Truman, others here know a lot more about this than I do, but...

What 861 version do you have? New config program works with later versions (3 and 4, I think), old version for early versions.

Second point is that most advice here has been to never fetch from the machine. Just make your changes in the config program and reload.

From a dealer demo last Friday, I know you have to set up both the 861 and the HD621 with the config program, and the HD621 uses the new config.

Finally, don't know about using the USB interface with the old legacy program. I use a USB to serial converter and had to download a driver which let me assign the COM port. Cleanest way is to use serial to serial connection as probably described in the two product manuals.

Wish I could be of more help tonight, probably a little too early for Euro experts to sign in but I'll bet you have some more definitive comments before long. Good luck JimK (90266!)


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