[hpsdr] Updating an old HPSDR board set

[Joe Martin K5SO]

Dale, 

1) Very good.  Sounds like you’re doing okay.  Yes, it doesn’t matter which two slots on Atlas you use as long as the target board (Mercury in this case) is adjacent to Ozy and the target board (Mercury) is between Ozy and the power connector on Atlas.  Also, the “last JTAG” jumper must be in place on the target board (remove that jumper after loading the firmware).

2) If you need help sorting out the path to programmer v12.1 we can communicate via direct email and I’ll help you sort that out. 

73,  Joe K5SO

On Feb 25, 2013, at 9:57 AM, Dale Boresz wrote:

> It worked this time using v8.1 -- after I moved Mercury into the J6 slot on Atlas, with Ozy in J5.
> 
> Moving on to Penelope now ...
> 
> Dale
> 
> 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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