[hpsdr] Updating an old HPSDR board set

[Dale Boresz]

Hi Joe,

I did update Quartus to version "12.1sp1 ccc", but I suspect the path 
needs to be modified in the Program-Mercury-EPCS16.bat file because 
after selecting: "O. Program using Mercury_v3.3" and hitting the Enter 
key, I get: "The system cannot find the path specified". The path is 
specified in the batch file as:
:Q121
SET DIRECTORY=c:\altera\12.1\qprogrammer\bin\quartus_pgm
GOTO LOOP

however my directory actually looks like this:
c:\altera\12.1sp1 ccc\qprogrammer\bin\quartus_pgm

Should I modify the path in the batch file to include "sp1 ccc" after 
the "12.1"?  (hate those spaces in filenames!)

Also, one other question. I initially did see an entry in the Serial Bus 
Controllers section of the Device Manager that was "Altera USB-Blaster" 
but after rebooting the computer, it is no longer there. Will it just 
get loaded on-demand, or have I goobered something up?

Thanks again for your help!
Dale
WA8SRA


On 2/25/2013 9:58 AM, Joe Martin K5SO wrote:
> 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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