Updating a legacy v1 kit to the latest stable release

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Hey,

it’s been some years and I played a lot around with the Kit, thanks for all the effort from you guys!

I’ve seen the sequencer in a related youtube video and wanted to try to upgrate the firmware. As far as I see above, I’ve got the V1 Kit but don’t really find any information which is the latest firmware I can use with my V1 Kit. I’ve downloaded the latest version, but it is only showing me a white screen.

Any tipps or urls where I can find any information on my situation?

Thanks
Mat

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I’ve just stumbled upon Something wrong with v1 kit and new images? - #3 by ivanmonterosso and will check the solution out.

Any easy way to upgrade the V1 kit to a V4 kit or are there just too many steps in between?

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Latest stable SD images should work flawlessly, although perhaps you need to use the testing branch, that includes some fixes for legacy v1 kits.
You simply follow these steps:

  • Burn the latest SD image in a good enough SD card
  • Boot and wait until the first-boot setup process has finished. As your display is not configured, you wont see anything. Let’s say you wait about 30 mins to be completely sure :wink:
  • Connect your unit to your router (local network) using an ethernet cable
    • access webconf on http://zynthian.local
    • access hardware->kits and select kit v1 on
    • access software->repositories, check testing and update
  • Reboot

Regards,

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