Oops - AP9631 flashed with PDU firmware

APCGuy · ‎2023-04-01

Accidentally flashed an AP9631 with 7.0.8 RPDU firmware (apc_hw05_aos708_rpdu2g708_bootmon109), now NMC thinks it's connected to a PDU. Attempted to reflash with correct NMC firmware (apc_hw05_aos708_sumx708_bootmon109) but NMC firmware utility says firmware doesn't match target device platform.

Is the card toast? Or is there a way to force updating even with the mismatch?

APCGuy · ‎2023-04-01

Resolved. In case anyone else makes the same mistake, workaround was to flash to an older version of bootmon (apc_hw05_aos621_sumx621_bootmon108.exe in our case) to restore NMC functionality, then upgrade to 7.x. Apparently the older upgrade utilities don't perform the platform check.

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APCGuy · ‎2023-04-01

Resolved. In case anyone else makes the same mistake, workaround was to flash to an older version of bootmon (apc_hw05_aos621_sumx621_bootmon108.exe in our case) to restore NMC functionality, then upgrade to 7.x. Apparently the older upgrade utilities don't perform the platform check.