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8 Tools
This section will give an overview of the embedded tools of u-center. They can be used for different purpose
and should facilitate the usage of u-blox GNSS receivers. The tools can be found under the "Tools" menu but
some of the options are only displayed when a receiver is connected to u-center. The firmware update tools also
depend on the connected receiver generation.
8.1 Firmware update
This tool allows you to update the firmware of a receiver. In order for firmware update to work, the receiver must
have a flash memory attached as the new firmware will be stored in this location.
In previous versions of u-center, firmware update was implemented as part of the u-center application. Now
firmware update is implemented as a separate application which u-center launches and passes parameters to,
depending on the options selected in the UI. All options are supported in this new way of working, with the
exception of updating over USB. That feature will be added in the future, but for now it will be necessary to use
the legacy firmware update facility (see Legacy Firmware update u-blox 5 - 8).
To update the firmware, perform the following steps:
1. Display the firmware update tool view by clicking on Tools -> Firmware Update...
Figure 51: Firmware update view
2. Select the firmware image suitable for the connected receiver. See position a on Figure 51.