Dear Community, I am wondering if someone who knows/remembers the old PP100 series hardware and related software could help me out with this problem. If someone has a link for AR V2.87 at the B&R site or elsewhere, please kindly share it wit me. My goal is to setup the 4PP120.0571-01 device to wo…

Hi, there’s a difference between the onboard AR and the “runtime / CF” AR. The onboard AR is installed directly on a chip in the PP100, and is not a full-featured AR - it just boots the hardware, provides the bootloader (e.g. for transferring a “runtime” AR to a CF card), and has (hardware-depende…

Dear Jaroslav, Thank you for your reply and useful info! I could not find the exact V2.87 (V0287) version of AR for PP100 series on the B&R site. But I found several 2.9x versions and I hope that would be OK for my needs. However, I’m having troubles connecting to my 4PP120.0571-01 device (witho…

Hello Alexander, Big thanks for your detailed explanation and advice! In fact, I found this Onboard AR Upgrade page at the B&R site. It seems like that is the software (and the version) that you are referring to. Can you please take a look and confirm? I have downloaded and installed the sofrwar…

Hi, yes, this link looks exactly like what I remember. Best regards!

Hello Alexander, I run the Onboard AR Upgrade software and after solving some initial troubles with RS232 connection, I have successfully upgraded the Onboard AR to V2.87! Now, the last several lines displayed on the booting screen of the device are: Initiating terminal mode... Searching Termina…

Upgrading Onboard AR version of the 4PP120.0571-01 to V2.87

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Upgrading Onboard AR version of the 4PP120.0571-01 to V2.87

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