Firmware Manager Tool

The eGrabber driver is delivered with a Firmware Manager software tool.

The Firmware Manager software tool embeds a library of firmware images composed with all the firmware variants of all the products supported by the specific driver version.

The Firmware Manager tools can be operated in GUI mode or in command-line mode

GUI operation mode

This is the default mode on Windows.

To open the tool in GUI mode:

Open the Firmware Manager application in the Euresys eGrabber applications folder or ...
Execute the coaxlink-firmware gui command

See also: Updating and Installing Firmware (GUI-mode) and Uploading Alternate Firmware (GUI mode)

Command line mode

Executing coaxlink-firmware --help displays a help message describing all the command options.
Executing coaxlink-firmware gui starts the Firmware Manager graphical user interface.
Executing coaxlink-firmware list lists the properties of the firmware installed on each eGrabber Frame Grabber present in the system.
Executing coaxlink-firmware update updates the firmware.
Executing coaxlink-firmware install installs a new firmware variant.


Unless specified with a --firmware=FILE option, the tool uses the embedded library.