The following how-to-guide will take you through the steps required to initiate OTA upgrade using the RapidHA Desktop application.

Guide

Launch Application

Open the RapidHA Desktop application.

Open Serial Port

Within the program, click on the button labeled “Open” which is located in the upper right hand corner of the program window and choose the serial port corresponding to the USB device (almost always the only one).

Configure Coordinator

Within program instance, click the button labeled “Config” that is located in the upper right hand corner of the program window. The Device Configuration popup window will appear. It might also pop-up automatically when you open the serial port. From this popup window, click Enter Config Mode then “Select” to open a list of configuration files. The USB stick must be configured as the ZigBee coordinator. This is done by selecting and opening the file “coordinator.xml” in the config folder. Steps 1-3 below highlight the actions described above.

Form a Network

 Click on the button labeled “Manage” located on the upper left side of the program window. If the status is 'Down' click Form a Network. Then OK to close this window.

Load the OTA File

Select "Combined Device" in the Device Window at the top (not the Leave Network button) then scroll to the bottom of the Cluster Status Window at the bottom right to the OTA Upgrade Section.

Join a device to Upgrade Join your OTA upgradable device to your network.

Accelerate: The OTA transfer will start automatically - this might take several seconds to a minute. You can track it's progress in the OTA Upgrade section of the Cluster Status for the window at the bottom right for the Combined Interface . However, the speed is throttled and will take time. To speed it up you can issue a command to the device to ignore the throttling. First, make note of the node ID. This can be found either at the top in the device window, or in the OTA Upgrade status window. You'll see a 6 character ID - 0xXXXX, where XXXX are randomly assigned characters - only the last 4 characters matter. With that written down, click on the ZCL tab at the bottom left and enter the fields according to the screen shot below. The payload is: 97 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00.

Confirmation: Once the OTA is complete, your device will reset.

Leave the Network: Once the OTA update is complete, have your device leave the network.