[hpsdr] one Metis down...

[Joe Martin K5SO]

RRR, Phil.  Understood.  Thanks!

What is interesting about my recent experience with the Metis EEPROM  
losing it's mind is that I could not recover from this fault by using  
the HPSDRProgrammer  bootloader mode.  It was necessary for me to use  
the Quartus II Programmer to load the file "output_file.pof" (which  
Jeremy kindly provided to me!) in order to recover from this  
particular failure.

After loading the output_file.pof using a blaster cable in conjunction  
with the Quartus II Programmer utility I now am able to use both the  
normal programming mode and the bootloader mode in the HPSDRProgrammer  
utility to update code in the Metis board that previously had failed.   
However, should the "no-LEDs-at-all-showing" failure occur again on  
this board, I suspect that the bootloader mode in HPSDRProgrammer will  
once again not allow me to recover.  I suspect that in this failure  
mode it will be necessary for me to once again load the  
"output_file.pof" into the EEPROM using a blaster cable and the  
Quartus II Programmer to recover.

In any case, thank you all very much for your helpful comments and  
providing me with the necessary files to get back up with this Metis  
board!

73,  Joe K5SO



On Feb 20, 2011, at 6:27 PM, Phil Harman wrote:
>
> With Metis we have tried to move away from the Altera Quartus  
> programming
> software since it changes frequently and is not as user friendly as  
> John's
> HPSDRProgrammer software. We feel that being able to update the  
> code, both
> in Metis and other HPSDR boards, via Ethernet is a step forward.

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