FIRMWARE AND FREQUENCY UPDATE SAT 85 CLAMSHELL SATELLITE DISH

Firmware and Frequency update

The software of the TVA antenna consists of 2 parts, firmware update and frequency update.

Firmware update is for changes in general operation and the Frequency update is for changes in finding the satellite.

Manual

  1. Press both buttons and download the 2 files (update.bin and mtHWinfo.bin) to your PC.
  2. Change the file name from mtHWinfo.bin to mtHWinfo.txt
  3. Place the 2 files on an empty USB stick. (possibly format the usb stick to FAT32)
  4. Switch off the antenna on the control box, button (6).
  5. Insert the USB stick in the slot (9) of the control box.
  6. Simultaneously press and hold the up (10) and down (11) keys on the control panel during step 7.
  7. Switch on the antenna with the control box, button (6).
  8. The green LED (8) of the control box flashes 9-10 times (you can release the up and down keys after first flashing) and then lights continuously. If the LEDs do not blink, you may already have the latest software in your system. See also “I don’t get the update files in my TVA system” under frequently asked questions TVA from support recreation!
  9. Wait until both LEDs are off.
  10. Then switch off the Power button (6) on the control box.
  11. And then switch on the Power button (6) of the control box again.
  12. The red LED (7) lights up and the green LED (8) of the control box flashes briefly and then lights continuously.
  13. Wait until both LEDs are off.
  14. Then switch off the Power button (6) on the control box.
  15. Remove the stick from the control box!
  16. Then switch on the Power button (6) of the control box again.
  17. The Controlbox restarts with the new update.
  18. The system is ready for use

There are 2 satellite selection changes in this update.

 

  1. as in earlier version, the Hispasat satellite choice has been replaced by Eutelsat 9th.

if you select Hispasat, the antenna on the Eutelsat 9th will be aligned for Joyne.

  1. The Thor satellite has been changed to Eutelsat 5W.