USB memory not recognised & update not showing - SOLVED

[Admin]

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Since yesterday morning, mine has been set to G, Auto and seems to be working fine!

Hi Andrew,

Just out of interest if you do the following with the latest PilotAware.pgp from the website (you already downloaded)

ftp 192.168.1.1
login: anonymous
cd /pub
put PilotAware.pgp

Now go to he updates web page and select check
It should unpack the file and report it is the same as already installed, would be interested to confirm that

thx
Lee

[bladeslapper]

Now go to he updates web page and select check
It should unpack the file and report it is the same as already installed, would be interested to confirm that

thx
Lee

correct.

For speed, I've just done it on my phone.
Download most recent update file from the website.
Connect to PA WiFi
Use ES File Explorer to copy and paste from Downloads folder to the auto-discovered PA folder
Use browser to check for PA updates
it returns: Same Version (USB/FTP) 20180520 than Installed Version 20180520

[Admin]

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it returns: Same Version (USB/FTP) 20180520 than Installed Version 20180520

perfect !
You are good to go - no more messing with USB sticks 

Thx
Lee

[Ian Melville]

Can we spilt the FTP into a different thread and set the USB issue to resolved, if it is?

[bladeslapper]

Can we spilt the FTP into a different thread and set the USB issue to resolved, if it is?

I never really got to the bottom of the USB problem. I have 3 USB sticks that all work fine on all other devices tried so far. All formatted as Fat32 according to windows. 1 of them works and the others do not.
Interestingly, when I plugged the one that worked in PA back into my PC it said there was an error on the stick and it needed repairing.
So the USB problem has been resolved by using FTP instead 

[Ian Melville]

I wondered if that was the case and this topic has been distracted.

I've never had an issue with the format that USB pen drives come supplied. The only time I vaguely recall an issue was when I tried to reformat one  IIRC it may have been resolved by using a sofware tool especially for formating USB pen drives, not the Windows tool. Possibly this one http://www.authorsoft.com/usb-disk-storage-format-tool.html, of which I have V5.3 installed on my PC.

[bladeslapper]

Well that was it!

Blame the way windows formats USB sticks as FAT!
I have just formatted the stick using the SD card formatter used to format the SD card now in the PA (as per the instructions)
It still days FAT on windows properties but it is now recognised by the PA unit.
And yes, when I plug it back into Windows, it comes up with:
"There is a problem with this drive. Scan drive now and fix it."
but still works.

....but I'll be using FTP from now on!

thanks for all the help

[Ian Melville]

Great news,

Lee, Keith, can we make sure this is documented in the instructions etc.?