If you are currently running a version below 5.2.1.3, please read warming at the start of the
5.2.1.3 Changelog.
Convert to MDI (Multiple Docment Interface) presentation of BPQ32.dll windows. See here for details
Add option to send APRS Objects and Items
Send APRS Status packets
Send QUIT not EXIT in SCS PTC Initialisation sequence
Implement new WL2K reporting format and include traffic reporting info in CMS signon
New formet for WL2KREPORT Configuration Statement. See here for details
Prevent loops when APPL alias refers to itself
Add RigControl for Flex and ICOM IC-M710 Marine radios
Don't look for Password file. Password is now specified in BPQ32.cfg
Add extra MultiPSK commands for control of ALE Beacons and Mode changes
Fix MultiPSK Transparency. MultiPSK can now be used for binary transfers
Make LOCATOR command compulsory
Add MobileBeaconInterval APRS param
Send Course and Speed when APRS is using GPS
Fix Robust Packet reporting in PTC driver when some channels are Pactor only
Fix corruption of some MIC-E packets by APRS code
Remove CR from Telnet User and Password Prompts
Add Rigcontrol to UZ7HO driver
Fix corruption of Free Buffer Count by Rigcontol
Fix WINMOR and V4 PTT
Add MultiPSK Driver (for ALE400 and 141A modes)
Remove need for MAP DUMMY in AXIP config (for Chat Map)
Fix check on length of Port Config ID String with trailing spaces
Fix interlock when Port Number is not equal to the port position in config filet
Add optional NETROMCALL for L3 Activity
Fix Telnet you dont have a TCPPORT and use FBBPORT
Add Reread APRS Config command to BPQ32 Console
Fix switching to Pactor after scanning in normal packet mode (SCSPTC Driver)
Add Support for BPQAPRS - an APRS Mapping and Messaging Application
Add IPV6 support to APRS IGate
If you use RigControl, please read this, before installing this version,
as the configuration format has changed.
If you are currently running a version below 5.2.1.3, please read warming at the start of the
5.2.1.3 Changelog.
Rewrite RigControl and add "Reread RigControl Config"
Connects from the console to an APPLCALL or APPLALIAS now invoke any Command Alias that has been defined.
Fix reporting of Tracker freqs to WL2K.
Fix Tracker monitoring setup (sending M UISC)
Fix possible call/application routing error on RP
Changes for P4Dragon
Supports User Mode VCOM Driver for VKISS Ports
Include APRS Digi/IGate
Tracker monitoring now includes DIGIS
Include driver for UZ7HO soundcard modem.
Support sending UI frames using SCSTRACKER, SCTRKMULTI and UZ7HO drivers
Accept DRIVER as an alternative to DLLNAME, and COMPORT as an alternative to IOADDR in bpq32.cfg. COMPORT is decimal
No longer supports separate config files, or BPQTELNETSERVER.exe
Improved flow control for Telnet CMS Sessions
Fix handling Config file without a newline after last line
Add non - Promiscuous mode option for BPQETHER
Change Console Window to a Dialog Box.
Fix possible corruption and loss of buffers in Tracker drivers
Add "Beacon After Session" option to Tracker and UZ7HO Drivers
Add option to add comments to the NodeMap
WARNING!!!!
If you use VISTA or WIN7, the first time you run this version, your registry configuration for all BPQ32 programs
will be moved from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
This is necessary as I've found that Vista/WIN7 stores HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE in an obscure place unless you are running as administrator. This messes up the Registry Save/Restore process.
Add caching of CMS Server IP addresses. This enables CMS Telnet to function during a DNS outage.
Initialise TNC State on Pactor Dialogs. The TNC State wasn't always shown correctly.
Add Shortened (6 digit) AUTH mode. Supports BPQAuth, a new method for BBS SYSOP Authentication over radio links.
Update MH with all frames (not just I/UI). MH didn't used to update on connect requrests, etc.
Add IPV6 Support for TelnetServer and AXIP.
Fix TNC OK Test for Tracker. You could sometimes attach a Tracker port, even if the link to TNC was down.
Fix crash in CMS mode if terminal disconnects while tcp connect in progress.
Add WL2K reporting for Robust Packet.
Add option to suppress WL2K reporting for specific frequencies.
Fix Timeband processing for Rig Control. Having more that two timebands didn't always work properly.
New Driver for SCS Tracker allowing multiple connects, so Tracker can be used for user access. See SCSTrackerMulti.
Experimental Driver for V4 TNC. V4 is a narrowband soundcard mode from the author of WINMOR.
Combine busy detector on Interlocked Ports (SCS PTC, WINMOR or KAM)
Improved program error logging
WL2K reporting format changed. This should allow BPQ32 stations to appear on the Winlink HF Status page
Add "Close all programs" command
Add BPQ Program Directory registry key, so software and config can be placed in different directories
Time out IP Gateway ARP entries, and only reload ax.25 ARP entries from BPQARP.DAT
Add support for SCS Tracker HF Modes
Fix WL2K Reporting for Packet Sessions
Report software version to WL2K when using Telnet CMS Mode
Add support for BPQTermTCP, a new program for remote accesss to a BPQ32 Node over the Internet
Allow TelnetServer to listen on more that one port in FBB Mode.
Allow Telnet FBB mode sessions to send CRLF as well as CR on user and pass msgs, simplifiying use with WinPack
Add session length to CMS Telnet logging.
Show uptime in Days/Hours/Minutes instead of minutes
Fix loss of buffers in TelnetServer causing Node to hang.
Add logging of CMS Telnet sessions.
Add non - Promiscuous mode option for BPQETHER, for use with cards that don't support Promiscuous mode
Add option for Hardware PTT to use a different com port from the scan port
Add CAT PTT for Yaesu 897
Fix RMS Packet ports reporting busy after restart or reconfiguration of RMS Packet
Fix CMS Telnet with MAXSESSIONS > 10
Fix MH Update for SCS Outgoing Calls
Allow BPQ32 to access the WL2K CMS Servers via TelnetServer (Instead of via RMS Packet)
Fix occasional Program Error when a Pactor or Winmor session disconnects with data outstanding.
Fix freq display for FT100 (was KHz, not MHz)
Allow Map reporting position to be set using Lat/Lon as well as Locator. See here for details.
Fix Telnet Log Name
Fix starting with Minimized windows when Minimizetotray isn't set
Support SCS Robust Packet Mode on some SCS PTC Controllers. See here for details. Robust Packet support is still experimental.
Add support for FT2000 to Rigcontrol
Add Support for the Linux/Flexnet Soundmodem. See here. This is still experimental.
Only Send CTEXT to connects to Node (not to connects to an Application Call)
Include support for HAL Clover/Pactor Modems
Changes to Pactor Drivers disconnect code
AXIP now sends with source port = dest port, unless overridden by SOURCEPORT param. See here for details.
Config now checks for duplicate port definitions
Add Node Map reporting
Fix WINMOR deferred disconnect.
Write Telnet log to BPQ Directory
Add Port to AXIP resolver display
Add support for FT100 to Rigcontrol
Add "Save Registry Config" command to "Actions" menu
The AEA PK232 Pactor driver is no longer considered experimental.
Fix problem with loading on Win98/ME systems.
Fix problem wirh re-reading AXIP Resolver config.
Support more than one AXIP Port
Move TelnetServer into bpq32.dll. See here for details.
Report AXIP accept() fails to syslog, not a popup.
AEA Pactor driver is included in bpq32.dll, but this driver is still considered experimental.
Rigcontrol has been rewritten, with new options, such as setting Winmor/Pactor session bandwidth,
ICOM Repeater Shift and Data Mode and Antenna Switching. Configuration is now in the driver config,
and there is no separate RigControl window - the info appears in the Pactor/Winmor windows.
See the RigControl documentation for details
Most drivers previously provided as .dll files are now built in to bpq32.dll.
However, you still configure them the same - TYPE=EXTERNAL DLLNAME=xxxxx.dll.
Extend INFOMSG to 2000 bytes
Improve Scan freq change lock (check both SCS and WINMOR Ports)
Add option to reread IP Gateway config.
Fix extra entries being left in window list after reinitialisation.
If you are using WINMOR, you can now get bpq32 to start the TNC, and close it when BPQ32 exits.
See the WINMOR documentation for details.
The WINMOR and Pactor drivers now include most configuration commands, Only site-specific customisation is needed in the config files. See the documentation for each driver for details.
You can now included all driver configuration information in bpq32.cfg. Just before the ENDPORT add CONFIG,
then the config statements from your driver.cfg file, eg:
PORT ID=AXIP Link TYPE=EXTERNAL DLLNAME=BPQAXIP.DLL QUALITY=200 MAXFRAME=4 FRACK=5000 RESPTIME=1000 RETRIES=10 PACLEN=236 MINQUAL=150 UNPROTO=FBB ; DEFAULT UNPROTO ADDR BCALL=GM8BPQ ; Call for Beacons CONFIG BROADCAST NODES MHEARD ON UDP 10093 ;Listens for UDP packets on this port number AUTOADDMAP MAP GM8BPQ 192.168.0.101 UDP 10093 B MAP DUMMY bpqchatmon.ham-radio-op.net UDP 10090 B ENDPORT
You can still have separate config files, but I recommend converting to the new format.
The configuration for the WINMOR and Pactor drivers is a bit different when the config in bpq32.cfg - see the documentation for each driver for details.
New Configuration file documentation here.
Read bpq32.cfg (or bpqcfg.txt) instead of bpqcfg.bin
Support 32 bit MMASK (Allowing 32 Ports)
Support 32 bit APPLMASK (Allowing 32 Applications)
Allow longer Application command aliases (up to 32 bytes)
Fix logic error in RIGControl Port Initialisation (wasn't always raising RTS and DTR)
Clear RIGControl RTS and DTR on close
Fix Kenwood Rig Control when more than one message received at once.
Save minimzed state of Rigcontrol Window
Fix reporting of set errors in scan to a random session
Now returns "Sorry, Application XXX is not running - Please try later" instead of "Sorry, All XXX Ports are in use - Please try later" if Application isn't running.
Add option to prevent node trying to keep link to a neighbours open.
No longer flips SSID bits on Downlink Connect if uplink is Pactor/WINMOR
Fix resetting IDLE Timer on Pactor/WINMOR sessions. This was preventing transfers lasting more trhan 15 minutes
Add KISS OPTION "D700" which removes risk of accidentally taking D700/D710 radios out of KISS Mode
Rig Control is now build in to bpq32.dll. Rigcontrol.dll is no longer used.
Adds control of Kenwood Rigs
Adds option to combine Attach and Call commands for Pactor and WINMOR