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Pages: 1 jimb1001 sage Reged: 11/14/09 Loc: Florida LS8 SD Firmware       #5666387 - 02/07/13 02:00 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I just received my LS8 and would like to make an SD card with the firmware on it. I've tried just about everything and can't get the updater to work for me. The closest I've come was tonight I used a Windows 8 tablet and the updater stared to write the firmware to the card but after a while the message "programming failed" came up in the window. I checked the card and it had a 631kb file on it. I reformatted the card and tried again but got the exact same results with a same size file on the card. I've tried this on a laptop running XP but got nothing but error messages right from the start. Same with my Win 8 desktop. Anyone else having problems or knows the secret to making this work? Also, I'm using a 2gb card formatted fat 32 and using the latest version of the updater from the Meade site. I've called Meade support and they were not helpful at all. BTW, I haven't had a chance to use it more than once but my quick first view and first impression is that this a wonderful achievement by Meade. GPS worked perfectly, auto align was easy and goto were in the middle or very close. I'm looking forward to getting it out tomorrow night as the weather report says no clouds. I hope they are right! Post Extras:       REC Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/20/10 Loc: NC Re: LS8 SD Firmware [Re: jimb1001]       #5666779 - 02/07/13 10:21 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Are you using a micro or mini sd card? You do know a regular SD card does not fit in that scope, right? Bob Post Extras:       jimb1001 sage Reged: 11/14/09 Loc: Florida Re: LS8 SD Firmware [Re: REC]       #5666985 - 02/07/13 12:14 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Actually, I'm using a micro in a mini adapter but I don't think that has anything to do with the updater not loading. Post Extras:       Photobud super member Reged: 01/07/13 Re: LS8 SD Firmware [Re: jimb1001]       #5667159 - 02/07/13 02:05 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Actually, I'm using a micro in a mini adapter but I don't think that has anything to do with the updater not loading. Probably true since Meade's manual explicitly suggests that combo. Post Extras:       astrogeoguy member Reged: 07/02/11 Loc: Thornhill, Ontario, Canada Re: LS8 SD Firmware [Re: Photobud]       #5667950 - 02/07/13 10:06 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I wrote a detailed post on this last year. I'll try to find it. Post Extras:       rvrrnnr newbie Reged: 01/24/13 Loc: Boulder City, Nevada Re: LS8 SD Firmware [Re: jimb1001]       #5669939 - 02/08/13 11:01 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I did this a couple of weeks ago using two mini/micro cards. Go to the Meade customer support site, download the following manual and look on page 4. [url=http://www.meade.com/manuals/TelescopeManuals/ETXtelescopes/LS%20Software%20Update%20Instructions%20v16%20(26-Oct-2009).pdf] Good Luck Post Extras:       Geo. Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/01/08 Loc: Upstate NY Re: LS8 SD Firmware [Re: rvrrnnr]       #5675527 - 02/12/13 10:19 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Be sure you are using AUTOSTAR UPDATER SOFTWARE VERSION 6.0.0. Check out http://www.meade.com/support/Win7_ASU592_Installation.pdf For install instruction for updater. There can be issues with Win Vista & 7 security. I know my PC would default to the old updater after the install of the new. Post Extras:       jimb1001 sage Reged: 11/14/09 Loc: Florida Re: LS8 SD Firmware [Re: Geo.]       #5676918 - 02/13/13 01:14 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I checked, it is ver. 6.0 that's running. I connected my old DSI color tonight and it had no trouble connecting from Envision. I expect its the same problem affecting Stellarium and Autostar Suite. I solve one I've solved both. I'll call Meade tech support when I have time although my experience with them has been that they are great for the simple things but anything out of the ordinary throws them for a loop. Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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