PowerSDR KE9NS v2.8

Have a good working Win 7 pro Flex 3000 running 2.6.4, vendor 1c2d, Product2,SDK 4.1.1.15782 with firmware app 2.1.3.4. no issues.
I am dual booting with Win7 pro/ Win 10 pro.
If I wish to upgrade the Flex 3000 and use 2.7.2 then to 2.80 I can boot into win 10 and load 2.7.2 (verified that firewire is communicating with flex radio check plus used the legacy firewire driver in Win 10) it starts to load and says it needs to
update the Firmware..continue or cancel. I cancelled, since I did not want to cause my Win7 -2.6.4 not to be functional e.g. fallback if Win 10 gives me issues. I think if I allow for the firmware update under 2.7.2/ win 10, then 2.6.4 will not function under win 7( firmware not compatiblewith 2.7.2 update of firmware)?

Thus I am confused as to the O.S. releases(2.6.4/2.7.2/2.8.0 firmware interaction. I read on the flex 3000 knowledge search, that firmware is not backwards compatible not 100% sure since document was somewhat confusing?

I was wishing to move everything on my desktop computer to Win 10 since Win7 is no longer supported by MS.
Any pointers appreciated. In the meantime I am stuck dual booting, each o.s. is on its own SSD.

Thanks Bob Wb3deh

Upgrading the firmware to go to v2.7.2 is one way, so you will no longer be able to go back to v2.6.4.

When you install v2.8.0 you will need to upgrade the firmware again, BUT you will still be able to use v2.7.2


Darrin ke9ns.com

Thanks for the feedback.

So my direction is to upgrade first to 2.7.2. This would be compatible for both Win 7 and Win 10. Get the Win 10 Functioning at 2.7.2 them move to the 2.8.0. I did check the win 10 firewire with the legacy driver, and the FlexRadio utility shows a proper connection.

Again thanks..

Bob
P.S. Does the current 2.6.4 settings currently that I am running stick when I upgrade to 2.7.2 or are they lost ?
Fallback..go thru the various tabs and note manually what I have...

I believe there is a separate program included with 2.7.2 to allow you to migrate an older database to 2.7.2


Darrin