User's Guide

Table Of Contents

EVR-VPXDOC-0036 VP Series 2000 User Guide

DIVIGRAPH

Rev 2.4.1

September 2021

Update Device Firmware

You may on rare occasions need to update the device firmware available upon request from Divigraph

technical support.

! Note

As you update the firmware, monitoring may be interrupted. When the firmware update is complete,

the VP Series 2000 device restarts. All nodes connected to the device are temporarily disconnected.

Plan your update to minimize disruption of your condition monitoring activities.

Depending on your network infrastructure, you can update device firmware using a USB NFC reader and

the VP Series 2000 configuration software, over the air using the VP Series 2000 configuration software,

or over the air using the gateway interface. Each method has advantages and disadvantages to take into

consideration when deciding which to use.

For USB NFC reader upgrades:

• Depending on the number of devices, using a USB NFC reader to update firmware can be a manually

time-consuming process as the devices need to be removed from the field.

• Using a USB NFC reader to update firmware is quick and the firmware update is applied

immediately.

For over the air upgrades:

• VP series 2000 devices do not need to be removed from the field but must be joined to a network.

• If you have many devices, updates can take many hours to apply.

• We recommend that you update no more than 10 sensors at a time, otherwise the remaining

devices are likely to time out and fail.

• In multi-hop or mesh networks, we recommend you update the outer layer of devices on the mesh

first.

• If you are using VP Series 2000 devices with routing enabled, you can only update one child device

at a time.

After updating the device firmware, you may have to update the VP Series 2000 device descriptor (DD)

file or capabilities file (CF) depending on your network infrastructure.