Since Jessie you can update your IO and Gateway modules by yourself.
You need:
- RevPi Core
- IO module or gateway module
Let’s go!
- Turn off your system
- Remove all other expansion modules
- The expansion module you want to update must be located to the right of your RevPi Core
- Turn on your system
- Customize the configuration in PiCtory so that it contains only the RevPi Core and the expansion module located to the right of your RevPi Core.
- Perform a driver reset, via menu or in the command line with
piTest -x
Check which firmware version your module has before the update. To do this, you can enter following command
piTest -d Found 2 devices: Address: 0 module type: 95 (0x5f) RevPi Core V1.2 Module is present input offset: 0 length: 6 output offset: 6 length: 5 Address: 32 module type: 98 (0x62) RevPi DO V1.0 Module is present input offset: 11 length: 70 output offset: 81 length: 18
In this example a RevPi DO module with firmware version 1.0 is connected
Enter following command to update the firmware of your expansion module.
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install revpi-firmware $ piTest -f update firmware: 1.0 --> 1.3
Perfect, the version has been updated.
When updating RevPi DI/DO/DIO it takes about 20 seconds between the call piTest -f and the update firmware output. When updating a gateway firmware this procedure might take up to 60 seconds. So please be a little patient. Shut down your RevPi Core Module with the command
sudo shutdown
- Disconnect your RevPi Core and expansion module from power supply.
- Wait a few seconds.
- Then turn both back on.
- Enter the command again to display the firmware version
piTest -d Found 2 devices: Address: 0 module type: 95 (0x5f) RevPi Core V1.2 Module is present input offset: 0 length: 6 output offset: 6 length: 5 Address: 32 module type: 98 (0x62) RevPi DO V1.3 Module is present input offset: 11 length: 70 output offset: 81 length: 18