Beta 2023 05 09 - Colour theme support

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Beta 2023 05 09 - Colour theme support

Post by VK3KYY » Tue May 09, 2023 11:28 am

A new Beta version is available for the UV380/RT-3S and DM1701/RT-84

This version add colour "theme" support as well as some bug fixes

Thanks to Daniel F1RMB for the huge amount of work he did to add this feature to the firmware.


downloads/MDUV380_DM1701/Firmware/b74d6 ... 56f4df6bbf
downloads/MDUV380_DM1701/Firmware/Latest

There is also an updated CPS version

downloads/CPS/Latest

The colour theme can be configured in the firmware Options -> Theme Options screen or in the CPS via the Extras -> Theme Editor menu
To adjust a colour element in the firmware , press the # key on the colour element to be adjusted and then adjust the Red Green and Blue values using the rotary contol on top of the radio

In the CPS..

Click on the colour patches, and select a new colour for that patch.
Pressing OK on the Theme Editor copies the theme colours into the current codeplug data, and if the codeplug is saved, the theme will also be saved.
The theme will be uploaded to the radio when the codeplug is written to the radio, or in the Theme Editor using the "Write to radio" option.

The theme can also be read from the radio on the Theme Editor screen, and will be read as part of the normal codeplug data.

Individual themes can also be saved or loaded from disk.


Notes.

1. Voice prompts currently do not work with this version, and new VPR files will be produced in the next few days

2.The LCD display in these radios is not full 24 bit colour (8 bits of Red, Green and Blue), its 16 bit RGB565.
As such not every 24 bit colour can be displayed on the radio, and when a colour is selected in the Theme Editor, its quantised to the nearest RGB565 colour, which will result in some differences in colour to what has been selected

3. Becuase of the physical construction of the LCD panel, using contrasting adjacent colours e.g. 100% Green next to 100 white, can result in what appears to be a yellow line on the boundardy between the colour areas.
This is most noticable when using contrasting colours for the RSSI meter.

This is not a bug in the firmware, its the laws of physics and optics and the human eye's percepion



Localisation files have been updated

downloads/localisation/onscreen_texts
downloads/localisation/CPS
downloads/localisation/voice_prompt_texts

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Re: Beta 2023 05 09 - Colour theme support

Post by m1dyp » Tue May 09, 2023 12:30 pm

thank you

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Re: Beta 2023 05 09 - Colour theme support

Post by F1RMB » Tue May 09, 2023 1:17 pm

Hi,

Some more details about the changes/fixes.
  • Firmware:
    • Fix problem of splashscreen not being illuminated when 'squelch' backlight option is selected
    • Slight changes/fixes of the menus displaying (as we have more space on screen).
    • Satellite screen: the visual visible marker as moved (and use the Satellite's colour)
    • Squelch bargraph fills the notification window
    • Display options -> Colour:Invert/Normal as been changed to Screen:Invert/Normal, as the code controls the LCD panel state.
    • QuickKey support added to the GPS menu.
    • Voice prompt announces the whole information when triggering a QuickKey.
    • Voice prompts playback are now not disturbed while receiving DMR.
    • More accurate voltage reading on RT3S.
    • Fix contact's outer frame drawing in the TX Screen.
  • CPS:
    • make it possible to download a screengrab while RXing (doesn't clear the screen anymore).
    • It handles inverted screen while downloading a screengrabs
To complete was Roger wrote about theme editing:
If you press the SK2 button while rotating the knob, the step is increased by a factor of 3. The default step are 8 for Red and Blue (with a max value of 248), and 4 for Green (with a max value of 252). All these step/max values are related to the colour format (RGB 565).

In the theme menu (not the colour picker), if you press GREEN button alone, the changes are temporary.
If you press SK2 + GREEN, they are permanent.
If you press SK1 + GREEN, it will get back to default theme (Black/White), temporary (just reboot to restore the latest saved theme).
If you press SK1 + SK2 + GREEN, the default theme (Black/White) will be permanent.
Of course, if you press RED, the changes are discarted.


Cheers.
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Daniel

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Re: Beta 2023 05 09 - Colour theme support

Post by DJ0HF » Tue May 09, 2023 2:02 pm

Hi,

I'm afraid the voicing doesn't work at all with this version I think new VP's are necessary for the blind to use this release.

73,
Ian
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Re: Beta 2023 05 09 - Colour theme support

Post by F1RMB » Tue May 09, 2023 2:07 pm

Hi,

Yes, you need a new Voice pack. Roger will finish to build them very soon.


Cheers.
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Daniel

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Re: Beta 2023 05 09 - Colour theme support

Post by DL1GG » Tue May 09, 2023 2:40 pm

Finally some love was put to color! :D
Awesome Daniel! Works great, I love it, good job, thank you!

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Re: Beta 2023 05 09 - Colour theme support

Post by LB9AB » Tue May 09, 2023 7:34 pm

Great!
Thanks for all your work!
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Re: Beta 2023 05 09 - Colour theme support

Post by PU4AML » Wed May 10, 2023 8:27 pm

when turning off the radio it does not save the pre-established color settings, how to proceed?

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Re: Beta 2023 05 09 - Colour theme support

Post by w1njc » Wed May 10, 2023 8:50 pm

Great job guys, this is great!

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Re: Beta 2023 05 09 - Colour theme support

Post by w1njc » Wed May 10, 2023 8:50 pm

PU4AML wrote:
Wed May 10, 2023 8:27 pm
when turning off the radio it does not save the pre-established color settings, how to proceed?
See this post: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=2876&p=23328#p23310

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