UFSinstaller

[Audioniek]

As promised above here is the instruction to bring a UFS922 back to its factory state.

Follow these instructions.

A word of caution: when this procedure is followed, ALL contents of the internal hard disk will be lost.

Step 1: repartition and reformat the internal hard disk

• Switch the receiver completely off using the mains switch on the back.
• Open the lid for the CI-slots, and press and hold the front panel REC key.
• While still pressing the REC key, switch the receiver back on using the mains switch on the back.
• When the front panel display shows "[ ] / UP2 / TE2 / OPT" release the REC key.
• Briefly press the front panel TV/R key.
• The front panel display should now show "HDD/RS FAC / [ ] / [ ]".
• Briefly press the front panel REC key.
• The front panel display should now show the count down "HDD RST REBOOT 3 => 2 => 1 => 0".
• The receiver will reboot shortly after the final display "HDD RST REBOOT 0"

Step 2: install firmware version 2.0

• Format a USB stick with FAT32.
• Unpack UFS922_V2.0.zip (attachment below) on the USB stick.
• Eject the stick from the computer (do not pull it straight out).
• Switch the receiver completely off using the mains switch on the back.
• Insert the prepared USB stick in the front panel USB port behind the lid for the CI slots.
• Press and hold the front panel AUX key.
• While still pressing the AUX key, switch the receiver back on using the mains switch on the back.
• When the front panel display shows "EMERGENCY BOOT" release the AUX key.
• The display should show "Load Script File", followed by: "Wait: USB load".
• Next, the front panel display should briefly read "Done: f17400 Rd".
• Next, the front panel display should read "Check Update File".
• Flashing the firmware now begins and will take several minutes to complete.
• The front panel display should now read "(1/3) Er XXX", with XXX counting up to 100.
• Next, the front panel display should read "(1/3) Wr XXX", with XXX counting up to 100.
• Next, the front panel display should read "(2/3) Er XXX", with XXX counting up to 100.
• Next, the front panel display should read "(2/3) Wr XXX", with XXX counting up to 100.
• Next, the front panel display should read "(3/3) Er XXX", with XXX counting up to 100.
• Next, the front panel display should read "(3/3) Wr XXX", with XXX counting up to 100.
• Flashing version 2.0 firmware is now complete.

Step 3: Resetting the bootargs

• The receiver will briefly switch off and try to reboot.
• The boot will fail, because the kernel command line is still wrong.
• Switch the receiver off using the mains switch on the back.
• Connect a PC with a terminal program through a null modem cable to the receiver.
• Start the terminal program and select the COM port used for the connection.
• Set the communication parameters to 115200 baud, 8 bits, one stop bit, no parity (115200N81).
• With the terminal program running, switch on the receiver and immediately start pressing the Enter key repeatedly until you see the receivers' prompt: MB411>
• Now enter the following lines one by one (copy/paste is recommended here):

setenv baboot
setenv bacmd
setenv baflag
setenv bootargs
setenv bootargs ''console=ttyAS0,115200 root=/dev/mtdblock3 mem=83m bigphysarea=5632 coprocessor_mem=3m@0x04000000,3m@0x04300000''
setenv bootcmd 'bootm 80040000'
saveenv

• Finally enter: reset and press <enter>.

Step 4: Finishing the recovery
The receiver will reboot and show the sign on 'Kathrein UFS-922' followed by the text 'Starten...'. The internal hard disk is being examined and will be found to have information missing. After a while the receiver will restart again, after initializing the hard disk.

On the screen connected to the HDMI port, you will see Programmsuchlauf durchfuhren! for a while, then the screen will go black.

Software V2.0 is running now, but cannot start showing a channel for at least two reasons: There is no tuner configuration and there is no channel list.

At this point the receiver is ready to receive a new Enigma2 or Neutrino image using the ufsinstaller.

Step 5: Making the Kathrein firmware operational
If you want to go back to the original firmware completely, proceed as follows.

• Press MENU on the remote control (note: the following texts assume the language is set to Deutsch).
• Insert the USB prepared in step 2 in the front panel USB port. The stick contains an initial channel list.
• Select Service-Menu and press OK.
• Select Aktualisierung uber USB and press OK.
• Select Programmlisten-Aktualisierung and press OK.
• Acknowledge the pop-up by pressing OK.
• After the channel list restore is finished, press BACK twice so you are in the main menu again.
• Select Einstellungen and press OK.
• Select Antenne & Satelliten and press OK (note: at this point you can do a Erst-Installation as an alternative).
• Select Tuner-Konfiguration and press OK.
• Enter your tuner configuration as per the user manual.
• After doing this, press BACK repeatedly until the main menu is left. Acknowledge storing the tuner configuration pop-up by pressing OK.

You should now be able to watch TV using software version 2.0.

As a final step install the latest version (2.10), fine tune the settings and reconstruct or restore the channel list you prefer.

Note: software version 2.10 can not be used the recover the internal hard disk; hence the use of software version 2.0, which can.

Regards,

Audioniek.

The Kathrein V2.0 firmware: UFS922_V2.0.zip