RapidConnect Desktop gives users the ability to upgrade the MMB firmware (eg. RapidHA, RapidConnect) on serially connected devices.

Firmware images (in MBL format) can be found on the firmware flavour home pages. If you are using a custom build of RapidConnect, contact your Account Manager for the MBL file.

Upload

To upload a firmware image, open a new instance of the RapidConnect Desktop.

Click on the 'Firmware Upload' button from the start screen(Figure 1).

Figure 1: Start Screen

Select the module from the 'Available Modules' list (Figure 2)(1) to upload new firmware.

Once a module is selected its properties will be displayed in the 'Module Properties' window(Figure 2)(2). These properties will show the current firmware version loaded on the device.

Click 'Select File' to browse for the new firmware image file.

Figure 2: Firmware Upload Window

Select the MMB firmware image to upload and click the 'Select' button(Figure 3).

Figure 3: File Selection Window

After selecting a firmware image, the file selection window will close and the firmware upload window will be displayed.

Click the 'Upload' button to start the firmware upload(Figure 4).

Figure 4: Upload Firmware File

Firmware upload will begin and the following window will be displayed (Figure 5).

Figure 5: Upload Status

When upload has finished, a status of 'Success' should be shown (Figure 6).

Figure 6: Upload Success