Airspy Firmware Update for Airspy HF+ Dual and Airspy HF+ Discovery

[CeruleanSpiral]

What version of Win 11?

They may not have been aware at the time of the release. Maybe shoot them an email so they can address the issue?

It looks to have only just been removed in 24H2 and not an issue with Win11 in general, so it's a newer issue than I thought. That's a good idea, I've dropped them an email.

 

[PDXh0b0]

For anyone else that attempts to update the firmware using Windows 11 and soft-bricks their device (like me), the issue is caused by the WMIC command being missing (and its underlying components) as they're no longer installed in Windows 11 by default.

Installing those components via Window's Optional Features (I used this guide: Install WMIC on Win11) and then attempting the firmware flash via FLASH.BAT again brought me back to a working device.

It might be nice for Airspy to either note in their README (in BIG CAPITAL LETTERS) that firmware updates via Windows 11 are specifically not supported, or if the above is the official fix, to suggest that in their readme. Having those components autoinstalled via the flash.bat script might also be an option.

It's right there at the top of the included readme.txt

 

[CeruleanSpiral]

I feel like a lot of people will assume things that work with Windows 10 will also work on Windows 11, and will just conclude that the readme hasn't been updated in a while. If something doesn't work specifically with Windows 11, or even a specific version of Windows 11, and that something can brick a device, it would make sense to call it out.

Just mentioned it in case someone else hits the same issue.