Song Meter SM5 Family Firmware
1.9 (2026-09-30)
- Adds support for SMM-U3 ultrasonic microphones.
- Adds a minimum voltage cutoff of 4.0V when using the PowerKit to prevent damaging its internal batteries.
- Fixes unresponsive buttons/display with certain complex schedules.
- Fixes an East longitude setting revering to West.
- Fixes incorrect interpretation of day duty cycles when loading configurations onto the recorder.
1.8 (2026-09-03)
- Fixes a bug causing incorrect timestamps in zero-crossing filenames and corresponding metadata.
- Adds “Loc Elevation” to recording metadata to report altitude in meters above mean sea level if known by GPS.
1.7 (2026-08-03)
- Fix issue with using day duty cycle with more than 14 day on/off time.
- Fix issue with sunrise/sunset times with offsets crossing midnight.
- Other minor improvements.
1.6 (2026-06-08)
- Adds a column per channel in the summary file to show the attached microphone type.
- Now allows loading configurations with spaces in the name.
- Fixes the recorder clock time not incrementing on the app status screen while the recorder is sleeping.
1.5 (2026-04-16)
- Minor UI improvements.
- Fixed problem making scheduled recordings if battery type is not set.
1.4 (2026-04-09)
- Added firmware version to the status screen of the recorder.
- Implemented other minor UI improvements.
- When paired with app version 2.5.3 or later, fixed issues with START TIME OF NEXT RECORDING and REMAINING RECORDING PERIOD TIME on the status screens.
1.3 (2026-03-25)
- Fix delay start feature.
- Improved reporting and handling of card full and other card status.
1.2 (2026-03-19)
- Fix loading configuration files with time offsets in schedules.
- Other minor improvements.