[hpsdr] Programming Hermes Help

[Jeremy McDermond]

On Dec 2, 2012, at 5:16 PM, "Phil Harman" <phil at pharman.org> wrote:

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> I guess the problem I have with this is that I'm way too close to the
> problem to see the solution.
> 
> I've re-read the User Guide and can't see how it can be made any clearer.
> But, perhaps I read between the lines too well!
> 
> If someone who has been through this process can suggest some changes or
> additional text then I'd be glad to incorporate it.
> 
> I think the ultimate solution would be to incorporate the programming
> function into the PC software.  That way the PC could periodically check
> for updates being available and ask the user if they want to install it.

Again, I think that the incorporation in HPSDRProgrammer of two separate "modes" that look remarkably alike is confusing.  I'm not saying that my solution is the only one with Flynn, but it certainly is one that works.  I think it needs to be much clearer that the two main tabs are two different modes that cause things to behave totally differently.  What might work even better, but would require some work, is to have HPSDRProgrammer automatically send out discovery packets and see if anyone is out there to talk to in normal mode.  If there isn't, it can send out an "MAC Address" request using the bootloader protocol to see if a board is sitting out there with the jumper set.

While I've read your docs and I don't think they're badly written, you're assuming they're going to get read at all.  If the program can be made clearer and/or smarter, that's going to solve a lot of issues I think.  I may be convinced to swallow my distaste of Qt long enough to do some redesign if I get some time if not just to make things a lot easier for folks.

> 73 Phil..VK6APH
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>> That was it, 20 seconds and it was done. 4 hours and all it was J12 being
>> installed!!
>> Others be warned!!
>> Tim
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: N4IS <n4is at comcast.net>
>>> Sent: Dec 2, 2012 5:30 PM
>>> To: 'Tim O'Rourke' <w4yn at earthlink.net>, hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
>>> Subject: RE: [hpsdr] Programming Hermes Help
>>> 
>>> Hi Tim
>>> 
>>> I experienced the same situation you describe. Several attempts to get
>>> Hermes discovered with no joy, but always able to see the Mac address and
>>> the IP was 255.255.255.255. After reading the recommendations to upload
>>> the
>>> firmware I understood it and you don't need to change J12 to upgrade the
>>> firmware. J12 is necessary to be on for the boot loader.
>>> 
>>> I removed J12 , power cycled Hermes and started PowerSDR. It worked
>>> correctly, just quite a longer time to start.  I closed PowerSDR, then
>>> another  power recycle Hermes and open programmer again, this time it
>>> recognized Hermes and the firmware upgrade was easy as expected. It seems
>>> that if you start with J12 on the board is not able to get an IP address.
>>> 
>>> I have a TAPR Hermes and now the firmware is updated and working just
>>> fine.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> Jose Carlos
>>> N4IS
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org
>>> [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Tim O'Rourke
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 1:43 PM
>>> To: hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
>>> Subject: [hpsdr] Programming Hermes Help
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>>> Well I am stuck, I can not discover Hermes.
>>> Have connection set to Obtain IP address automatically.
>>> I select the direct connection port in Programmer, I see Mac address that
>>> looks correct to what I have read.
>>> But I can not discover Hermes.
>>> I have TAPR Hermes. All else seems fine with programmer.
>>> Tim
>>> 
>>> Tim O'Rourke
>>> W4YN at ARRL.Net
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