13.6. How to update Citobox firmware

13.6. How to update Citobox firmware
	Chapter 13. Citobox

Go to http://abilis.antek.it/downloads/firmwares/download.html and download the latest firmware.

	Note
	Access to download section is restricted, before proceeding you need to obtain a valid username/password from Abilis technical support (`<tem@antek.it>`).

Citobox is composed of two devices: GPIO and Citobox. The correct procedure includes updating both GPIO and Citobox firmwares.

The Citobox firmware can be upgraded only if the current version is equal or greater than 18. Use the following command to check the current version of firmware. In the example below firmware version is equal to 19.01.

[15:44:20] ABILIS_7.0:_d usbdev

USB Server Overview:

ID  VendorId/Manufacturer     ProductId/Product                Ver UsbPortId
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1   0000 On Time              0000 EHCI Virtual Root Hub      0.00 0
2   0000 On Time              0000 UHCI Virtual Root Hub      0.00 1
3   0000 On Time              0000 UHCI Virtual Root Hub      0.00 2
4   0000 On Time              0000 UHCI Virtual Root Hub      0.00 3
5   0000 On Time              0000 UHCI Virtual Root Hub      0.00 4
6   04CC                      1520                            2.00 0.2
7   04CC                      1520                            2.00 0.3
8   04D8 Abilis               000C USB CITO-BOX  - GPIO      19.01 0.2.0
9   08BB Burr-Brown from TI   2904 USB Audio CODEC            1.00 0.2.1
10  08BB Burr-Brown from TI   2904 USB Audio CODEC            1.00 0.3.2
11  04D8 Abilis               000C USB UMTS-BOX2             19.05 0.3.3
12  04D8 Abilis               000C USB CITO-BOX  - CITO      19.01 0.2.2
13  05C6 SimTech , Incorporat 6000 SimTech  HSDPA Modem       0.00 0.3.0
14  05C6 SimTech , Incorporat 6000 SimTech  HSDPA Modem       0.00 0.3.1

[15:44:26] ABILIS_7.0:_

Add the BLUSB device typing the following command and then restart abilis.

[15:51:01] ABILIS_CPX:a dev:blusb-1

COMMAND EXECUTED

[15:51:11] ABILIS_CPX:warm start

Updating steps:

Upload the files ctbgpio.bin and ctbcito.bin into the execution version directory (for example c:\7-0-2) without changing the file name. The upload can be done using the file put command or the FTP resource.
use the command usbdev fw upload id:xx, where xx stands for the ID of the “USB CITO-BOX - GPIO” (8 in the example above).
use the command usbdev fw upload id:yy, where yy stands for the ID of the “USB CITO-BOX - CITO” (12 in the example above).

The updating procedure can last for minutes and the result can be displayed typing D L.

	Caution
	In case of failure of updating procedure, the previous version of firmware can be restored unplugging and plugging in the usb cable of Citobox.


13.5. Diagnostics and statistics		Chapter 14. RJS - RJ Switch