
Update of POS Device HUB firmware and other files
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Update of POS Device HUB firmware and other files
The POS Device HUB allows also downloading several types of files. Typically such files are
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Firmware
update for the POS Device HUB, the Docking Unit and other peripheral de-
vices such as printers and line displays via network
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Update of
configuration parameter files
allowing to configure the POS Device HUB
not via WebGUI interactively but via distributing the configuration file remotely and
unattended via network
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Update for
plugins
from POS application providers via network
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Update of
media
files such as pictures, bitmaps usable by the POS Device HUB oper-
ating system and/or POS application’s plugins via network
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Update of
firmware
via USB stick
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Note for POSDeviceHUB-FW Release 1.0 (End-May 2015):
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Update of configuration files is not yet part of the firmware
The Update can be performed with typical secure copy tools as available under Windows
and/or Linux operating system. The data transfer of a firmware file is done via a LAN/WiFi
TCP/IP connection. For security reasons the file transfer is encrypted.
In the following section the file update with the tool WINSCP is described.
8.1
Firmware Update from a Windows based host via network
Firmware update of the POS Device HUB, the Docking Unit and other peripheral devices can
be performed with the tool WinSCP. This tool is an open source tool and available from
http://winscp.net
.
Basically all firmware files can be updated with the same procedure. The corresponding
firmware files are distinguished by their extensions and prefixes of the file names. During the
boot phase of the POS Device HUB the operating system checks if there is any firmware file
available and in case it is it will be updated to the appropriate device.
When updating of all firmware files has been done the firmware file on the POS Device HUB
is deleted and the boot phase continues so that a reboot of a POS Device HUB does not
again try to update the firmware. Also in case a firmware update had been started but failed,
the file gets removed and the error output is reported into a log file. This log file can be ob-
tained from the POS Device HUB with the same secure copy tools as been used for down-
loading the firmware.