With those of us with the original pic/board, there were issues with the packets not being recieved and the OS not recongnizing the device upon resuming...
Are these hardware issues that we won'tbe able to fix, or software related?
If hardware, is the firmware upgradeable?

Hi,
For original design boards is avalible new version of Firmware v2.0 which have improved learning function. Your after resuming problem is problem of software or if you use USB hub... In CF I think that Wolfgang has fixed problems after resume, but Im not test this function yet...
What do you mean with packet lost? Yesterday Im test my board with TPMS Doctor, distance from sensors and receiver has been 2-3m and Im not see any problems. When pressure has changed TPMS doctor need around 3-5s to recognise that...

So how do I find out what firmware version I have? And how do I update?

By the way Mr.Bean, Hijack is using one of the antennas you suggested from Antenna Factor and I believe in my testing it proved in increase the range of the device to about 15 meters while keeping the minimum distance at about 1 meter.

Hi,
For original design boards is avalible new version of Firmware v2.0 which have improved learning function. Your after resuming problem is problem of software or if you use USB hub... In CF I think that Wolfgang has fixed problems after resume, but Im not test this function yet...
What do you mean with packet lost? Yesterday Im test my board with TPMS Doctor, distance from sensors and receiver has been 2-3m and Im not see any problems. When pressure has changed TPMS doctor need around 3-5s to recognise that...

Hey guys, just thought I would pop in and see how things were going with those of you who purchased a kit from me. Hijack I take it you had no issues with the new TPMS as I haven't heard back from you since the meet .

For those of you who are waiting for a kit, we should have some soon enough now, we have finalized version 2.00 and working on version 2.10 which will have 2 LED indicators, 1 to verify a USB link and the other to show valid data packets received. We are also trying to decide whether to use an internal coil antenna or an external whip, but we will decide that after some more testing has been done.

By the way Mr.Bean, Hijack is using one of the antennas you suggested from Antenna Factor and I believe in my testing it proved in increase the range of the device to about 15 meters while keeping the minimum distance at about 1 meter. You can ask him more about the performance of the new style antenna. I am going to try out the others when I get the new board made, I have a picture of which ones I plan to try attached. We decided against using connectorized antennas as it would open up a lot of room for problems and also they are significantly more expensive than using one without a connector.

And those of you waiting for kits, just hang on a little longer, its just the matter of time before you should see them on the MP3car store.

I'm tried plugging the device in on all my fixed USB ports, and everytime I resume to Windows or CF, it's "Not Connected"...
As a matter of fact, even doing a full restart, sometimes the TPMS isn't connected...

I guess I didn't describe my issue very well in the last post...
I was only ever able to 'learn' the device once (50 tries!), after which it stopped displaying any new data...only the 'learned' data...

So how do I find out what firmware version I have? And how do I update?

Wungun did you get the email from me about getting your board reflashed?? The reason your device is doing that is because you have firmware revision 1 which cannot handle the new style sensors with the "CE" mark. If you have purchased the board from me I am offering to reflash the board with the new firmware all you have to do is ship it in and send me a payment for $10 to cover the cost of the new chip going on your board. Send me an email to sales@portalmediapc.com, so we can take care of you.

Also I thought the resume hibernation bug was fixed by wolfgang, I will test it out here and see if I am getting the same issue from resume/hiberation. As I stated earlier, we are working on a new plug-in which we hope will solve all of the issues you guys are having and also add a little more functionality to the device. It may be some time before we can release it.

First I've heard of the reflash...
I'll be in touch. Thanks!!!

BTW, If it's just a chip replacement, can't I just purchase the chip from you and install it myself?
Also, I can't remember if I bought it from you...I think I did

If you have the microcontroller (PIC) mounted on a socket in your board, probably you bought it from Dejan, in this case, if you send me the chip, I can update your firmware, just drop me a PM.

About the 'no device' issue...it seems to be a Windows/hardware issue, not a plugin issue. When I resume, I see the USB icon pop up, and then 'Unknown Device'...

You can't update it, because you must have PIC programator and HEX file(Which you can't get)...