VARA

[Paull Holmes]

Anyone know what is going to be different in VARA 4.0?  What ever is changing must be significant because we are required to change if we want to continue using VARA.

NM5PH

[AL M KF5SMH]

VARA HF 4.0 is a major upgrade that offers additional speed, robustness and utility, including a new robust 500 Hz narrow bandwidth mode.

The Winlink Team has planned a careful network cutover to this new version on June 30, 2020, because it does not offer backwards compatibility with earlier versions. RMS running VARA HF 4.0 will not communicate with VARA 3-equipped clients.

A VARA HF 4.0 upgrade package is available now for early download at:

https://rosmodem.wordpress.com

To avoid early incompatibilities this package will not allow installation and use until June 30. This delay is to allow critical information to flow about the upcoming breaking change, and to allow users who intend to be offline on the cutover date to download it now for installation on or after June 30.

[AL M KF5SMH]

Vara HF 4.02 available here:

https://rosmodem.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/ros-2/

Identical to 4.01 but should reduce the virus alerts seen in some virus software.

ALSO here are the changes with 4.01/4.02;

Less CPU Usage in the stand-by state

Fixed warning message in case of exceeding the TX buffer limit

VARA.Log file extended to 500.000 bytes size (upon request of Norway VARA users)

Fixed average S/N in the VARA.log (upon request of Norway VARA users)

Jose

EA5HVK