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DIY USB cable for 596c HD to update firmware

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User-888:

--- Quote from: sfw1960 on April 03, 2014, 06:35:19 PM ---Next thing... on the XP box, with the Sonar powered down, boot the PC - plug the cable - then power up the FF & see if that does any good??

I am guessing you HAVE tried other ports??

BTW ~ AMD or Intel CPU/Chipset??

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That's one of the first sequences/combination that I tried and it's the same behavior on all two of the port (small laptop).

This is so frustrating.

I just ordered an USB to serial adaptor and I'm gonna make a serial cable to see if that works. If that does not work then there must be something wrong with my unit.

Thanks

User-888:
Well I finally got it done.

The USB cable never worked for me.

I ended up making a serial cable by following AS-PC2 pin-out that I found on this forum and an USB-serial adaptor.

It got a bit interesting there for a moment when my new USB-Serial adaptor decided to quit mid-update resulted in a bricked unit.

For a moment I thought I had to send the unit back for repair but after some thought I decided to get another USb-Serial adaptor from Bestbuy and it worked immediately after the second try.

Not an ideal way to spend my Saturday afternoon but sure was fun!

sfw1960:
Nice!

DiddledTimmy:
How exactly did you make the cable? Steps or pictures would be greatly appreciated. I’ve been trying multiple cables and still can’t get it right. Thanks in advance

rnvinc:

--- Quote from: DiddledTimmy on April 01, 2020, 06:32:46 PM ---How exactly did you make the cable? Steps or pictures would be greatly appreciated. I’ve been trying multiple cables and still can’t get it right. Thanks in advance

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Notice that the thread is from 2014 and those users may not frequent the forum anymore  ...

It’s still a good question as others here may have info and pop in to help  ...

HB might also be able to help  ... 1-800-633-1468

Rickie

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