Viv Letherby Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 I've just upgraded my Taranis X9d+ to version 2.2.4. It works o.k. but I get a wrong SD card warning, I've downloaded V0035 sdcard, and unzipped it. It's in my downloads folder. When I try to load it to companion it can't find the folder! what is going wrong? If I can sort this with your help, do I need to upgrade the receivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Lambert Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Latest open TX is version 2.3.11 probably best to go for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) Copy the SD card contents to the SD card for your Taranis using file explorer, though unless you are updating from OpenTX version 1.9 you can probably get away with just overwriting the opentx.sdcard.version file. Have you got the right SD contents though? V0021 is what I see for the v2.2.4 image here. V0035 is the card image for OpenTX 2.3.11. ps - only copy the contents of the SD card image, it's easy to end up creating a folder called 'SDcard' on your SD card! Edited March 11, 2021 by Bob Cotsford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Further to Bob's post this extract might help : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Brian Lambert said: Latest open TX is version 2.3.11 probably best to go for that one. That's not 100% correct. Because of the way OpenTX is iterated the best practice is to update your model file in increments - this will ensur you have the best chance of having fully working setups when you get to the other side. Here is how I did it when going from 2.0 to 2.3 by OpenTX guru (this is Mike Shellim's method) - it worked flawlessly despite the fact I have quite a few very complex setups, none of them needed tweaking afterwards... Backup your model files and firmware (existing setup) to your PC Download and install the next incremental version of Companion (i.e. if you are on 2.0, download 2.1) Open your old model file in the new Companion, then save it with a diff name (i.e. "models 21.otx" for OpenTX 2.1) Download the next version of Companion, then do the same until you get to the most up to date iteration (at the moment that is 2.3.x) Connect your TX and update the firmware to the very latest production version Upload the model file that has been converted through the multiple versions of Companion to the Tx Update the SD card with the SD card contents for the latest version of OTX (plus your custom images/sound files etc) I admit this is a bit of a pain (updating is probably my least favourite bit of OpenTX, the process is not slick and integrated; I guess that's just a reflection of it being authored by Open source afficionados with high degree of technical skills), but it will work - try it and see. Edited March 11, 2021 by MattyB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Letherby Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) Hi Matty. "Thanks for the steps you've advised; The problem I'm having is going from 2.1 to 2.2. - I've done the transmitter firmware. The SD card is proving problematic. I can't get Companion 2.2 to load the SD card contents, the message I get is "can't extract radio\radio.bin" even if I try to load zip file, unzipped file, or unzipped file contents. I also have received a message destination file is same as source file. Edited March 12, 2021 by Viv Letherby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 You need to copy the SD card contents using File Explorer not Companion. If you look in file explorer with the tx plugged in you should see the SD card as a new drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) Is this because the SD card is not in the correct format and needs reformatting? FAT32 I think. That caught me out! Edited March 12, 2021 by EarlyBird More info added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Letherby Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 The sd card is in my radio and is full of the old files from Open Tx 2.1.. Allthough there are only 3 models in that directory, when I have 6 models on the radio! The sdcard V0021 zipfile is always put in my radio file on the C:\ drive and unzipped there. When I try to load it to Companion is where I fail. Companion reports directory not found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 As Bob says you have to transfer the files from your C:\ drive onto the SD card. Connect the USB to your Taranis. In file explorer these two appear. In my case USB Drive (E:) is the SD card. with these contents Copy and paste or drag and drop the files from C:\ into the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Letherby Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 OK. I'm getting there - slowly. I've formatted the sd card and copied the version V0021 to the card - wowee! Now I just need to load my models and the BMPs. If I can find them in Campanion 2.1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy48 Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) Did you use the Companion to back up your models to the computer? Did you copy the files from your SD card to your computer before formatting the SD card and copying the new version. If you did neither, then you've lost everything. If you didn't have a copy of the BMP files already stored then you will have lost those, as Companion does not save them. The worst thing to do was reformat your SD card. Pity you did not follow the instructions PatMc posted. Edited March 13, 2021 by Andy48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Letherby Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) I thought I had several backups of my SD card but now when I look at them. the content is all computer code and I don't Know what to do with it. I've tried to load the whole card to Companion 2.1 but can't. I suppose I can reinstall all my model settings into 2.2 manually but where can I find the previously automatically loaded BMP files? , Edited March 14, 2021 by Viv Letherby extra text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy48 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 If you saved your BMP files to your computer, they will be wherever you saved them, if they were only saved to your SD card which you have reformatted, then you have lost them in all probability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 @Viv LetherbyThe backups are 'computer code' Bin files. Click the folder icon in companion and select the file. backup.bin in my case This loads the models into companion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Letherby Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Andy. Where did the BMP files come from in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Letherby Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Early Bird. When I try to open the sd card file I get this message-- Invalid binary EEPROM file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 14 minutes ago, Viv Letherby said: Andy. Where did the BMP files come from in the first place? What BMP files are you talking about? BMP are bit map picture files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 5 minutes ago, Viv Letherby said: Early Bird. When I try to open the sd card file I get this message-- Invalid binary EEPROM file. The backup files are on your PC as I demonstrated using companion to access and read them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Have you never backed up your radio to a file? This is the icon in companion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Letherby Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Eary Bird. this is my SD card. SDcard16-09-2016.bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) How did you create that bin file? I can not open it in companion. This is what I get. Edited March 14, 2021 by EarlyBird More info added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Letherby Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) It looks I did it 5years ago! I think i did a backup in Companion but don't remember how. Is it useless? Edited March 14, 2021 by Viv Letherby extra text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I suspect that you may have used 'backup radio to file' or something like that, in which case what you backed up will be the firmware, not the SD card. All the 'stock' images are on the SD card image that you download from the OpenTX site. Here's what was in v0026, it's the earliest I can find on my PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Letherby Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 OK Bob. I downloaded v0021 recently to go with open tx 2.2.4. but there doesn't seem to be anything in the images file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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