This still sounds like a COM port problem in the computer. I have been
using a USB to serial port converter for a couple of years and it has worked
perfectly on the my Orion II, a friend's 'original' v. 1x Orion, my old
TS-870, plus numerous other devices.
FWIW, I found that all USB-to-serial converters are based on two different
chips...one seems to work all the time and the other is flakey, but I don't
know which one is which! What I do know is that the one made by "Cables To
Go" works for me every time, so I bought four of them and keep one
everywhere I think I might need one.
BTW, I use this on a Sony P-4 laptop with XP Pro.
Ron N6IE
www.N6IE.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Giacobello" <k2xx@swva.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Cc: <jmiller1706@cfl.rr.com>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 6:40 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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