Seems that trying to update from the internet is not as easy to do for some of our fellow members, so I thought I would put together a little step by step guide to make the process a little easier.

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If all works out then you should now have the latest update for your CS2 downloaded and installed from the internet.

Very good, Maxi.

Hi Websmaster/Bigdaddynz - Can you 'sticky' this topic - Thanks.

Maxi,

Thanks for the detailed instructions. It worked just fine, first time. Hopefully Marklin will place this in the CS2 Manual.

Harvey

Glad to be of help.
I agree that the documentation for most things Marklin puts out is rather brief.

Making this topic a sticky might be a good idea for quick reference.

Matthew

Just adding some additional info concerning USB and downgrades.


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Download this file from the website.

http://www.maerklin.de/d...ds/software_updates.html



cs2update.tgz




(Note - use a slim width USB stick, a wide USB stick may not seat properly or completely into the CS2 USB port. Avoid a USB stick with U3 software or password / security features. The downloaded update file must be in the root folder of the USB stick. There cannot be any other CS2 updates in the root folder)(This is simply technique but consider removing the track power from the CS2 during the upgrade, also perhaps any booster to avoid problems?)

1. Insert a USB memory stick in the USB socket on the computer.
2. Connect to one of the download web sites.
3. Right click on each of the two files listed above and store them on the USB stick. This process will unzip each of the files.
4.Correctly eject the USB stick from the computer.
5 Connect the Central Station to a transformer and start the Central Station.
6. Insert the USB stick into the USB socket in the back of the Central Station.
7. Choose the “Setup” menu.
8. Press the word “Update program” (if “Update program” does not appear on the screen, select the “CS” menu on the bottom of the blue screen. After pressing the word " Update program", in the screen must be read first the word "loading", next comes "updating").
9. If the program asks for a confirmation press the green check mark.
10. Wait until the program has finished up loading. It may take a few minutes.
11. Select the “Setup” menu.
12. Select the “Version” option.
13. You should see the new version number on the screen.


14. If you do not see the new version number:
15. Select the “CS” menu.
16. Select “restart”.
17 Wait until the Central Station has restarted.
18. Remove and re-insert the USB stick.
19. Repeat steps 7-13 above.
20. If the update does not work, erase the USB stick and repeat the entire process


After the installation is complete, select “restart Station” from the “Setup” menu.


CAUTION: Be sure the memory stick is clear of any software updates for the Station. Some people have accidentally left updates for earlier software versions on the memory stick and it has caused the system to freeze. When this happens you are locked out and cannot call up any menus to correct it. There is a solution if this happens to you. On the German web site, www. Maerklin.de, in the FAQ link, there are two programs that can be downloaded to the USB stick and inserted to restart the Station.


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http://www.maerklin.de/faq/

Marklin Digital > Central Station II > Reparatur der CS 2 bei versehentlichem Downgrade


(German to English translation)

Repair of CS 2 in case of accidental downgrade

04.06.2009
# 218

I made an inadvertent downgrade of software version 1.1.3 (0) to software version 1.0.5 (3). Now my travels Central Station 60213 is no longer high. How can I fix my CS 2 again?

Procedure for Repair:

1. Preparing a USB stick so that the root of the USB flash drive no files. Subdirectories with some files may exist.
2. The following files to the root of the USB stick to copy: stick.sh and reparatur.sh
3. Central Station 2 with inserted USB stick start
4. Wait until the program starts. This can take up to 5 minutes.
5. In the Setup menu [shutdown]
6. If the shutdown is complete, remove the USB stick.
7. The files reparatur.sh stick.sh and delete on the USB stick
8. Both on the stick and the device is a backup of the previous data of the device

The files are stick.sh and reparatur.sh Beitrsg attached as an appendix.

http://www.maerklin.de/faq/download.php?Number=218

Mark Schurr

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The 'Automatic' function assumes that you have a DHCP server (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) on your network. If you don't, 'Automatic' will never work, so you have to manually enter the entries (what we call setting a static address). Normally a DHCP server would be set up on your ADSL or Cable modem.

Huh!!??

You don't need to connect a CS2 to a Mac or PC to be able to run a CS2 internet update. All the CS2 requires is a direct network connection to the internet as Maxi explains.

I assume your ADSL modem has a 4 port switch in the back of it. Plug the CS2's network port into one of those switch ports. But, yes you can use the cable that's plugged into the iMac (I'm assuming that's a RJ45 ethernet connection).