Turbine Image Recovery

This article describes how to upload firmware to a Turbine device if the firmware is corrupted and the unit is bricked.

It is important that this must be used as a last resort and the only way to reach the unit is using serial port.

This applies to the following devices:

• ESC1 Controller - only the Secondary System Controller.
• ENA Amplifiers
• ECPIR-P/ECPIR-3P/EAPIR-8 Access Panels.
• EAPII-1/EAPII-6 Access Panels.
• TKIS-2/TKIE-1 kits.

Prerequisite

The upgrade process is done by using the following tools:

• Standard TFTP server.
• Serial console to run the process.

In order to upload the firmware you need the following:

• USB to Serial Cable. A tutorial on how to make the cable can be found here.

This cable must be used for the access panels and the kits.

• For the ESC Controller and ENA Amplifiers you need to use a serial cable like this:

Serial cable for ESC and ENA units

• TFTP server with the image package. TFTP server
• SSH client. PuTTY:

Connection

A tutorial on how to connect PC to Turbine device can be found here.

Procedure

Prepare the TFTP server on the PC

The TFTP server must be prepared with a image package (exi-x.x.x.x).

On a standard TFTP server extract and store the archive to the TFTP root folder.

Step-By-Step

1. Connect the modified USB cable to the turbine device.
2. Connect a Ethernet cable for the new Image transfer.