Following is the bug report I sent to Fortec.
I gave my email the subject title:
Bugs -
Mercury II software release 0151
[The subject title is this way because the person first receiving the email is probably not a programmer, so they would at least know to forward it to the software department. Then the software department would see it is for the Mercury II product. They would then forward it to the Mercury II person/department. Then if it is a large company, they would forward it to the person in charge of fixing bugs for the Mercury II product, etc. Then when that person gets it, it has a nice title (Bugs and version 0151). This person is probably busy and doing something else. When he has time, he can go back and easily find the email. Then in my report, I give detailed information for them so they can re-create the problem using the same exact software release I am using. Note that I also tell them what my settings are like Positioner (Diseqc 1.2). The problem I had may not occur if Positioner is set to USUALS for example. So details help them re-create the problem. My email...]
I installed Mercury II software Version...
20070604_MERCURY2_V0151.bin (Version 151)
...on my Mercury II and found the following bugs/problems...
In Menu/Antenna Setup
Press Red button to edit TP
-Can change TP Frequency OK.
-Can change TP Polarity OK.
-But when I try to enter a new Symbol Rate, the numbers on the screen do not change. However the numbers are actually being entered. If you press Edit TP and exit the screen, the numbers will have been entered OK.
Then in Menu/Antenna Setup/Positioner (Diseqc 1.2)
-The
signal meters (S and Q) do not work the same as when I go back up one level to the Antenna Setup menu. I will be moving my dish and the receiver will begin to get a good signal, but the signal meter in the Positioner menu does not change.
I have a
VBox II and can move my dish with the remote for the VBox II. So if I go up one menu level to Antenna Setup and move my dish with the VBox II remote, then the signal meters in this menu work OK and indicate that I am getting a good signal as the dish moves to the satellite.
So the Antenna Setup signal meters seem to work OK, but the signal meters in the Positioner menu do not work, or at least do not work sometimes, perhaps with weaker signals?
I reinstalled my previous software version (V0145) and these things are working again. So compare these features with version 145 to see the differences.
Thank You