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 Posted: Tuesday Jun 7th, 2011 02:27 am
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The original post is now obsolete as newer methods are now available

Please go to post at http://www.comfortforums.com/forum92/3400.html for instructions on how to upgrade firmware














Superseded Method below
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The UCM/USB, Ethernet and /232   is able to upgrade the flash firmware in Comfort II, Slave and other UCMs using the programming cable.
See http://www.comfortforums.com/forum81/2280.html for details of the new UCM firmware

However it was unable to upgrade its own firmware, as this required another UCM with a programming cable.

This limitation is now a thing of the past with the new UCM 6.xxx and KT03 2.xxx firmware, see http://www.comfortforums.com/forum81/2280.html
This makes it very convenient to upgrade UCM firmware.

You will need Comfigurator 3.3.1 and above which can be downloaded from http://www.cytech.biz/comfigurator.html


To summarise the 3 methods of firmware upgrading are;
  1. By UCM Programming cable from UCM - This is the old way where a UCM with its programming cable has to be connected to the module to be upgraded. See This is described in http://www.comfortforums.com/forum4/1782.html
  2. By Direct Connection to PC - This applies to UCM/232, UCM/Ethernet and UCM/USB which is connected to a PC ie in Options > Settings> UCM Connections. This is described here.
  3. By Comfort Bus - this applies to the following modules; Comfort, Slaves, UCM/GSM, UCM/Zwave, UCM/Cbus, UCM/Velbus, UCM/Universal (and other "external" UCMs which cannot be directly connected to a PC and Comfigurator. This upgrades the modules on the Comfort Bus. See http://www.comfortforums.com/forum92/2409.html

Note that KP03, KP04, DP03, RIO and SCS cannot be upgraded by this way. They will be replaced by newer products that can be upgraded by Bus
To upgrade UCM 6.xxx or KT03 2.xxx firmware,
  1. Connect the UCM to the computer in the usual way and select the Connection Method under Options > Settings.
  2. If Upgrading KT03 Firmware, the computer must be connected to the KT03 USB Port. In Options > Settings, select the USB serial number of the KT03. If you have another UCM/USB you will see both USB serial numbers. Disconnect the UCM/USB to ensure you seect the correct KT03 USB port. Then check the "Via KT03" box.
  3. The PP2 shunt need not be inserted
  4. Go To Transfer > Firmware Upgrade
  1. There are 3 choices shown; By Firmware Programming Cable connected to UCM, For KP06 connected to the Comfort Bus, and for UCM or KT03 connected to PC
  2. Select the last option "UCM or KT03 connected to PC" This means that you are upgrading the UCM which is connected to the PC now, ie selected in Options > Settings > UCM Connection
  3. select the cbf firmware file to upgrade the UCM with. For testing purposes you can select the same UCM cbf file.
  4. Press F0 on the  keypad. This is an added security feature, because firmware can be upgraded from the Internet with the UCM/Ethernet with port forwarding.
  5. Comfigurator will confirm the firmware version of the selected file and start the upgrade process.
  6. DO NOT reset the UCM or Comfort or interrupt the communications in any way during this process which takes less than 1 minute. Do NOT unplug power from the UCM or reset the UCM, as this will corrupt the firmware
  7. If the upgrade fails for any reason like Comfigurator crashing, or any error  message, DO NOT reset the UCM or unplug power from the UCM. Repeat the upgrade firmware procedure immediately.
  8. The progress bar for the process will be seen. There will be a second progress bar lasting only a few seconds.
  9. After the upgrade completes, and the progress bar disappears, the firmware will be upgraded. You can login to the UCM immediately
  10. In case the UCM does not reset automatically after the upgrade completes successfully, (ie it does not respond to commands) just reset it manually. However do not reset the UCM if there is an Error message which terminated the upgrade, see above point
Note that this applies only to UCMs that are connected directly to the computer, ie UCM/SB, UCM/232 and UCM/Ethernet. It does not apply to Comfort, UCM/Cbus, UCM/GSM, UCM/KNX, UCM/Velbus or other UCMs that are connected to third party systems. These modules firmware can be upgraded using the method "Firmware Upgrade for Module connected to Comfort Bus" which is described in http://www.comfortforums.com/forum92/2409.html

If the firmware upgrade fails and cannot be recovered  even after the above, you will need another UCM to upgrade firmware using the old programming cable method




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