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Firmware Upgrade
Introduction
This chapter provides reader firmware update information on using the web-based Administrator Console.
The following methods are available to update the firmware on the FX Series readers.
• Update using a USB drive.
• File-based update that allows uploading the firmware files from the PC (or a network location) to
the reader and running the update.
• FTP / FTPS / SCP server-based update.
Use this procedure to update the following software components:
• uboot
• OS
• Reader Server Application (includes Radio API and Radio firmware)
Prerequisites
The following items are required to perform the update:
• Reader with power supply or PoE/PoE+ connection
• Laptop (or other host computer)
• An Ethernet cable
• An FTP server
• Current firmware file examples:
• OSUpdate.elf
• response.txt
• u-boot_X.X.X.X.bin (uBoot, X.X.X.X is a filename version)
• uImage_ X.X.X.X (OS, X.X.X.X is a filename variable)
• rootfs_ X.X.X.X.jffs2 (Root FileSystem, X.X.X.X is a filename variable)
• platform_ X.X.X.X.tar.gz (Platform partition, X.X.X.X is a filename variable)
Refer to the release notes to determine which files are updated; not all of the files are updated in every
release.
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