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4.
Installing the Reflash software (optional)
What is “reflash”? It’s a small program that allows you to update the firmware on your Scout
Products.
You do not need this program to use your Scout equipment.
Rest assured if you just
purchased your Scout it ships with the latest software available. If, however, new firmware
becomes available you may want to upgrade your controller. Do you have to upgrade your
firmware? No. Should I upgrade your firmware? Maybe. We say “maybe” because as new
firmware is released we are adding and improving features. This means changes to the user
interface and things might not look exactly how they did before you updated the firmware. So if
you discover that a new feature is available that you absolutely have to have, then by all means
go ahead and reflash your controller. Just keep in mind that things might look and behave a
little different! The other consequence to reflashing your controller is that you
may
lose any
stored settings.
Scout products can only be updated over USB. The reflash process takes a few seconds.
Reflash requires a firmware package (instructions included). You can find the package here:
Whether you use Windows or OS X, you will
need
Oracle’s Java installed for Reflash to load. You
4.1
Windows Installation
Windows installations should automatically detect and download the USB drivers required.
Once the installation is complete you will have a “Start Menu” folder called Cognisys.
Underneath that you will find the Reflash icon.
4.2
OS X Installation
Reflash requires Java 1.7 or later from Oracle. This version of Java requires that your OS X
version be 10.7.3 (Lion) or above. It has not been tested with older versions of Java or earlier
versions of OS X and is not supported.
Use the above link in section “4 - Installing the Reflash software”.
Once installation completes you will have a “Reflash” icon on your Launch Pad:
