TIU upgrde difficulty

your not doing the download correctly. when you unzip the files there should be 2  files but you have to select browse and then install on your desktop. files names are! I'll put them in your ogrforum on the message below ok!

ok so when you tell dcs loader to install files say for tiu select tiu6p10.dcst  ok and loader will update tiu to revision 6.10. the when you upgrade remote same way except you have to hold in off but for remote to start update .when  asked which file to use for remote type in or click on remote6p10.dcsr ok then you should not have any problem. when doing tiu may sure to have 3.5 mm stereo cable connected to tiu as directed by dcs  mth software ok!

Alan..Thank you so much. Not any luck yet. Did the unzip/browse/send to desktop. I have the shortcut on the desktop. When I close that box I noticed that the box sending the info to the TIU stays on for less than  one second. I'm having trouble downloading your second and third attachments
Ed

you only have to get the 2 files I sent you on ogrforum I even told to the names ok! tiu n remote ok

Ed,

You have to download these files by a right click "save target as.."  Next - check the downloaded file to see if it downloaded properly:  tiu6p10.dcst, file type DCST, 232 KB.

Bruce

Maybe some progress. Got the TIU and remote files onto my desktop. Might have to get one of the kids to come over to show me how to use the files with the DCS loader program. My two year old grandson could probably do it but he's napping.

Ed

If I recall - it has been a while - you need a loader program to actually push the files to the TIU and remote.  Is this the step that you are missing?

Here is a link https://mthtrains.com/dcs-software-downloads - the consumer loader is what I am referencing.  It is showing version 5...

Terry, in the post above yours Ed mentions using the DCS Loader, so he clearly has the loader.

Ah yes, I missed that.  Just for giggles, I just went through the process (without an actual TIU), and the only other gotcha that I see is where the files are saved when you unzip.  I had to manually change the unzip location to my desktop, press unzip, then use the loader program to point to desktop.  Unzip was putting the files in a temp location - very long file structure...

I just did a bunch of updates and had one oddity.  One of the remotes simply wouldn't update, even though the same TIU and cables, etc. were just used for two others.  I moved over to my bench TIU and it updated the first time.  Go figure...

I always had trouble in the past with the serial port on the older tiu.  never wanted to connect.  the Rev L.  easy.   first time and got it updgraded

Ed  you start the loader program 5.0 and then click send file to tiu when loader shows up you have to go  to Desktop and pick tiu tiu6p10.dcst then start loader and it will send file to usb port on your computer and install it in tiu. you have to have power up the tiu with 3.5 mm stereo cable to proto dispatch n other end to proto-cast . you have to have the tiu powered up before you try to start loader, then should start and complete!  

      https://mthtrains.com/news/315

Alan read this is mth how to update tiu directions!

John I ran into the same exact problem tiu's updated fine but same cables etc but would not update remote's tried  another serial cable and worked fine and I have been using same cable for years! don't figure either!

Alan

Thanks to everyone again!

I bring the Loader Program up on the computer. Program recognizes the TIU through Com  4. Put the audio jumpers back in as I set everything up again according to the prompts. Hit the "send code to TIU " icon.Clicked on the TIU downloaded file you sent me ( thank you ) on  my desktop. Hit "start" on the loader program. Seems I can't get beyond this step as there does not seem to be any connecting between the Loader Program and the TIU file you sent me. A few attempts resulted in a message of TIU File Error. I hate to clog up the Forum with my ineptitude. Marty Fitz has helped me many times in the past but I hate to put more on his plate right now.

Ed

I thought i read somewhere that one should delete older loader files off ones computer (the ones before 5.0) before upgrading to the latest one because it can cause issues with the newest one. Not sure about this though.

Only loader ever is the recently loaded 5.0. 

Penn-Pacific posted:

I thought i read somewhere that one should delete older loader files off ones computer (the ones before 5.0) before upgrading to the latest one because it can cause issues with the newest one. Not sure about this though.

That's nonsense, the loader or the update files you select in the process are the only ones in play.  Inactive files won't affect you at all.

Hi Gunrunner,

I read something here that says;

NOTE: Please uninstall any previous versions of the Consumer Loader prior to installing Version 5.0.

I guess i should've stated "consumer loader", I read that in this page on the MTH website;

https://mthtrains.com/dcs-cons...r-program-version-50

I've been following here for awhile, before I jumped in.
I purchased a used laptop from Alan Mancus 2 weeks ago with Windows 7 Professional. He was kind enough to also install the DCS loader & the TIU & Remote downloads. I had no issue updating my 2 TIU's to Ver 6.10. I hit a brick wall with the remotes though. The downloads are critical. As Alan suggests, save to your desktop. Thankfully, Alan did that for me. Here are the steps Alan has directed:

• Open DCS Loader
• Click YES
• Turn on power to TIU
• In Loader Window select
  Options
  Serial Port
  Auto Search TIU
  Click START
  TIU Found
  OK
  System
  Send code to Remote
  Start
  OK
  Open "remote6p10dcsr"
  Press & START HOLD KEY (on remote)
  Click OK
  Multiple times if necessary
  If successful, the GREEN progress bar will begin & in less than 5 minutes, upgrade will be complete.
  
  Good luck!