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iOptron 8402A manual

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  • Page 1

    GoToNova TM Hand Controller Flash Upgrade Manual iOptron Corporation 6E Gill Street Woburn, MA 01801 www.iOptron.com Phone: (781)569-0200[...]

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    iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 1 GoToNova 8401 and 8402A Hand Controller Flash Upgrade Step-By-Step Instruction 1. Install cp2101(usb2com) driver Choose the appropriate driver for your OS. In this case is a Windows XP operation system. For Windows Vista, select CP210x_VCP_Win2K_X P. Double click on it, and [...]

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    iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 2 Select “I accept the terms of li cense agreement”, and click “Next” Using the default installation path, c:SiLabs MCUCP210x, or specify your own path by click “Change”. Click “Next”. Then click “Install”.[...]

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    iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 3 When finished installation, click “Finish” 2. Plug the USB cable to the USB port on your PC, plug the other end of the USB cable to hand controller. Turn on the power on the mount. 3. Install the Hardware The computer will find a new hardware and show the following scree[...]

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    iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 4 Select “No, not this time” and click “Next”. Select “Install from a list or sp ecific location ” and click “Next”. Select “Search for the best driver in these loca tions,” and check “Include this location in the search.” Click on “Browse” and sele[...]

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    iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 5 Click “Next”. The computer will starting to in stall the drive r for th e USB2COM. When the installation is done, click “Finish”. Now you computer should be ready for Firmware Upgrading, computer communication with the mount via ASCOM platform and planetarium softwa [...]

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    iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 6 assigned COM port number for the USB connection. To do so, right click “My Computer”, and click “Properties” Click “Hardware”, clic k “Device Manager”[...]

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    iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 7 Double click “Ports(COM & LPT)”, find out the COM number and write it down (in the following figure, it is COM4) 4. Upgrade the Flash Memory Double click and open “iOptron Flash Downloader” On the interface:[...]

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    iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 8 Select appropriate port (in this case, COM4): Click “Open Data File”, a nd select appropriate file and click “Open”.[...]

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    iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 9 Click “Start Download” It shows “Please reset GOTONOVA[GO TOSTAR], waiting for connection…” On the hand controller, push “MENU”, and sele ct “Set Up GOTONOVA”, push “ENTER”, then select “Upgrade firmware”, push “ENTER” and the upgrade starts.[...]

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    iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 10 Now the upgrade is finished. Typical Errors: 1. Invalid Port Number: in De vice Manager, make sure you have the correct COM port number for CP210x. 2. Wrong “.bin” file: make sure you have the correct “.bin” file f or flash upgrade. 3. Wrong downloader, you should u[...]