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marko-eurovox · 14-09-07, 05:43 PM

purchased Eurovox Max 6 weeks ago, today I get an email from the company who sold it to me (cable-tv-junkie) that i have to download UFL MAX V 06 09 07. i went to Maplin and purchased USB serial converter kit and im ready to go..... what the hell do i do now, im no stranger to a computer but nowhere i repeat nowhere are there any instructions for normal blokes like me to update software..... please can someone tell me how to do this in plain terms, thanks. someone please email me or post reply ebayjester@ntlworld.com

satsmo · 14-09-07, 06:39 PM

You will also need a null modem cable to use in conjuction with the USB serial port adapter.

Null modem info here
Maplin > Serial Null Modem 9-Pin Female to 9-Pin Female

Basically you plug the USB serial port adapter into the pc you then plug the null modem cable into this and then into the eurovox.

All you do then is put the Eurovox in standby select the file you have and press download, (no loader required anymore). It may say flash update failed but this is just a glitch and it should update either way.

marko-eurovox · 14-09-07, 06:44 PM

so i dont need eurovox connected to tv when i do this

g-unit1028 · 14-09-07, 07:15 PM

no just as long as its got power

Big Ale Lad · 14-09-07, 10:56 PM

from what I have read the updates do not appear to have a great deal of influence or effect on the box, so wouldn't worry to much about doing it unless its going wrong.

CrackMouse · 31-10-07, 01:55 PM

@marko-eurovox
Hi mate,
you said you bought your stuff from maplins?
I'm also planning to go there today to buy a USB-serial adapter and a null modem cable (4 computers and not a single serial port between them....).
Did you manage to get the maplins components to work? Only there's another thread in this forum where someone said that the maplins null modem cable didn't work.

@ everybody else:
anyone else know specifically what type of null modem cable is required? eg. can I use a really basic one with just flow control cross-wired? Does the flashing program or DnUpMan have software flow control, in that case?
The reason I ask is that I have the wires to solder a very simple null modem cable (without full handshaking etc), but not enough wires for a full-blown one, and would therefore need to pay a £10 (ish) to maplin's or my local component shop. £10 saved is a (very small) round at the pub!
(i realise I can get one cheaper online, but I'm a very impatient person...)

lincsat · 31-10-07, 06:07 PM

A null-modem lead is just a crossover cable, with the in's wired to the out's.

CrackMouse · 31-10-07, 08:30 PM

Thanks lincsat,

So its just Rx<-Tx, Tx->Rx and GND?

excellent. I think I can manage that. I have one 4-core serial cable and a spare female 9-pin D-sub head. Time to get chopping and soldering.

14-09-07, 05:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
marko-eurovox Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How The Hell Do I Update Eurovox Max purchased Eurovox Max 6 weeks ago, today I get an email from the company who sold it to me (cable-tv-junkie) that i have to download UFL MAX V 06 09 07. i went to Maplin and purchased USB serial converter kit and im ready to go..... what the hell do i do now, im no stranger to a computer but nowhere i repeat nowhere are there any instructions for normal blokes like me to update software..... please can someone tell me how to do this in plain terms, thanks. someone please email me or post reply ebayjester@ntlworld.com Last edited by marko-eurovox; 14-09-07 at 06:07 PM.

14-09-07, 06:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
satsmo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,191 Thanks: 11 Thanked 227 Times in 208 Posts	Re: How The Hell Do I Update Eurovox Max You will also need a null modem cable to use in conjuction with the USB serial port adapter. Null modem info here Maplin > Serial Null Modem 9-Pin Female to 9-Pin Female Basically you plug the USB serial port adapter into the pc you then plug the null modem cable into this and then into the eurovox. All you do then is put the Eurovox in standby select the file you have and press download, (no loader required anymore). It may say flash update failed but this is just a glitch and it should update either way.

14-09-07, 06:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
marko-eurovox Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How The Hell Do I Update Eurovox Max so i dont need eurovox connected to tv when i do this

14-09-07, 07:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
g-unit1028 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How The Hell Do I Update Eurovox Max no just as long as its got power

14-09-07, 10:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
Big Ale Lad Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How The Hell Do I Update Eurovox Max from what I have read the updates do not appear to have a great deal of influence or effect on the box, so wouldn't worry to much about doing it unless its going wrong.


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31-10-07, 01:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
CrackMouse Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How The Hell Do I Update Eurovox Max @marko-eurovox Hi mate, you said you bought your stuff from maplins? I'm also planning to go there today to buy a USB-serial adapter and a null modem cable (4 computers and not a single serial port between them....). Did you manage to get the maplins components to work? Only there's another thread in this forum where someone said that the maplins null modem cable didn't work. @ everybody else: anyone else know specifically what type of null modem cable is required? eg. can I use a really basic one with just flow control cross-wired? Does the flashing program or DnUpMan have software flow control, in that case? The reason I ask is that I have the wires to solder a very simple null modem cable (without full handshaking etc), but not enough wires for a full-blown one, and would therefore need to pay a £10 (ish) to maplin's or my local component shop. £10 saved is a (very small) round at the pub! (i realise I can get one cheaper online, but I'm a very impatient person...)

31-10-07, 06:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
lincsat Super-Dooper Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In front of the PC Posts: 3,760 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1,007 Times in 187 Posts	Re: How The Hell Do I Update Eurovox Max A null-modem lead is just a crossover cable, with the in's wired to the out's. __________________ Eurovox EX1000SL £85, Eurovox EX5000 (PVR) £100, Humax Freesat HD £125 - Lincsat's Nick-nacks (Shop) Please consider Donating to the Forum

31-10-07, 08:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
CrackMouse Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How The Hell Do I Update Eurovox Max Thanks lincsat, So its just Rx<-Tx, Tx->Rx and GND? excellent. I think I can manage that. I have one 4-core serial cable and a spare female 9-pin D-sub head. Time to get chopping and soldering. Last edited by CrackMouse; 31-10-07 at 08:34 PM.

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