Software Update

 

Risk of software damage!

The power supply must not be interrupted under any circumstances during the software update. Otherwise, this can lead to serious errors and the PowerView4 will no longer work.

   

Back up device activations and configuration

Before updating the software, back up the activated devices (see section Devices) and the PowerView4 configuration (see section Display).

  

You receive software updates for the PowerView4 from MOTORTECH. A software update consists of several update files with signature files for verification of the update files. You need a USB flash drive to install updates. The current software version of your PowerView4 is displayed in the Display Information view (see section Display).

Perform updates as follows:

  1. Read and observe all information provided with the update (e.g. release notes, README file).
  2. Make sure that the update files correspond to the board support package of your PowerView4. The Display Information view (see section Display) displays the installed board support package of your PowerView4. In the file name of the update files, you can identify the board support package by the version number after BSP (e.g. rocko-7.0-0).
  3. Save the update files with the extension .tar.bz2 and the corresponding signature files with the extension .sha1 in the root directory of a USB flash drive.
  4. Insert the USB flash drive into your running PowerView4.

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  5. Available update packages are displayed in the Package column. If necessary, tap on the Language button to change the language. Under Installed the version of the respective package installed on the PowerView4 is displayed, under On USB the version to which the respective package in the PowerView4 will be updated. As a rule, the suitable update packages are preselected. To change the selection if needed, activate or deactivate the checkbox under Select for the respective packages. To install the selected packages, tap Install.
  6. After installing the desired update packages, exit the installer by tapping the Quit button and remove the USB flash drive.