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Yeah I noticed the stream was down. Was driving between kids sports grounds so got it on fm. Hopefully it will come up on the listen again stream.

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Regarding webservers, this photo was just posted in their Discord, which is something I had previously mentioned to be cautious about, and why I took the TEF module + Arduino route. I think any device with the battery on charge 24/7 could spell disaster.

Battery after one year…

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I joined the TEF Gang.

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Good on you!

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Noice.

But you can never leave!

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One of us!

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And “your (next) mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is to do a FW upgrade on the radio & take it on a dx excursion. And remember as always, should you or any of your DX colleagues be caught acting peculiarly in a public space with radio, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim.” :grin:

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….
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin’ to DX all alone

(credit Joan Osborne).

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Just got mine back up here in Melbourne. Not the most ideal setup, but will work on something more permanent over the next little while.

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Yet to explode :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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Anyone running V2.1 or later found a way to turn off Long PS? I can’t see one under RDS or Display settings.

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This morning I upgraded my TEF6686 firmware to v2.11

@RFBurns did you experiment with Long PS or was it just RDS2 with the logo?

@Radiohead I had a look in the menu too & I couldn’t see a switch for switching between standard PS & Long PS (where used). Would be good to have such a feature.
Perhaps @AJ1 might know more?

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Thanks for checking.

But having said that, and after seeing it in operation first hand on Breeze and Rebel, I think the TEF screen is too small for Long PS to be truly useful. It ends up looking like another (albeit better) version of scrolling Dynamjc PS text, which i know is not popular around here.

Maybe it’s just that Breeze and Rebel have tried to put too much text in it?

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Yes I think the TEF6686 screen would be better redesigned for Long PS. At least a switch to turn feature on/off in the radio would be a start.

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The TEF prioritises LPS over PS, and as far as i know there are no configuration options. The developers consider suggestions on Discord (NXP TEF6686 Community) and feature requests via Github PE5PVB/TEF6686_ESP32 Ideas ¡ Discussions ¡ GitHub

i.e.

  • LPS: ON/OFF/ONCE
  • LPS only on the advanced RDS screen
  • increasing display area for LPS

or however you would prefer it work for you.

It’s a great radio + software!

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No long PS, just RDS2 with the logo, I can’t find any setting in our RDS encoder to enable long PS, not to say it can’t be done, I just can’t find how to at the moment.

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I’m trying to update my radio but haven’t had any luck. Does anyone know if this version of the TEF6686 have the boot button?

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I just get this:

Formatting filesystem......

Uploading software......

Error uploading Please check the COM-port and radio for download state.
Press any key to exit the update tool.
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You’ve got to pull it apart to get to the boot button

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Thanks for that. I was hoping that wouldn’t be the case as my screws were extremely tight but I was finally able to get them off and update the radio :).

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Well done, I’m glad I got the blue one so I don’t need to do that.

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