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Plantronics has released a new firmware update for Voyager Legend on MyHeadset Updater .

Existing Legend users can now upgrade their headset online on the PC to activate the new features:-

• Improved wind noise cancellation: The wind noise performance is been vastly improved. Legend with new FW can tolerate up to 18mph wind gusts. Voyager Pro and first-Gen Legend tolerated only 10mph wind gusts.
• (New) Mandarin: voice alert, voice command, caller Name announce (support both simplified and Traditional Chinese phonebook);
• (New) Japanese: voice alert, voice command, but doesn’t support native text to speech, use English for caller name announce;
• (New) Korean: voice alert, voice command, but doesn’t have native text to speech, use English for caller name announce;
• Cantonese: voice prompts/alerts only. The headset uses English for voice commands and caller name announce.;  

Customers can now apply Legend FW updates on a Mac too.

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How To Update Your Plantronics Headset Using The Plantronics Hub

What is the Plantronics Hub?

The Plantronics Hub allows users to control the settings on their Plantronics audio device such as...

• Change device settings
• Change ringtone
• Visible mute and battery status
• Device-level call control with call answer/end, mute, and volume adjust
• Update headset firmware
• Change language option for your voice prompts

Why you should download the Plantronics Hub

When new updates are available, it's a smart idea to keep your Plantronics (Poly) device up to date at all times for the best performance. Sometimes when the audio device hasn't been updated and it stops working, an update is the fix.

In addition to keeping your headset up to date, the Plantronics Hub will give you mute reminders, battery reminders and most importantly for certain phone system apps, the Plantronics Hub is required so you can answer/end calls away from the desk with your headset.

Download the Plantronics Hub here  application (Compatible with Mac or Windows)

Open the application, and click the "Notifications" tab on the top of the window. You'll want to see whatever device you want to be updated on the this screen. To do so you'll need the headset plugged into the computer via USB.

If you use a Plantronics headset with the BT600 you will want to update both the BT600 and the headset. 

Here is where you'll see any available updates. Click "Check For Updates" and download any options that become available.

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Most wireless headsets require a direct connection via USB to the computer like so..

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New firmware for Plantronics Voyager Legend – Supports more languages and improved performance

• Improved wind noise cancellation:  The wind noise performance is been vastly improved. Legend with new FW can tolerate up to 18mph wind gusts. Voyager Pro and first-Gen Legend tolerated only 10mph wind gusts.
• More headset languages available on Myheadset update:  the language of the voice functions varies under different language setup, below is the details.

• No special instructions are needed, any user on a Mac that goes to MyHeadset Updater will be directed automatically to the Mac client;
• The Mac client updates the FW and allows language selection only; it does not support additional settings that are available via PC;

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Software Update Version 2.0 brings on a huge addition to Voyager Pro's capabilities: Load custom GeoPDF maps directly into Voyager Pro.

Find GeoPDF files around the internet (or make your own) and import them to Voyager Pro using the MicroSD card. Voyager Pro will handle the conversion, warping the GeoPDF to fit perfectly on the Voyager Pro map screen.

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*Please Save GPX Tracks to MicroSD to Avoid Data Loss During Update*

• MicroSD Card MUST be formatted as EXFat to update Software on Voyager Pro
• Group Ride "Buddy Tracking" will not work with Previous Version of Software; all users in group must update to at least version (VH1931B).

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Maps A map data update can change the map for different regions or parts of the world. Maps are very large and detailed, so the whole world cannot be loaded all at once. The data can include specialized layers like hill shading, topo-lines, etc. NOTE: These Maps are available for Voyager Pro ONLY

Maps Available for Download:

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GPX editing tools allow you to research, plan, upload, and export GPX waypoints, tracks and routes. These tools are great resources for planning your next adventure from the comfort of your own home. Export your GPX files to MicroSD, insert/import files into Voyager Pro or Voyager and have fun.

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Plantronics Voyager Legend – Firmware Update

As I only had one headset to update I turned to the simple solution of take it home and do it there!

For the Voyager Legend firmware change log  take a look at this link .

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Manual voyager legend device driver update steps:.

The default driver versions for Voyager Legend devices can be obtained through %%os%% or through Windows® update. While these Headset drivers are basic, they support the primary hardware functions. Follow our full step-by-step guide to update your Plantronics device drivers.

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What can go wrong updating legend drivers and why do it.

Most users don't update Legend device drivers because they don't want to create problems with their PC.

When Should I Update Legend Drivers?

The common recommendation is to update your Legend drivers after major Windows updates.

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Windows has a valid driver for Legend.

What's the Update Instructions for Legend Drivers?

Manual updates for advanced PC users can be carried out with Device Manager, while novice computer users can update Voyager Legend drivers automatically with a driver update utility.

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Voyager Legend errors may be linked to system drivers that are corrupt or obsolete. Device drivers can fail without any apparent reason. The best part is that your Headset drivers can always be modified to solve the laptop dilemma.

It is very difficult to find the respective device driver for Voyager Legend-related hardware because the information and support is hard to find on Plantronics's site. Even seasoned, tech-savvy people with the good habit of updating Voyager Legend device drivers, can still find the entire installation and upgrading process time-consuming and annoying. Using defective or non-functional drivers will cause more damage and errors on your machine.

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Voyager 1 talking to Earth again after NASA engineers 24 billion kilometres away devise software fix

NASA's Voyager 1 probe — the most distant man-made object in the universe — is returning usable information to ground control following months of spouting gibberish, the US space agency says.

The spaceship stopped sending readable data back to Earth on November 14, 2023, even though controllers could tell it was still receiving their commands.

In March, teams working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory discovered that a single malfunctioning chip was to blame.

They then had to devise a clever coding fix that worked within the tight memory constraints of its 46-year-old computer system.

"There was a section of the computer memory no longer working," project leader Dr Linda Spilker told the ABC.

"So we had to reprogram what was in that memory, move it to a different location, link everything back together and send everything up in a patch.

"And then on Saturday morning, we watched as Voyager 1 sent its first commands back and we knew we were back in communication once again."

Dr Spilker said they were receiving engineering data, so they knew the health and safety of the spacecraft.

"The next step is going to be to develop a patch so we can send back the science data," she said.

"That will really be exciting, to once again learn about interstellar space and what has been going on there that we've missed since November."

Dr Spilker said Voyager sent back data in real time, so the team had no facility to retrieve data covering the time since transmission was lost.

Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 was mankind's first spacecraft to enter the interstellar medium , in 2012, and is currently more than 24 billion kilometres from Earth.

Messages sent from Earth take about 22.5 hours to reach the spacecraft.

Its twin, Voyager 2, also left the solar system in 2018 as it was tracked by Australia's Parkes radio telescope.

Australia was also vital to a 2023 search for Voyager 2 after signals were lost, with Canberra's Deep Space Communication Complex monitoring for signals and then sending a successful command to shift the spacecraft's antenna 2 degrees . 

Both Voyager spacecraft carry " Golden Records ": 12-inch, gold-plated copper disks intended to convey the story of our world to extraterrestrials.

These include a map of our solar system, a piece of uranium that serves as a radioactive clock allowing recipients to date the spaceship's launch, and symbolic instructions that convey how to play the record.

The contents of the record, selected for NASA by a committee chaired by legendary astronomer Carl Sagan, include encoded images of life on Earth, as well as music and sounds that can be played using an included stylus.

Their power banks were expected to be depleted sometime after 2025, but Dr Spilker said several systems had been turned off, so they were hopeful the two spacecraft would function into the 2030s.

They will then continue to wander the Milky Way, potentially for eternity, in silence.

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NASA’s Voyager Team Focuses on Software Patch, Thrusters

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is depicted in this artist’s concept traveling through interstellar space, or the space between stars, which it entered in 2012. Traveling on a different trajectory, its twin, Voyager 2, entered interstellar space in 2018.

The efforts should help extend the lifetimes of the agency’s interstellar explorers.

Engineers for NASA’s Voyager mission are taking steps to help make sure both spacecraft, launched in 1977, continue to explore interstellar space for years to come.

One effort addresses fuel residue that seems to be accumulating inside narrow tubes in some of the thrusters on the spacecraft. The thrusters are used to keep each spacecraft’s antenna pointed at Earth. This type of buildup has been observed in a handful of other spacecraft.

The team is also uploading a software patch to prevent the recurrence of a glitch that arose on Voyager 1 last year. Engineers resolved the glitch , and the patch is intended to prevent the issue from occurring again in Voyager 1 or arising in its twin, Voyager 2.

Thruster Buildup

The thrusters on Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are primarily used to keep the spacecraft antennas pointed at Earth in order to communicate. Spacecraft can rotate in three directions – up and down, to the left and right, and around the central axis, like a wheel. As they do this, the thrusters automatically fire and reorient the spacecraft to keep their antennas pointed at Earth.

Propellant flows to the thrusters via fuel lines and then passes through smaller lines inside the thrusters called propellant inlet tubes that are 25 times narrower than the external fuel lines. Each thruster firing adds tiny amounts of propellant residue, leading to gradual buildup of material over decades. In some of the propellant inlet tubes, the buildup is becoming significant. To slow that buildup, the mission has begun letting the two spacecraft rotate slightly farther in each direction before firing the thrusters. This will reduce the frequency of thruster firings.

The adjustments to the thruster rotation range were made by commands sent in September and October, and they allow the spacecraft to move almost 1 degree farther in each direction than in the past. The mission is also performing fewer, longer firings, which will further reduce the total number of firings done on each spacecraft.

The adjustments have been carefully devised to ensure minimal impact on the mission. While more rotating by the spacecraft could mean bits of science data are occasionally lost – akin to being on a phone call where the person on the other end cuts out occasionally – the team concluded the plan will enable the Voyagers to return more data over time.

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Engineers can’t know for sure when the thruster propellant inlet tubes will become completely clogged, but they expect that with these precautions, that won’t happen for at least five more years, possibly much longer. The team can take additional steps in the coming years to extend the lifetime of the thrusters even more.

“This far into the mission, the engineering team is being faced with a lot of challenges for which we just don’t have a playbook,” said Linda Spilker, project scientist for the mission as NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “But they continue to come up with creative solutions.”

Patching Things Up

In 2022, the onboard computer that orients the Voyager 1 spacecraft with Earth began to send back garbled status reports, despite otherwise continuing to operate normally. It took mission engineers months to pinpoint the issue . The attitude articulation and control system (AACS) was misdirecting commands, writing them into the computer memory instead of carrying them out. One of those missed commands wound up garbling the AACS status report before it could reach engineers on the ground.

The team determined the AACS had entered into an incorrect mode; however, they couldn’t determine the cause and thus aren’t sure if the issue could arise again. The software patch should prevent that.

“This patch is like an insurance policy that will protect us in the future and help us keep these probes going as long as possible,” said JPL’s Suzanne Dodd, Voyager project manager. “These are the only spacecraft to ever operate in interstellar space, so the data they’re sending back is uniquely valuable to our understanding of our local universe.”

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have traveled more than 15 billion and 12 billion miles from Earth, respectively. At those distances, the patch instructions will take over 18 hours to travel to the spacecraft. Because of the spacecraft’s age and the communication lag time, there’s some risk the patch could overwrite essential code or have other unintended effects on the spacecraft. To reduce those risks, the team has spent months writing, reviewing, and checking the code. As an added safety precaution, Voyager 2 will receive the patch first and serve as a testbed for its twin. Voyager 1 is farther from Earth than any other spacecraft, making its data more valuable.

The team will upload the patch and do a readout of the AACS memory to make sure it’s in the right place on Friday, Oct. 20. If no immediate issues arise, the team will issue a command on Saturday, Oct. 28, to see if the patch is operating as it should.

More About the Mission

The Voyager mission was originally scheduled to last only four years, sending both probes past Saturn and Jupiter. NASA extended the mission so that Voyager 2 could visit Uranus and Neptune; it is still the only spacecraft ever to have encountered the ice giants. In 1990, NASA extended the mission again, this time with the goal of sending the probes outside the heliosphere, a protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun. Voyager 1 reached the boundary in 2012, while Voyager 2 (traveling slower and in a different direction than its twin) reached it in 2018.

A division of Caltech in Pasadena, JPL built and operates the Voyager spacecraft. The Voyager missions are a part of the NASA Heliophysics System Observatory, sponsored by the Heliophysics Division of the Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

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NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth

F or the first time since November , NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems. The next step is to enable the spacecraft to begin returning science data again. The probe and its twin, Voyager 2, are the only spacecraft to ever fly in interstellar space (the space between stars).

Voyager 1 stopped sending readable science and engineering data back to Earth on Nov. 14, 2023, even though mission controllers could tell the spacecraft was still receiving their commands and otherwise operating normally. In March, the Voyager engineering team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California confirmed that the issue was tied to one of the spacecraft’s three onboard computers, called the flight data subsystem (FDS). The FDS is responsible for packaging the science and engineering data before it’s sent to Earth.

The team discovered that a single chip responsible for storing a portion of the FDS memory — including some of the FDS computer’s software code — isn’t working. The loss of that code rendered the science and engineering data unusable. Unable to repair the chip, the team decided to place the affected code elsewhere in the FDS memory. But no single location is large enough to hold the section of code in its entirety.

So they devised a plan to divide affected the code into sections and store those sections in different places in the FDS. To make this plan work, they also needed to adjust those code sections to ensure, for example, that they all still function as a whole. Any references to the location of that code in other parts of the FDS memory needed to be updated as well.

The team started by singling out the code responsible for packaging the spacecraft’s engineering data. They sent it to its new location in the FDS memory on April 18. A radio signal takes about 22 ½ hours to reach Voyager 1, which is over 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth, and another 22 ½ hours for a signal to come back to Earth. When the mission flight team heard back from the spacecraft on April 20, they saw that the modification worked: For the first time in five months, they have been able to check the health and status of the spacecraft.

During the coming weeks, the team will relocate and adjust the other affected portions of the FDS software. These include the portions that will start returning science data.

Voyager 2 continues to operate normally. Launched over 46 years ago , the twin Voyager spacecraft are the longest-running and most distant spacecraft in history. Before the start of their interstellar exploration, both probes flew by Saturn and Jupiter, and Voyager 2 flew by Uranus and Neptune.

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Voyager 1 regains sanity after engineers patch around problematic memory

All from billions of miles away.

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has begun returning usable engineering data after engineers devised a way to work around a damaged memory chip.

It is the first time the spacecraft has returned usable data since it began babbling nonsensically in 2023. The problem was eventually traced to a single chip responsible for storing a portion of the Flight Data Subsystem (FDS) memory.

The chip's failure made science and engineering data from the probe unusable, and posed a challenge for engineers. The chip contained some of the FDS computer's code, but simply shifting that code elsewhere wasn't an option – no single location was large enough to hold it.

The solution was to break the code into sections, tweak them so they still functioned as a whole, and store them in different places in the FDS. Any references to the code's location would also need to be updated.

The spacecraft is currently more than 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth, meaning that a radio signal from Earth takes approximately 22.5 hours to reach it and the same again to get a response.

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Engineers started with the code responsible for packaging the spacecraft's engineering data and sent it to its new location on April 18. On April 20, they had confirmation – the fix was successful , and engineering data began flowing from the spacecraft for the first time in five months.

The team will relocate the rest of the affected software over the next few weeks, meaning that science data should also start being returned from the veteran probe.

Dr Garry Hunt, one of the original Voyager scientists, told The Register he was "thrilled" by the news but cautioned that it would take a little time to get the spacecraft set up again for science, thanks in part to the lengthy communication time.

He also told us he was not surprised by the achievement: "JPL engineers are brilliant."

The news will help lift some of the gloom hanging over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in the wake of NASA's budget woes . However, it is also a reminder of the extraordinary longevity and forward-thinking of past missions. Voyager 1 was, after all, launched in 1977 and there is every chance that the spacecraft will still be functioning more than 50 years after its launch. ®

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