[hpsdr] [apache-labs] Re: Angelia_v2.8 firmware download

[Joe Martin K5SO]

Yes, that doesn’t sound normal to me.   

I don’t find it to be necessary to power cycle the board here but it sure wouldn’t hurt anything to do so! 

73,  Joe K5SO

On Feb 8, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Michael St. Angelo wrote:

> Joe,
> 
> It did discover Angelia 2.7 after I saw "! board found". What bothers me is that I did not see the programming status messages.
> 
> I may not have power cycled. Do we have to power cycle when upgrading or downgrading with HPSDRProgrammer?
> 
> Mike N2MS
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: apache-labs at yahoogroups.com [mailto:apache-labs at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ken N9VV
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 10:56 AM
> To: apache-labs at yahoogroups.com; Joe Martin K5SO
> Cc: dl8laq at sh-home.de; hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org list
> Subject: Re: [apache-labs] Re: [hpsdr] Angelia_v2.8 firmware download
> 
> Mike, are you doing a FULL POWER cycle on the rig between HPSDRProgrammer and other operations? Maybe you are leaving it powered on and that is why discovery did not find it after the upgrade/downgrade.
> 
> de Ken N9VV
> 
> On 2/8/2014 9:51 AM, mstangelo at comcast.net wrote:
>> Joe,
>> 
>> I upgraded form v2.7 to v2.8 using HPDSRProgrammerV2 nopcap 2.0.4.5
>> 2013-12-1 ans in programmed successfully. The erase cycle took about a 
>> minute. The programming cycle took less that 5 seconds.
>> 
>> I checked the power and the maximum 10 meter power dropped to 70 watts.
>> 
>> I downgraded from v2.8 to 2.7 with the HPDSRProgrammerV2. The erase 
>> cycle took about a minute. It then stataed "1 board found". There was 
>> not any programming message. I ran a discover and it showed Angelia v2.7.
>> 
>> I checked the power and the maximum 10 meter increased to 100 watts.
>> 
>> Why didn't the programming ststus display when downgrading from v2.8 
>> to v2.7?
>> 
>> Why is the maximum 10 meter power lower on 2.8. I also had this issue 
>> with v2.6?
>> 
>> Mike N2MS
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Joe Martin K5SO <k5so at valornet.com>
>> To: dl8laq at sh-home.de
>> Cc: hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org list <hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org>
>> Sent: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 14:53:34 -0000 (UTC)
>> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Angelia_v2.8 firmware download
>> 
>> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
>> 
>> Norbert and Les,
>> 
>> I am not able to reproduce your failures here; I’ve been able to 
>> switch back and forth between Angelia_v2.7 and Angelia_v2.8 repeatedly 
>> without any problems.
>> 
>> Keep in mind that if Angelia_v2.7 is in your ANAN-100D it will take 
>> HPSDR Programmer about 68 seconds or so to erase the EEPROM, whereas 
>> if
>> Angelia_v2.8 is in your ANAN-100D the erase time is only about 17 seconds.
>> 
>> I’m not sure what to think about your results; we’ll see if they are 
>> generally observed, I’ve only heard of these two instances of failure 
>> among several several successful reports from users so far.
>> 
>> 73, Joe K5SO
>> 
>> 
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