[TenTec] Reloading Orion firmware

[Steven Kline]

Hi Terry,

Last night must have been national update night.  I was updating firmware in my 565 as well to latest v3032x7.

I updated right off TT site.  Do you have your radio set to flash mode before you run the update.  If you don’t it will set and wait and say be patient for as long as your willing to set there hi hi.

You start with radio powered off and then depress “User 2” button, hold, and turn on power switch and that puts your radio in flash update mode.  Select desired ruf file and select update from your pc flash application and off you go.

Hope that helps.

Steve - W5JK


> On Feb 23, 2017, at 4:20 PM, Zivney, Terry <00tlzivney at bsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> I am trying to reload the Orion 565 firmware - had repeated problems
> with the radio this past weekend, after years of stability.
> 
> BUT, have  changed computers over those years, so don't have the
> info at my fingertips.  The new TenTec site is missing the file
> How to Update firmware - the link has an empty file. I tried
> running the exe file 565-setup-3.032x5.exe, which loaded an installer.
> When I run the program (choosing COM6 which is what the logging
> program uses so that is the correct port),  it brings up a flash-32 flash
> update utility (I am running Win7 64bit pro) it says "please be patient"
> and never does anything else. When I choose a version 2 firmware in
> that program, it counts line 0 of xxxx, but never progresses or does
> anything else.
> 
> HELP!
> 
> Terry N4TZ
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