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Re: [TenTec] FW Update Problem w/O2

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] FW Update Problem w/O2
From: <jmiller1706@cfl.rr.com>
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Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 17:43:22 +0000
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I used the Dynex USB-Serial adaptor from Best Buy.  Seemed to work fine.
---- kc9cdt@aol.com wrote: 
> Joe,
> Go back to the USB serial converter. BUT go to the hardware manager in 
> windows and disable that multiport serial card first. Sounds like conflicts 
> to me...also, do you have the latest windows SP 3 installed? You should at 
> least have XP SP 2 installed.
> Also, disconnect from the internet (cable), make sure NO other programs are 
> running and disable any antivirus and firewall programs you have
> Ever since Microsoft took away DIRECT serial port control in the OS we have 
> had some issues with serial ports.It can be touchy now.
> 
> Some USB to serial adapters works OK others are junk.
> 
> 73,
> Lee
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Giacobello <k2xx@swva.net>
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Cc: jmiller1706@cfl.rr.com
> Sent: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 9:40 am
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] FW Update Problem w/O2
> 
> 
> 
> Jim and Billy, thanks for your inputs, but I'm continuing to have both an 
> exasperating and mysterious series of problems with the FW installation.
> 
> Apparently, those messages that I was receiving on the Orion screen were 
> indicative of the FW code being loaded albeit at a very slow pace.  I went 
> back 
> and tried it again several times and on some occasions the transfer would 
> stop 
> at an early line and the update software would close.  The furthest I got 
> before 
> the transfer stopped was program flash 266.  The speed seemed to be erratic, 
> but 
> it was generally quite slow.  It made little difference whether I used 
> hardware 
> flow control or none and 57.6K speed or slower.  Even though I usually 
> received 
> the error message that there was no communication between update software and 
> the Orion, the Orion display showed 
> 
> I am currently using a multi-serial port PCI card for serial ports.  It has 
> worked flawlessly for several years with a number of different applications.  
> I 
> tried Jim's suggestion of using a USB-to-serial adapter and his port 
> settings, 
> but there appeared to be nothing happening based on no info being displayed 
> on 
> the Orion screen.  I went back to the PCI serial port and now, unlike my 
> earlier 
> experiences, saw no info displayed on the screen that indicated data transfer 
> (or anything else for that matter).  (So Jim's remedy may have been working, 
> but 
> I couldn't tell.)
> 
> Finally, I ran a serial port analyzer program and it showed that 
> communication 
> between the port and the Orion was established practically instantaneously, 
> but 
> then the data transfer slowed to a snail's pace when the update software 
> started 
> transferring code.  (This is when the error message about loss of 
> communication 
> is generated.  Apparently, it has slowed, but it has not stopped.)  One line 
> of 
> code was being transferred every 6-7 seconds.  I decided to allow the 
> transfer 
> to continue overnight and by this morning about half the code had been loaded 
> and there are still no messages on the orion screen.
> 
> I haven't the vaguest 
> idea why I'm having this problem.  It seems that most 
> users have had no problems, although a small minority have had problems 
> similar 
> to mine.  I never had any problems loading Orion I FW with the same setup.  
> Really mysterious.
> 
> 73, Joe
> K2XX
> 
> 
> 
> /I had the same problem, others have mentioned it also.  I finally had to buy
> a cheap USB to serial converter and use it.  I suspect that something in the
> latest indows version doesn't like the older serial card I was using.  I
> think some folks think it may be a Windows XP or Vista problem.  But also be
> sure you have your serial port set to 57600 bps, no parity, hardware flow
> control.  You do this in the Windows Device Manager, under COM and LPT
> ports.  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Joe Giacobello
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 5:35 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] FW Update Problem w/O2
> 
> I have just been trying to install FW 2.041XL and have major problems.  
> After starting the update, I first get an error message indicating that 
> there's no communication with the radio.  If I repeat the update one or 
> two more times, I finally get a message on the Orion screen that says 
> "Erase Flash" which then switches to "Program Flash 1."  The number in 
> that message continuously increments every 10 seconds or so, but nothing 
> else happens.  I can stop the numbers from incrementing by just shutting 
> down the update software.  So there must be some communication between 
> the software and the O2.
> 
> I've tried both master resets and RAM clears w/o any effect, and I also 
> re-downloaded the FW file.  I can't even re-install the original FW.  
> Never had problems updating the original Orion.
> 
> Anyone seen anything similar or have any thoughts on what might be going on?/
> 
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