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Author Topic: AP20 software update 1.05.01 - Details? Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 04-01-2016 02:28 PM                     Carsten, Today I had trouble with a scaler and the previous HDMI FW version, I updated to the latest version and it worked like a charm. I guess that the issue you discovered can be useful on some occasions...  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 04-01-2016 03:46 PM                     It may be, as a matter of fact, I am not blaming the firmware update itself, as the problem is more the behaviour of our PC. I would just love being able to revert to the previous firmware in cases like this. It's such a small issue in itself, but it causes big trouble for our staff. I'm in contact with Datasat about this. I really love the HDMI status and EDID monitor in 1.05.01 - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Christian Hove Film Handler Posts: 41 From: Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark Registered: Jan 2012 posted 11-23-2016 07:52 AM                     Hi Carsten How did the HSR firmware update story end? Did you get a response from Datasat?  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 11-25-2016 08:09 AM                     We did get response from Datasat, yes, however, so far they couldn't resolve the issue we have. They would only suggest we get a replacement HDMI switcher board with an older firmware version. For some reason they do not seem to be able to extend the HDMI firmware upgrade routine to revert to older firmwares as it is possible for the main software. A general main software downgrade doesn't touch the HDMI board firmware. We do get along so far with a cheap EDID manager/maintainer. It's not a show stopper, and clearly, it's not actually a bug or Datasats fault. Other than them not being able to supply a firmware downgrade for the HDMI board only. I guess that for most people the changed behavior is not even noticeable. It's just a weird but consistent interaction between our PC, AP20 and our Sony. And it wasn't there before the upgrade. And it's not specific to this very PC, as I experienced similar issues when trying with different notebooks (some reacted even worse than our regular presentation PC). You could argue that until the new HDMI firmware, the previous one may have actually just masked a specific HDMI behaviour of the Sony projector, so, you could blame Sony or the Sony firmware just as well. Note that you can still safely update your AP20 to 1.05.01 in that respect - just don't perform the separate HDMI board firmware upgrade that is offered now within the system/HDMI monitor screen. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Christian Hove Film Handler Posts: 41 From: Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark Registered: Jan 2012 posted 11-28-2016 04:34 AM                     Thanks for the update, Carsten.  |  IP: Logged

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