Firmware

Accessing Device Functions

Use this function to update device firmware.

Before updating the device firmware you have to download the firmware files from the Crestron Web site to a directory on your hard drive.

• The Firmware dialog will show the model and current firmware version of the device.

• The Update section shows the new firmware version of the device, and the filename of any available release notes. Click View Release Notes to open the release notes to review pertinent information about the update before uploading.

To Update Firmware

1. Click Browse to locate the firmware file.

2. In the Open dialog box, drill to the applicable firmware file.  A valid firmware file may stored in a puf, zip or cab file.

3. Click the Open button, this populates the Firmware File drop-down with the selected file.

4. Click Send to upload the file to the device.  

To Update Control System Firmware

Control Systems also allow you to update individual firmware components separately; these firmware components include:

• Firmware... (Eboot): Bootstrap code
• Firmware... (OS): Underlying OS (in the case of 3-Series, CE and in the case of 4-Series, Linux) as well as all of Crestron’s custom applications that make it into a control system (i.e. TLDM, CIP, etc.)
• Firmware... (Updater): An image that knows enough to be able to update the main operating system image (i.e. you cannot update the OS image if the OS is running, so when the OS is updated, it goes into the Updater Image).
  
  

1. Use the Device Discovery Tool to discover/find the control system.
2. Select the control system.
3. In the right-hand pane, check the Functions button.
4. From the context menu, choose the firmware component to update for the Firmware... menu item's sub-menu:
   
   
   Alternatively:
   
   Use the System Information Tool and select Functions from the menu bar:
   
   
   
5. Select the applicable firmware component from the sub-menu:
   
   
   The firmware component's name appears in the Firmware dialog box's title bar:
   
   
   In this example, Firmware OS component was selected from the submenu.
   
   
6. Click Browse to locate the firmware file.
7. In the Open dialog box, drill to the applicable firmware component file.  A valid firmware file may stored in a puf, zip or cab file.
8. Click the Open button, this populates the Firmware File drop-down with the selected file.
9. Click Send to upload the file to the device.