[TenTec] Installing new Firmware

[Art Lewis]

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 at stny.rr.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at 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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