[mythtv-users] HDHR prime firmware update problem

[Mark Pennock]

My orignial firmware the wouldn't update is Release 20100213. I managed to
snag a Windows laptop from work and brought it home and successfully
updated my prime. Now it finally works. If only I could get my hdpvr
working again....


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Mark Pennock <markitman2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't have any windows computers in my house (or macs either). I also
> figured out that I had probed the original hdhr for firmware, mine for the
> HDHRP is 20111025
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Gary Buhrmaster <
> gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Mark Pennock <markitman2 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I do have a normal HDHR on my network. I believe I did it correctly
>> using
>> > the command line, but I also used the GUI app where you can see which
>> is the
>> > prime since it has 3 tuners. I get the exact same error with either
>> method.
>>
>> Did you use any sort of download manager to
>> download the firmware?  Sometimes those try
>> to be helpful.  wget is your friend.
>>
>> The sha256sum of the "correct" firmware for
>> a HDHR3-CC appears to be
>> bf0d1e714985fe82098c260cacbec642e4a95a04ff3da386c0838e4ce6181f3b
>>
>> Do you have the latest cli hdhomerun_config and
>> libraries?  I seem to recall that there was a bug in
>> a specific version of the firmware that required a
>> workaround to load an upgraded firmware.  It was
>> very specific to a particular firmware version, but
>> if you are on it, you are impacted.  It was fixed
>> (about) a year ago in the libraries.
>>
>> As a test, try to upgrade your non-Prime too (since
>> the 2010.... firmware is backlevel too).  If that works,
>> you have validated your process, at least.
>>
>> You could consider going to the dark side, and try the
>> Windows software which will discover and upgrade any
>> HDHR device it finds (with internal copies of the firmware).
>>
>> If all else fails, I would recommend going to the SiliconDust
>> site and open a ticket for assistance (and potentially
>> an RMA).
>>
>> Gary
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