Re: HC went crazy after firmware upgrade
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Chip Louie
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#28438
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M:Cur_Gem2.bin File on SD Card/Firmware Updates
I started to veer to this topic on another thread and did not want to hijack that other thread. I sure would like to use the GFU Utility to its fullest capacity, but I keep running into a persistent
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criscopenneys
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#28437
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Re: HC went crazy after firmware upgrade
That M:...? does prevent any firmware updates using GFU since it prevents access to the folder using FTP. The only way to get rid of this file is to format the SD card and copy the files over again.
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Paul Kanevsky
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#28436
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Re: HC went crazy after firmware upgrade
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criscopenneys
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#28435
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Re: HC went crazy after firmware upgrade
I don't want to veer off topic but mine "times out" at the "Flash Firmware" and "Reboot" step when using the GFU every time I try to update the firmware.? From past messages, I think the issue is
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criscopenneys
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#28434
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Re: HC went crazy after firmware upgrade
A timeout at the end of the process, after Gemini is rebooted, is not a problem. It's just that it takes too long for GFU to detect that Gemini completed the reboot, which could be a network problem,
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Paul Kanevsky
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#28433
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Re: HC went crazy after firmware upgrade
You could try this to update the HC without using the GFU (just in case something is wonky with the GFU utility).? You will need to copy the V1.64 gemhc.bin file directly to the HCFirmware folder on
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criscopenneys
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#28432
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Re: HC went crazy after firmware upgrade
Thank you a lot Paul and Ryan, I had a looong night, playing with patches of clouds when finally everything crashed (gemini driver, sharcap and phd2) . I suspect a collective software suicide due to
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jean-philippe jahier
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#28431
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Re: HC went crazy after firmware upgrade
1. As Ryan suggested, restart Gemini. 2. Make sure the HC is plugged into the correct slot. 3. Try doing the update to HC firmware again (select HC and Flash Firmware in GFU). Wait until it says it's
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Paul Kanevsky
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#28430
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Re: Error when attempting to connect to Gemini 2 with GFU
It feels like we have been waiting for GEMPro for a very long time.? I'm very curious to see how much of an impact it can make once the hotrod PEC curve is installed on my sort of average G11G and
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Chip Louie
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#28429
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Re: HC went crazy after firmware upgrade
Did you power the mount off and on with the switch after the firmware update was complete? When you power cycle the mount for the first time after the firmware update is when the Gemini pushes the HC
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Ryan Noonan
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#28428
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HC went crazy after firmware upgrade
*[this has been solved] see my answer three messages below* *The issue resulted in several causes I guess* * *data corruption, possibly due to a low lithium battery voltage due to cold conditions?
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jean-philippe jahier
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Re: NEW: Gemini L6.11 firmware and HC v1.64 are available
Yup, upgrade worked great for me as well! This is a great group. Thanks for all your help everyone! Now waiting on GEMPro to come out :) Jason
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Jason Hissong
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#28426
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Re: NEW: Gemini L6.11 firmware and HC v1.64 are available
Easy Peezy me too thank you so much Paul for all of your work
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Ron
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#28425
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Re: NEW: Gemini L6.11 firmware and HC v1.64 are available
Flawless update here.
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David Jones
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#28424
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Re: NEW: Gemini L6.11 firmware and HC v1.64 are available
PEC is stored on Gemini SD card in PEC folder in the CurrPEC.pec file, so it will not be erased by firmware update.
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Paul Kanevsky
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#28423
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Re: NEW: Gemini L6.11 firmware and HC v1.64 are available
Don't know what happened, Chip. I've updated HC firmware with GFU to 1.64 without issues, and I kn
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Paul Kanevsky
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#28422
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Re: NEW: Gemini L6.11 firmware and HC v1.64 are available
On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 03:41 AM, Paul Kanevsky wrote: > > Hi folks, > > New Gemini firmware ( https://gemini-2.com/firmware-changes.html ) is > available to address issues reported by users. > >
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Chip Louie
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#28421
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Re: NEW: Gemini L6.11 firmware and HC v1.64 are available
Will PEC be retained when completing the update?
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Tom Wideman
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#28420
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Re: Error when attempting to connect to Gemini 2 with GFU
Thanks for the update, Jason! You¡¯re all set. Regards, -Paul
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Paul Kanevsky
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#28419
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