[hpsdr] Updating an old HPSDR board set

[Joe Martin K5SO]

Hi Dale, 

Yes, your firmware and software are old, you definitely should update them.  The current firmware versions for your boards are: 

Mercury_v3.3
Penelope_v1.7
Ozy_v2.4 (this file is contained in the PowerSDR distribution folder and is loaded automatically by initOzy11.bat when you run PowerSDR)

Current OpenHPSDR PowerSDR versions from Doug W5WC are: 

RX1:  v2.2.6 (2/1/13)
RX2:  v2.2.9 (1/19/13)

You do need to update your USBBinaries-Blaster folder, as the current USBBinaries-Blaster folder contains the firmware mentioned above.  Instructions for using Ozy to load the firmware haven’t changed since you last updated your system and the procedure is still given in detail in the README file in the USBBinaries-Blaster folder. 

You may use your present version of qprogrammer v8.1 to update your Mercury and Penelope boards.  You need not update to Altera’s latest v12.1 if you don’t wish to take time to do that. 

You need not worry about obtaining Winpcap until you obtain a Metis board, as the Winpcap dll is used only by the HPSDRProgrammer program to update boards via Metis.   Winpcap has nothing to do with updating using Ozy with the USBBinaries-Blaster files.    

You will find many improvements and enhancements with the new firmware and software relative to what you used earlier. 

73,  Joe K5SO



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