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SM3/SM3BAT/SM3M Firmware 1.2.5

Dear valued customer,

SM3 firmware version 1.2.5 is now available here.

Detailed release notes can be found below.

Please contact support2015@wildlifeacoustics.com if you have any questions.

Thank you for your business,

Wildlife Acoustics Technical Support Team

Release Notes 1.2.5

  • Differentiate between "DIRTY" and "ERROR" cards. A card marked "DIRTY" indicates that a critical write operation affecting the filesystem (typically at the very beginning or ending of a recording) was interrupted due to an unrecoverable error or power failure. The Song Meter SM3 will avoid further use of a "DIRTY" card to avoid further card corruption that could lead to unrecoverable data loss. Prior to 1.2.5, a "DIRTY" card was indicated on the LCD as "ERROR" indistinct from other flash card problems. The "DIRTY" condition can be cleared by accessing (writing) the card on your host computer or by reformatting the card using the SM3 on-board formatting utility.

  • Improvements to how cards are utilized. Files will now be written more sequentially to cards A through D. Prior to this release, files and sensor log entries were distributed more randomly across cards.

  • Further improvements to back-to-back triggering reducing turn-around time.

  • Advanced feature: Added support for 32-bit recording. This feature is specific to certain marine recording applications and is not intended for general use. It only works for acoustic sample rates (not ultrasonic rates), trigger level must be set to OFF (no triggers), and the recording channel must be set to zero (mono recording on channel zero only). This mode is enabled using the FEATURE program command.

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