DaveAus Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Can I download the firmware update by plugging my Elite into a usb port on my Mac ?? Given my Elite is new and had to come on back order from Hornby on wonders why it had 1.3 loaded anyway ?? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregd99 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 the 1.41 upgrade comes as an exe that you need to run on windows. Options would seem to be to boot the mac into windows or borrow a friends pc:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 This is a shortsighted approach. Come on Hornby get your act together and fix this problem by making firmware update on Macs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelrow Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 PAC, methinks, you are in for a long wait. Its not a Hornby fix, as Railmaster run by different company, and this is not the first time, this has been raised, without success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 John, this is asking about Elite firmware rather than RM. Either way, it’s a .exe file that has to run under Windows or a Mac emulating Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I assume if is anything like the software I worked on, you can probably get the update to work on a Windows emulation running on a MAC, it is when it tries to write the data to the communications port. To write to the USB port it probably uses a Windows .dll file that links the software to the operating system and computer hardware, they don't work too well on a windows emulation. I thought I did read on here someone did get it to work, but I might be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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