I recently got an MOXF8 and I’m having trouble uploading the latest firmware updates (first with V.1.03). I used to have an MOX8, and it was easy.

For this one, I downloaded, upzipped, and copied the file onto a USB flash drive. Upon, inserting it onto the MOXF, I pressed File, F3 (Load)and the file is located, but I don’t see the 8L26OS_.PGM inside it. Also, I don’t get the option of SF3 (Excute) option.

Would appreciate someone’s assistance with this matter.

Progger_Man - 24 March 2016 01:34 PM

I recently got an MOXF8 and I’m having trouble uploading the latest firmware updates (first with V.1.03). I used to have an MOX8, and it was easy.

For this one, I downloaded, upzipped, and copied the file onto a USB flash drive. Upon, inserting it onto the MOXF, I pressed File, F3 (Load)and the file is located, but I don’t see the 8L26OS_.PGM inside it. Also, I don’t get the option of SF3 (Excute) option.

Would appreciate someone’s assistance with this matter.

The latest version is V1.11, hopefully you have downloaded that.

The .PGM file should be in the root directory of the USB drive.  When you say “but I don’t see the 8L26OS_.PGM inside it”...that implies you have placed a folder containing the file on the USB drive.  There should not be a folder...put the .PGM file directly onto the USB drive, without any folder containing it.

As per the README instructions, be sure to SAVE any USER data to USB before updating.

Being that it’s on the factory firmware, I thought I first had to upload the v1.03 then the v1.11…

Yes, the PGM file is in a folder. I’ll save it without one.

No user data, so no worries there. Thank you very much for your help.

Progger_Man - 24 March 2016 02:36 PM

Being that it’s on the factory firmware, I thought I first had to upload the v1.03 then the v1.11…

No, that is not required.  Go directly to the latest firmware version.

Progger_Man - 24 March 2016 01:34 PM

I recently got an MOXF8 and I’m having trouble uploading the latest firmware updates (first with V.1.03).

As cmayhle ponted out, the most recent MOXF OS version is 1.11. No matter what the currently installed version, you can directly update to that one.

 

Progger_Man -

I used to have an MOX8, and it was easy.

For this one, I downloaded, upzipped, and copied the file onto a USB flash drive. Upon, inserting it onto the MOXF, I pressed File, F3 (Load)and the file is located, but I don’t see the 8L26OS_.PGM inside it. Also, I don’t get the option of SF3 (Excute) option.

It’s also easy with an MOXF, but what you’re doing isn’t the correct procedure.

As cmayhle noted, the OS update file should copied to the root of the USB, not in a folder. In addition, the MOXF won’t see a .PGM file in a directory listing.

If you follow the procedure given in the Readme file that comes with the OS download, you should have no problem with completing the update. Although the instructions say otherwise, there shouldn’t be a problem if other files are on the USB drive, as long as the .PGM one is not in a folder, and no other .PGM files are there.

Now, it worked. Thanks guys for your help…