Software/Firmware build

There is a new update available for the LightSpeed. You have to call in to Stenovations and have someone remote to your computer and do all the downloading. All you have to do is press the LS power button when they tell you to.

First they will save your config file, just in case. The new software doesn't overwrite the old configs, but it is a precaution. Then they uninstall the LS program. Then they install the new software. Then they put the firmware on your writer, and that's when you get to participate and turn the writer on and off.

I have briefly looked at the changes. Under the writer, you can choose LS. I think this is only for digitalCAT users now (we have a choice of the LS in our software). It worked just fine.
Also under writer settings, there is a check box, Noise suppression, and it is checked by default. This supresses the *dings* which happen when you are setting your sensetivities and touch the key. Must have been bothering folks. My sound is always muted, so I don't hear them.
Next choice under writer settings is Enable USB data compression. No idea what that is, and Avery didn't know either. I turned it on and didn't notice what difference, if any, it made.

Wait for initialization packet is the third check box, and it is check-able only with the Smartwriter chosen as your writer (in fact, it default checks it when you choose Smartwriter). Has something to do with Eclipse.

There is a choice under realtime backup that is called Create Raw Backup File. I suspect this is for the SD card. A raw steno track is where if you delete strokes with the asterisk, it will still show the deleted strokes in the raw steno. That way, if you overdelete you can still read the deleted steno.

More on the tables and the antistacking later. That's going to take more than a cursory look.