bulcheth Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 bom dia a todos. eu gostaria de saber como faço para atualizar o cartucho harmony? eu comprei já tem algum tempo. é so baixar a firmware e como passar para o cartucho? precisa de algum programa em especifico. teria algum video mostrando como fazer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 On 4/21/2023 at 9:54 PM, Legend said: I happen to have a regular harmony on hand as well. Just tried it, and it seems to work fine on the regular harmony cart, but not the encore. This may be a DPC-related issue. It won't load for me on either the 2600 Jr. or 7800 using a Harmony Encore, but it works fine on the 7800 using a Concerto. FWIW, both the Jr. and 7800 hang at the spinning Yin-Yang (which rotates seemingly indefinitely) and the game doesn't start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquirel Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 This is strange. I have an older Harmony and Harmony Encore that have the mini-USB and I have no problems playing anything on these two cartridges. I also have a newer Harmony micro-USB and Harmony Encore micro-USB cartridges and I noticed a couple of issues with these cartridges. First Space Rocks will crash after a few seconds of game play. In Galagon when you shoot one of the larger spaceships when it is flying down towards you and it displays the score the first number will be several inches lower than the two zeroes that follow it. These games work perfectly on the older Harmony and Harmony Encore cartridges. I am running 1.6 on all of the Harmony cartridges. Is there any idea why the newer Harmony and Harmony Encore would have these issues and can they be fixed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 5 hours ago, killersquirel said: This is strange. I have an older Harmony and Harmony Encore that have the mini-USB and I have no problems playing anything on these two cartridges. I also have a newer Harmony micro-USB and Harmony Encore micro-USB cartridges and I noticed a couple of issues with these cartridges. First Space Rocks will crash after a few seconds of game play. In Galagon when you shoot one of the larger spaceships when it is flying down towards you and it displays the score the first number will be several inches lower than the two zeroes that follow it. These games work perfectly on the older Harmony and Harmony Encore cartridges. I am running 1.6 on all of the Harmony cartridges. Is there any idea why the newer Harmony and Harmony Encore would have these issues and can they be fixed? Have you tested the cartridges on another system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquirel Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 On 5/23/2023 at 3:23 AM, x=usr(1536) said: Have you tested the cartridges on another system? I will try them out on other systems. I think it's odd that the newer ones have issues on those games and the older harmony and encore don't have issues with those games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killersquirel Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 I have tried Space Rocks on two different Atari 2600 systems (a light sixer and a Sears Video Arcade II) and both crashed. I tried a Encore modded version of the game and it still crashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremycfl Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 I tried to read as much as I could but could not figure out if any of this works with the 7800. I did read he was working on model but I don't know if it ever came out. Does anyone thank you for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dionoid Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 (edited) On 1/15/2010 at 5:32 AM, batari said: hbios_106_PAL50.bin 133 kB · 1,311 downloads I've tried the latest hbios_106_PAL50.bin on my Harmony (non-Encore) cart, but the menu shows black & white on my PAL 50Hz TV. Is this a known issue? The previous BIOS 1.05 (hbios_105_PAL50.bin) does show color, so I reverted back to that version without issues. @batari Can you tell me what the new features of the 1.06 BIOS are compared to 1.05? Edited September 16, 2023 by Dionoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santoscork Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 On 1/15/2010 at 5:32 AM, batari said: Drivers: When you plug the Harmony cartridge into your computer, proper drivers are usually already included with your operating system and are installed automatically. If the drivers do not install automatically, you may download them for your operating system here. Make sure you download drivers for the FT232R chip. Where exactly is the FT232R chip driver? As I write this, my Encore is not recognized by my Mac running Mac OS 10.13.6. Which tab, from the image shown, am I to go to? Sorry I am confused. My Harmony Encore is not detected by my system! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 On 5/12/2023 at 7:24 AM, bulcheth said: bom dia a todos. eu gostaria de saber como faço para atualizar o cartucho harmony? eu comprei já tem algum tempo. é so baixar a firmware e como passar para o cartucho? precisa de algum programa em especifico. teria algum video mostrando como fazer? Very late to the party here, but for possible future reference: harmony_manual_v2_online.pdf (atariage.com) I hadn't updated mine in forever and had the same question due to a defective memory. Manual uses "firmware" and "BIOS" interchangeably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 On 9/17/2023 at 4:28 PM, santoscork said: Where exactly is the FT232R chip driver? As I write this, my Encore is not recognized by my Mac running Mac OS 10.13.6. Which tab, from the image shown, am I to go to? Sorry I am confused. My Harmony Encore is not detected by my system! I too cannot get the software to see the cart 😞 I have downloaded the driver from the website indicated in the first post - 1.5.0 on the website linked... The driver installed okay - but the cart is not seen by the OS 😞 sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, Jetboot Jack said: The driver installed okay - but the cart is not seen by the OS 😞 Are you sure the USB cable you are using is a data cable? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 (edited) Yup - usb-c to micro usb data cable, not charging cable - well that is what was purchased, hard to verify as the Harmony is the ONLY micro USB device I own 😞 I am running Sonoma on an M2 Mac Studio... sTeVE Edited November 3, 2023 by Jetboot Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted November 3, 2023 Author Share Posted November 3, 2023 If your cart has the micro USB connector, it also has the CH341 chip, not the FT232R chip. So you will want to install the CH341 driver. If you are having trouble, Sparkfun has an article about installing drivers for these chips on a Mac. There is also a link to drivers on that page: https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-to-install-ch340-drivers/all#mac-osx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Thanks! sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Are you sure the USB cable you are using is a data cable? https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0746NHSCZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I assume this is suitable 🙂 sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Jetboot Jack said: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0746NHSCZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I assume this is suitable 🙂 Yup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Phew - back to those drivers when I get home 🙂 Thanks for all the information @batari @Thomas Jentzsch sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetboot Jack Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 All working again - thank you so much! sTeVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 There were a couple of demos (I think Frantic and a couple of Champ Games demos) that wouldn't launch from my old Harmony (I believe I bought it around 2011). I read these comments and finally upgraded the BIOS to 1.06. Now the demos run! Hurrah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 My windows 7 Pro (Dell Inspiron) laptop will not recognize my Harmony Encore cart. I tried to get the latest firmware and the driver failed, it will not recognize my cart as a drive even with the USB hooked up to it I live in a hick rural area and there is no tech support here and I need help that I can understand in plain English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 On 11/3/2023 at 12:50 AM, Thomas Jentzsch said: Are you sure the USB cable you are using is a data cable? Mine is just some micro-to-USB cable I bought at Safeway for about $10.00, an Infinitek, how do I tell??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppalarge Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 Hopefully this is a quick fix - I switched consoles from a 2600A to a Video Arcade II and now when I boot it up I get a spinning yin yang. What did I do wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppalarge Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Follow up - I've read the manual and have reformatted the card and reloaded all the Harmony software back onto the card. I've also tested the SVA2 with an actual game cartridge and confirmed that it works. Still getting the spinning yin yang, what should I try next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillieD Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 If you are getting “searching for cart”, download the older FTDI driver, on the site provided. I had an issue on Windows 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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