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IT WORKED!!!!
x8r receiver flasehd with the old firmware and bound to the transmitter.
Thanks so much to everyone on this forum! I see I still have so much to learn, which is a good thing!
Regards
Gareth Barry

Mike
I am such an idiot!! You were exactly right!! I was plugging it into the sbus port!
It's writing now as we speak so we';; see how it goes!
Thanks so much guys
Regards
Gareth

OK so I made the folder 'firmware' on the sd card, uploaded what I thought was the old x8r firmware, tried to flash it with the special cable that I soldered up, connected it to the transmitter, but when I tried to flash it there was an error , 'external device not responding.' The x8r receiver was ...

"Receiver/module firmware don't even need to be in a FIRMWARE folder, they can be anywhere on the card. It's only radio firmware that you want to be able to flash from the bootloader that needs to be there." Ahh ok thanks that helps a lot!! Gonna give it a try tonight. Thanks so much Regar...

OK thanks Mike
That seems extremely obvious, I was just worried that it might mess things up -> and not sure whether the taranis will be able to flash to the receiver with from 'made' folder-> I'll give it a shot though and post my progress.

Well more strangeness, I don't know if this is relevant. With the taranis switch OFF and then plugged in, I CAN see the 'FIRMWARE' folder on the SD card- wierd. I pasted the receiver firmware into this folder; however, when I switched the taranis on and went to the 'SD card' page, the 'FIRMWARE' fol...

"The sd card slot on the X9D is located in rhe battery compartment. You can update to latest version of OpenTx without issues." I know this, and I know I can access it this way, that is not my issue. My issue is that he folder "FIRMWARE" is not on the SD card "If you have mo...

Hello anyone and everyone who may be able to help! I bought my taranis in 2013 and had never updated the firmware as I was scared of 'bricking' the transmitter and to be honest, was hapy with v1.02 of opentx that came with it. I haven't been active in the hobby for a number of years since. Anyways, ...

Hello After a long absence form the rc hobby, I am making a go of it again with my kids. back in I think 2015 I bought the original version of the Taranis X9D when it was available running I think opentx version 1.02. I would like to flash this to a more current version as I would like to use the Ta...