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I keep getting the message that windows does not recognize a .rem file when I try to download DCS 4.30.  I have Windows 7 on my PC.  I tried to find a fix for it but have not.  Any ideas?  The pdf part of the loader downloads but the other parts do not.

 

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Jim, before starting gather what you shall need: (1) cable to connect computer to serial port on the TIU.  If you have a Rev L. a USB cable will work.  If your computer doesn't have a serial port, a USB to serial converter cable.  (2) short stereo connector cable with 1/8" plugs at each end. (3) telephone handset cable. (4) means of powering the TIU.  (5) To make life easier for your thumb, a clamp to hold down the power button on the remote.

 

Before powering anything up, other than the computer, start the Loader program, select the function you want to perform, and follow the on-screen instructions precisely and in the order given.  Instructions will pop-up on the screen as program proceeds.  If the process fails at any power, power off the TIU and restart.

 

The instructions in the current Loader program are excellent.  You may have to aid the computer to find the correct COM port, although the Loader program should be able to fiind it if you have that option selected.  You have to know where on the computer you have saved the .rem and .tiu files, in case the Loader program doesn't find them where it expects them to be.

Do all 3.  Good practice.  Doesn't matter if never updated before BUT:  Before doing the Rev I and the older one, use the remote to determine which version is installed on the remote.  Barry's book will have this key sequence somewhere.  If any of the units have version 2.### installed, after updating  to any version 3.### or 4.###, a factory reset is required.  I know that's somewhere in the book also.

 

Be sure remote batteries are adequate.  Note that the on button of the remote must be held pressed while updating---it's in the pop-up instructions---which I why I recommended having the clip.  Takes about 5-10 minutes.  I got a spring-loaded gluing clamp, which when not in use I leave clamped over a large wooden block to stretch and weaken the spring.

 

Don't get nervous if a loading fails, just turn off the TIU, check your connections, and restart.  The stereo cable is used just for updating the TIU, and the phone cord just for the remote.

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Jim:  I recently posted in some thread the name of the Gigaware USB>serial adapter cable.  You should have absolutely no apprehension, because you can't easily irretrievably screw things up.

 

Don't be surprised if the computer hunts around awhile to find the comm port.  AFter the loader program starts, under options/serial port check "automatic"

 

Gregg:  That's a mental memory issue.  I think I used to have one of those but I forget where I put it.

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