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Re: Upgrading Firmware on Thompson DCM475 said by Teddy Boom:Funny how we are both making progress at the same time after most of a year of the issue, but better late than never 
That's nice, but what isn't funny is that TekSavvy isn't getting anywhere in getting these issues resolved the way they should be, by a simple firmware push. |
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kudos:2 | Trust me...we are working on this. On many different levels. Including looking at hacks like in this thread. |
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| said by TSI Gabe:Trust me...we are working on this. On many different levels. Including looking at hacks like in this thread.
Good to hear. |
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said by Teddy Boom:A fellow Teksavvy reseller brought over a couple of DCM475s this morning. I've now got a copy of 2.16 Peachy. Which of the two flash images did you replace, the first one, or the second?
I ripped 02.16 from another modem this afternoon, and found it in the first partition. The second partition had 02.08. So perhaps the "factory" image is the one at 00200000 rather than the one at 00010000.
Or more likely, it doesn't matter.. bootloader just picks the newest valid image (?). |
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kudos:7 | said by mlord:Which of the two flash images did you replace, the first one, or the second?
I ripped 02.16 from another modem this afternoon, and found it in the first partition. The second partition had 02.08. So perhaps the "factory" image is the one at 00200000 rather than the one at 00010000.
Cheers
I found the same thing. On the 2.16 modem it was 2.16 in image0 and 2.08 in image1. On the 2.08 modem it had 2.08 in both locations. I replaced both on the 2.08 modem. I had to erase and flash the entire firmware at the time, because I didn't have a proper USBJTAG xml file for the DCM475. I've now created that xml, so I could experiment, but I don't have any modems to play with any more
I don't know if my theory about the two images works. It seems to mostly work, and on the DCM425 it seems to always work that way, but... I guess there must be an environment variable that chooses which fw to boot from. Annoying.
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said by Teddy Boom:Not very thoroughly tested yet, because the upgraded modem is not subscribed on an account, but it certainly did the basics. Once I've reprogrammed my own modem a few times (also not subscribed), I will likely borrow a subscribed stac 02.08 modem from a different buddy, and try it on that one. That should be the acid test, I think. |
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kudos:7 | said by mlord:Once I've reprogrammed my own modem a few times (also not subscribed), I will likely borrow a subscribed stac 02.08 modem from a different buddy, and try it on that one. That should be the acid test, I think. To be honest, if it boots it is good. I'm just a little paranoid
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mlord
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Up-to-date, at last! |
Also verified that the MAC address is still the original, and it is.
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mlord
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So.. anyone else in Ottawa need/want their DCM-475 upgraded to Stac 02.16 firmware? |
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| said by TSI Gabe:Well...I do live in Ottawa :) you are quite welcome to check it out, if you like.
Just PM me (you or anyone else who is interested). |
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said by TSI Gabe:Trust me...we are working on this. On many different levels. Including looking at hacks like in this thread.
Gotta call bull sh!t on this. Three months and the best you can do is say we are working on it in a message board thread. Teksavvy just lost me as a supporter.
Will Teksavvy be giving me a credit for the cost of flashing the modem they sold me? Had a perfectly good Motorola that you said was too old to use. More BS. |
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said by damir:How much would you charge me to do this for me if i ship you the modem? I plan to only do local modems in the Ottawa area for now.
Perhaps you might contact user Teddy Boom (send him a PM from this site) and inquire there?
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said by Teddy Boom:said by mlord:Once I've reprogrammed my own modem a few times (also not subscribed), I will likely borrow a subscribed stac 02.08 modem from a different buddy, and try it on that one. That should be the acid test, I think. To be honest, if it boots it is good. I'm just a little paranoid I plugged my upgraded modem into the cable line just a few minutes ago, and it sync'd up with 4 downstream 1 upstream channels just fine. Of course it is still an unprovisioned modem, so it got an internal 10.69.x.x IP address rather than a "real" internet address. But still nice to see it actually works. |
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said by mlord:Same deal. I replaced image0 at first, but the modem came up as 02.08 still. Then I flashed the exact same firmware into image1, and.. presto! Okay, I've just now upgraded a second modem. This time, we tried the second image location first, and it worked. So no need to overwrite both images, just the second one.
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| said by mlord:said by mlord:Same deal. I replaced image0 at first, but the modem came up as 02.08 still. Then I flashed the exact same firmware into image1, and.. presto! Okay, I've just now upgraded a second modem. This time, we tried the second image location first, and it worked. So no need to overwrite both images, just the second one. Cheers And I am connecting with no problems so the flash was good.
Now to see if it has resolved the periodic disconnect problem. |
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I am interested but I am not having any major issues with the modem atm. |
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