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Re: [TenTec] Installing new Firmware

To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Installing new Firmware
From: jmalloy <jmalloy@stny.rr.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 23:40:45 -0400
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Art Lewis wrote:
Just a few questions about downloading and installing new firmware in my Orion 
. The manual does not seem to give you any steps other than attaching the 
serial cable between the computer and radio.

I have downloaded version 2.062a to my hard drive. I now have 2.060b installed 
in the Orion. It was done at Ten Tec. They also made the version 2 hardware 
changes.

Questions:
Do you have the radio on or off during the firmware installation? If on do you 
have it set to any particular Frequency or mode? How long should this procedure 
take? Are there any other steps that I am missing?

I know this seems like simple questions, but I would like to have some idea of 
what I am doing before I start. Hi Hi..

Art, to update the firmware, you should start your Orion I by pressing the User 2 key and turning the power on, keeping the User 2 key pressed until you see Flash Update Mode on the Orion's screen. Then start the upload from your computer to the radio. Ten-Tec presents this information in the README file on the site. Good luck -- I'm quite happy with 2.062a, I hope you will be!

73,

Joe, W2RBA




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