Upgrading through the SD card

[Medavoym]

Hi!

Is it still possible to update the build of the camera through the SD card? It doesn't work for me... I know that most people do it through the CF card, but I'm just wondering.

I put the folder "upgrade" on the SD card and it's not recognized as an upgrade.

Can you still do it?

Thanks.

 

[martinnoweck]

SD didn't work for me upgrading from 15 to 16, with CF it worked very well!

regards,
martin

 

[Brook Willard]

It works on some builds and not others. It will not work with certain SD card capacities... nothing above 512MB on some cameras.

 

[Rob Castiglione]

It worked to upgrade from 16 to 17 for me, no worries.

Rob

 

[Manuel Wenger]

Did every update with SD Card, works fine for me every time. I also keep the older Builds on the SD Card for Emergency. Never had a problem yet.

 

[María M.]

I never had a problem before, I´ve been doing the upgrade since build 13, but I have a reference file now, a LOG file, that I´ve never seen before. First, I tought it was a reference file of the black shadding, now... I´m not sure. Does it happen to anyone before?
Thanks -in advance.

 

[Medavoym]

Hi,

I tried with two different SD cards, both 2GB in size... Maybe that's the problem. Should I find one that is only 1GB?

 

[Stuart English]

Upgrade via SD

Upgrade via SD

I tried with two different SD cards, both 2GB in size... Maybe that's the problem. Should I find one that is only 1GB?

That is correct, the maximum size of SD Card supported by the RED-ONE is 1GB.

Inability to upgrade should have nothing to do with Builds, or whether you use a CF or SD or USB or RED-DRIVE or RED-RAM. So long as there is an "upgrade" file on any one of those media, the upgrade should work fine.

Three limitations.

You can't use 2GB SD Cards - see above

You can't use the same "upgrade" file twice - the data is erased.

You can't upgrade from Build 15 to 16 or 17 without first going to Build 15 V2.2.8

 

[Stuart English]

.LOG file

.LOG file

I have a reference file now, a LOG file, that I´ve never seen before.

The .LOG file is a camera error message file, its exported by the camera when you press the WRITE LOG key. You can discard it, its there to help RED technical support.

 

[María M.]

Thanks!

 

[Medavoym]

I have found an alternative solution.

I plugged in the 2GB SD card through the USB port on the camera. It now recognizes the upgrade and I am performing the system upgrade as I type.

Thanks Stuart for mentioning the USB port - I completely forgot about it.

I guess there are many ways to install a new build on the camera...