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11. Installing the Reflash software (optional)
What is “reflash”? It’s a small program that allows you to update the firmware on your
StackShot 3X controller. You do not need this program to use your StackShot 3X controller.
Rest assured if you just purchased your controller it ships with the latest software available. If,
however, new firmware becomes available you may want to upgrade your controller. Do you
have to upgrade your firmware? No. Should I upgrade your firmware? Maybe. We say
“maybe” because as new firmware is released we are adding and improving features. This
means changes to the user interface and things might not look exactly how they did before you
updated the firmware. So if you discover that a new feature is available that you absolutely
have to have, then by all means go ahead and reflash your controller. Just keep in mind that
things might look and behave a little different! The other consequence to reflashing your
controller is that you will lose any stored settings. This includes settings you named and stored
as well as Wi-Fi passwords.
StackShot 3X can only be updated over USB. This will take several minutes to complete.
Reflash requires FTDI VCP USB Drivers to operate properly. You need to download the latest
version of the drivers here: http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
Whether you use Windows or OS X, you will need Oracle’s Java installed for Reflash to load. You
can download it here: http://java.com/download
11.1 Windows Installation
Windows installations should automatically detect and download the USB drivers required.
Some operating system settings can prevent automatically downloading the drivers. If that is
the case, use the above link in section “11 - Installing the Reflash software”. Be sure that Java
is installed as well.
Once the installation is complete you will have a “Start Menu” folder called Cognisys.
Underneath that you will find the Reflash icon.
11.2 OS X Installation
Reflash requires Java 1.7 from Oracle. This version of Java requires that your OS X version be
10.7.3 (Lion) or above. It has not been tested with older versions of Java or earlier versions of
OS X and is not supported. This is due to Apple no longer developing/supporting newer versions
of Java and transitioning to Oracle’s version.
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