Matrix mvBlueFOX3 User Manual

So assume a device with a certain firmware version is connected to a host system.
During an explicit firmware update, the firmware file will be downloaded onto the device. In order to
become active the device must be power-cycled:
Figure 8: Firmware file will be downloaded during an firmware update...
This can either be done by unplugging the device and then by plugging it back in or (for devices
supporting this feature) by resetting/rebooting the device by a certain software command
(DeviceControl/DeviceReset). When using mvDeviceConfigure to update devices the latter
mechanism will be used by the tool thus it is NOT necessary to unplug the device.
When the device has completed rebooting the new firmware version will become active:
Figure 9: ... after repowering the device it will be active
The current firmware version of the device can be obtained either by using one of the
applications which are part of the SDK such as mvDeviceConfigure or by reading the value
of the property Device/FirmwareVersion or
DeviceControl/DeviceFirmwareVersion using the API
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The current FPGA file version used by the device can be obtained by reading the value of
the property DeviceControl/mvDeviceFPGAVersion
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Note:
The FPGA file is a part of the firmware and cannot be updated independently thus reading
it's version just provides some additional information.
Using wxPropView the same information is available as indicated by the following figure:
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Matrix mvBlueFOX3 Specifications

General

Brand	Matrix
Model	mvBlueFOX3
Category	Digital Camera
Language	English