Pockethernet Manual page 15

Go to the Pockethernet website, to see if you're using the latest
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firmware
In case you need to update your firmware, download the firmware
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installer from the forum and follow the instructions below. (currently
linux / windows only)
Windows
1. Do not connect Pockethernet to the USB port yet!
2. Download the zip package and extract it to any folder
3. Driver installation for Windows 7 and 8 only: Open the folder in a
Windows file explorer, right click "Pockethernet Driver Beta.inf", select
"Install". Confirm installation. (No actual driver binary needs to be
installed, the inf file only instructs Windows to use its built-in USB
CDC serial driver with Pockethernet) Windows 10 already has the
necessary driver built-in.
4. Start the application, "Pockethernet Firmware Updater vXY.exe"
(Needs the .NET framework 4 installed)
5. Connect Pockethernet to the USB port
6. The firmware updater should recognize the device and show its serial
number and current SW version
7. Click the 'Start Update' button
8. during the upgrade process, all 4 wire-pair LEDs turn blue. After a
succesfull upgrade, the LEDs turn green (or red if there was a failure
during the upgrade)
9. Once the update has finished, disconnect Pockethernet from the USB
port
Linux
The updater is a single 64-bit executable, also containing the firmware image
for the device
1. Download the archive file
2. Extract the file 'pockethernet-XYy-fwupgrade'. If needed, make it
executable ($ chmod +x pockethernet-vXY-beta-fwupgrade)
3. Plug in Pockethernet to the USB port and check dmesg or the system
log to see which tty device it has been assigned (usually
/dev/ttyACM0)
4. Run the updater with "./pockethernet-vXY-beta-fwupgrade
/dev/ttyACMx"
5. During the upgrade process, all 4 wire-pair LEDs turn blue. After a
succesfull upgrade, the LEDs turn green (or red if there was a failure
during the upgrade)
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