Local Navigator Bluetooth Base Station
lesswire AG
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4.
Firmware Update
4.1
Introduction
The software of the Local Navigator Bluetooth Base Station will be updated several
times in the future to follow up on additional needs of the customers and to stay in
line with the Bluetooth standard. This product therefore includes a feature, by which
the software can be upgraded in the future.
There are two options to perform a firmware upgrade. One is the automatic update of
the firmware via a FTP server in the network. The other option is a manual firmware
upload by any PC in the network.
4.2
Automatic Firmware Update
When the automatic update mode is selected, the Base Station will try after the
restart (click Submit / Restart button in the browser or power-up reset) to find a FTP
server in the network under a pre-configured IP address. Is this search successful,
the Base Station starts a FTP client. If a FTP server cannot be reached by the
configured IP address, a restart without firmware update is performed.
If the FTP server is addressed successfully and the FTP client could be started, a
download file with the naming ‘fwbs2_xxx.bin’ is searched on the FTP server. When a
file with this naming convention is found, it is downloaded automatically. The Base
Station checks whether the loaded file is a new version and if so, programs the new
firmware to the flash.
The Local Navigator Bluetooth Base Station starts the new application automatically,
when the flash is programmed.
As long as the automatic firmware update mode is still set, this procedure is always
performed after each restart of the device.
