Updating the PIC 6 Software

This video will guide you thru the steps needed to update the software on a PIC 6 controller.

BEST RESULTS AS FOLLOW:

  • •NEWER USB THUMB DRIVE (NOT 5+ YEARS OLD!)
  • USB 2.0 / 3.0 COMPATIBLE
  • 16GB OR SMALLER
  • NO ENCRYPTION PRESENT! (EMBEDDED OR EXTERNAL)
  • FORMATTED FOR FAT32 FILE TYPE
  • NO OTHER FILES ON DRIVE
Download the software v 4.0

 These are the ONLY 2 files that need to be on the flash drive:

  • Fwupgrade.conf
  • Fwupgrade.bin 

Once you have them both on the flash drive, open the Fwupgrade.conf file in a notepad file and next to the KEEP_CONFIG=NO, verify this is on NO. Unit configuration will need to be re-configured for the application.

 Eject flash drive from the computer and it is now ready.

 To update software of the RTU:

  1. Machine power on
    1. Insert flash drive into the USB port and immediately cycle power off then right back on. I typically turn it off for 3-5 seconds then right back on.
  2. The PIC6.1 (SmartVu) controller will go through a series of steps before it reboots, this whole process is typically less than 5 minutes
  3. Once the controller reboots to a normal display screen you can remove the flash drive from the USB port.
  4. Verify software update and document new version
  5. Proceed with configuration and start up.

**IMPORTANT**

DO NOT MISS THIS STEP BEFORE UPDATING THE NEXT UNIT

After an update occurs the file on the flash drive turns into a backup file and will be renamed to bkp_fwupgrade.bin THIS FILE MUST BE RENAMED before using it again. You will delete the bkp_ and the file name should be as the original of fwupgrade.bin

 Once the file is renamed it is ready to be applied to the next RTU

***ONCE UPDATE TO THE LASTESTS VERSION OF SOFTWARE PLEASE FOLLOW THE STEPS IN THE CONTROLS MANUAL FOR RE-CONGIGURATION OF THE MACHINE.***

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