[hpsdr] Call for HELP - New HPSDR-Setup / nothing works

[Joe Martin K5SO]

Penelope updates in an analogous way to Mercury (no ByteBlaster cable  
is necessary if you use the ByteBlaster simulation code as described  
in the Read Me file describing how to update the firmware in Mercury  
and Penelope).  Simply execute the Program-Penelope-EPCS4.bat file  
instead of Program-Mercury-EPCS16.bat file to update Penelope.   
There's only one choice in Program-Penelope-EPCS4.bat at the present  
time, version 1.1 (selection A when you run the .bat code) so it's  
straightforward to do it.

Make sure that Penny is in slot 6 (nearest the power connector) and  
Ozy is in slot 5 next to it when you do the firmware.  Also ensure  
that the "Last JTAG" jumper is installed on Penny when you do the  
update.  I usually have only Ozy and the board being updated on the  
Atlas bus when updating.  It might also work with other boards on the  
bus during the update but I've never tried that.

When you're done updating (you have to power off the Atlas buss and  
then power it back on for it run the newly updated firmware) you can  
move Penny and Ozy (and Mercury) to any other slot configuration you  
desire (that is stable on your system) but make sure the "Last JTAG"  
jumper is installed only on one board, Mercury or Penelope; it doesn't  
matter which one (Mercury or Penny) has the jumper on it but put it on  
only one of them when you have Ozy, Mercury, and Penny all on the  
Atlas bus simultaneously.

Hope this info helps.

73, Joe K5SO

On Mar 20, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Henry Vredegoor wrote:
> If you get an indication of the firmware version, what is it?
> Compare this with the latest version of the firmware for Penny and  
> if this
> is not the latest, upgrade to the latest version and test again.
> (I don't know if and how you can do this using Ozy like with upgrading
> Mercury though, or if you have to have a physical ByteBlaster or - 
> clone)
> Maybe someone else could fill in on this?


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