Posts by Montay

I downloaded this file and then tried to install it on my box. Everything works fine to start with.

The display shows 'U Ld' then it shows some numbers prefixed with 'E'

Then it shows 'U Ld' again

But after that it ONLY shows 'U' and nothing else happens. It just stays stuck on 'U'

I have previously flashed three E2 images on this box including HDMU and Nebula, so I'm definitely flashing it right with a working USB stick.

I even re-downloaded the Satstation E2 image twice but I still get the same issue.

Thank you all for your help. My box is back and I've even managed to install Enigma 2 on dual boot. Now I just need to learn what ccam is and how to use it!

i live in a small space so I dont have room for a desktop

I accidentally bricked my Amiko Alien 2 box and I need to connect to it with an RS232 cable but I dont have an RS232 port on my laptop. So I purchased a USB to RS232 null modem cable.

These are the instructions I'm trying to follow...

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* Connect the receiver to your PC with Null-Modem (Cross-Wired RS232) cable
* Open a Terminal application (Like PuTTY)
* Select your COM port, set the baud rate to 115200 and open the connection
* Turn the receiver ON

When I open up PuTTy I dont know which connection to use because only the serial connection allows me to enter a Baud rate. Even though the direct connection to the laptop is with USB, I have still tried the serial connection option with COM1 and COM2 but it doesnt seem to be working. Can anyone help me with this?

Quote from Lavatronics

It's Spark 1.2.51 E2, there is no .52 on the Alien 2, that's just a typo but it's easy to spot which one to choose on the upgrade you choose as there is only one that mentioned E2 on the upgrade which is the important part as it will upgrade the U-Boot bootloader at the same time.

So if I can boot back into Spark you recommend downgrading into 1.2.51 E2 and then upgrading again to 1.2.58se

Quote from Lavatronics

I would do neither and contact your supplier to cure this problem for you however if you do have a go yourself then you MUST make sure once you get Spark to boot that you do an online update to Spark 1.2.51 E2 as this is the ONLY Spark update which contains a U-boot update which if you don't do you run the risk of never being able to boot to E2 again. AGAIN WE ASK THAT NONE OF OUR OWN CUSTOMERS EVER TRY THIS simply contact us if you have a problem such as this and we will look at recovering this for you.

OK I'm super confused now. Rai said .54 but then you corrected him to .52 and now you're saying it's .51

Which one is it?

As for speaking to my supplier, he seems a nice chap and he even offers warranties. He's got me the info I need to reboot the box but didn't offer to exchange the box or do it himself. He also made a comment about me installing other software invalidating my warranty to which I replied that I bought the Alien 2 specifically because it was a dual boot OS (which is how he advertised it) and I dont see how installing Enigma 2 would affect my warranty. Especially since he didnt supply me with any instructions on how to make the box into a Dual booting OS box. He hasnt replied to that specific comment yet.

I'm looking to buy the VU+ Duo2 when it comes out. What's the Sat Shop's policy on this sort of stuff? The same as that guy?

Quote from rai73

Connect the receiver to your PC with Null-Modem (Cross-Wired RS232) cable

Open a Terminal application (Like PuTTY)

Select your COM port, set the baud rate to 115200 and open the connection

I dont have an RS232 port on my laptop so I will be using a USB to RS232 cable. This will sound like a really stupid question but how do I know which COM port the USB cable is in?

Quote from rai73

Upgrade the receiver to the "spark_1.2.54 Europe" version (This is
important!)

Quote from Lavatronics

Please be VERY careful when trying the above because the information is slightly wrong, this problem only tends to occur when you have tried loading or booting to E2 without the correct u-boot update and there is only one version of Spark that also includes a u-boot update, so try the above by all means but you MUST make sure you go for Spark 1.2.52 E2 Update, if you don't you will have problems with E2 and booting methods.

Before I bricked my Alien 2 I had updated Spark to 1.2.58se Europe. Do I still have to roll it back to 1.2.52 and if I do then how do I do that?