Linux Command Line Flash and Configuration Update Utility

The Linux Command Line Flash and Configuration Update Utility gets the current keyboard firmware version and installs firmware and keymap updates to the keyboard using a command prompt.

Note

This utility is available in 32‑bit and 64‑bit versions. Make sure to download the correct version for your system.

The libusb library is required to use Command Line Flash and Configuration utility. To install the libusb library, follow these steps:

  1. Add the oss repository by entering the following command:
    zypper addrep http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ oss
  2. Check whether the libusb library is present in the oss repository by entering the following command:
    zypper search --repo oss | grep libsub
  3. Install the libsub0-1.0-devel library by entering the following command:
    zypper install libusb-1_0-devel

To upgrade the firmware and keymap or get the firmware version using this utility, run the program as Root using the following command format:

  • To get and check the current firmware version, enter the following command:

    ./update 2 -v

  • To upgrade the keyboard firmware, enter the following command:

    ./update 2 1 <firmware_bin_file_name>

  • To upgrade the keyboard keymap, enter the following command:

    ./update 2 2 <keymap_dat_file_name>