Applies to Robot Config

 

Manual update of Robot-Config with USB flash drive for Windows

This approach lets to update Robot-Config from USB flash drive without having internet connection at robot's HMI panel. First, you download the latest robot-config image from internet using your laptop,
transfer this image by USB drive to HMI panel, than execute update command at the panel.
See detail steps below:

On your windows laptop do these steps first:

1. Download latest Robot-config image and update script

On a RI20 HMI panel:


1. Start a Windows PowerShell with "Run as Administrator" on RI20 HMI


2. Insert your USB flash drive into HMI panel and run update script.

In a Windows PowerShell with "Run as Administrator", execute command to run script

(in example below USB is recognized as E:\ drive, it might be an other in your case):

- change current folder:


         cd E:\

- run update script:


    E:\install-robot-config-USB.ps1


3. After update, in Robot-Config "About" menu you should see latest version number.



Update Robot-Config Online (HMI connected to internet) for Windows

1. Download update script to HMI panel:

http://flexlink-public-files.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/download/software/robot-config/latest/install-robot-config.ps1

2. Start a Windows PowerShell with "Run as Administrator" on RI20 HMI

3. Run update script:
In a Windows PowerShell with "Run as Administrator", open folder you have downloaded update script and execute command to run the script:

    .\install-robot-config.ps1

3. After update, in Robot-Config "About" menu you should see latest version number.



How to extend robot-config licence


  • In Robot-Config click User icon in top-right corner, than select 'LICENSE', it will open license form:

https://dyzz9obi78pm5.cloudfront.net/app/image/id/5dd28402ec161c335091beec/n/1574077480165.png


  • Click 'Offline' and copy 'Hardware key' to clipboard. 
  • Contact to FlexLink support via e-mail or telephone, providing Hardware key you have copied. You will get License key you should write into 'License key' field in the form. 
  • Click button 'ACCEPT LICENSE'

Installation to production

Robot-Config

Intallation scripts and instructions can be found in installation directory. 

Container-Update

After you have robot-config installed you need to install Container-Update application to make simple future update process Robot Allen-Bradley / Siemens panel:


  • Open windows command prompt cmd.exe and rum commands:
docker pull flsi/container-update:latest
 docker run --name=container-update --net=controls --log-opt max-size=30m --restart=unless-stopped -l com.flexlink.container-update=true -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -it -p 8225:8225 -d flsi/container-update:latest







http://flexlink-public-files.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/download/software/robot-config/latest/install-robot-config.ps1
http://flexlink-public-files.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/download/software/robot-config/latest/install-robot-config-USB.ps1