Special Firmware Procedures
Directives
| ● | Execute either the GUI mode downgrade procedure or the Command-line mode downgrade procedure only when the application absolutely requires an older firmware version! |
| ● | Execute either the Command-line mode recovery procedure or the Recovery procedure with recovery switch only in case in case of card malfunction after installation of a new firmware! |
GUI mode downgrade procedure
For cards having a Serial Number above or equal to 10,000: this procedure must be executed on a PC with a Coaxlink driver version 10.0.0 or higher installed!
| 1. | Open the Coaxlink Firmware Manager application |
| 2. | Click on the top left menu button and select "Firmware images" |
| 3. | Open a Windows file explorer |
| a. | Select the coaxlink-firmware.exe file delivered with the old Coaxlink driver required by the application |
| b. | Drag the selected file and drop it into the "Embedded firmwares images" area of the Coaxlink Firmware Manager window |
| 4. | Click on the top left menu button and select "Coaxlink cards" to go back the main window |
| 5. | Using Coaxlink Firmware Manager |
| a. | Select the card to downgrade |
| b. | Select the firmware variant to install |
| c. | Proceed with the installation |
Command-line mode downgrade procedure
For cards having a Serial Number above or equal to 10,000: this procedure must be executed on a PC with a Coaxlink driver version 10.0.0 or higher installed!
Using the Coaxlink Firmware Manager in command-line-mode executes one of the following commands:
| ● | Keeping the same firmware variant: |
coaxlink-firmware update --firmware=PATH-TO_FILE
| ● | Changing also the firmware variant: |
coaxlink-firmware install "1-camera" --firmware=PATH-TO_FILE
PATH-TO_FILE is the path to the coaxlink-firmware.exe file delivered with the old Coaxlink driver required by the application.
Command-line mode recovery procedure
For cards having a Serial Number above or equal to 10,000: this procedure has to be executed on a PC with a Coaxlink driver version 10.1.2 or higher installed!
| 1. | Using the Coaxlink Firmware Manager tool in command-line mode, execute the bank selection command: |
coaxlink-firmware bank-select --next=ALTERNATE
The command displays a status indicating that the next firmware after boot is the other bank:[BANK0:
current firmware][BANK1: alternate/next firmware]
or[BANK0: alternate/next firmware][BANK1: current
firmware]
| 2. | Power off the PC |
| 3. | Power on the PC |
Recovery procedure with recovery switch
(*) For cards having a Serial Number above or equal to 10,000: this procedure has to be executed on a PC with a Coaxlink driver version 10.1.2 or higher installed!
| 1. | Power off the PC: |
| a. | Remove the card from the PC |
| b. | Set the Firmware Recovery Switch of the card to the “Recovery” position |
| 2. | Power off a PC* |
| a. | Insert the card into the PC |
| b. | Power on the PC |
| c. | Execute aFirmware Update and Install Procedure |
| d. | Power off the PC |
| e. | Remove the card |
| f. | Set back the Firmware Recovery Switch to the “Normal” position |