FlyingMonkey Posted July 29, 2013 Report Posted July 29, 2013 I'm pretty sure the D100 in my 2007 CTSW has never had an update. How do I go about getting the latest firmware on it without bricking it or running into compliance issues with FD or FAA?
FlyingMonkey Posted July 29, 2013 Author Report Posted July 29, 2013 Cool, I'll call later today thanks Roger.
FlyingMonkey Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Posted July 30, 2013 Well hmm. I did as directed Roger, and it made the connection and read the version (3.xx...ugh!) fine, but while backing up my original config I was getting lots of "error...retrying" messages, and finally the backup timed out with an error 2721 (I think) and the message "could not read from instrument". I didn't want to try putting the new firmware in if it was having trouble, lest I turn it to a brick. Seems like maybe a bad cable. The USB to serial I used was brand new, I wonder about the cable on the back of the D100... I guess I need to ask Dynon support.
Adam Posted July 30, 2013 Report Posted July 30, 2013 Dynon has great support, very helpful. Don't be afraid to call. They just released a new update for the D100 series so timing is good.
FlyingMonkey Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Posted July 30, 2013 Okay Roger. The Dynon was powered up from ships power and the laptop was plugged into the wall and didn't lose power, but the radio and GPS were powered. I will trip the breakers and try again. Why does that make a difference?
Znurtdog Posted July 30, 2013 Report Posted July 30, 2013 FWIW after updating to ver 5.5 our D100 stopped showing the magenta OBS on the HSI. Changing a setting in the 496 from 'fast' to 'normal' fixed the issue.
FlyingMonkey Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Posted July 30, 2013 Roger, thanks, tripping the GPS breaker fixed the problem, I'm now running the latest and greatest.
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