[hpsdr] Problems with Mercury

[Brian Crighton]

Hi All,

Thanks Phil for your help and everybody else's, but I am still in trouble, I have followed the instruction to the letter 
to update Mercury but it fails.

What happens is I get as far as to enter what version of code to load, say E for 2.4 and all that happens is that it says
The Device is not ready
Press any key to continue. (Version 2.4 etc is there). 
All loading to that point shows no errors.

Then nothing happens apart from coming out of the program.

If I look in device manager after loading usb blaster drivers it is shown as there Altera USB-Blaster in universal serial Busses.
but when I look in device manager after powering off and adding Mercury I only see the OZY Host Assisted Firmware Load  
Altera usb-blaster is not there.

Is this my problem - I am lost what to do.

Can anybody help me please as I am nearly bald!

Regards

Brian Crighton.

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Hi Brian,

Sorry to hear about your problem with Mercury. Have you loaded the latest version on Mercury into the card?

Try your boards like this 

Mercury in slot 6 (next to the power connector) gap Penny gap Ozy

if that does not work try 

Mercury slot 6 - Penny slot 5 - Ozy slot 4

I'm working on this slot dependency now - a tough one!

73's Phil.... VK6APH 


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  From: Brian Crighton 
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  Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:41 AM
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  Hi All
  I cannot get Mercury to work if Penny is installed, I have tried different slots combination removed J8 on Mercury, all power supply voltages are correct, deleted powersdr.mdb, but all I get after start button pressed and everything loaded is loud crackling and jumping panadapter, then after few seconds locks up. I have tried all things in Quick start guide.
  Mercury works great if no Penny card in.
  Can anybody help please.
  Regards
  Brian Crighton M5BJC.



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