Pii to piii not good

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OK its been hours now and to surrender! I have had my PII a couple of years now and have been waiting to do the PIII UPGRADE a couple of months. I just waited until now because if lack of time. I installed the PIII kit and it was pretty straight forward. Unit came on and all was good. I installed the ProfiLuxControl, Version 5.0.0.12 (BETA). Then I tried to do a firmware upgrade and my problems began.
Before anyone asks: I have been running Vista in Parallels on a MAC. Hardwire Profilux to Lan and MAC to WLAN to network. This worked fine with the PII and in the beginning with the PIII. I had always done firmware updates without any problems.
When I tried to do the firmware update, I hit Yes on the Profilux then OK on my screen. About 3/4 of the way through the upgrade I got an Error message saying "ERROR WHILE TRANSMITTING FIRMWARE Flasherase - no response - 255.
Then I tried to save the setting to my PC and got this message "Error during reception of Code_WebServer Port (Parameter #1830)". After Retrying a number of times I hit Ignore to see what would happen.The next message I got said "Error during reception of Code_level1_props_1-0(Parameter #1927). If I continue to hit ignore the message was with (Parameter #1927), Ignore again then (Parameter #1928), Ignore again then (Parameter #1929). I stopped when it reached (Parameter #1930)

Now even if I could not the fireware upgrade or be able to store the settings would have been OK for now but I noticed that on the Profilux display not all viewable items are shown even though they are checked on the Profilux control.
Any and all help is appreciated, Neil.

[Matthias]

Hi

before continuing we must ensure that you have the newest firmware 5.00p on your ProfiLux
otherwise ProfiLux 3 and ProfiLuxControl 5.0.0.12 are not compatible

[aqua_digital]

Hi Neil,

Please can you try the flash tool this is the best way to get the latest firmware loaded especially when doing so from a P3 upgrade, the reason for this is most P3 upgrades come with very old firmware and you have to go through a series of software versions to get to the latest. By using the flash tool over RS232 or RS232 to USB (not USB to USB) you then bypass the software.

I know you asked me about the hex file, did my email reply help you understand about opening the saved frile from your desktop?

If not I will do screen shots later step by step guide.

On that note as of next week i will be expanding my online how to guide to cover connectivity in depth. I think this will go a long way to remove some issues.

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Matthias . The FW is 5.00 date 12/3/09. I found this on the Profilux by pushing the Extras butting and scrolling to Info & support.

[Blahenazo]

that's an old FW.

best is to upgrade to the p version.
if it doesn't work with PLC anymore , use the FR flasher tool

procedure is here
http://www.aquariumcomputer.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=1274

If I rememeber correctly between step 6-8 there is only a couple of seconds of delay because the P3 is only in the flash state for a few seconds.
I had to try a few times to get it to work. I used the serial cable to upgrade with the FR tool with my FW upgrade failed.

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As always my Profilux, Matthias, Michael and everyone else here have come through again. I went out and purchased a USB to SERIAL converter , installed the USB software and the Flash worked like a charm. All is good. Only one question in the lightning scenarios, when I click on the manual override button I cannot adjust the time and nothing appears in the box that says scenes. Is the for a later update? And again thanks again all, PROFILUX rocks !!! Neil

[boboxx]

what USB to SERIAL converter did you get?

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BOBOXX, I am at work but I can let you know when I get home late, this evening. Neil

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BOBOXX, The adapter is a Gigaware 6' USB-a to Serial Cable. Item # 26-949.
Neil