Using IC-7610 remotely with RSBA1. Exited and shut down RSBA1 and connected with WFView. After a bit, the radio control panel came up, but no audio, no signal on the spectrum display, and no signals indicated. Shut down WFView and brought RSBA1 back up and the same thing-receiver not working any more. Had a relative check the radio, and it had a banner that said “FPGA firmware is wrong. Retry updating the firmware.” Have not performed any updates to the radio. Using an older version of WFView (2.03). Not able to try anything but a soft reset at this point. Will try a hard reset next, and if that doesn’t work, I will try uploading new firmware.
Has this problem been seen before? Any ideas? Thanks, Steve
I’ve been running an IC-7610 for several years with wfview and I have never seen it complain about the FPGA firmware. And believe me when I say it, I have tortured this radio with all sorts of things developing wfview. From what I can tell over the years, wfview has no way to interact with the radio at the FPGA firmware level. I wonder if you got some ESD damage to the radio when the relative was checking it? Did this person remove the chassis lid?
No audio and/or spectrum display are usually simple problems to fix and I wish you had posted here earlier because we could probably guide you through that process.
If you get your radio past the “FPGA firmware is wrong” problem, please let us know and we can proceed to assist you with using wfview.
Not blaming WFView. !) Radio was working with RSBA1, 2) RSBA1 disconnected, 3) WFView connected, but no receive (no signals). At the point WFView was connected, “FPGA firmware is wrong version” appeared on the front panel of the IC-7610. There was no human interaction with the radio other than taking a photo of the error message. It was not physically touched. Could be a coincidence. Maybe it was the radio’s time to go. BUT, in my opinion, coincidences ALWAYS require investigation. Just wanted to see if anybody had seen this occur.
Resets, both “Partial” and “All” did not help. Firmware update fails to complete the FPGA portion and the error is still displayed after boot-up of the radio.
Found this on the internet, but don’t think I will try it until I talk to Icom service. Looking like a trip back to ICOM!
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Step 2: The Forced FPGA Update Process
Power Off: Completely turn off the IC-7610 and ensure it is disconnected from your computer (USB/CI-V cables).
Insert Card: Insert the prepared SD card into the radio.
Boot in Update Mode: Press and hold both the F-INP and POWER buttons simultaneously.
Initiate the Update: The radio will boot up and should bypass the standard GUI, forcing the firmware update utility screen to appear and complete the FPGA portion.
Wait for Completion: Allow the process to finish entirely—do not interrupt it. Once finished, power cycle the radio normally.
I’m sorry to hear that. What a bummer! I’m surprised they would charge so much to replace a single board. I wonder if you can just buy the board and pay someone else to put it in?