User manual

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Downloading a firmware packet
Transmitter firmware updates are carried out …
• … either as described under “FIRMWARE UP-
DATE / Change display language” in the section
»Secret mode« on page 35 …
• … or as described below with the help of a PC
running a Windows XP, Vista or 7 operating sys-
tem.
Current software and information is available in Inter-
net at www.graupner.de under the Download link for
the given product.
Note:
You will automatically be notified of new updates per
email after registering your transmitter at https://www.
graupner.de/en/service/product_registration.aspx.
The aforementioned “given product page” is most
easily reached by entering “www.graupner.de” into
your Internet browser’s address line then pressing the
ENTER key on your PC or laptop keyboard.
On the so-called “homepage” for Graupner, click on
one of the “flags” to switch the website to a language
of your choice, e. g. the British flag for English. After-
wards locate the entry field with the title “Search”:
Place the cursor in this field with a mouse click then
enter a search keyword, e. g. the article number print-
ed on the type plate located on the rear side of the
transmitter:
Another press of the ENTER key on the PC or laptop
will open the sought page:
Downloading a firmware packet
Now use your Internet browser’s vertical scroll bar
to move down the page a bit until the tabs “Charac-
teristics”, “Spare parts”, “Accessories” and “Down-
loads” appear:
Move to the Download area by clicking on the “Down-
load” tab. Select the file(s) you need, then double-
click on “Download” below the selected file to initiate
the downloading process.
When you download “HoTT-Software VX” you actually
download the file “HoTT_Software_VX.zip”. This is
a compressed file containing all the files required to
update the transmitter, HoTT receiver, sensors etc.
Please note: at the time this manual was revised the
program packet available is Version “4”: “HoTT-Soft-
ware V4”.
If you have previously updated the software of certain
components of your radio control system using the
firmware from software packet Version “V3” or earlier,
but since then have updated at least one of your com-
ponents using firmware from software packet “V4”,
then it is ESSENTIAL to update all the components
of the radio control system with firmware from packet