RadarBox 2008 - V1.5 - Ready for Download

[f6gsg]

Thanks,

Yes, i undestand, but Flight Sim is one of the possibility to test rapidely
the "bug" as Google Earth or AL-FTP. (<15 min)

For the driver:
Primetec
19/05/2006
2.0.0.0

(very old !!!)

for the Firmware it's the 1.01.2

Tks
Patrick / F6GSG

[AirNav Support]

Yes, you need to update your driver to the ones in the RadarBox 2008 Drivers folder thats why you are getting that blue screen crash.

[f6gsg]

Ok,
i try immediatly ...

tks
Patrick/F6GSG

[Roadrunner]

AirNav,

Just for information. This morning after starting using RB I noticed I was getting regular grey lines across the map screen and it was getting very regular. I was not using recording but had Share and Network traffic switched on.  I turned both of these off but this did not stop the lines. I then re-arranged some of the other equipment near to the RB and its aerial and realised that the radio I use in my den, a Sony Ericsson W850i in a Speaker cradle was very near the aerial. I removed this device from the area of RB and the grey lines dissappeared. It would appear, that for me at least, the grey lines were caused by interference with signals by another electrical device. OOOOppps :-(

[f6gsg]

Hi,

i have re-install the driver for the USB with the drivers on RB2008.

OK it's now 2.2.4.0 but !!!!

it's identified as USB Serial converter from FTDI
not PRIMTEC or Radarbox and of course the RB don't connect
with it ... the blue light blinking one second.

i have de-installed (with the windows function) and re-installed ... same problem.(but well identify on plug and play).

an idea...

Patrick/F6GSG

[Allocator]

Make sure you are using the AirNav drivers available here - see the second post:

http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?topic=222.0

Do not let Windows automatically install drivers, or let it search the internet.

Edit: AirNav Support, this link is dead - where can Patrick get the latest drivers?

[AirNav Support]

The drivers are in the RadarBox 2008 Driver folder which he would have installed.

[f6gsg]

hi,

yesi use them , but it's strange the update or install driver "see" only the FTDI
interface, not the RB (behind the FT232)...

is there a hardware procedure to re-init the RB with the the FT232 that
it will be correctly identified ?

Thanks
Patrick/F6GSG

[AirNav Support]

Have no idea what you mean. After the upgrade to the new drivers does RadarBox 2008 run.

Also some of the issues you mention are similar to people running the firmware upgrade when it was not needed. Please tell us you did not do this so we can rule that out.

[f6gsg]

Ok,

at first with the windows manager i de-install the usb driver
i deconnect and connect the RB
the unplay detect a new material
i install the drivers who are in RB2008/drivers/i386/ftdibus.sys
(two time)
at the end windows infrom me that the material is well installed
(and i can verify in the manager material of windows).
but,
the blue led blinking one second,
the name of USB interface is USB serial converter
and when i start RB2008 (or RB2007) he say that there is
no hardware connected....

Thanks
patrick/F6GSG

[AirNav Support]

"USB interface is USB serial converter"

This occurs if your RadarBox device has had its firmware corrupted. I think at some stage throughout this process you ran the firmware upgrade which was not needed.

Contact support through email or our site and we can arrange a return to base and have it fixed. Sorry for the bad news but it seems you either did not follow the instructions fully when the orginal upgrade was done to 1.3 a few months ago.

[f6gsg]

Ok,

Bad News, but i have only de-installed the driver and re-installed ....
nothing plus !!! (because blue screen)

i contact the support.

tks
Patrick/F6GSG

[Roadrunner]

"USB interface is USB serial converter"

This occurs if your RadarBox device has had its firmware corrupted. I think at some stage throughout this process you ran the firmware upgrade which was not needed.

Contact support through email or our site and we can arrange a return to base and have it fixed. Sorry for the bad news but it seems you either did not follow the instructions fully when the orginal upgrade was done to 1.3 a few months ago.

[Roadrunner]

Hi AirNav,

Just reading this thread. Is that right that once the firmware is corrupted there is no way to flush it out and reinstall and it must result in a return to base for repair?

If so that is a sobering thought for us all :-(. 

Would it not be possible for a future update to develop some means of resetting the device locally so that a re-install can take place. My ipod occassionally gets corrupted by something  as simple as static and I can use a set of keypushes to reset.

Regards Mike

[AirNav Support]

Well so far, the only way it gets corrupted is if you try to try install the firmware upgrade again. Considering all new batches since Oct have 1.3 (which does not need this doing) we do not forsea anyone else doing this by mistake.

Otherwise the chances of it corrupting it are very low. So no need to worry :)