Schwinn MPower Echelon2 Service Manual page 68

Checking current firmware version:
5. Press the ON/OFF button at the top of the display
6. Push and hold the STAGE and AVG/MAX buttons at the same time until "Carbon Blue" appears on the display,
this is the landing screen for the service menu.
7. Press the AVG/MAX button to scroll through the service menu until "SYSTEM" is displayed, then press the light
button to enter the SYSTEM menu.
8. The current firmware version will be displayed in the lower right corner of the display.
Updating firmware:
The Echelon 2 software will need to be transferred to a USB drive formatted for FAT32, as our console uses a FAT32 com-
patible USB drive. Any USB drive can be reformatted to use the FAT32 file system from a computer.
To reformat a USB stick on a Windows computer, do the following:
1. Right click on the USB stick name in Windows Explorer. 2.
2. Click on the FORMAT menu option.
3. In the FORMAT menu, click on the FILE SYSTEM pull-down menu.
4. In the FILE SYSTEM pull-down menu, choose FAT32. All data on the USB stick will be deleted and the drive will
now use the FAT32 system and should work with the console.
5. Transfer the newest software onto the newly formatted USB stick for use in updating the console.
6. When the firmware file is loaded on the USB stick, it needs to be renamed "MPowerQ.bin".
NOTE: If updating from V1.1 firmware, do not include the Echelon2ID.txt file with the firmware, as it will
reset console IDs that were previously set with V1.1.
Updating the Echelon 2 software:
1. Turn on the console by pressing ON/OFF button, then press and hold AVE/MAX & STAGE buttons simultaneous-
ly for 5 seconds. This will get you into the Service Mode.
2. Press STAGE button until SYSTEM appears on the screen. Then press the LIGHT to enter the SYSTEM menu.
3. Press STAGE button until LOAD FW command appears, then press the LIGHT button.
4. INSERT USB command will appear, insert the USB into port at the top of the console.
5. Press the LIGHT button again and this will activate the loading process. This may take up to a minute to com-
plete. If it does not finish after one minute, there may be an issue with the files (location on drive) or the USB.
Remove the USB stick, power cycle the console, and try the update again from step 1. If the update still does
not work, there may be an issue with the USB drive and/or files.
6. When uploading the firmware, an error message ("WR ANTID" and "WRID ERR1") will pop up three times while
the firmware is loading. This is ok. It just means that the firmware is looking for the ID file. After the third at-
tempt to find the file, it bypasses the ID rewriting step and loads the firmware.
7. Once loading is complete. The system will notify it has completed with "LOAD FW COMPLETE" message.
NOTE: After updating the Echelon2 firmware, please be sure to perform the Zeropoint calibration proce-
dure.
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