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[WP34s] Flashing with USB adapter successful Message #1 Posted by Alexander Oestert on 24 Aug 2011, 12:12 p.m. Hi all, I just managed to flash a 30b with a Digitus (FTDI) USB-to-Serial-Adapter on my Asus eeePC 1001P. Only the messages on the WP34s screen that came after the flashing were not the ones found here., but still it worked flawlessly on the very first try! My thanks go to the WP34s team and to Gene for providing the cable! AWESOME! Edited: 24 Aug 2011, 12:13 p.m.

Re: [WP34s] Flashing with USB adapter successful Message #2 Posted by Marcus von Cube, Germany on 24 Aug 2011, 1:32 p.m., in response to message #1 by Alexander Oestert The messages after flashing are obviously not those documented by HP for their firmware but those documented by Walter for WP 34S. The ROM boot loader built into the processor by Atmel does not do any display because it has no idea what kind of display is connected to the chip.

Re: [WP34s] HP 30b original firmware available? Message #3 Posted by Alexander Oestert on 24 Aug 2011, 2:44 p.m., in response to message #2 by Marcus von Cube, Germany Quote: HP for their firmware Is the 30b firmware provided anywhere should I want to rerepurpose it for any strange reason? EDIT: Found the answer here Edited: 24 Aug 2011, 2:49 p.m.

Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #4 Posted by gene wright on 24 Aug 2011, 3:31 p.m., in response to message #3 by Alexander Oestert is available from me if you want it. Tim has allowed me to send it out upon request so he is free to keep working on the HP 67CXi due out at HHC 2012.

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #5 Posted by Namir on 24 Aug 2011, 3:36 p.m., in response to message #4 by gene wright Gene, That's mighty nice of you!! Sending these cables out frees HP from doing that task. Cheers, Namir PS: Still in NC beach and waiting for the local county to issue a possible evacuation order for tomorrow in face of hurricane Irene.

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #6 Posted by Eric Smith on 24 Aug 2011, 3:38 p.m., in response to message #4 by gene wright Will HHC 2012 be before or after the end of the world?

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #7 Posted by gene wright on 24 Aug 2011, 4:28 p.m., in response to message #6 by Eric Smith If the HP 67CXi is announced, the end cannot be far behind.

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #8 Posted by Namir on 24 Aug 2011, 6:50 p.m., in response to message #7 by gene wright If we make it just an HP-67CX (drop the trailing i) will it make a difference?? :-) Namir

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #9 Posted by Namir on 24 Aug 2011, 6:51 p.m., in response to message #6 by Eric Smith Maybe the Aztec calculations needed a HP calculator to do the calculations right. I hear they used TI calculators That figures!!! Namir Edited: 24 Aug 2011, 6:52 p.m.

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #10 Posted by Patrice on 24 Aug 2011, 7:26 p.m., in response to message #9 by Namir Namir, I heard that in fact they were using MS-Excel :) Patrice

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #11 Posted by Namir on 24 Aug 2011, 11:58 p.m., in response to message #10 by Patrice Good one!!! Are you coming to HHC2011?? Namir

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #12 Posted by Patrice on 25 Aug 2011, 1:07 a.m., in response to message #11 by Namir Yes I am registered

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #13 Posted by Howard Owen on 24 Aug 2011, 8:19 p.m., in response to message #9 by Namir It's the Mayans, not the Aztecs. The Mayans are going to destroy the world in 2012 unless they get HP-15Cs. I may have that wrong ...

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #14 Posted by Mike Morrow on 24 Aug 2011, 8:23 p.m., in response to message #13 by Howard Owen The Mayans are much more sophisticated than that. They want HP 42S's.

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #15 Posted by Namir on 24 Aug 2011, 11:57 p.m., in response to message #13 by Howard Owen Let's hope HP brings out the HP-15C LE for the Mayans to redo the calculations .. and quickly!! :-) Namir

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #16 Posted by Thomas Radtke on 25 Aug 2011, 12:26 p.m., in response to message #4 by gene wright Hi Gene, I guess the 30b F/W is tied legally to the 30b? If not, I'd like to try it on my 20b (don't own a 30b, unfortunately). Thomas

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #17 Posted by Marcus von Cube, Germany on 25 Aug 2011, 1:27 p.m., in response to message #16 by Thomas Radtke I don't know if that's possible at all but TW once stated that HP has tried hard not to allow the 30b firmware to run on the 20b hardware.

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #18 Posted by Walter B on 25 Aug 2011, 1:30 p.m., in response to message #17 by Marcus von Cube, Germany And the 30b keyboard runs circles around the 20b. So you should get one anyway ... :-)

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #19 Posted by Thomas Radtke on 25 Aug 2011, 1:43 p.m., in response to message #18 by Walter B I'm sure it does, but my calculator budget has to be preserved for the 15C LE(*) ;-). (*) if it doesn't appear, I'll get the 30b in the next fire sale when Leo dumps the calc devision ;-(

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #20 Posted by Jeff O. on 26 Aug 2011, 7:41 a.m., in response to message #19 by Thomas Radtke I just picked up two 30b's for $23.95 each from Amazon, with free shipping. Took 6 days from ordering to arrival.

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #21 Posted by Thomas Radtke on 26 Aug 2011, 8:31 a.m., in response to message #20 by Jeff O. Should I ask the US government for shelter from european prices? ;-)

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #22 Posted by Jeff O. on 26 Aug 2011, 7:36 p.m., in response to message #21 by Thomas Radtke Sorry Thomas, it was not my intention to highlight worldwide price inequities. I wish they did not exist.

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #23 Posted by gene wright on 25 Aug 2011, 1:42 p.m., in response to message #16 by Thomas Radtke The 30b firmware runs only on the 30b.

Re: Actually, the 30b firmware... Message #24 Posted by Thomas Radtke on 25 Aug 2011, 1:45 p.m., in response to message #23 by gene wright Ok, thanks!

Re: [WP34s] Flashing with USB adapter successful Message #25 Posted by Hubert Weikert on 24 Aug 2011, 2:45 p.m., in response to message #1 by Alexander Oestert Asus eeePC 1001P: was this with Windows 7? Hubert

Re: [WP34s] Flashing with USB adapter successful Message #26 Posted by Alexander Oestert on 24 Aug 2011, 2:47 p.m., in response to message #25 by Hubert Weikert Quote: Asus eeePC 1001P: was this with Windows 7? Hubert No, it's XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 3

Re: [WP34s] Flashing with USB adapter successful using Windows 7 Message #27 Posted by Gerry Schultz on 24 Aug 2011, 11:48 p.m., in response to message #26 by Alexander Oestert I too just had success flashing my WP-34s to version 2.11388. As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently purchased an HP Pavilion laptop PC and I've been curious about if I could flash my WP-34s to the latest firmware on it. This PC is running Windows 7 Professional and I used an ES-U-1001-R100 USB-to-RS232 (FTDI) adapter. After reading Bart's article on "How to get started with a WP-34s", I googled SAM-BA 2.10 and downloaded it from Atmel's website. It's the first download listed. In the description on their website, it stated that SAM-BA 2.10 was for Win7, so I didn't try setting the compatibility mode as recommended in Bart's article. It installed without a problem and ran fine. I noticed that it takes a long time to start up so I had to be patient. I closed the program and connected up the USB-to-RS232 adapter and Win7 identified it immediately and installed it successfully. I did go into the Device Manager and change the assigned serial port from Com 3 to Com 1 but that's not important. I then followed the 20b reflashing procedure and it worked the first time! Very Cool. If there are any questions about my setup or what I did, please post. Gerry Edited: 24 Aug 2011, 11:55 p.m.

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