18th September 2023

Email

I’m pleased to report that our email system is once again available. The web hosting company have assured us that no incoming mail has been lost. However, we have got a short backlog of mail to respond to so please bear with us.

14th September 2023

Email 

We have been informed by our web hosting company that our email account is being migrated to a new system during the weekend of 15th-17th September. This unfortunately clashes with the UK National Bat Conference held the same weekend. I will update as soon as the email is available.

27th March 2023

OS 13 Ventura

Due to issues completely out of our control, at present SonoBat will NOT install on OS Ventura. The problem lies in an issue with playing sound files so until such time as this is resolved we are unable to build an installer. As soon as the issue is resolved we will make an announcement here on the website. In the meantime we would urge any SonoBat customers NOT to upgrade to OS Ventura

27th March 2023

Congratulations to Ruth Angell who won an annual licence of SonoBat UK in the raffle at last weekends  South West Regional Bat Conference. The software link is in your email inbox.

The raffle raised £323 for the BCT Partner Bat Group Support Fund.

15th November 2022

Congratulations to Carol Evans who won an annual licence of SonoBat UK in the raffle at last weekends  South East Regional Bat Conference. The software link is in your email inbox.

The raffle raised £185 for the BCT Partner Bat Group Support Fund.

29th September 2022

Last weekend we attended the 2022 UK National Bat Conference. Thanks to everyone who visited the sales stand. As with previous conferences SonoBat was pleased to help the Bat Conservation Trust raise funds for the Bat Helpline. We donated a Perpetual Licence for the silent auction and an Annual Licence for the raffle. We are pleased to announce the winners were;
Auction – Richard Crompton
Raffle – Amanda Murphy

23rd September 2022

Today we loaded the latest version of SonoBat 30 UK (Build 20220921) onto our server. This fixes the issues relating to the SonoVet Summary Table. In addition we have included a list of custom codes eg MyoSpp, which you can now use when manually classifying sequences. These new codes will also contribute to the overall bat file tally count.
Existing customers need to use their existing Download Link, supplied on purchase, to access the new version. Once installed use your existing Registration Key when prompted.
As always, any questions please ask.

6th April  2022

SonoBat 30 

Yesterday we started distributing SonoBat 30 to all our Perpetual Licence holders. Upgrades to Annual Licence holders will commence shortly. Once we have upgraded all our existing customers we will open sales for the new version. Please see the pdf for the details of whats included in the new version.

https://www.sonobat.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/SonoBat-Next-Generation-version-30.pdf

30th March 2022

SonoBat 30 Coming Soon

We are pleased to announce that the new version of SonoBat is almost ready for release. Version 30, to celebrate 30 years of SonoBat development, contains a wealth of new features and improvements. To save customers having to download 2 versions in quick succession we have temporarily suspended sales. The new version will be able for purchase in the next few days once the website information has been updated. The price of SonoBat 30 will remain the same as the existing SonoBat 4.

Existing customers will be sent the new version during the next week or so.

3rd February 2022

OS 12.2 Monterey Issues

We have now had two reports from customers that after upgrading their Apple operating system to the latest upgrade, OS 12.2, released on the 26th January, SonoBat software fails on launch. We would strongly recommend that customers DO NOT upgrade their OS until the exact nature of the issue can be determined and a solution found. The previously issued PDF detailing changes required for OS 11 Big Sur is still valid so we suggest that customers continue to use this or older versions of OS. Further news will be issued shortly.

8th November 2021

Congratulations to Jenni Morgan who won an annual licence of SonoBat UK in the raffle at last weeks  National Bat Conference. The software link is in your email inbox.

The raffle raised over £700 for the BCT National Bat Helpline.

12th October 2021

OS 11.6 Big Sur Issues

We have had a report from one new customer that after upgrading their Apple operating system to the latest upgrade, OS 11.6, released on the 13th September, SonoBat software fails on launch. The PDF we produced, showing the changes needed to enable SonoBat to run using earlier versions of Big Sur, has been successfully followed by several customers. The new upgrade, 11.6, was designed for ‘security enhancements’ but as yet we have been unable to obtain any information as to why this upgrade is causing issues. We suspect it may be connected with the NI LabView software rather than SonoBat itself.

Until the issue is resolved we would strongly urge users to delay installing the OS 11.6 update.

6th October 2021

Following several requests, this morning I updated the website and added the UK Species: Call Parameter Data Tables.
This is not intended to be a ‘guide book’ but simply data derived from over 45,000 individual bat calls from all 17 UK species. The aim being to assist users with manualy vetting and classifying recorded bat calls to species level.
The pdf includes a SonoBat Parameter Glossary and data tables for each of the 17 species.  To view and download the pdf look under the ‘British Bats’ tab on the Home Page and select ‘Species’.

17th April 2021

Congratulations to Colin Morris who won an annual licence of SonoBat UK in the raffle at todays South West of England regional bat conference. The software link is in your email inbox.

The raffle raised over £330 for the BCT National Bat Helpline.

27th March 2021

OS 11 Big Sur Issues

SonoBat users have reported that after upgrading their Apple operating system to the latest OS 11 Big Sur  their SonoBat software fails on launch. The PDF shows the changes needed to enable SonoBat to run successfully.

https://www.sonobat.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SonoBat-Big-Sur.pdf

27th March 2021

Congratulations to  Lisa Worledge who won an annual licence of SonoBat UK in the raffle at todays North of England regional conference. The software link is in your email inbox.

The raffle raised over £230 for the BCT National Bat Helpline.

19th February 2021

We have been made aware of some users being unable to open SonoBat 4.50 UK after installing the new Apple Operating System, OS 11 Big Sur.  Joe has been working on this problem and has been given a potential ‘fix’.   We are currently waiting for feedback as to wether this fix will prove successful before publishing on here.  If you are experiencing problems with this OS upgrade please get in touch.

17th February 2021

Tonight I will be presenting a workshop for the BatAbility Club. I’ll be demonstrating how to get the most out of the suite of SonoBat software we supply and be giving a sneak preview of SonoBat 30.

Many thanks to Neil Middleton for inviting me to speak to the club.

9th February 2021

This Friday (12th Feb) I will be hosting a workshop at the BCT online Skills Event. I’ll be showing you how to get the most out of the suite of SonoBat software we supply and be giving a sneak preview of SonoBat 30.

This is the latest version of the software celebrating 30 Years since Prof Joe Szewczak began his SonoBat adventure. So come and join me at 11:30 GMT.
Martyn

1st February 2021

Congratulations to  Jenny Butler  who won an annual licence of SonoBat UK in the raffle at the Welsh Bat Workers Day on Saturday. The software link is in your email inbox.

The raffle raised over £250 for the BCT National Bat Helpline.

29th December 2020

UK Leaving the EU, VAT Implications

The UK officially left the European Union on 31st January 2020, however transitional arrangements came into force. These arrangements cease and new trading rules commence on the 1st January 2021. Unfortunately these new rules were only agreed on the 24th December and so full details are still unclear. The issue of VAT is complicated with new rules being applied. As we do not want to break any financial rules we have decided to TEMPORARILY SUSPEND online software sales to countries outside of the UK.

Hopefully the new VAT rules will be made clear in the coming days/weeks and we can resume selling again to our friends in Europe.

26th November 2020

AMD Processor Issues

Over the last couple of months we have been made aware, by a small number of customers, that they were encountering problems installing SonoBat software onto their laptop computer. These problems only occurred on laptops with AMD processors. After some research it was discovered that several other graphics based software programs, utilising National Instruments LabView software, were also experiencing similar issues and a ‘fix’ has been published on the LabView support page. Based on this advice we have created a pdf guide on how to implement the settings changes on Windows 10 to allow LabView and hence SonoBat to install.

https://www.sonobat.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AMD-Processor-Issues.pdf

25th November 2020

Congratulations to Fleur Oliver from Surrey Bat Group who won an annual licence of SonoBat UK in the raffle at the South East Regional Bat Conference on Saturday. The software link is in your email inbox.
The raffle raised over £300 for the National Bat Helpline.

8th November 2020

Congratulations to Bekie Perry from BrumBats who won an annual licence of SonoBat UK in yesterday’s raffle at the Midlands Regional Bat Conference. The software link is in your email inbox.
Yesterday the raffle raised £180 for the National Bat Helpline. The next chance to win a licence for our software will be at the South East regional conference on 21st November.