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Release build firmware - stuck at upgrading attachments

Christoffer Glans

Christoffer Glans

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I'm upgrading my MG weapon and the camera doesn't complete the upgrade attachments phase. At the time of writing it's been stuck for over 15 minutes. I only have the base expander, an AC power cable connected and the 7" LCP screen. I tried removing the screen after the PWR and REC leds stopped flashing, but the side screen still shows the "upgrading attachments".

Should I shut it down or what? What is going on?
 

  1. From manual, best to get back to just the normal version:

    PERFORM A HARD RESTORE
    A common way to resolve camera firmware issues is to perform a Hard Restore. A Hard Restore functions likea System Restore in that it changes all settings to the factory default values.
    To perform a Hard Restore, follow the instructions below:
    1. With the camera turned off, hold the PWR/REC key on the camera for 20 seconds or until the fans turn at ahigh speed.
    2. Release the PWR/REC key.
      The screen displays correctly.
    NOTE: User key settings reset as well as any other changes from the default settings.

 
PatrickFaith said:

  1. From manual, best to get back to just the normal version:

    PERFORM A HARD RESTORE
    A common way to resolve camera firmware issues is to perform a Hard Restore. A Hard Restore functions likea System Restore in that it changes all settings to the factory default values.
    To perform a Hard Restore, follow the instructions below:
    1. With the camera turned off, hold the PWR/REC key on the camera for 20 seconds or until the fans turn at ahigh speed.
    2. Release the PWR/REC key.
      The screen displays correctly.
    NOTE: User key settings reset as well as any other changes from the default settings.

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I tried restarting and there's no problems that I can see now, maybe it was just an upgrade hickup on the screen. Should I still do a factory restart and the firmware upgrade again?
 
From previous experience, sometimes it just requires "waiting a bit longer". Sometimes the accessory upgrade take a bit of time to complete.

If you waited like 15 minutes after it said it's done, it sounds like something borked somewhere.
 
Christoffer Glans said:
I tried restarting and there's no problems that I can see now, maybe it was just an upgrade hickup on the screen. Should I still do a factory restart and the firmware upgrade again?
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You should be fine. The camera contains a copy of the firmware for all possible peripherals (in case you attach a new peripheral after upgrade) and it would have upgraded it on the next boot if required. Please send in a log file so we can see why the upgrade progress stalled for you.
 
Christoffer Glans said:
I tried restarting and there's no problems that I can see now, maybe it was just an upgrade hickup on the screen. Should I still do a factory restart and the firmware upgrade again?
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Well if it is working now, I would not do the factory reset - since that can bring you back a bunch of versions which then makes it hard to do all the module upgrades. what I'd do with this is just slowly add modules and watch the modules upgrades. If I had a small problem with that I'd just re-install this new production version - crossing fingers the freeze won't happen again. I only do the full reset when the camera won't boot, but often will redo the current firmware if there's a problem. BTW make sure to do this with AC plugged into the camera and the battery running (i.e. I always do the firmware upgrades now with the XL module in with a XL battery that's charged, then the AC plugged into the XL module and not the base module . Weapon seems still a bit more sensitive to power then the epic).

EDIT ... what they said ... didn't see their comments when I was typing
 
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PatrickFaith said:
Well if it is working now, I would not do the factory reset - since that can bring you back a bunch of versions which then makes it hard to do all the module upgrades. what I'd do with this is just slowly add modules and watch the modules upgrades. If I had a small problem with that I'd just re-install this new production version - crossing fingers the freeze won't happen again. I only do the full reset when the camera won't boot, but often will redo the current firmware if there's a problem. BTW make sure to do this with AC plugged into the camera and the battery running (i.e. I always do the firmware upgrades now with the XL module in with a XL battery that's charged, then the AC plugged into the XL module and not the base module . Weapon seems still a bit more sensitive to power the epic).

EDIT ... what they said ... didn't see their comments when I was typing
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FYI, a factory reset does not revert the installed firmware version - it resets all your settings and does some internal cleanup.
 
Trent Lillehaugen said:
FYI, a factory reset does not revert the installed firmware version - it resets all your settings and does some internal cleanup.
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Thanks for the clarification, I didn't know that and didn't know about the cleanup ... I won't be so chicken to do that as much now.
 
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