Flarm Ver 6.06 Download

**Dave Springford** · #1 April 23rd 16, 02:52 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring

I tried unsuccessfully, several times, to update the flarm portables in our club towplanes with the file downloaded from the Flarm site.

When you download the file directly from Flarms site, the file name is powerflarm_6_06_8249.fw and the flarm does not recognize it on boot up.

I am told that changing the filename to powerflarm_6.06_8249.fw fixes the problem.

In short replace 6_06 with 6.06 in the filename.

It does not seem to affect every unit, but it has caused issues with some Cores and some Portables that I have heard of.

**Papa3[_2_]** · #2 April 23rd 16, 02:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring

Is there any way to confirm that my update was successful without waiting to create a log file? My Flarm feeds a clearnav, which doesn't indicate Flarm version.

**Dave Springford** · #3 April 24th 16, 02:23 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring

Well, that fix didn't work on the portable units I am trying to update. One more attempt tomorrow. I"ll try changing the file name from powerflarm_6.06_8249.fw
to the same format as last years successful firmware updates (from the same SD card. PF6.06_8249.fw.

As to Erik's question, the CSV file that downloads to the card or USB shows the current fw version.

**Dan Daly[_2_]** · #4 April 24th 16, 03:06 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring

On Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 9:23:51 PM UTC-4, Dave Springford wrote:
Well, that fix didn't work on the portable units I am trying to update. One more attempt tomorrow. I"ll try changing the file name from powerflarm_6.06_8249.fw
to the same format as last years successful firmware updates (from the same SD card. PF6.06_8249.fw.

As to Erik's question, the CSV file that downloads to the card or USB shows the current fw version.

The only other problems I have had with updating was bad USB sticks (on COREs). Perhaps try another microSD (or reformat, then retry)?

Dan

**Dave Springford** · #5 April 24th 16, 03:45 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring

I'm using the same SD card as last year, and it has not been used for anything since then either.

**Andrew Ouellet** · #6 April 24th 16, 04:19 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring

Try updating through the menu options after startup.

**Dave Springford** · #7 April 25th 16, 12:55 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring

I could not find any menu option to do that after briefly going through the menu.

**Andrew Ouellet** · #8 April 25th 16, 07:09 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring

What version are you running now? It may tell you on the startup screen depending on the version. I updated to 6.06 last week and it was through an active menu option - after thinking it odd the update didn't happen automatically on startup. I updated from the previous 6.0x version.

**Dave Springford** · #9 April 25th 16, 09:06 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring

The Portable is currently running 6.02.

I"ll have to look through the menu again and see if I can find the update option.

**Dave Nadler** · #10 April 25th 16, 09:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring

Dave - PF Portable Menu option Info Update

See you at Bermuda High?
Best Regards, Dave

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