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Upgrade firmware motioncontrol compact plus

Created by: DavidBrown at: 1/26/2013 11:00 PM (4 Replies)

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1/26/2013 11:00 PM	Rate (0)
DavidBrown Gold Member Joined: 6/29/2012 Last visit: 12/25/2023 Posts: 975 Rating: (9)	I have a masterdrive motion control compact plus, that now has firmware 1.6 The pcb-code r826.1 = 94. Is a firmware upgrade to version higher then 1.6 possible? I saw that for version 2.1 r826.1 hast to be 97.

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1/27/2013 11:13 PM	Rate (0)
Graeme Platinum Expert Joined: 6/4/2008 Last visit: 11/12/2024 Posts: 1505 Rating: (326)	DavidBrown I have a masterdrive motion control compact plus, that now has firmware 1.6 The pcb-code r826.1 = 94. Is a firmware upgrade to version higher then 1.6 possible? I saw that for version 2.1 r826.1 hast to be 97. Hi, no, you cannot upgrade the firmware from v1.6x (Performance 1) to v2.x (Performance 2), as the hardware is completely different. The CUPM (Performance 2) has much faster CPU, bigger memory etc. Functionally however, they do pretty much the same. The firmware versions are not compatible on each others boards. You are correct about the board codes, see Function Diagram 517. These are read only values that the firmware displays depending on which boards are fitted. It may be possible to upgrade your drive "a little". For example, your drive may have been supplied with v1.63, now you could upgrade this to v1.66.06. These later versions generally contain bug fixes and various other improvements. After you have backed up your parameter set, you can upgrade the P1 firmware as detailed in the "READMEMC.pdf" file found in the firmware download here:MASTERDRIVES Firmware V1.66.06 for MC-Compact and MC-Compact-Plus Regards, Graeme

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1/31/2013 4:18 PM	Rate (0)
DavidBrown Gold Member Joined: 6/29/2012 Last visit: 12/25/2023 Posts: 975 Rating: (9)	What to do if I have an upload of an old drive FW1.6 and want to download it in FW2.4? Do I have to convert it in someway? Is it possible to put an upload from a version 2.4 drive in a 1.6 drive?

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1/31/2013 6:35 PM	Rate (0)
Graeme Platinum Expert Joined: 6/4/2008 Last visit: 11/12/2024 Posts: 1505 Rating: (326)	Hi, yes its possible to convert your v1.6 parameters to v2.4 - I have done this in the past.. When you go online with your new drive and try and download, it will ask you if you want to convert. Alternatively, you can do it offline by creating a blank v2.4 parameter set and then running a comparison with your v1.6 parameters. You can then create a new parameter set based on the differences. In all honesty, I have not tried to convert a v2,4 back into a v1.6, so I can't say for sure if it would work. regards, Graeme

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5/30/2017 8:49 PM	Rate (0)
mrLarshoberg Regular Member Joined: 11/5/2010 Last visit: 6/26/2024 Posts: 1 Rating: (0)	Great info: Can your help here! I have a Masterdrive 6SE7013-0EP50 ( standard compact plus ) and want to exchange it to a 6SE7013-0EP70 ( performance 2 ). Is that possible! Regards

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