Taranis TX software Upgrade Issues 2.3.7 "or" Driver Issues in Win 10- SOLVED

ArduCopter
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Hi,

I have Taranis radio (I am more of Futaba Guy) and I am going crazy trying to make Taranis software to update to latest release. plus I have many other questions.

  1. First of all the Radio itself has no marking or proper model numbers written on it. At the front of the radio it says 2.4Ghz ACCST, TARANIS - Plus, its a silver case. At the back it says X9D, CE 2200. Serial Number I believe X9DP066…

a) What model do I have? Do I have Taranis X9D, X9D+, X9D+ 2019?

b) Inside the battery compartment it says A01 US RCM. Also, I see two battery connectors. Can you use either?

  1. When I turn on the Taranis using the two trim keys and the power switch it says taranis Bootloader - 2.1.6

  2. When I click the menu button and hold it to see if I can learn more about what I got inside, I see the enclosed screen image. Not sure how to get to page 5/X to see the software version etc.

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To try to upgrade the software and boot loader to latest release 2.3.7 i tried the following method and no matter what I do is not upgrading.

A. Installed Open TX 2.3.7

B. Downloaded SD card for X9D+

C. Copied SD card all the files to SD card. Please note I accidentally deleted the file System volume Information. see enclosed screen shot. Not sure how critical that is. if it is how do i get one?

D. manually copied 2.3 bin file to the FIRMWARE folder ont he SD card and renamed it to open237.bin (Under 8 characters).

E. Upgrade the Firmware to 2.3.7 inside the Tx.

After that I unplugged the TX USB cable. Selected Exit and when the taranis reeboots, it doesn’t upgrade or give the option to upgrade to 2.3.7

What am I doing wrong?

*SOLUTION

I learned a whole bunch of few tricks so here they may come handy.

  1. The factory SD card inside Taranis is no good. If you are getting all kinds of driver issues while connecting to Windows 10. Change or switch to a better quality SD card inside Taranis. In my case it solved the driver problem.

  2. If you follow the steps described below, and when you click exit the Taranis is supposed to update boot loader and firmware version. if you are not seeing that do the following. (I am assuming you have copied all the SD card data and put the new bin file in the firmware folder:

a) Long hold Menu button.
b) Hit page key and go to page 2 of 7.
c) Select folder FIRMWARE
d) You will see the .bin file you copied.
c) Select it and Press enter. It will give you another menu, select “Flash Boot Loader”

This will flash the bootloader and Open TX software has already upgraded the Firmware.

Re start Taranis while pushing trim keys, and you will see that the boot loader is now updated to 2.3.7

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Good day, your taranis is version x9d plus, in case just you open tx for upgrade the firmware of your radio or you can contact the frsky with messenger so they can give you the correct firmware file coz in the website can be the wrong version.
If the two trim keys and the power switch it says taranis Bootloader - 2.1.6 mean you have the current bootloader.
I i remember well the second connector its no for a battery…just use the one by default
Just take a look of this wiki…https://oscarliang.com/flash-opentx-firmware-taranis/

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Hi…I thought he latest boot loader is 2.3.7?

Also How do I get to the screen to see FW version? I tried the menu button no luck. See pic 2, I get a totally different menu.

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If you want to check your fw version just long press the menu button … scroll the pages with the page button and you will reach the page (at the top of the display its writing will see the version).

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Hello. I have Taranis X9D (not PLUS) but I have the same problem but resolve it :slightly_smiling_face:

  1. Download Taranis bin file with Companion 2.3
  2. Download SD card content for OpenTX 2.3.7
  3. Replace existing SD Card content with new one
  4. Add firmware bin file to SD Card Firmware catalog. Didn’t make name shorter - place it like I received it.
  5. Disconnect USB cable from radio
  6. Starting Taranis radio in Bootloader mode, select Write firmware and flashed my radio
  7. Exit bootloader mode, start radio normal, long pressed Menu button, go to second screen (SD CARD), go inside Firmware catalog, select axisting bin file, long press ENT button, and when you see new menu, select Flash bootloader. Thats it :slight_smile: Now you have 2.3.7 OpenTX ant 2.3.7 Bootloader.

Before I did it like I write, I try flash radio directly from PC, try shortening file name, but, I don’t know why, but have succes only when I did like i write :slight_smile:

So you can try.

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Thanks. Well it appears my Taranis got upgraded however the Open TX was giving unnecessary errors.

See what I added to the original post.

Thanks for your help and suggestions. that did help.