Delstar OpenBook at Walgreens

Originally Posted by kennyc

Calibre has a list of devices it recognizes, I doubt this one is on the list, but you could still copy books to a mounted drive (which I presume the reader would connect as when connected by usb)

Yes, the OpenBook shows up as a mounted drive when connected to a Windows PC via a USB cable. It was very easy to copy files to.

[Delstar Info]

Katelyn,
I am redoing the video as we speak, it will only take a few minutes.

Freddy.

[thcrw739]

I played it fine in wmp on windows 7 its just not very good quality, I was hoping someone could put the firmware on just posted & give it a quick wirl .

I was so ready to buy one of these till i read the whole thread.

If the firmware corrects most of the issues, I'll pull the trigger on the walgreens cart.

[bryanzs]

Originally Posted by Delstar Info

Hello Everyone,
This is Freddy from Delstar, and i just want to begin by saying that we apologize for the delay for making this upgrade available to you. We have been experiencing Technical Difficulties with our Website all day, and we have been working diligently to fix it. We have come up with a way to get this upgrade out to all of our friends at this forum. Below you will find a Share-cow link, we have uploaded the Firmware upgrade, The Firmware Upgrade Tool and a instructional video on how to complete the upgrade process. PLEASE WATCH the video FIRST, and then continue with the upgrade. We hope to resolve our Website issues as soon as possible. Again we would like to thank you for your patience at this time.

Firmware Upgrade Link:

http://www.sharecow.com/Download.asp...a-06ec56df0dc1

Thank You

Freddy M.
Delstar

Hi, Freddy. Thanks for posting that. You should know, though, that file names with spaces in them (like the Firmware Update.avi and the actual zip files) don't always download all that easily - for example, at least in Firefox, it loses the extension and the rest of the name after the space. So you might want to rename them Firmware_Update.avi, 3172010_fm_Delstar.zip, etc. to prevent further problems.

Until Freddy fixes that, anyone who downloads from the sharecow link may need to rename the files after the download so they work...

[bryanzs]

OK, so I don't even have the device yet, and the instructional video is impossible to make out, and it's hard to download - but I'm a software engineer, and this is what I do, so I figured I'd install it anyway.

I've actually got it installed, and perhaps Freddy's updated video will make these instructions unnecessary, but for anyone else who wants to get the update ready NOW, here are some hints:

- as stated in my earlier post, be sure to rename the downloaded files to their original names;

- unzip the tool.zip to some location (I chose c:\delstar, and it created c:\delstar\tool for me);

- after unzipping, use Windows Explorer to open up the folder that was just created (c:\delstar\tool in my example), and double-click on the isetup-5.2.1.exe to install their scripting tool. During the installation process, when asked where to put the installed files, I again said c:\delstar, so I ended up with a c:\delstar\Inno Setup 5 folder;

- When the Inno Setup is installed, allow it to start up, and then choose to open an existing script file - don't select the "Example scripts" choice, chose the "Other" choice, and browse to the folder where you unzipped the tool in the first place (again, in my case, C:\DELSTAR\TOOL). You can then select the file RK28DM.ISS. Then choose "Run" from the menu;

- You'll now be building the actual installation tool. When asked, I again specified c:\delstar as the location, and it created c:\delstar\RK28DM, inside of which is the installation tool. Even though I specified English as the language, when I ran the rk28dm.exe (by double-clicking on it), it came up in Chinese. If you double-click on the file named "setting.ini" in that same folder (c:\delstar\rk28dm), about 3/4 of the way down you'll see a line that says "Language=Chinese". If you change that to say instead "Language=English" and then save that file, when you next double-click on rk28dm.exe, it should come up in English.


Now, of course, once that's all done, you'll want to stop the RK28DM program, and attach your eReader to your computer, and then restart RK28DM. You may then browse to where you unzipped the 03172010 fm Delstar.zip file (I unzipped mine to c:\delstar, creating a c:\delstar\03172010 fm delstar folder), and select the W950A.img file.

Wow, I really hope someone does all this and tells me if it works! I can't do it myself until my eReader arrives in a couple of days, but maybe this will help one of you lucky folks who already have it in hand...

Update: Using the tool.zip found on the Delstar site http://www.delstar.net, I think you can now install the firmware upgrade tool more easily - please look at this post.

[Delstar Info]

We have Fixed the website, go there for Firmware Tool, And Firmware Upgrade.
You can view the instructional video at the link below:

Instructional Video:
http://www.sharecow.com/Download.asp...4-1758df222870

[bryanzs]

Originally Posted by Delstar Info

We have Fixed the website, go there for Firmware Tool, And Firmware Upgrade.
You can view the instructional video at the link below:

Instructional Video:
http://www.sharecow.com/Download.asp...4-1758df222870

...and again it's named poorly

Not to be a pest, Freddy, but could you rename that file to NOT have spaces in the name?

[Delstar Info]

Use our website for Firmware Tool and Upgrade.

We have redone the video, hopefully it is more clear for you.

Again you can find it at the link below:

http://www.ShareCow.com/Download.asp...4-1758df222870

[Katelyn]

Deleted my post since someone already posted a walk-through above.

Sad that the formatting issue wasn't resolved. I still see no bold, italics, etc. and the text spacing is wonky due to the fully justified paragraphs. I prefer left justification. Also, still no book covers. I'll keep it around until Saturday then return it unless I'm missing something.

[thcrw739]

Originally Posted by Delstar Info

Use our website for Firmware Tool and Upgrade.

We have redone the video, hopefully it is more clear for you.

Again you can find it at the link below:

http://www.ShareCow.com/Download.asp...4-1758df222870

Yeah, that new one does not play in wmp

Any clue in on what the new firmware improves?

[thcrw739]

Originally Posted by Katelyn

The video is too blurry to see exactly what he’s doing but I was able to figure it out and updated my device. PDFs now work and the missing setting options have changed. With a book open, the options are now Page jump, SaveMark, Loadmark, DelMark, Browse Mode, Flip Time and Reverse Contrast Viewing.

Also fixed is the wide margin on the right. Unfortunately, formatting, at least for the epub and html I tested, is non-existent. It’s cleaner and if something is centered it will show we centered but I still don’t see bold, italics, etc. and spacing is wonky.

Here is how to upgrade your firmware if you have a mind to do it.

Download the files Delstar referred us to. Save them into a folder and unzip them. Run the setup file RK28DM_Setup.exe that is in the Tools/Setup folder. When it’s finished, it will launch a wizard to run the RK28 Device Manager. Using the Manager, browse to the 3172010 folder and select the W950A.img file. Press the left button just below the to path window run the installer. Once it’s finished, press the left button on the pop up to then close the window.

Sorry I'm rushing to get out the door but I hope this helps. I’m returning my device this weekend.

Well thats to bad, but sounds like it's getting there enough to invest, if its not any wonkier at the moment than reading a txt convert.. I'm sold

This is actually the first reasonably priced eBook reader Ive ever seen, for what it does

[Strato]

Download tools and firmware..having trouble with video anyone else?

[intobooks]

Originally Posted by Strato

Download tools and firmware..having trouble with video anyone else?

Got the second video to play. Renamed it Firmware_update.mpg and right clicked, and selected Open With, then Windows Media Player. Quality isn't that great but it is better than the first.

[Highroller]

Well I got the files downloaded and renamed. However if it doesn't fix the formatting getting stripped out its useless to me. If delstar can get the device to support, ie display properly, html and the other listed formats I will keep it. If delstar can't do that it goes back. I do appreciate you trying Freddy but this update didn't touch my main concern. If all I wanted to do was read text files, I could buy an old pda for considerably less. The non-support of the ebook formats is a major deal breaker for me.

[Highroller]

Originally Posted by Delstar Info

We have Fixed the website, go there for Firmware Tool, And Firmware Upgrade.
You can view the instructional video at the link below:

Instructional Video:
http://www.sharecow.com/Download.asp...4-1758df222870

I hate to break this to you but the website STILL gives me this message when I try to go to download section

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /downloads/ on this server.

I think you need to re-evaluate if your website is fixed...