HOW TO INSTALL THE HOTAS COUGAR FIRMWARE / SOFTWARE ON WINDOWS 7, 64 BIT
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hmm… sadly there is no official way to do it ,I’m afraid. None of the Cougar software just says… you’re running firmware x.x.x.x .
But!, if you run ‘HOTASUpdate.exe’ in \Hotas dir … think it will complain if firmware on the stick is lower then current/latest (3.0.0.6) version and it will ask if you want to update.
There is also ‘HotasFileInfo.exe’ but that will only read version of firmware in ‘HOTASUpdate.exe’ , NOT the actual version on the stick.
Again but, there will be nothing wrong if you really flash the stick again (and again) , it is just not advisable in modern OS like Win10 (really why?) … well the update software was originally for WinXp/Vista(64) , and so it has been reported that it works fine in Win7 , but , I guess noone tried to do it in Win10… you may be the first… hell , I would do it just for the heck of it and report.
(I have bootable win7 on second drive, so if anything fails , … )-to ERASE an FLASH the firmware on the ‘clean’ stick , you have to:
1. unplug joystick from usb
2. press and hold the trigger
3. plug the stick into usb with trigger pressed … WAIT till windows says ‘unknown device’ in device manager (that means firmware is erased , and windows don’t know what you’ve just plugged in)
4. Run ‘HOTASUpdate.exe’ and flash it
5. then calibrate with Hotas Config…think this is complete procedure
but be sure to have Win7 near , some laptop or cute neighbor’s old computer, so you can copy that ‘HOTASUpdate.exe’ on flash drive and do the procedure on that win7(64) pc IF it fails on win10Whistle if you get stuck…
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Have u guys tried hirens boot CD. It has win xp inside.
The thought is to place cougar needed files in the hirens boot USB stick. Boot from the stick, select Windows and do the firmware update.
Hirens boot CD is free.
I believe it will work.
Also the Linux gurus might shed some light here if the same can be done via wine. So have a Linux wine bootable stick and do the magic from there.
Maybe creating and distributing such a package might be very helpful for such things.Στάλθηκε από το MI 5 μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
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Well although maybe possible, do you have enough courage to do it in ‘virtual’ environment?
I mean, that is exactly opposite what is suggested when flashing eprom chips , you need system in real mode , not emulated mode, because you’'ll prefer direct access to hardware itself via host system.
Linux wine is nothing else then virtual machine , windows client on linux host.
Although newer virtual machines with modern hardware (cpus) are pretty good sharing real hardware via direct access to a virtual client… even with encrypted direct access and what not, for host<>client information sharing hardening.Again, possible, but not suggested nor advisable. Too many emulation is never good when doing some simple tasks as chip programming just because that locked direct access to memory and disks, in often non-conventional way , so that even some antivirus protection can give you problems.
Hiren’s boot ‘miniXP’ may also work, but there is so much ‘Ripped’ out of this type of system that is not advisable to do nothing else then bare offline system recovery… disks, password reset , etc.
It is still winXP but lacking system and driver support for ‘exactly your system hardware’ /… so it uses standard set of minimum compatible with almost anything., and still I think you cant install nothing via normal installation methods because you’re lacking install service… so No Go.Don’t give yourself trouble where is not needed, use confirmed solutions that still can and do it like a pro
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Thanks, Blu3wlo,f That was just what I needed!
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Hi all
I have always kept a copy of this link backed up, very well set out instructions for firmware and driver install for the cougar.
You will need the 2007 HCO_vista_64_rc1 driver and not the 2004 one.Hope this helps some people out of a jam.
http://www.cougar.flyfoxy.com/faqinstall.php
FalconBMS Devs great stuff guys.:p
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Hi all
I have always kept a copy of this link backed up, very well set out instructions for firmware and driver install for the cougar.
You will need the 2007 HCO_vista_64_rc1 driver and not the 2004 one.Hope this helps some people out of a jam.
http://www.cougar.flyfoxy.com/faqinstall.php
FalconBMS Devs great stuff guys.:p
_Have this link, too !!
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Hi all,
Just bought a new gaming rig for my daughter (and myself of course :)) and was pleasantly surprised to find out that BMS is still upgrading the original Falcon 4.0; so I got my old Cougar out (sn 08661) and hooked it up. I followed exactly the setup described on the DCS forum https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=181049 and loaded the BMS TM Cougar (Dunc_DX) files.
It just works 100%…
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Hello pilots. I’m new to Falcon BMS. I have a Thrustmaster Cougar Hotas. How do I ket the buttons on the controller to work as intended in the software. Please help! Is there a key file that will work?
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Welcome to BMS! Many key files are available, check your bms documentation folder, you should find a directory named “Key files and input” or similar.
I’d advise against using TARGET, use DX-only programming and you’ll be the happier for it in the later stages of your BMS career
All the best,
Uwe
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