Problems with devo 10 upgrade

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28 Nov 2012 15:16 #3354 by Freezywilly
Problems with devo 10 upgrade was created by Freezywilly
Problem with devo10 upgrade.
I dug myself a hole and can't get out.
I have a new devo10 which I attempted to upgrade by first going to walkera.com and downloading the appropriate software and updates. All seemed ok.
Next I downloaded the latest release of deviation for the devo10. Started the software and when power up with the ext key got into programming mode.
The transmitter was recogonized and I proceded to install the update. Power down and up with the ent key and got the usb logo. So far so good, I formatted the flash disk and loaded the files
(at least I thought I got the right ones).
Powered down and tried to power up normally but all I got was a blinking background light and no
exicutable software. Went through this more than once with the same results. Is there a way to recover or do I now have a brick?
Shure hope I can get out of this.
Is it reasonable to start over with walkera updates?
Any help appreciated

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28 Nov 2012 15:27 #3355 by FDR
Replied by FDR on topic Problems with devo 10 upgrade
Start it again in USB mode.
You have to have 5 directories and 1 file (tx.ini) in the root of the USB drive.
Are they there?

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28 Nov 2012 15:28 #3357 by vlad_vy
Replied by vlad_vy on topic Problems with devo 10 upgrade
What do you have at USB drive?

[language]
[media]
[modelico]
[models]
[template]
tx.ini

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28 Nov 2012 15:31 #3358 by Freezywilly
Replied by Freezywilly on topic Problems with devo 10 upgrade
Yes those are the files that I downloaded to the disk. That part seems ok.

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28 Nov 2012 15:49 #3359 by FDR
Replied by FDR on topic Problems with devo 10 upgrade
Make sure you disconnect the USB properly after copying the files but before restarting the tx.
Check that you copied the DEVO 10 filesystem, not the DEVO 8 one.

Don't worry, you cannot easily brick the tx, you can always go back to the original Walkera fw...

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28 Nov 2012 16:18 #3361 by Freezywilly
Replied by Freezywilly on topic Problems with devo 10 upgrade
Is it possible I formatted wrong? I used windows 8 with the default. Second I will check that I downloaded the correct files. I thought devo 8 and devo 10 were separate. I believed I got the devo 10

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28 Nov 2012 16:37 #3362 by PhracturedBlue
Replied by PhracturedBlue on topic Problems with devo 10 upgrade
If you got the USB logo, you got the right version.
If you can see the USB logo by holding ENT on bootup, your firmware is loaded correctly and the problem in with the files you uploaded
If you can enter programming mode with EXT on bootup your tx is not bricked

try reformatting. I haven't used Win8, but you need to format as FAT with 4kB blocks. This is the default for Win7 at least.

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28 Nov 2012 20:55 #3374 by Freezywilly
Replied by Freezywilly on topic Problems with devo 10 upgrade
Problem solved. Never underestimate murphy.
The disk was formatted ok. However I made a slight bo bo in copying files. I copied a full directory structure and put the files in a subdirectory.
Moved them to root and all is well. Yes I read that but somehow forgot what I was doing. Cut and paste can bite you when you least expect it.
Onword and upword.

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03 Jul 2014 04:33 #24352 by Raffelo
Replied by Raffelo on topic Problems with devo 10 upgrade
FDR Can you check your PM?



FDR wrote: Start it again in USB mode.
You have to have 5 directories and 1 file (tx.ini) in the root of the USB drive.
Are they there?

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