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GENERATION ACTIVE RFID
5. When the gateway resets, it will boot again and the new firmware version is depicted in the
maintenance tab. Verify that it equals the version shown in step 2 of this section.
9.2 MicroRouter
In order to upload a new firmware image to the MircoRouter, two approaches can be chosen The file
upload approach as described above and the Data Dissemination approach.
9.2.1 File upload approach
In case only one MicroRouter has to be updated the File upload approach can be chosen, in any other
case the Data Dissemination approach should be chosen as it is faster.
Exactly the same steps compared to upgrading the firmware of the gateway have to be executed. The
firmware image of the MicroRouter is called Ambient0100.ota. When uploading the firmware and
resetting the device, the targeted MicroRouter has to be selected and not the GateWay. As there is
'limited' bandwidth between the Gateway and MicroRouter, the upload might take a while (15-20
minutes for a hop 1 node).
9.2.2 Data Dissemination approach
Whenever a network of a couple (of more) MicroRouters should be updated, the Data
Dissemination(DD) approach should be chosen as it is the fasted may to disseminate a file, the
firmware image, to all routers in the network. After the firmware image is disseminated, all routers
in the network have to be reset.
1. The firmware image Ambient0100.ota (of the MicroRouter) has to be uploaded to the to the
GateWay. See step 2 of 'upgrading gateway'. If the file already exist, overwrite it. If the file
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Illustration 39: Reset button to reset the gateway