I have to go to the post office and pick up the 668 I just bought. I am going to make sure it works, then pay for the upgrade and ship it to Whistler for the upgrade. I thought about doing the unofficial upgrade, but it says if the date is set after 2017 that. It will brick it. On the web they say they replace the daughter board. I think that is only if it is bricked. I am 99% sure the 668 is identical to the 1080 in every way except for the firmware and something else that prevents loading the ws1080 firmware. The bootloader most likely needs to be re-written with the Whistler one. Once they do the official upgrade I can use the EZ software and set the correct date and not have to worry.
How does it keep the date ? Is there a 2032 battery on the board ? Or does it just loose the date if the battery pack goes dead ?
Thanks
Bill
I will answer the simple question first, with the batteries in the scanner or power supplied to the scanner it keeps the TIME remove both and the clock resets.
For the unofficial hack.... the files needed are out there if you know the right people. Those files work fine as long as you have the first version of DSP 3.1 or older (Dated BEFORE July,1 2017)... anything newer and it will BRICK the "daughter board" this includes the second version of DSP 3.1 or newer yes they made 2 version of of te same dsp firmware to break the scanners using the hacked cpu firmware....only way to tell which version of 3.1 you have is to roll the dice and install it or find that person who may still have a copy of it.
The 2017 date, to be exact using any version of DSP dated AFTER June 30, 2017 will partially cripple the scanner. Pay the $59.99 plus shipping and send the scanner in, then you can update whenever and not worry about the DSP version or creating a more costly repair.