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DSM250 firmware versions

1.4.13.4(2011-10-24)

o    Adds support for enabling/disabling Maretron Cloud Services on IPG100 Internet

       protocol Gateways.

o    Supports display of Maretron Cloud Services connection status.

o    Adds support for displaying N2KView licenses in new format (Separate Base, Alerts, Control, Fuel, and Video licenses)

o    Adds support for configuring switch lock state on DCR100 DC Relay Modules.

o    Adds support for configuring switch power-up state on DCR DC Relay Modules.

o    Corrects an issue with Vacuum Gauge color bands getting reset on startup.

1.4.12(2011-10-

o    Added FFM100 Configuration Menu

o    Added NBE100 Configuration Menu

o    Added Total Trip Fuel Used parameter to Fuel Management Group

o    Added Gauge and Line Graph display types for Fuel Rate, Fuel Economy, and Fuel Consumption

o    Added Alert Source Instance configuration to Alert Setup menu

o    Added support for PGN 127497 (Trip Parameters, Engine)

o    Adjusted the way gauges display decimal points in the digital display. This now depends on the minimum and maximum gauge settings

o    Corrected a problem where FPM100 configuration menus were not redrawn after tank capacity change

o    Corrected a problem in the DCM100 configuration menu where popup windows would appear multiple times

1.4.11(2011-04-22)

o    Added ability to control switches/breakers (for example, DCR100)

o    Added alerts for Burnt Out Bulb detection and Low Current When On which will generate an alert when a DCR100 channel is switch on but current is below a user-define threshold

o    Added ability to zero the current sensors in the DCR100

o    Added ability to display breaker/switch current for DCR100 and other devices which support it

o    Corrected an issue where the  Alert Edit menu could still be reached in lockout mode

o    Corrected a problem with the Enter button repeating when menus were displayed

o    Changed wording on heading display type from “Course Up” to “Head Up”

1.4.9(2011-03-15)

o    Added the ability to configure the DST110 and the following Airmar transducers:

§  B122 (44-151-1-01), firmware version1.010 or later

§  DST800 (44-127-1-02), firmware version 1.010 or later

§  DT800 (44-135-2-02), firmware version 1.010 or later

§  P79 (44-142-1-01), firmware version 1.010 or later

§  P39 (44-138-1-02), firmware version 1.010 or later

§  P39DT, firmware version 1.010 or later

§  HT200 (44-162-1-02), firmware version 4.000 or later

§  ST850 (44-153-1-01), firmware version 1.011 or later

§  ST800, firmware version 1.011 or later

o    Added the ability to reverse the direction of the rudder angle display pointer.

o    The minimum brightness is now 1% instead of 0% to prevent making the display so dark it can’t be seen.

o    Corrected an issue where a heading sensor label was sometimes displayed incorrectly.

o    Added a feature where the configuration of the DSM250 can be locked. As shipped, the configuration is unlocked and all functions and configuration menus are accessible. When the configuration is locked, the only menu that is accessible is the Alerts menu, an no configuration changes can be made. The locking can be toggled on or off by holding button 2 (backlight) and button 4 (left arrow) while the DSM250 is being powered on.

o    Changes to Show Room Demo mode.

1.4.8 (2011-01-01)

o    Added ability to configure IPG100

o    Add support for ACM100 (with firmware version 1.0.7 or later) to use 400 Amp AC Transducer with Cable (M000612)

o    Manufacturing-related changes

1.4.7 (2010-11-01)

o    Added support for configuring the FPM100 Fluid Pressure Monitor

o    Added pressure data type

o    Added humidity data type

o    On powerup, if in “manual” favorites mode, the DSM250 will now display the favorite screen that was

§  being displayed when the unit was powered down

o    Increased maximum range of Alert Re-trigger Period and Set/Clear Delay from 15 minutes to 12

§  hours

o    Remote Alerts are now always enabled

o    Corrected an issue where configuration data could sometimes incorrectly be displayed for the

§  TLM100, TLM150, or TLM200 Tank Level Monitors

o    Corrected problem with custom window titles

1.4.6 (2010-03-18)

o    Added line graph support for most data types.

o    Added support to configure J2K100’s to support Dometic (MarineAir Elite and CruiseAir Q-  Logic) Air Conditioners and Dometic (Eskimo) Icemakers – J2K100 requires firmware 1.0.9 or later to support this.

o    Added Inclinometer Component to display pitch and roll in a graphical manner.

o    Added line graph options menu with preview to allow you to see the configuration of your line graph as you are configuring it.

o    Added favorite window layout preview to let you see the layout of your favorite screen as you are configuring it.

o    Added new display types “Total Fuel Consumption” and “Engine Fuel Consumption”, so you can now display fuel usage in unit volume per unit distance (example: gallons/mile or liters/km).

o    Added units of degrees/second for Rate of Turn

o    Added “Charge” or “Discharge” to the units displayed on the Battery Current screen

o    Added ability to set the NMEA0183 sentence ID on SSC200 compasses

o    Added ability to program rate of transmission of heading PGN 127250 to 25ms (40 Hz) –   SSC200 requires firmware 2.0.12 or later to support this.

o    Improved quality of line graph display of data.

o    Simplified setup of Total Fuel Rate, Total Fuel Remaining, Time To Empty, Total Fuel Capacity, and Total Fuel Level

1.4.5(2010-02-12)

o    Corrects a problem where the unit will occasionally reset on busy networks, returning to the opening screen with the warning disclaimer.

o    Added the ability to create a line graph for temperature.

o    Added the ability to create a line graph for humidity.

o    Changed GPS status screen to explicitly indicate that it displays UTC time, as opposed to local time.

1.4.4(2009-10-19)

o    Corrected a problem where the device would reset when the device was displaying the powerup screen while an alert was active, and the power button was pushed.

o    Made some improvements for demo modes

o    Restructured menus so that ac parameters, which used to all appear in the top level of the data selection menus, are moved into categories of their own, so there are less items to step through in the top level, which should make configuration easier

o    When setting an anchor watch alert, you can now choose the instance number of the gps to listen to for purposes of triggering the alert

o    In line graph displays, the line graph line itself is changed to be red by default, to make it easier to see

o    Added support for configuration of the gps200 5hz gps antenna/receive

1.4.3 (2009-08-18)

o    Corrected the production rate units text in the watermaker screen

o    Added colors to the gps status display. SBAS satellites are denoted with a red box, satellites that are tracked and used in the solution have green signal strength bars, satellites that are tracked but not used in the solution have blue signal bars, and satellites that are available but not tracked will have yellow signal bars

o    Fixed a problem where an alert that was disabled could still show on the alert status screen

o    Added numeric/precision type to heading and cog

o    Simplified settings for switch indicator display type

o    Increased font size for switch indicator display

o    Added choice of n/a (not available) for tank capacity in tla configuration

o    Show “unknown”  for the magnetic variation type when it is received from the heading PGN, which does not indicate the variation source

o    Added the ability to program tank capacity to data not available (“ – “) for TLA100, TLM100, TLM150, TLM200

o    Add the ability to configure transmission periods for periodic PGN’s in ems100 with f/w 1.4 or greater

o    Added the ability to configure flywheel teeth to a resolution of 0.1 to support alternator tachometer signals for ems100 with f/w 1.4 or greater

o    Added support for labeling for ems100 with f/w 1.4 or greater

1.4.2 (2009-08-07)

o    Added depth line graph display type

o    Increased the display resolution of GPS lat/lon in alert setup

o    Changed annunciator periodic command period to 2.5 s (from 4s)

o    Added anchor watch screen

o    Added watermaker screen

o    Added anchor device/category in favorite screens menu

o    Added special device/category in favorite screens menu

o    Added demo data for watermaker

o    Corrected display of  variation source in SSC200 configuration menus

o    Changed menu item text for direction alert for heading and cog, and for time alerts

o    Changed size of all screens with dial to be the same size in quarter display.

o    Made the line in line graph display types thicker so it is more visible

o    Made improvements to how the dsm250 works with annunciators, such as the ALM100

o    Add anchor alert as a new alert type (separated from outside radius alert)

o    1.4.1 (2009-06-01)

o    Added support for alerts in the DSM250

o    Added support for DCM100’s with optional 400a and 600a current sensors

o    Added display type “numeric/precision” for sea temperature displays

o    Added frequency indication to the time period indication for sentences in the nmea0183 sentence/rate selection menu

o    Fixed an issue that occurred when there were more than 24 j1939 nodes

o    Made minor changes to indicator favorite screen menus

o    Fix issue with weather screen and line graph which could cause device reboot after several days of operation

o    -       -      added capability to configure tlm150 devices

1.3.11 (2009-04-28)

o    Added capability to configure TLM200 devices

1.3.10 (2009-03-20)

o    Changed device configuration menus so all options are alphabetically sorted an easier to locate

o    Add device label to SIM100 configuration menu

o    Add device label to RIM100 configuration menu

o    Add device label to TMP100 configuration menu

o    Made favorite screen titles default to the device label, if one is set

o    Removed am/pm indications from the elapsed time display type

o    Added support for programming the rate of transmission for periodic messages from the WSO100 and DCM100 devices

o    Added menu item “remove all offline devices” and “restore factory defaults” to the device selection menu

o    Added support for multiple line graphs of a data type (such as multiple barometer)

o    Added gauge display for wind speed

o    Corrected EMS100 configuration issue

o    Added support for device labeling to GPS100 configuration menu

o    Added support for device labeling to J2K100 configuration menu

o    Added support for device labeling to SSC200 configuration menu

o    Added support for device labeling to EMS100 configuration menu

o    Add primary device selection menu in display->advanced configuration menu

1.3.9 (2009-02-06)

o    Added ability to configureTLM100 devices

1.3.8 (2008-12-11)

o    Added ability to program and use text labels in supported devices, so that a used can easily identify a device’s function

o    Added ability to configure ALM100 devices

o    Added ability to configure TLM100 devices

o    Added capability to display switch indicator status

o    Simplified configuration by removing the “device enable/disable” menu (support for device instancing makes this unnecessary)

o    Enable display of cog in either magnetic or true heading (previously was only true)

o    Added “water below transducer” data type for depth device

o    Added capability to display negative values for “water depth”

o    Modified the way in which variation source is displayed

o    Added “device properties” configuration menu

o    Added support for device instancing, which allows easy selection of devices in systems with multiple gps antenna, compasses, or other transducers

o    Add instance setting to device configuration for all maretron products which do not have data instance (located in “advanced” menu)

o    Changed demo mode selection text

o    Increased number of favorite screens from 12 to 16

o    Corrected an issue when the nmea 2000 receive PGN’s list was transmitted incorrectly when it was too large for a single fast packet

o    Added the cardinal display type to heading and wind direction, ground referenced

o    Removed the degree sign from numeric temperature display types, because it shows in units display in the lower right of the display already

o    Made font sizes in numeric display types consistent

o    Added the display type “time (hh:mm)” and “time (hh:mm:ss)” for utc and local time

o    Added the display type “numeric/precision” for pitch, roll, and tank/fuel level

o    Minimized the number of address claim request opn display power-up

o    Added the ability to display user defined temperature sources

o    Added initial data for barometric pressure line graph

o    For true wind calculation, when wind direction is unknown and wind speed is less than 0.01 knots, assume wind direction is 0, so the dsm250  can display true wind when the vessel is moving and we read wind speed as zero

1.3.7 (2008-10-02)

o    Added display of j1939 source addresses to the J2K100 configuration screen, to make it easier to see if the J2K100 is connected correctly to the J1939 engine

o    Added preview screens for color setup

o    Added preview screens for gauge display type setup

o    Corrected truncated text in tla calibration

1.3.6(2008-09-26)

o    Added a  demo mode in which device defaults are not reloaded after an idle time

o    Changed display of the fuel management warning screen

1.3.5 (2008-09-19)

o    Added fuel management capability

o    Added a fuel management warning screen

o    Added black edges to the line gauge display type

o    Added color ranges to the tank gauge display by default

o    Added green and red color to rudder gauge display type

o    Added additional fuel management capabilities

o    Added switch status screen

o    Improved options for entering text

o    Added switch status to favorite menu and device enable/disable menu

o    Added capability to configure SIM100 devices

o    Added capability to configure RIM100 devices

1.3.4 (2008-08-27)

o    Added type 2 gauge (faria type current source gauge) option for TLA100 configuration

o    Improved TLA100 configuration menus to hide unused parameters

o    Modified the way device instances are used (removed the “priority” indication)

o    Added support for  “avg/total“ for ac devices in favorite screen setup

o    Removed “ac” from the title of ac device in favorite screen

o    Allowed instance in data enable/disable menu to range from 0 to 252

o    Added support in device enable/disable menu for 4 generator, 4 utility, and 4 bus devices

o    Corrected an issue with alarms where depth alarms were sometimes triggering falsely

1.3.1 (2008-05-28)

o    Added ability to configure ACM100 devices

o    added ability to display ac power data

o    change number of supported devices device index maximum to 200 instead of 64

o    reduce manual device name from 32 bytes to 1 byte (don’t use it)

o    Added ability to display DC and battery data

o    Changed gauge configuration such that the min/max values do not change when display units are changed

1.2.2 (2008-03-10)

o    Reduced network load when searching for devices on powerup

1.2.1 (2008-03-04)

o    Fixed problem where the device tried to transmit a PGN before it had acquired a node address

o    Increased the number of devices that were supported in device configuration and device selection menus from 50 to 256

o    Added  ability to configure DCM100 devices

1.0.10 (2008-01-10)

o    Added support for new display types

o    Enhanced WSO100 configuration to display live data from the device

o    Corrected a problem that sometimes occurred when exiting the color settings menu

o    Made SSC200 magnetic deviation calibration more reliable

1.0.9 (2007-11-15)

o    Added new configurable gauges and half gauges

o    Now use a red needle for most gauges

o    Made data categories consistent with N2Kview

o    Added ability to copy alarm settings from one display to another

o    Added ability to copy display settings from one display to another

o    Added ability to copy all settings from one display to another

o    Corrected issues with copying favorite screens from one display to another

o    Improved visual quality of some screen elements

o    Added capability to configure the EMS100

o    Fixed a problem with scrolling device configuration menus data fields being updated in wrong screen locations

o    Changed default gauge settings: limit major divisions to 4 and 5 only, and minor divisions from 1 to 5 only

1.0.8 (2007-10-05)

o    Correction in calibration of certain OEM products

1.0.7 (2007-09-28)

o    Added close hauled wind direction

o    Added meters/second units for speed (boat and wind)

o    Removed the decimal point in all numerical heading screens

o    Corrected wind direction display to ±0-180 degrees with starboard/port indication instead of 0-360 degrees

o    Corrected issues in device configuration menus

o    Added display of more N2K manufacturer codes

o    Updated  conversion ratio of engine fuel pressure to match nmea2000 v1.2

1.0.6 (2007-05-18)

o    Added support of new hardware configurations

1.0.5 (2007-05-11)

o    Added support of both crystal and external oscillator

1.0.4 (2007-05-04)

o    Modified shutdown routines to allow wake-up

1.0.3 (2007-05-02)

o    Corrected issues with line graph displays

1.0.2 (2007-04-03)

o    Removed unused PGN’s from transmitted PGN’s list

1.0.1(2007-03-03)

o    Initial customer release