Satlink WS6906 upgrade (mine)

Kenneth16 said:
Hello can someone give me a working link to The software upgrade
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Have you tried the Satlink site? I think you have to pay to get a working link..
 
Surprisingly my 6906 still works!!!!
 
edi-pula said:
have you find original firmware for ws6906 and have anyone some channel editor for it ?
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Kenneth16 said:
Hello can someone give me a working link to The software upgrade
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For the newbies to the forum, you need to understand that there are TWO VERY DIFFERENT versions of the 6906, but Paul's f/w upgrade applies ONLY to the early version - and if you have the later version (which you probably do have if you bought it within the last 3 years or so) then using the early version will cause a major issue by "locking it", but that can be cleared by doing a Factory Reset.

This pdf shows the front panels of the Early and Late versions of the 6906
Dropbox - WS6906 buttons - Early & Late models.pdf

I ran into the same issue myself, but finally solved it earlier this year - and then created a replacement f/w upgrade bin file which does work on the later version, and mentioned that in another thread.

However, for simplicity, I am repeating the critical info from that thread here, as follows: The bin file that I created after I reset my 6906 to remove the "Lock" light, and then entered transponders on the strongest beams for the UK a number of European satellites (In Jan 2018) is here:
Dropbox - 2018-01-04 Data Dump 3.bin

Hopefully, that will allow a locked late-version 6906 to be reset and to load that reasonably current satellite and transponder database.
 
Hi guys
I have bought the ws-6906 meter and im able to download to my pc the bin file but cannot find
an editor that coverts this into a readable file that can be edit do any of you guys know what can be used
to do so or am I stuck with downloaded bin files that cannot be edited

regards
 
Sorry, but, I can't help with that aspect.
 
jeallen01 said:
For the newbies to the forum, you need to understand that there are TWO VERY DIFFERENT versions of the 6906, but Paul's f/w upgrade applies ONLY to the early version - and if you have the later version (which you probably do have if you bought it within the last 3 years or so) then using the early version will cause a major issue by "locking it", but that can be cleared by doing a Factory Reset.

This pdf shows the front panels of the Early and Late versions of the 6906
Dropbox - WS6906 buttons - Early & Late models.pdf

I ran into the same issue myself, but finally solved it earlier this year - and then created a replacement f/w upgrade bin file which does work on the later version, and mentioned that in another thread.

However, for simplicity, I am repeating the critical info from that thread here, as follows: The bin file that I created after I reset my 6906 to remove the "Lock" light, and then entered transponders on the strongest beams for the UK a number of European satellites (In Jan 2018) is here:
Dropbox - 2018-01-04 Data Dump 3.bin

Hopefully, that will allow a locked late-version 6906 to be reset and to load that reasonably current satellite and transponder database.
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Hallo jeallen01

can you please resend the bin file the link dos not work for me
 
To avoid any further issues with downloading my 2018 data dump .bin file from Dropbox, here is the zipped file as sent to M2030, and so it should be easily accessible to anyone else that might need it.
 

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Satlink WS6906 upgrade (mine)

Hello can someone give me a working link to The software upgrade Have you tried the Satlink site? I think you have to pay to get a working link..
www.satellites.co.uk www.satellites.co.uk
 
I don't have those.

Unless someone in the Middle East can provide them (Unfortunately for you, none of the people who created their own lists based on mine have then come back to this forum and posted Zipped files with their new bin files), you will have to do what most people have done in similar circumstances - which is to edit the one I pointed to above by loading it up into your 6906, delete the satellites you don't want and add those that you do, and then adding the appropriate transponders and channels (then resave as a new bin file for the future.)
 
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