Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Burt-Research/FWUpdate

Timestamp:

Nov 29, 2016, 9:10:23 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

aj

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Burt-Research/FWUpdate

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 == Upgrading ==
 
-To perform an upgrade you will need a .bin file provided by Barrett. You can carry out the upgrade using the following series of commands:
+To perform an upgrade you will need a .bin file provided by Barrett. You can carry out the upgrade using the following series of commands (see [#btflash footnote]):
 
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-For some context the Main Board, which is what runs the control firmware and talks to ROS, has an id of 10. In the above series of commands you are telling btflash to flash, write to the program memory of the device, the firmware from the defined file to the device with id 10. The reset commands provides a soft reset for the firmware on the Main Board. You should not need to power cycle, but if issues occur a power cycle is recommended.
+You should follow these instructions for both consoles to upgrade both Main Boards.
 
-You should follow these instructions for both consoles to upgrade both Main Boards. You may use the same console USB port, but you will need to plug the USB to CAN adapter into the CAN Service port on the front of both consoles to perform the upgrade.
 
-For this particular upgrade please use this bin: http://web.barrett.com/support/Proficio_Firmware/waterloo/main-board-comm.dev-k-main-board-0.1.3-0-gb35cf1d.bin
+[=#btflash]
+=== Footnote ===
 
-Please report any errors and please capture all outputs to report to us on.
+For some context, the Main Board, which is what runs the control firmware and talks to ROS, has an id of 10. In the above series of commands you are telling btflash to flash, write to the program memory of the device, the firmware from the defined file to the device with id 10. The reset commands provides a soft reset for the firmware on the Main Board. You should not need to power cycle, but if issues occur a power cycle is recommended.