Box II USB 8882 can't get GTROM & MAX232 to work

[paulflint]

I have a Starview 5 The Box II USB just displaying 8882 after trying to update firmware via USB and it freezing half way
I bought a MAX232 thing off ebay
I made a cable from the MAX232 to the 4 pins inside the box, left to right from the front of the box
1 VCC
2 TX
3 RX
4 GND
I have a null modem serial cable
I am using a PC with a serial port on XP
I set the COM port in device manager to COM1 baud 115200
I have GTROM_TheBoxSuperUSB and
TheboxSuperUSB2_v2.03.20090923 firmware
when I press download and turn the box on, nothing happens
the box just goes to 8882

any ideas what is going wrong?

[maca]

have a look at this m8 Digital Kaos - Downloads - SV5 tut

[paulflint]

wrong thread?

hi

was that reply meant for me as it is not relevent to my problem.

I tried to program the box using usb and it froze half way (as I stated in my post) and now just displays 8882.

I discovered I should be able to recover it using a max232 adapter and connecting to the socket inside the unit.

I have all the necessary bits but when I press download on the gtrom loader and turn the box on, nothing happens.

[boomer39]

when you inserted/removed your usb stick, was your box turned off??? this IS relevent to your question.

[satsmo]

The max232 will not work on the SV5, try your supplier to see if they will replace it.

The loader GTROM-V25 loader is for use with an SV4 and a max232.