Joe
Thanks for you help. The installation of 2.062a went without a hitch. Not
sure how different it is from 2.060, but will have fun checking it out.
Thanks again Joe
73 WA8VSJ Art
----- Original Message -----
From: "jmalloy" <jmalloy@stny.rr.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Installing new Firmware
> 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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