i have a brand new out of box mercury II. i have tried the serial able and usb to serial. it always fails to write. i have went to properties and set the baud rate to 115200.

any help would be appreciated.

Here is a link to the loader, bin file and instructions. The bin isn't the latest,try using it anyway, everything works but the autoroll . If you want to use the loader and instructions from here and download the latest bin from 7/10/07.

http://www.dsstester.com/details.php?file=2592

bin from 7/10/07
http://www.dsstester.com/details.php?file=2730
gl and happy testing:hat: :beer:

be sure to use a null serial cable, not a straight cable.

i have a brand new out of box mercury II. i have tried the serial able and usb to serial. it always fails to write. i have went to properties and set the baud rate to 115200.

any help would be appreciated.

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Back to lurk mode,
jr

On your 'puter, click "Start", Control Panel, System, Hardware, then click on the "+" that's next to the "Comm Ports" entry. Look for what Comm Port your cable is on, then configure your loader to the same port. You'll be good to go.! :yes:

Happy testing!!:beer: :beer: :wow: :p :wacko:

Back to lurk mode,
jr

done that already and it still does not write bin. i have tried the serial cable that i used for doing directv cards years ago and a usb to serial. neither will write to the mercury II receiver.

Here is a link to the loader, bin file and instructions. The bin isn't the latest but I am still using it anyway, everything works but the autoroll for me. If you want to use the loader and instructions from here and download the latest bin from 7/10/07.

http://www.dsstester.com/details.php?file=2592

bin from 7/10/07
http://www.dsstester.com/details.php?file=2730
gl and happy testing:hat: :beer:

when using that loader and i try to load the bin i get sorry file type inconn...

done that already and it still does not write bin. i have tried the serial cable that i used for doing directv cards years ago and a usb to serial. neither will write to the mercury II receiver.

It needs to be loaded with a 'null modem cable' ( as Vicky 71 stated above) Mine came with one in the box, but should be easy to find one.
Gl and happy testing :hat: :beer:

so the same serial cable i used for doing directv cards with my old loader will not work for programming the mercury II?

Also I have read that alot of the usb-serial adaptors don't work and some do. And did you unzip the files before trying to load?.. easy to forget that step sometimes.

so the same serial cable i used for doing directv cards with my old loader will not work for programming the mercury II?

I have no idea what cable that used.. but the merc ll will only load with a null modem cable- it usually says it on each of the plug ends.
Gl and happy testing:hat: :beer:

yes they are unziped. but my question is, is the serial cable we used for programming cards not a null modem cable?

yes they are unziped. but my question is, is the serial cable we used for programming cards not a null modem cable?

Sorry, I have no idea, that was before my time..some one else may know. Does it say it on the plug ends?

i ordered a null modem cable. i now get wrong model when trying to download bin file. it says transferring data but i get that popup that says wrong model.

Me, I use this loader without any problem: http://www.dsstester.com/download.php?file=2593

finally got it to load. im not sure what the problem was. i did it the same everytime except i think i tried a different bin the last time. maybe only certain bins will take with certain models?