Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.69r05 Date: 15th October 2020 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Change in the messages of localization code (these message will come in English only) to support older localization file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.68r00 Date: 28th May 2020 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. The issue of Battery percentage being stuck at a certain percentage is resolved now (#13995). 2. Bug fixes and improvements related to the Orbit Chat interface. 3. Removed the unnecessary logging of continuous keypress event during device power off. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.67r00 Date : 14th February 2020 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Bug fixes and improvements related to the Orbit Chat interface. 2. Changes in factory modes. 3. Issue of the message “Broadcast ON” appearing upon pressing command Space + Dots 1 2 is fixed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.66r00 Date : 26th November 2019 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Bug fixes in Orbit Teacher and Orbit Chat connections 2. Improvement in file transfer feature of Orbit Teacher and Orbit Chat applications ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.65r02 Date : 5th November 2019 1.New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1.1 Added "Orbit Chat" and "Orbit Teacher" support ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.64r03 Date : 30th September 2019 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Added support for the HID Braille standard to be used to connect with screen reader applications 2. Added Hotkey key command SPACE + DOT 6 + DOT 7 for enabling Remote HID Braille mode. 3. Now you can change the Auto-scroll rate and disable it from the Menu. 4. While working with the editor, the cursor will always be placed on the first cell after the left panning operation instead of the last cell. 5. Now, Dot 8 key can be used to select menu items as an alternative to “Select” key. 6. Added ability to retain the cursor position in any file you edited last. 7. The issue of blank display shown on the right side of the display panel after left panning operations is fixed. 8. The issue of inconsistent behavior of placing cursor when you pan forward at the end of the file is fixed. 9. The issue of getting a blank display when you pan and back and forth in the file having long words of more than 20 characters is fixed. Note: 1. Device settings will be reset to its default after upgrade 2. Localization package version B0.00.00.32r00 will not work with the product software version B0.00.00.63r00 and earlier versions. OR20 device will show an error. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.63r00 Date : 27th July 2019 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Improvements in battery management system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.62r00 Date : 19th July 2019 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Maintenance in factory mode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.61r01 Date - 30th May 2019 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. A Menu item "Bver" added showing currebt boot loader version 2. You can check the bootloader version by pressing Space + Dots 127 Note: 1. Device settings will be reset to its default after upgrade 2. Localization package version B0.00.00.26r00 will not work with the product software version B0.00.00.60r03 and earlier versions. OR20 device will show an error. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.60r03 Date - 15th April 2019 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Braille Pacer (auto-scroll) feature added a. You can start/stop auto-scroll by pressing the Space key in reading mode b. Scroll rate is configurable using the Space + Up/Down arrow keys. The rate can be set from 1 second to 20 seconds. The default setting is 10 seconds. c. Fine adjustment of the scroll rate can be done using the Space + Dot 7 + Up/Down arrow keys. This changes the scroll rate in steps of 0.1 second d. You can review the current scroll rate from the menu, but it can be changed only while reading e. All navigation commands are available during auto-scroll f. The current scroll rate is not displayed when auto-scrolling. However, when auto-scroll is stopped and the scroll rate is changed, the scroll rate will be displayed. 2. The system date is set to 1st March 2019 and new files created or edited will show this date. Please note: 1. Device settings will be reset to the default after firmware upgrade 2. The localization package has also been updated. Previous versions will not work with this release. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.59r00 Date - 7th Feb 2019 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Improvements in dot movement consistency 2. The issue of showing the single word instead of the entire line when you navigate next word at end of the paragraph is fixed 3. The issue of previous word navigation taking the cursor at previous word when the cursor is at middle or end of the current word is fixed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.58r00 Date - 30th Jan 2019 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. The issue of showing the single word instead of entire line when you navigate next word at end of the paragraph is fixed 2. The issue of previous word navigation taking the cursor at previous word when the cursor is at middle or end of the current word is fixed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.57r00 Date - 31st Dec 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Fixed the issue of showing double spaces when space is followed by newline even if Compress Space is ON 2. Improvements in find command in localized mode 3. Fixed the issue of not finding some of the local language character in ANSI and UTF-8 files ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.56r01 Date - 30th Nov 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Bug fixes and improvements done in Unicode file editing and navigation. 2. Bug fixes of find command and copy-paste operation performed on Unicode files. 3. BRA file support added. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software vB0.00.00.55r02 Date - 18th Oct 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements Fixed the following issues: 1. Editor sometime showing the last content of the file at top of the file. 2. Editor not opening the last read file after saving and exiting the last edited file. 3. File name not displaying occasionally in the file manager due to more than 20 characters in the file name. 4. System message indicator “33” is changed to “--”. 5. Software versioning scheme changed to the new software version, B0.00.00.55r00. 6. Localization files are changed from plain texts to proprietary formats. Note: Device settings will be reset to its default after firmware upgrade ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.54 Date - 6th Sep 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. The issue of “not able to write the g character on Fire OS” is fixed (#4095). 2. The issue of “data being lost in the editor” is fixed. 3. The issue of “switching to the Bluetooth mode on a few events of connected host even when the Bluetooth mode is set to manual” is fixed. 4. The issue of “allowing renaming to hidden files” is fixed. Leading dots will be removed from the file name after renaming (#3639). 5. The issue of “allowing a new file or folder to be hidden” is fixed. Leading dots will be removed from the file name (#3638). 6. The issue of “data loss when last edited file and current file are on the different path” is fixed. 7. The issue of “prompt ‘New File’ is not included in the localization” is fixed (#3641). 8. The issue of “showing ‘file not found’ message after deleting the file when viewing by sort by last” is fixed (#3625). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.53 Date - 27th July 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Production updates ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.52 Date - 28th May 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Changes in the factory mode ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.51 Date - 26th May 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. The issue of pins do not refresh after the upgrade is resolved [#3208] 2. The issue of jumping to file name not working after file navigation is resolved [#3269] 3. Improvements are made in the searching algorithm in UTF-8 files [#2884] 4. Now the user can jump to find the previous word from find edit box [#3168] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.50 Date - 24th May 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. The issue of pins do not refresh after the upgrade is resolved [#3208] 2. The issue of jumping to file name not working after file navigation is resolved [#3269] 3. Improvements are made in the searching algorithm in UTF-8 files [#2884] 4. Now the user can jump to find the previous word from find edit box [#3168] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.49 Date - 17th Apr 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. The issue of device entering into the hung state at the time of power on is fixed 2. The issue of the device showing "Internal Error 1" at the time of power on is fixed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.48 Date - 30th Mar 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. The issue of a bookmark getting skipped after a bookmark is deleted, has been resolved. 2. The issue of OR20 showing the message - ‘logging done’ on startup has been resolved. 3. Increased the maximum number of entries allowed in the localization table. 4. There are improvements in the pin behaviour. Note: Upgrading to v01.01.48 will reset localization to “Default English”. You may have to reconfigure the localization. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.47 Date - 12th Mar 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Added production maintenance updates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.46 Date - 27th Feb 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Maintenance mode added 3. Feature of Bluetooth auto switch enable/disable from menu is included 4. Feature of page navigation by form-feed characters is included Note:- Localization package v01.00.15 will not work with Product binary version 01.01.46 and earlier versions. The OR20 device will show error. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.45 Date - 16th Feb 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. High power pin driving mode enabled for power on sequence 2. Enabled a high power recovery mode in BIST. Pressing a particular hot key combination (DOT 2 + DOT 3) in BIST drives all the pins up in high power mode. 3. Feature of Bluetooth auto switch enable/disable from menu is included 4. Feature of page navigation by form-feed characters is included ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.44 Date - 29th Jan 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Issue of cells blink with cursor is resolved 2. Issue of cell blinks even if it is recovered from finger pressure in editor is resolved ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.43 - Rejected by APH Date - 23rd Jan 2018 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Issue of holding down arrow key does not put the cursor at the end of the file in the Editor is resolved 2. Issue of showing wrong dot pattern after pressing advanced bar followed by dot test in BIST is resolved 3. Issue of dots are not moving if unit turned on and off repeatedly is resolved 4. BIST commands are restored as they were in release v01.01.39 5. Issue of all dot 7 and 8 are not coming up in the BIST is resolved ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.42 Date - 28th Dec 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Modifications in pin control algorithm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.41 Date - 4th Dec 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Added a self-test mode for testing pin-related issues 2. Changed the pin movement behaviour for the single key test in the BIST mode 3. Issue of wrong navigation when you hold down arrow key at end of file and there is carriage return is resolved 4. Issue of no space is displayed between the "Orbit Reader 20" and the serial number in voiceover menu is resolved 5. Issue of allowing you to edit and create files even when SD card is locked is resolved 6. Issue of not typing characters and putting a space on rare occasion is resolved ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.40 Date - 2nd Dec 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Added a self-test mode for testing pin-related issues 2. Changed the pin movement behaviour for the single key test in the BIST mode 3. Issue of wrong navigation when you hold down arrow key at end of file and there is carriage return is resolved 4. Issue of no space is displayed between the "Orbit Reader 20" and the serial number in voiceover menu is resolved 5. Issue of allowing you to edit and create files even when SD card is locked is resolved 6. Issue of not typing characters and putting a space on rare occasion is resolved ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.39 Date - 4th Nov 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. The issue of not showing the "End of file" message when the last line is blank is resolved 2. The issue of not getting the "End of file" message until the down key is pressed twice is resolved 3. The issue of sluggish behaviour after restarting from BIST mode is resolved 4. The issue of mixing remote mode messages with stand-alone mode messages when localization is applied is resolved ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.38 (Not released to APH probably) Date - 16th Oct 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Issue of OR-20 fails to read 32-GB SD card with hundreds of files and folders is resolved. 2. Improvements in the pin behavior is included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.37 Date - 4th Oct 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1.1. Issue of skipping the first input until next input is resolved 1.2. Further improvements in the pin behavior ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.36 (Not released to APH probably) Date - 2nd Oct 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Change in the command for start and end of file in reader is included. 2. The issue of character not coming up until the you type next character is resolved 3. The issue of word navigation in editor is fixed 4. Improvements are made in power on time latency ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.34 (Not released to APH probably) Date - 27th Sept 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Change in the delay (motor pause) from 3 ms to 5 ms. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.33 Date - 15th Sept 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Change in the command for start and end of file in reader is included. 2. The issue of character not coming up until the you type next character is resolved 3. The issue of word navigation in editor is fixed 4. Improvements are made in power on time latency ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 Target Software v01.01.32 Date - 5th Sept 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Resolve the issue of software not driving pin down if 65mSec timeout triggers in previous up stroke 2. #6138 [Resolved] - after calibration completed if there is no activity for few minutes the unit will turn off 3. Field calibration mode - 1 sec delay added between All Up - All Down cycle in OD mode 4. Production calibration mode - 1 sec delay added between All Up - All Down cycle in OD mode ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 - Release notes v01.01.31 Date - 2nd Sept 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1.1 Improvements in the pin behavior 1.2 The panning feature support enabled for buffer mode 1.3 Issue of system messages getting cut off sometimes is resolved 1.4 Save command "S save" is added in editor context menu for saving file without exiting the editor. 1.5 Issue of system showing numbers in English even after applying Spanish localization is resolved. 1.7 The behavior for the display scroll with word navigation is modified for editor. 1.8 Issue of not being able to put mark on carriage return is resolved. 1.9 Indication for extremely low battery is added while charging. The OR-20 alternately toggles Dot 4 and Dot 8 of last cell. Please perform the calibration first after upgrading. Find the document that describes the instructions to run the calibration mode. Note:- Localization package v.14 will not work with Product binary version 01.01.29 and earlier versions. OR20 device will show error. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 - Release notes v01.01.30 Date - 1st August 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Save command "S save" is added in editor context menu for saving file without exiting the editor. 2. The issue of numbers coming out in English even after applying localization is resolved. //Spanish mode showing English numbers is resolved. 3. The issue of word navigation in editor not working as expected is resolved. 4. The issue of bookmark navigation being unreliable is resolved. 5. The issue of mark is not clearing sometimes is resolved. 6. The issue of no braille being displayed for ASCII value 127 is resolved. Braille pattern assigned is 4-5-6-7. 7. Names for some of the menu items has been slightly modified by removing the space characters. For example "Confirm code" becomes "Confirm-code". 8. The issue of menu selection indication not coming out properly with certain languages is resolved. Note:- Localization package v.14 will not work with Product binary version 01.01.29 and earlier versions. OR20 device will show error. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 - Release notes v01.01.29 Date - 11th July 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. Support added for additional translation rules required to support additional languages. 2. Issue of OR20 not communicating with system access is resolved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 - Release notes v01.01.28 Date - 22th June 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1.1 Issue of not returning to the local mode from the mass storage mode on USB unplug event is resolved. 1.2 Issue of display freezing when we type goa in a edit box is resolved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 - Release notes v01.01.27 Date - 16th June 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1.1 Issue of power move jumping to wrong locations for certain scenarios is resolved. 1.2 Issue of pressing dot 8 to confirm file delete isn't always deleting files is resolved. 1.3 Issue of device not allowing to switch the emulation mode in some cases is resolved. 1.4 Issue of getting wrong location after switching modes when creating new folder is resolved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 - Release notes v01.01.26 Date - 8th June 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1. An additional test included in self-test mode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 - Release notes v01.01.25 Date - 31th May 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1.1 Issue #1674: Feature of switching to the local mode from the remote (Serial/HID) mode when we unplug the USB is included. 1.2 Issue #1339: Issue of getting wrong location after switching modes when creating new folder is resolved. 1.3 Issue #1230: Issue of not able to change settings with left arrow until first using right arrow is resolved. 1.4 Issue #1788: Issue of paste operation is not working when putting text at the top of the file is resolved. 1.5 Issue #1909: Renaming of the menu options “load file” and “switch file” is included. 1.6 Issue #1424: Issue of Entering to stand alone mode from the menu is resolved. 1.7 Feature for allowing Bluetooth auto-switch to happen even when device is in preference menu is included. 1.8 Feature of factory reset is included. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 - Release notes v01.01.24 Date - 15th May 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1.1 Issue #1692: Issue of starting up the unit in the Bluetooth mode when disconnected from the Bluetooth is resolved, now the unit will always start in the stand-alone mode. 1.2 Issue #1740: Feature of switching to HID mode on select + right when turning off the Bluetooth from menu is included. 1.3 Issue #1754: Feature of switching to stand-alone mode from Bluetooth mode when turning Bluetooth off from menu included. 1.4 Issue #1673: Improvements are included in the pin control algorithm. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 - Release notes v01.01.23 Date - 29th April 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1.1 Issue #1721: Issue of mass storage mode is getting interrupted by the Bluetooth mode is resolved. 1.2 Issue #1668: Issue of Bluetooth is not taking over the controls from the local mode is resolved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 - Release notes v01.01.22 Date - 21th April 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1.1 Issue #1669: Issue of Bluetooth is not always connecting even though the device shows it is connected is resolved. 1.2 Issue #1665: Issue of not switching to Bluetooth mode when receiving a notification is resolved. 1.3 Issue #1670: Issue of unable to type when coming out of Bluetooth mode is resolved. 1.4 Issue #1680: Issue of some function are not working In emulate mode on Android is resolved. 1.5 Issue #1651: Find command is improved to handle the special character that uses the dot 7 is included 1.6 Issue #1666: Issue of difficulty in moving on the 20th character in the editor is resolved. 1.7 Issue #1421: Issue of not resetting the history of the previous search after leaving the folder is resolved. 1.8 Issue #1638: Issue in panning when the file name is over 20 characters is resolved. 1.9 Issue #1671: Issue of not able to delete the folder that contains only system generated hidden files is resolved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 - Release notes v01.01.21 Date - 13th April 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1.1 Issue #1669 Issue of Bluetooth is not always connecting even though the the device shows it is connected is resolved. 1.2 Issue #1665 Issue of not switching to Bluetooth mode when receiving a notification is resolved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 - Release notes v01.01.20 Date - 8th April 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1.1 Issue #1663: Issue of unit is freezing in editor is resolved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit Reader 20 - Release notes v01.01.19 Date - 8th April 2017 1. New features, Improvements & Enhancements 1.1 Issue #1440: The feature to allow dot 7 to switch back to local mode when device is in remote mode but not connected to another device is included. 1.2 Issue #1365: Issue of Device frozen when USB is unplugged while connected to a screen reader via HID is resolved. 1.3 Issue #1649: Issue of creating same name file in a folder when a file is being created in the root is resolved. 1.4 Issue #1650: Support to initiate the menu from the standalone mode on space key is removed. The only way to open menu from local mode is select + Up. Note : Now user can use the space as well for searching a file. 1.5 Issue #1640: Issue of incorrect behaviour on up/down key in the file is resolved. 1.6 Issue #1641: Issue of showing extra symbols in the file properties is resolved. 1.7 Issue #1646: Issue of version is saying "on" after it is resolved. 1.8 Reading of Unicode 16LE encoded .loc file is now supported. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------