[cpaine]

I’m no longer able to find the “Using the SD card for UI assets” page, with the UI.zip and UI_old.zip files and instructions for hosting the javascript files on SD card. The link http://support.opensprinkler.com/support/solutions/articles/5000011026-using-the-sd-card-for-ui given by salbahra on 8 Sept returns a Not Found error. Has this been moved, or is there a problem? Thanks.

[cpaine]

OK, thanks to both Ray and Techfan; the unzipping (or failure thereof) was the problem. The Windows unzipper was simply unable to handle these files. 7-zip did fine. Its updated and running the js files from the SD card now.

[cpaine]

I don’t know if this will answer your question, but…
When I download the osFirmwareUpdater.zip file, it initally shows as a compressed file or folder (not sure which).
When I double click that, it immediately changes to a normal file, with four contents: two folders, named _MACOSX and osFirmwareUpdater, and two zero-size file named _MACOSX and osFirmwareUpdater, and two zero-size file named. Yes, the same names as the folders.
The osFirmwareUpdater folder contains a folder named windows, which contains a file named osFirmwareUpdater.exe and several other files and folders. Doubleclicking on the osFirmwareUpdater.exe file, it offers options to Extract All or Run. Selecting Extract All, it tells me that the two zero-size files I named above exist, but no other files are generated. Selecting Run has the effect I described before: the .exe file closes immediately.

[cpaine]

To Ray’s question and suggestion: Yes, I have tried doubleclicking the .exe file. Doing so opens a dialog box with options Extract All, Run, Cancel: If I do “Extract All:, it tells me that all the files already exist (and they do). “Run” opens the User Account Control dialog, so I know something is happening; but when I hit Allow, the file closes immediately. This is the case whether OS has been just plugged in and is still showing “connecting…”, has been plugged in long enough to be showing “MC_________________”, or whether I held down B2 for less than 2 seconds and the display is showing “Reset all?”

To TechFan’s suggestion: I removed all old copies of the .zip file, then downloaded a fresh copy to Desktop and renamed it osUpdate.zip. The osFirmwareUpdater file I cannot rename (not an option under Properties). Doubleclicking the osFirmwareUpdater.exe file has the same effect described above; i.r., Run opens User Account Control, but the file closes immediately when allowed to run.

[cpaine]

From “http://rayshobby.net/blog/?page_id=732” I use the link to “OpenSprinkler Firmware Updater 2.0 (for OpenSprinkler Hardware 2.x only)” to download the file “osFirmwareUpdater.zip” to a subfoler in a folder on my desktop:
Desktop folder “Equipment, manuals, etc”, subfolder “OpenSprinkler”. When the download has finished, the file is 39,248 KB.
The .zip file contains two folders, “_MACOSX” and “osFirmwareUpdater”, and two zero-size files with the same names.
The “osFirmwareUpdater” folder contains several folders, of which one is “windows”; the “windows” folder contains two folders and five files, of which one is “osFirmwareUpdater.exe”, 388 KB, which is what I have been calling “the Updater”.

Lot of information, probably much more than you asked for. Thanks for the help.

[cpaine]

That is correct: no Updater GUI ever appears.
I removed all the downloaded files and re-downloaded the Updater 2.0: no change in behavior. Still no GUI.

[cpaine]

I’m running Vista Home Premium, Java 1.7 update 40, have the USBtinyisp installed and know it is there because it shows in Device Manager only when the OS is connected. The OpenSprinkler is v2.0 (May 2013), s/w version 2.0.0. Because hosting the js files on the SD card is not supported before 2.0.3 (according to salbahra), I am trying to upgrade the s/w version. I downloaded and extracted the Firmware Updater 2.0.zip. In folder osFirmwareUpdater/windows I see file osFirmwareUpdater.exe.
But when I plug in the OS to USB, the updater does not run. The screen immediately illuminates with no characters; after about 1 second, it shows the date with “Connecting…”, which then changes to “MC:__________________” after several seconds. If I hold down B2 when plugging in the USB (which is the instruction for 2.1, not for 2.0), the screen reads “Reset all?” after about 1 second, and that remains until I power off the unit. But the Updater never runs. If I try to run the osFirmwareUpdater.exe file, with or without OS plugged in, the User Account Control pops up, so I know something is happening, but the Updater just closes immediately.

[cpaine]

Let me be more explicit about that, because my quick response is open to misinterpretation.
With B2 held down as the USB is plugged in, the screen illuminates immediately but without any characters; then within 1 second reads “Reset all?”. This occurs whether the power switch is on or off, and whether the SD card is installed or not. (I have no reason to think that these latter two things would make any difference, I mention them only for completeness.) Releasing B2 before the screen reads “Reset all?” is as if B2 had not been held down; i.e., the screen reads the date and “Connecting….”; Releasing B2 within 2 seconds of plugging in the USB but after the screen reads “Reset all?” does not change the screen, and the Updater does not run.

[cpaine]

Perhaps it should, but it does not. The screen illuminates as soon as the USB is plugged in, and reads “Reset all?”.

[cpaine]

I had posted this question on 14 Sept in the “Usage and Firmware updates” under the “SD card instructions” discussion, but maybe it belongs here better; I can also provide more info.
Problem is similar to that described by kevin_s: the updater just does not run.

I’m running Vista Home Premium, Java 1.7 update 40, have the USBtinyisp installed. Hardware is OpenSprinkler v2.0 (May 2013), s/w version 2.0.0. Because hosting the js files on the SD card is not supported before 2.0.3, I am trying to upgrade the s/w version. I downloaded and extracted the Firmware Updater 2.0.zip. In folder osFirmwareUpdater/windows I see file osFirmwareUpdater.exe. But when I plug in the OS to USB, the updater does not run. The OS shows the date with “connecting…”, which then changes to “MC:__________________” after several seconds. If I try to run the .exe file, with or without OS plugged in, nothing happens.
Just for fun, I tried the instructions for OS v2.1: When I power the OS with B2 pressed, the screen shows “Reset All?”. That doesn’t seem to be what I want.
Advice? Thanks.

[cpaine]

I do have S/W version 2.0.0, so that is part of the problem. Now I’m trying to update to a newer version, but it isn’t happening.
I have installed the USBtiny driver; I know that Windows is finding the device because USBtiny only shows when the OS is plugged in.
I downloaded the Firmware Updater 2.0 and extracted the files, and plugged the OS into USB. But when I plug in the OS, nothing happens: the updater does not run. If I run the updater.exe, again nothing happens. Suggestions? Thanks.

[cpaine]

Well, I’m missing something here. I went to the “Using the SD card for UI assets” page, then downloaded the UI_old.zip and opened it in the uSD card, moved the uSD to the OS slot.
Next instruction is “Navigate to the following URL, replacing os_addr with the OpenSprinkler IP address: http://os_addr/su”. The graphic shows URL 10.0.3.8/su, but trying to open that in a browser gets nothing. The “http://os_addr/su” also gets nothing. Opening the device address on my home network just gets the OS user interface; but there is no option there to change the Javascript URL (or if there is, I haven’t found it).
I’m running S/W version 2.0, if that matters. Thanks for any advice.

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