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I'd like to report success on updating my firmware to the latest .809 firmware.
It was rather a puzzle, as on Windows 7, 64bit machine...my device "FX230X Basic UART" device was non functional, but visible in my list of devices, so I had to guess as to where to download a possible driver for the Virtual Com Port driver (VCP), by googling FX203X", downloading the driver, and installing it, using the device tab for installation, by pointing it at the unzipped driver in my download folder.
It was here... http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
After that the virtual Com Port in the Device manager wasn't functional, until I played with it a bit, and it detected the new driver and set a virtual com port to Com3.. Which then showed up in the firmware updater dropdown...
And then the flasher worked fine.
I'm not sure what percent of the beta testers will have a functional device driver which will just work without a similar puzzle.
New firmware is working, and Satiator is ready to charge, and preserved my profiles.
I haven't had a chance to use it on a longer trip yet, as I'm off to Lasqueti/Texada Island on the weekend and kayak preps take some time. And its hard for me to accept that I can "pound the hell of out it" - it seems too precious for that.
But I have been using it a lot on my bench.
It was rather a puzzle, as on Windows 7, 64bit machine...my device "FX230X Basic UART" device was non functional, but visible in my list of devices, so I had to guess as to where to download a possible driver for the Virtual Com Port driver (VCP), by googling FX203X", downloading the driver, and installing it, using the device tab for installation, by pointing it at the unzipped driver in my download folder.
It was here... http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
After that the virtual Com Port in the Device manager wasn't functional, until I played with it a bit, and it detected the new driver and set a virtual com port to Com3.. Which then showed up in the firmware updater dropdown...
And then the flasher worked fine.
I'm not sure what percent of the beta testers will have a functional device driver which will just work without a similar puzzle.
New firmware is working, and Satiator is ready to charge, and preserved my profiles.
I haven't had a chance to use it on a longer trip yet, as I'm off to Lasqueti/Texada Island on the weekend and kayak preps take some time. And its hard for me to accept that I can "pound the hell of out it" - it seems too precious for that.
But I have been using it a lot on my bench.