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The “bands.h” firmware file contains a few incorrect default frequencies.

80m WSPR is currently 3568600. It should be 3570100. It appears the dial frequency was used instead of the actual transmit frequency.
Reference: http://wsprnet.org/drupal/node/7352

15m QRSS is currently 21000800. It should be 21095900.
12m QRSS is currently 24890800. It should be 24925900.
6m QRSS is currently 50200000. It should be 50294300.
Reference: https://groups.io/g/qrssknights/wiki/3964

When firmware dated 12/30/2019 is loaded into Empyrean, the Linux ARM client will report band pass modules are empty in response to "list bands." Immediately quitting and relaunching the client app eliminates this behavior. If the Empyrean is reset, the bug comes back and client must again be quit and relaunched to clear it. Previous firmware builds do not exhibit this bug.

Please consider adding JS8 mode transmissions.

JS8 is a free-form chat derivative of FT8 and has 4 speeds. The Slow speed (30 second transmission at 25 Hz wide) and Normal speed (15 second transmission at 50 Hz wide) would likely be appropriate for the OB2's power level.

See: http://js8call.com

Source code repository: https://bitbucket.org/widefido/js8call/src/js8call/

It would be really nice to have a single "get status" command (like the original OpenBeacon had) which would report all parameter settings back to the console all at once instead of having to query each individual parameter.

For complete remote operation from the console command line, suggest also including in the status whether or not the OB2 is currently transmitting, and if not, what the next scheduled transmission start time is.

When sending commands from the ob2sync console to the OB2, it'd be helpful to receive back some indication like “OK” when a command is understood and successful. If a command is not recognized or is unsuccessful, receiving back something like “ERR” or “?” would be helpful. Currently no indication is returned when a command isn't understood by the OB2 firmware.