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annetoal:
Trying to upgrade to firmware 4.1.8, the IPTools program kept aborting and restarting the firmware flash process. I exited the program in the middle of one of these reboot loops, and it appears that the ObserverIP has become nonresponsive to IPTools. It does not show up on the device search page, and the front of the device has lights only on the Power, Link, and Activity LEDs. The LEDs showing radio link activity to the 1400-IP and the Station link are off. 

Has anyone else bricked their ObserverIP, and how did you deal with it?

Thanks,
Anne Toal
KTXEDINB9

dupreezd:
There is a "back door" method to recover from a failed update  :grin:

If you don't already have previous firmware versions stored on your computer, download it first.
Start IP Tools, but don't search for the observerIP using the 'Search' button. Click on 'Upgrade'. Choose the firmware .bin file of your choice and click on 'Upgrade Firmware'. After a few seconds, you will see the firmware being pushed to the OIP. This should restore your device to working condition.

I recovered when I bricked mine this way.



 

annetoal:
I am able to do as you instructed. But I keep getting this message. Do you have any experience seeing anything like it?

Received a BOOTP request from device with MAC 00-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
Received a Read request from 192.168.2.213 on port 1029 (file: C:\Users\...\ambient_v4.1.1.bin).
Read session aborted!

dupreezd:

--- Quote ---Received a BOOTP request from device with MAC 00-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
Received a Read request from 192.168.2.213 on port 1029 (file: C:\Users\...\ambient_v4.1.1.bin).
--- End quote ---

The above two lines is what you should get. I have not seen the third line.
Unplug the OIP for at least 10 seconds, then try the procedure again.

dupreezd:

--- Quote ---C:\Users\...\ambient_v4.1.1.bin
--- End quote ---
It might also be read permissions on the folder where the bin file is stored. Create a new folder C:\Ambient and put the bin in there.

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