[Orion] Updating the Orion-set the baud rate

[John Merrill]

Im sure my baud rate is set to 9600 still and never had an upgrade 
problem.. Using win2k, com2. I wonder what the diff is?

John N1JM
On Dec 22, 2003, at 7:19 PM, Charlie, W0YG wrote:

> OK I have successfully updated the Orion.  The key was to change the 
> baud
> rate set in my computer.  It apparently was set to 9600 whereas the 
> Orion
> (where does it say this?) needs 57.6Kb to update properly.  The baud 
> rate
> can be set two different ways.  One way is to go into the Start Menu,
> Programs, Accessories, Communications, Hyperterminal and set the baud 
> rate.
> Another way is to right click on my computer, select properties, left 
> click
> on hardware, right click on the serial port you are using, select 
> settings
> and change the baud rate.
>
> This doesn't seem to be mentioned in the Orion Manual anywhere yet 
> some of
> you more experienced types perhaps know this.  Since this is my first
> update, I found that my computer was set to a different baud rate than 
> the
> Orion likes (but where does it say what the Orion likes?).  Once set 
> to a
> compatible baud rate, the update went smooth.
>
> 73,
>
> Charlie, W0YG..>>
>
>
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