Adhesive/tabbed overlays - C47 & WP43 (DM42), WP3xS, DB48X, newRPL variants!

[spiff72]

(11-09-2024 09:16 PM)c3d Wrote:  

(11-09-2024 07:33 PM)spiff72 Wrote:  I am not ready to make the new one (yet). I will work on this over the weekend.

I will use the image from the post you linked to above for the new version, but can you clarify the additional two layouts? I assume that one is the version of the overlay that I have been producing up to now, and the other is just a keylabel swap?

Please check the DB48-Keys directory in the dev branch.

The file ending in 001.png is the new default.

The file ending in 005.png is I believe the one you have been producing.

The file ending in 003.png is closer to the DM42. It's what the project started with, but I don't remember if you ever produced overlays with that layout. Some people have complained about me swapping EXP and LOG10, so that's why it's there.

I hope that this is sufficient clarification. Otherwise, let me know.

That helps - thanks!

I went back and looked at the first post of the thread, and it appears that the one ending in 003.png is the one I launched the overlay with around Aug 10 2023. Two months later (October 2023) I released an update alongside the v0.4.6 release.

So with the imminent release of the new version, my thought is to just change to the new layout as my sole offering for the DB48/50x (since it is the default). I am hoping to avoid having to continue offering the current version alongside the new version. This just complicates order fulfillment -- the C47 is a pain since there are multiple options offered (Original and Big Alpha, plus the adhesive/tabbed variants). Having both overlays (old vs new), DB48x and DB50x, and adhesive/tabbed makes for 8 possible variants of the DBxxx overlays...

On another topic - the new release of the DM42n complicated the DB48x/DB50x overlays:
- DB48x is only for the DM42 hardware
- DB50x is for the DM32 and DM42n hardware, but the keylabels are different - more are needed for the DM32, but the DM42 and DM42n would have the same keylabel sets.

I have been sending out the DB50x overlay (with the full set of keylabels suitable for DM32) for people installing on either DM42n or DM32 hardware. DM42n users just omit some of the provided keylabels, while DM32 users require all of them.

The fact that the internal processor dictates whether the DB48x or the DB50x firmware is installed makes things confusing, but it's manageable. I just need to ask everyone what hardware they are installing DBxxx overlays on to make sure I provide the right one.