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Firmware Version?

John N0TA
 

I have a NanoVNA-H4 which is several years old. The back says HW version 4.2. The firmware lists contain either a "MS" or "SI". My 5351 says "BG008 006. Which version of firmware should I use?
Thanks,
- John


Re: Anything for Windows 7?

 

On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 10:39 AM, Leif M wrote:

I still use W7 because most of my software is there. Nano VNA software for W7
would be nice too.
Did you get the answer to your original question and get the WIN7 software I posted working?

Roger


Re: DiSlord v1.2.0 instability even though MS5351 clock-generator is selected (MS-3.6 HW version)

 

It is practically impossible to brick these, even if you deleted the
bootloader there are programing headers on the board. It should
be explained in the community manual.

On Sat, 10 Sept 2022 at 05:45, Ramon S via groups.io <ve7rvs=
[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Roger,

Thanks for your reply.

The label of my back shell only says...HW Version 4.2, SN: SN:H$-xxx71290.
I do not see nay mention of MS or SI. bought my unit from R&L Electronics
in Sep '20. Could it be it does not contain any of these chips?
My first instinct was to try which H4 dsu file would load on it, but am
concerned I might brick this very useful instrument...






Re: DiSlord v1.2.0 instability even though MS5351 clock-generator is selected (MS-3.6 HW version)

 

The MS/SI tag only came into being after there were two types. Those with no tag, iirc, are the SI. (Actually, unless this latest .14 build changed something, the code in the SI and MS builds is identical, with the diff being which is preselected. You can, however, change the selection in tnne advanced menus.

On September 9, 2022 10:45:15 PM CDT, "Ramon S via groups.io" <ve7rvs@...> wrote:
Hi Roger,

Thanks for your reply.

The label of my back shell only says...HW Version 4.2, SN: SN:H$-xxx71290. I do not see nay mention of MS or SI. bought my unit from R&L Electronics in Sep '20. Could it be it does not contain any of these chips?
My first instinct was to try which H4 dsu file would load on it, but am concerned I might brick this very useful instrument...




--
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.


Re: DiSlord v1.2.0 instability even though MS5351 clock-generator is selected (MS-3.6 HW version)

 

Hi Roger,

Thanks for your reply.

The label of my back shell only says...HW Version 4.2, SN: SN:H$-xxx71290. I do not see nay mention of MS or SI. bought my unit from R&L Electronics in Sep '20. Could it be it does not contain any of these chips?
My first instinct was to try which H4 dsu file would load on it, but am concerned I might brick this very useful instrument...


Re: DiSlord v1.2.0 instability even though MS5351 clock-generator is selected (MS-3.6 HW version)

 

On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 12:07 PM, Ramon S wrote:

I think I'm missing something, it appears to me that there are two versions of
each fw files an MS_xxxx and SI_xxxx, could you please guide me on which dfu
file version I need for my H4 (SN:xxx71290)?
On the NanoVNA-H and NanoVNA-H4, if MS5351M is used, the MS suffix is added to the version number on the label of the backshell, such as 3.6_MS or 4.3_MS.

Roger


Re: DiSlord v1.2.0 instability even though MS5351 clock-generator is selected (MS-3.6 HW version)

 

Thanks Hugen for your info.

I think I'm missing something, it appears to me that there are two versions of each fw files an MS_xxxx and SI_xxxx, could you please guide me on which dfu file version I need for my H4 (SN:xxx71290)?

Thanks,
Ramon


Re: DiSlord v1.2.0 instability even though MS5351 clock-generator is selected (MS-3.6 HW version)

Alex Kindred N7AWK
 



Alex N7AWK

On Wed, Sep 7, 2022, 3:18 PM John N0TA <reillyjf@...> wrote:

I can't find 1.2.14 -- where is it?




Re: i need help , NANA VNA-H

 

The video shows the driver in the BIN file in the program86 folder . FYI
I got mine to talking, still get. Scattered lines after calibration.
Trash can, bummer:(

On Sep 7, 2022, at 3:18 PM, mike (N0NY) <trustee.tcfmc@...> wrote:

?I had the same issue using the DFuSe program on windows 10- the issue is in the download From STM v 3.06 the driver file is missing.

I found it to download a generic drive and it worked very well- I had to extract it even though it looked extracted in file manager!
the url I used is...

Make sure you load the correct version of the dfu file - there is a difference between the H and H4 (2.8" and 4") versions.

file is on this website: kiss.flyduino.net/download/bootloader-driver-package-by-stm

Good luck
--
Mike Miller
N0NY





Re: DiSlord v1.2.0 instability even though MS5351 clock-generator is selected (MS-3.6 HW version)

John N0TA
 

I can't find 1.2.14 -- where is it?
- John


Re: i need help , NANA VNA-H

 

I had the same issue using the DFuSe program on windows 10- the issue is in the download From STM v 3.06 the driver file is missing.

I found it to download a generic drive and it worked very well- I had to extract it even though it looked extracted in file manager!
the url I used is...

Make sure you load the correct version of the dfu file - there is a difference between the H and H4 (2.8" and 4") versions.

file is on this website: kiss.flyduino.net/download/bootloader-driver-package-by-stm

Good luck
--
Mike Miller
N0NY


Re: Anything for Windows 7?

 

Of course you did! Win 98 was terrible!


Re: My Win 11 machine does not recognize the Nanovna H4 in DFU mode. #nanovna-h4

 

Just FYI.. None of the highly qualified PC professional and or PhD gurus I
know will allow Win 11 in their machines until it has had a few years on
the market for Microsoft to work out the bugs. There is no reason to
"upgrade" just to pay more $$ to Microsoft. I'm in no rush to gather bugs.

Best to keep Win 10 and use Virtualbox to run Win11 in a separate section
if you feel you must have stuff on the "bleeding edge" of Microsoft's
"technology".
Vbox is likely to run most things faster. I have an extra 2tb ssd in my
laptop so I can run XP Pro for my legacy stuff in a 100gb slice and Ubuntu
Linux in a 400gb slice and still have an extra 500gb above my 2tb C drive.

Vbox is free and easy to use

Chuck Cole

On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 3:36 PM ALTON MCCONNELL via groups.io <nu8l=
[email protected]> wrote:

I cannot find a driver for Win 11 for use with stm32080. Where do I find a
driver or should I use another tool to make the firmware upgrade?






--
Chuck Cole ?K4TZO


Re: i need help , NANA VNA-H

 

Well did clear config , did touch cal, screen cal , I did a actual calibration. This is what I get .

On Sep 5, 2022, at 4:34 PM, Nick M via groups.io <w7nik@...> wrote:

?Thank you I will try that :)
I basically gave up , I might be buying a rig expert zoom35 ?

On Sep 5, 2022, at 4:06 PM, Roger Need via groups.io <sailtamarack@...> wrote:

?On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 02:20 PM, Nick M wrote:


Well getting somewhere, transform mode ,is off now, i updated the firmware,
look great , but still can't get to hold a calibration. I Calibrate on the
software ., I get a center of smith chart, , i do a sweep , absolute mess . ,
I do cont sweep with dummy load, then if take off the dummy load , still
shows , mess, no change ?

This unit was working last week , i guess it is junk ?
Try this.. Go into Expert Settings and select Clear Config (password is 1234). Then do a Touch Cal to calibrate your touch screen. Then Save. This should restore default settings. Then try calibration (remember to reset before calibrating).

Roger








Re: i need help , NANA VNA-H

 

Thank you I will try that :)
I basically gave up , I might be buying a rig expert zoom35 ?

On Sep 5, 2022, at 4:06 PM, Roger Need via groups.io <sailtamarack@...> wrote:

?On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 02:20 PM, Nick M wrote:


Well getting somewhere, transform mode ,is off now, i updated the firmware,
look great , but still can't get to hold a calibration. I Calibrate on the
software ., I get a center of smith chart, , i do a sweep , absolute mess . ,
I do cont sweep with dummy load, then if take off the dummy load , still
shows , mess, no change ?

This unit was working last week , i guess it is junk ?
Try this.. Go into Expert Settings and select Clear Config (password is 1234). Then do a Touch Cal to calibrate your touch screen. Then Save. This should restore default settings. Then try calibration (remember to reset before calibrating).

Roger





Re: My Win 11 machine does not recognize the Nanovna H4 in DFU mode. #nanovna-h4

 

On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 10:50 AM, ALTON MCCONNELL wrote:


Thanks for the reply Roger!

Well, I am not a computer tech. Finally figured out that win 10 drivers
would work and there is driver loading software in the 64 bit H4 zip file. I
upgraded to DIslords
v .1.0.71. Got the H4 talking to NanoVNA Saver and NANOVNA on my tablet.
1.0.71 is an old version of firmware. Hugen has just released a new H4 version based on DiSlord firmware. Many, many new features. There are two versions SI and MS. SI is for original Skyworks clock chip and MS is for Chinese clone. If your unit was produced recently it may have the MS version and you will see an M on the label on the back of your unit. Link here >>


Unable to get the SD memory card to work. Memory chips are probably too new
and too large at 32 GB. My H4 platform is STM32F303xC Analog and DSP.
Not all SD cards work for reasons given in another post. I use a Kingston 32 GB SD card and it works fine.

Roger


Re: i need help , NANA VNA-H

 

On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 02:20 PM, Nick M wrote:


Well getting somewhere, transform mode ,is off now, i updated the firmware,
look great , but still can't get to hold a calibration. I Calibrate on the
software ., I get a center of smith chart, , i do a sweep , absolute mess . ,
I do cont sweep with dummy load, then if take off the dummy load , still
shows , mess, no change ?

This unit was working last week , i guess it is junk ?
Try this.. Go into Expert Settings and select Clear Config (password is 1234). Then do a Touch Cal to calibrate your touch screen. Then Save. This should restore default settings. Then try calibration (remember to reset before calibrating).

Roger


Re: i need help , NANA VNA-H

 

Well getting somewhere, transform mode ,is off now, i updated the firmware, look great , but still can't get to hold a calibration. I Calibrate on the software ., I get a center of smith chart, , i do a sweep , absolute mess . , I do cont sweep with dummy load, then if take off the dummy load , still shows , mess, no change ?

This unit was working last week , i guess it is junk ?


Re: i need help , NANA VNA-H

 

Nick,
In the first two photos of message 29622, it appears that the NanoVNA is in Transform mode. Did you intend that? (Transform is an item in the Display menu.)
--John Gord

On Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 01:03 PM, Nick M wrote:


Thanks Roger , I am understand how it should work , I wish I could get a
single dot on the smiths chart . Scattered after reset and cal . It was hot
yesterday, so all day I tried to get it to work again.
It a shame just over a year old :(

Maybe I messed with expert settings?

What are the proper settings.

On Sep 5, 2022, at 10:21 AM,

On Sep 5, 2022, at 10:21 AM, Roger Need via groups.io >
<sailtamarack@...> wrote:

?On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 11:06 PM, Nick M wrote:


The -h dings when i go into dfu boot mode , the device manager has a flag
on
it to upgrade driver.
Did you install DFUSe demo? It installs the driver. If you are getting a
flag then you can manually update the driver by right clicking and then
pointing to the DFUse directory where the driver is located. The location is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\Software\DfuSe v3.0.6\Bin\Driver

This video describes the process >>


The issue , is simple , i reset on the software VNAsaver . 40 version for
this example . i set up the freq range ,1.mhz to 4 mhz
Reset
I start the calibration assistant, all is well. . i hit save , i set up
cont
sweep , i get swr all over the place, 1.1, 5.5 etc
with the 50 ohm connected, i take off the 50 ohm the same thing all over
the
place . .
Before you start updating the firmware you should check that you can
calibrate the NanoVNA in standalone mode without a PC connection. Remember to
Reset first. The do the SOL calibration and check for proper operation with
each cal load. on the Smith chart you should get a dot on the far left for a
short, center for 50 ohms and far right for open. My screenshots shown below.

Roger





Re: i need help , NANA VNA-H

 

Video link thank you !!!

On Sep 5, 2022, at 1:03 PM, Nick Manzo <w7nik@...> wrote:

?Thanks Roger , I am understand how it should work , I wish I could get a single dot on the smiths chart . Scattered after reset and cal . It was hot yesterday, so all day I tried to get it to work again.
It a shame just over a year old :(

Maybe I messed with expert settings?

What are the proper settings.

On Sep 5, 2022, at 10:21 AM,

On Sep 5, 2022, at 10:21 AM, Roger Need via groups.io

<sailtamarack@...> wrote:

?On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 11:06 PM, Nick M wrote:


The -h dings when i go into dfu boot mode , the device manager has a flag on
it to upgrade driver.
Did you install DFUSe demo? It installs the driver. If you are getting a flag then you can manually update the driver by right clicking and then pointing to the DFUse directory where the driver is located. The location is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\STMicroelectronics\Software\DfuSe v3.0.6\Bin\Driver

This video describes the process >>

The issue , is simple , i reset on the software VNAsaver . 40 version for
this example . i set up the freq range ,1.mhz to 4 mhz
Reset
I start the calibration assistant, all is well. . i hit save , i set up cont
sweep , i get swr all over the place, 1.1, 5.5 etc
with the 50 ohm connected, i take off the 50 ohm the same thing all over the
place . .
Before you start updating the firmware you should check that you can calibrate the NanoVNA in standalone mode without a PC connection. Remember to Reset first. The do the SOL calibration and check for proper operation with each cal load. on the Smith chart you should get a dot on the far left for a short, center for 50 ohms and far right for open. My screenshots shown below.

Roger