Looking specifically for the CVN for R06.72 for the Astro Saber.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Astro Saber Firmware R06.72 File Needed!
- Thread starter chris710
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Reconrider
Inside the Galaxy
What is a CVN?
We can't give you the whole CPS program, it's against the rules
We can't give you the whole CPS program, it's against the rules
CVNs are the file type that firmware upgrades are in for the Astro/Astro25 line.
Reconrider
Inside the Galaxy
Did a quick good search and I did find the R0672. but it's a bin not the cvn and you state it is. If that helps let me know. Also make sure you click "reply" or "quote" so I know you've replied
So I found those files too. I guess I need someone to explain how that file is used to do a firmware upgrade.
PS- I have all the other software and hardware to do an upgrade. Just need this last piece.
Reconrider
Inside the Galaxy
Astro Firmware Upgrades - W9CR - the instructions are all here.
I have read over that form several times. It shows how to upgrade with a normal cvn file. It does not mention anything about .bin files except to back up your radio with one. Even the screenshot of the CPS window shows a cvn file in the directory name for upgrade files. The only file labeled anything about R06.72 is called "R067200.bin".
Excerpt from that W9CR page "Select the firmware CVN file for your radio, and then ensure the bootstrap code and SRIB software is selected..."
So if its in that page I need someone to explain how a .bin file alone can upgrade a radio.
The .bin file is read directly from the chip so you would need a chip programmer.
surfacemount
Member
Can you not use mototools to force a bin file back in there? I know it will pull it out, but never had a reason to try
DVINTHEHOUSEMAN
Up North
BIN files in Mototools is pretty much only good for your codeplug backups. For any FW upgrade that doesn't require tearing the radio apart you pretty much need an SRIB (and for the purposes of this forum, an I button with flashes on it) as it bootstraps the radio during the upgrade. There isn't an invokable ROM like FlashZap on the Astro25's.
