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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hi all,</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I am trying to load Protocol 2 on a Hermes board that I
have not used for a long time. Since I do not know the current status of the
board (PowerSDR does not find it, it must have worked once, however), I tried to
do this using HPSDRBootloader. But the Bootloader does not find the board.
</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I followed the instructions given here
</FONT></FONT></SPAN><A
style='href: "https://apache-labs.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2333"'><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">https://apache-labs.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2333</FONT></FONT></A><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">1.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I downloaded and installed WinPCAP and
HPSDRBootloader.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">2. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
connected HERMES to my PC (Windows 7 pro); set Jumper J12, then powered up the
board.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>HERMES:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On the LAN connector the green LED at
the left is on, the one at the right flashes at irregular intervals, then
settles to a flash about every 3 seconds.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>HERMES:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The following LEDs are fully on:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Status (front), 3.3V (front), LEDs 23,
25-28. All others are off.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">2.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On the
Windows "Control Panel" > "Network and Sharing Center" a second ethernet port
is shown as "Unidentified LAN".</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It is set to "Obtain an IP address automatically". I disabled the
"Automatic metric" and set it to 1.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">3.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Then I
start the Bootloader as an administrator. The dot on the right hand bottom
corner of the Bootloader window is green. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">4.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I set
the "Interface" to the "Unidentified LAN". </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">5.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Test
for Bootloader" does not find the board; at the bottom appears the message
"Check that there is a jumper on J1 for Metis"</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">6.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ignoring
this, and trying to program Hermes_Protocol_2_v10.3.rbf does not
work.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">7.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I also
tried the following:</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>no jumper J12</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>assign a fixed IP address to
"Unidentified LAN", set metric to 1</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>run HPSDRProgrammer_V2_nopcap.exe as an
administrator</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>the dot in the right hand bottom corner
of the Programmer window is red</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Discover" does not find the
board.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>8.
I did all the above again with the WLAN on the PC deactivated: the results
are the same.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">9.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I tested
the LAN port on my PC with another device: it
worked.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Am I doing something wrong, or am I overlooking
something, or is there only one conclusion: dead board
?</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Any help is greatly
appreciated!</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-ansi-language: en-us"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">73, Walter
HB9AJG</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>