[mythtv-users] HDHR prime firmware update problem

[Mark Pennock]

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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