This document describes how to upgrade the firmware of PowerSpace+ series amplifiers and how to check whether the firmware is upgraded successfully.
Relevant Product(s)
- PowerSpace P4300+
- PowerSpace P4150+
- Discovery Tool
Procedure
Before beginning, make sure that the Bose Discovery Tool has been successfully installed on your computer and that you have obtained the latest firmware version for the PowerSpace+ amplifier.
Click here for PowerSpace 4150+
Click here for PowerSpace 4300+
The Discovery Tool is the same for both models.
(You could also obtain the Discovery Tool application by visiting bosepro.link/psasw.)
3. Install Discovery Tool on your computer, and save the downloaded firmware.
4. Connect the computer directly to the ETHERNET port on the back of the amplifier or through a network switch. Open and run the Discovery Tool application.
5. Press the power switch on the front panel of the amplifier to start the amplifier.
6. In the application, click Refresh. The window will display the IP address of each amplifier on the network.
7. In DHCP mode, the computer's local connection can directly enter the IP address captured by the Bose Discovery Tool in the browser, or set the computer's local network connection to a static IP.
Please modify the IP address of your computer's Ethernet Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) to be in the same network segment as the IP address captured by Bose Discovery Tool, namely 169.254.22.X (X=1~255), subnet mask use 255.255.0.0.
It should be noted that the last digit of the IP address cannot be the same as the IP address of the connected amplifier, otherwise it will be unable to establish a connection.
8. Click Configure (you can also manually enter the IP address in your web browser and press Enter). The PowerSpace Configuration Utility appears in a browser window.
Note: To learn more, visit the help system in the interface of the PowerSpace Configuration Utility.
9. After waiting for a few seconds, we will enter the product configuration page. Click the SETTINGS tab, and then select FIRMWARE. Here we can see the current firmware version and other information.
10. Click Select File to select the P4150+ firmware that we saved on the computer before, and then click Update Firmware to upgrade. The whole process takes about ten seconds. Do not cut off the power during the upgrade or during the automatic restart of the device.
11. A prompt to restart the device appears, and the system will restart itself within ten seconds.
12. After the upgrade is completed, the device will restart with tens seconds, and the following LOST CONNECTION pop-up window will appear.
13. Click YES, wait for the device to restart, use the Bose Discovery Tool to capture the device IP address again, and enter the configuration page.
14. After the upgrade is successful, you can check whether the firmware version and EQ version of the amplifier have been updated on the main web interface.
15. Go to OUTPUTS under CONFIGURATION in the left menu bar to check whether the EQ of the DesignMax series speakers has been added.
16. For specific features and precautions of different versions of Firmware, please check the release notes.
17. If the firmware update fails, please repeat steps 6-14 above.