Software

Hypex Filter Designer (HFD)

This is PC-only software for setting all the parameters of the Hypex amplifiers and DSP. It includes a very easy to use, graphically oriented filter development application. You can download HFD v4.95 and the documentation for it from here.

Note: It is possible to get into trouble with this software, so unless we've participated in your session using a remote desktop application, you might find that you've caused a malfunction that will require us to charge for off-warranty work.

Hypex Firmware

You can download the latest Hypex firmware from here. This gets updated fairly often, but the changes typically will be unnoticeable in the context of the JansZen amplifier implementation. It's thus best to wait for a recommendation from JansZen before taking the trouble to perform an update.

If you're not sure whether that link points to the latest version, you can go to the Hypex plate amp page, and click the Downloads tab.

Instructions for loading the firmware:

1. Save the firmware where you can easily navigate to it. A good spot would be in a subdirectory called _Hypex\firmware_.
2. Connect the speaker via USB to a computer that has HFD installed.
3. Launch HFD.
4. Click the Firmware update button.
5. Attempt to update firmware by double-clicking on the firmware .hex file.
6. That will fail to load the firmware, but will start the bootloader, which is needed to load the firmware.

Once the bootloader has started, you can and should close HFD. Relaunch HFD. Most of the functions will now be missing or grayed out. Again click the Firmware update button. Again double click on the firmware .hex file. Wait for the progress bar to show completion of the installation. Don't touch anything during this process, or you could brick your amplifier. Close HFD again. Power cycle the speaker. Launch HFD again, and verify that the firmware revision matches what you've just installed. If so, you're done. If not, repeat the procedure.