 4.0.21

http://pira.cz/rds/magicrds/MagicRDS_Setup.exe

• Updated documentation: List of supported RDS encoders incl. most important characteristics
• Readbest: UECP mode of control added (requires Full license)
• Generic UECP: Short Radiotext (CR-terminated) option added to the Extensions

[Jan]

Version 4.0.22

http://pira.cz/rds/magicrds/MagicRDS_Setup.exe

• PIRA encoders: Default RT timeout added to the GUI
• Clock synchronization now occurs also in next minute after enabling
• Bug fix: Group Sequence