[hpsdr] Programming Mercury-EU via Metis

[Joe Martin K5SO]

Hi Berndt,

Like you, but unlike many others of course, I have not had much  
success getting HPSDRProgrammer to work here.  I've tried direct  
connections to the PC and connections through my LinkSys switch with a  
variety of cables with not much success.  Usually I can't detect the  
Metis board in Metis Programmer mode, or any other board if in JTAG  
Programmer mode, but sometimes the program appears to finish  
"successfully" in Metis Programmer mode but does not actually update  
the firmware on the board.

I'm using Win XP x64 and HPSDRProgrammer v1.0 has worked best for me  
so far in that once or twice I was able to update Metis firmware  
successfully but none of the versions has been able successfully  
update any other board but Metis.  I haven't figured this out yet.  I  
must use the Quartus II Programmer with a blaster cable or the Program- 
Mercury-EPCS16.bat method to update Mercury, presently.

I have no experience updating firmware on a Mercury-EU board so maybe  
someone who has one can comment on whether there are any significant  
differences in updating the firmware on Mercury-EU.

Joe K5SO

On Mar 15, 2011, at 6:19 AM, Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:

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> G'day,
>
> is the flashing procedure identical for the TAPR Mercury and Mercury- 
> EU cards?
> The only difference that I spotted was that the "last JTAG" jumper  
> on the
> Mercury-EU is JP5.
>
> My attempts to program a Mercury-EU card with V6.4 failed. HPSDR  
> Programmer
> complains about timing out during the ERASE cycle prompting to power  
> cycle the
> boards and to retry again. Am I overlooking something?
>
> I've tried with HPSDR Programmer on Ubuntu and Windows 7.
>
> 73, Berndt
> VK5ABN
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