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[Testers Needed] GD-77 Firmware Loader for Linux and OS-X

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 6:56 pm
by F1RMB
Hi All,

I've updated the code to make it work under Windows, Linux, and probably OS-X (I can't test this one).
Bear in mind that it's totally beta, and It Works Here, minus some problems under Windows, sometimes... ;)

To run it under Linux and OS-X, you need to have mono installed.

In the zip file, you have a udev config file, it's needed under Linux (copy it, as root, under /etc/udev/rules.d/).

From a terminal, just run it like this:

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mono GD77_FirmwareLoader.exe
it will display the GUI window, or

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mono GD77_FirmwareLoader.exe <firmware_file.sgl>
it will start as CLI, flashing your GD-77 with specified firmware file.

Cheers.

Re: [Testers Needed] GD-77 Firmware Loader for Linux and OS-X

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 7:54 pm
by F1CXG
Salut Daniel, ne fonctionne pas chez moi (win7), la version de chargement du firmware du CPS de Roger non plus....
juste celle de Radioditty ;)

Thierry

Re: [Testers Needed] GD-77 Firmware Loader for Linux and OS-X

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 8:04 pm
by F1RMB
F1CXG wrote:
Fri Nov 22, 2019 7:54 pm
Salut Daniel, ne fonctionne pas chez moi (win7), la version de chargement du firmware du CPS de Roger non plus....
juste celle de Radioditty ;)

Thierry
Bonsoir Thierry,

Did you installed the Comm driver from here ?

https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/ ... CommDriver

Otherwise, grab your laptop tomorrow, we will check that at the club ;-)


Cheers.

Re: [Testers Needed] GD-77 Firmware Loader for Linux and OS-X

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 8:06 pm
by F1CXG
ok see you tomorrow then ;)
Thierry

Re: [Testers Needed] GD-77 Firmware Loader for Linux and OS-X

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 10:04 am
by F1CXG
Hi Daniel,
I re-installed the driver, the firmware is loaded by Roger's CPS, but not with your soft.
( Kaspersky blocked me despite the authorization, turning it off for a few minutes, that's OK)

see you later
Thierry

Re: [Testers Needed] GD-77 Firmware Loader for Linux and OS-X

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 11:21 am
by VK6NJP
Installed ok, But it does not find GD-77 (Windows10)

Re: [Testers Needed] GD-77 Firmware Loader for Linux and OS-X

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 11:31 am
by F1CXG
Like me, with Win7 ;)

Thierry

Re: [Testers Needed] GD-77 Firmware Loader for Linux and OS-X

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 4:37 pm
by EA3IGM
I've been emailed about this and will try this later today (in 3-4h from the time I post this message) when I'm home.
My tests will be done on Arch Linux kernel 5.4, I'll edit this message when I'm testing and probably write about my experience in general.
Very thankful!

Re: [Testers Needed] GD-77 Firmware Loader for Linux and OS-X

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 7:08 pm
by F1RMB
Hi,

I will post a new updated version of the software.

Thanks for tour help.
I'm mostly interested by test under Linux and OS-X.

Re: [Testers Needed] GD-77 Firmware Loader for Linux and OS-X

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:29 pm
by F1RMB
So, here is a new version. For Windows users, since you need to install a third party software (LibUsbDotNet 2.2.8), and create a special USB filter, I won't ask you to test this version yet (some of those tasks can be done automatically, but I don't have time at the moment).

For Linux users, don't forget to tweak the udev config, otherwise usbhid will claim the USB interface, and communication won't work)

OS-X users (Alex ;) ), I don't know how it will work on this OS. I guess using libusb-1 as in Linux.

Not mentionned again, but Mono is required on both Linux and OS-X.


Thanks for you patience :D

Cheers.