[Julian Masters]

Hi Dmitry.
A bit late but if you look at this thread near the bottom, a guy called Rasmus had a similar problem.

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/142/870022

I put some firmware files on dropbox for him and he managed to go back to 1.05 and then upgrade incrementally to 1.26
If you reply (or pm me) with an email address I can send you the dropbox link to try.

Regards,

Julian.

[Julian Masters]

I got my latest firmware from the sony.uk site (https://www.sony.co.uk/biz/hub/name/home).
I think you can get to if by selecting professional products from the sony.co.uk site. You also have to register to download.
Searching through their software/drivers for the EX1 it shows the 1.20, 1.25 and 1.26 versions. However, the 1.20 links to a “later” version of 1.25, and the 1.25 and 1.26 both seem to link to the 1.26 version.

[Julian Masters]

I’ve done a couple more over the last few days, and as long as I do the 1.10 update it all goes without a hitch.

The reason that I’ve had to do so many upgrades is that we’ve just bought some Sony PMW500 cameras and there were issues when swapping cards between the two.

[Julian Masters]

Sony UK were a bit “vague” about how to upgrade, and when I mentioned that our cameras are sourced from the US they were even less sure.
I got the firmware from a Sony service centre that we buy kit from, and they said to upgrade it incrementally.
I’m just doing another camera now that was on 1.05, and that didn’t like going straight to 1.11. So I’m about to downgrade and up it to 1.10. Hopefully !

[Julian Masters]

I’m doing a firmware upgrade now as I type.
It was on 1.02, so I went to 1.05 with no problem.
I then tried 1.11 and although the software said it upgraded the camera wouldn’t boot up. It went to the xdcam display in media mode though, without going any further. (I had a similar issue with a different camera last week).
It still connected via usb so I then downgraded to 1.05.
In the past I’ve had problems with 1.10. It upgrades very quickly (a couple of minutes) but stays on the previous firmware version. It’s only after trying it that I remember it doesn’t work.
So I thought maybe it upgrades something else without upgrading the firmware version.
I’ve just tried the camera again with 1.10, and it did as expected (i.e. stayed in 1.05), but when I tried 1.11 again it has upgraded. (It may just be a coincidence though).
I then did 1.12, 1.14, 1.20, 1.25 and finally 1.26.
I skip 1.13 as there are two different versions (one is for “an old version board” .. which/whatever board that is).
I’ll keep on upgrading incrementally as it has worked before (so far!).
I also upgrade using a laptop and also have a battery fitted to the camera so hopefully if there is a power outage it will continue the upgrade.

[Julian Masters]

I got it from a Sony service centre here in the UK.
I also had a v1.10, but on every EX1 I’ve tried that on it finishes the upgrade in about 2 minutes but never actually performs an upgrade !?!

[Julian Masters]

I’ve upgraded several EX1 cameras up to the latest version (available at the time) with no problems. I do it incrementally as advised by my local Sony dept.
However I’ve just got one come in that was on V1.02.
I upgraded it to 1.05, with no problem, but when I tried upping it to 1.11 it eventually comes up with “Failed to update”. It started up afterwards, but with an error number at the top of screen.
It still connected via usb, and I downgraded back to 1.05
I also tried upgrading to 1.12, but that aborted around 88%. That then got stuck displaying EXCAM on start up, but I managed again to put it back to 1.05, where I’ve left it.
Has anyone else had a similar problem ?