New MS3 firmware loader

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Re: New MS3 firmware loader

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Ok, got my FTDI drivers working, had to download the latest FTDI drivers from their website. Maybe due to my fresh install of Lion, not sure. Once I had those installed and working, the old mac flasher app works again, as well as it ever did. The new one still refuses to work, even when I specify the port manually.
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Re: New MS3 firmware loader

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So the same issue I saw and reported above.
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Re: New MS3 firmware loader

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Yes. It's good to have independent verification to confirm a bug. Hopefully it's a simple fix.
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Re: New MS3 firmware loader

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Updated Windows firmware loader uploaded. Allows COM256 on my PC.

The Mac one will likely take a while as we'll need to do some debugging on a Mac (which I don't have.)

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Re: New MS3 firmware loader

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Do you need access via Teamviewer?
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Re: New MS3 firmware loader

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Try the latest Mac loader.

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Re: New MS3 firmware loader

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Will do. Also, I just mailed you a "Mac".. :)
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Re: New MS3 firmware loader

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I tried the new Mac firmware loader. This time it did see that I had a usbserial port available in /dev/ and made it default. But it still can't talk to the MS3. Hopefully when you get that Mac I sent, it'll allow you to debug in realtime. :) They said it'd be in England in 6-7 business days, hopefully that means you'll have it in your hands by the end of next week.
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Re: New MS3 firmware loader

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I have been able to load firmware from that "Mac"

New version http://www.msextra.com/doc/general/file ... r_mac32bit

(This 3.20 version does port probing too.)

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Re: New MS3 firmware loader

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Double good news. Not only does it work on my MacBook Air under Lion (10.7.4), it's doing it booted up in 64bit mode, so no need to call this a 32bit app, it's both. Just need to note that it's Intel, probably won't run on the older PPC Mac's.
I love the new status bar while it's flashing with the percentage readout. Much better than previous. It seemed to preserve my sensor calibrations, it didn't save my tune. I went with the defaults, just kept hitting enter and it got everything right.
Thanks James! :)
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Re: New MS3 firmware loader

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After some work with 'kristian' I believe that the current Mac loader should now work. We've both had it working.
EDIT: Note that the PL2303 driver on my machine is buggy and I wasted a lot of time with that. FT232 (native MS3 USB) appears to work fine.

You can download the latest version from the Downloads page. (Currently version 3.28)

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