Board swap

RodneyC · Apr 4, 2020

Looking for info on the process for installing new boards. Can't seem to find a thread. I'm replacing the main board and the plugged in wifi? board. All OEM. I'm guessing a firmware install? upgrade? Will be necessary. Currently running Open Solo 3.0

makatanav · Apr 5, 2020

contoler or drone board, or both?

RodneyC · Apr 5, 2020

makatanav said:
contoler or drone board, or both?

On the drone/copter. After the install it became on obvious...haha. Having an issue with soles greying out the refresh button at the moment, as I'm trying to upgrade from 3 to 4 on both.

makatanav · Apr 6, 2020

I think the fw is on the Black Cube not the drone itself.
I think that board wit wi-fi can be exchanged without fw update.
Anyone can confirm - Y/N?

just_bruce · Apr 6, 2020

Affirmative. If still stock on everything then the i.MX6 [companion computer] can be swapped without needing to touch firmware

RodneyC · Apr 7, 2020

Basically answered my own question once I started. The board was new and had OEM fw, the controller had open Solo 3(there was an error on the controller saying mismatched fw - update), so I had to at least get the new board to 3. I went ahead and upgraded both to 4.

Maybe the firmware resides on the SD card? As I just left the stock glued card in the new board. The cube was moved over from the old board to the new.

just_bruce · Apr 7, 2020

Firmware resides *on the cube* in non volatile storage. Only time you'll see firmware on the MicroSD card is if you're using the manual upgrade methods....