Mesa 5i25 firm wear upgrade

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04 Jan 2023 23:31 #260973 by bellda101
Mesa 5i25 firm wear upgrade was created by bellda101
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AEdFTp6ZzIl4JqTCFhsH2ZSq7-qDXtJxCotSMNVXiz45=s40-p-moDonald Bell <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> 5:01 PM (28 minutes ago) 
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Hi
Hope you can help.
I have a Mesa 5i25 card for my Unix computer. I have it installed but Peter at Mesa told me I need to upgrade the firmware. I downloaded the zip file  but I don't know which file I need to use to upgrade it. Also I have never used Linux before.
I have emailed Peter but have not heard back. I called today and got no answer.
I can not find any instructions on how to update the firmware.
I will include a picture of my BOB.
I hope you can help me with this. I really need to get this machine going.
I was also wondering if you knew anyone that had a post processor for Linux  that would work with VisualMill 5
This has been a long road tring to get this machine going.
Thanks   
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05 Jan 2023 00:00 #260975 by tommylight
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Please edit the post above and remove the e-mail and links to "cleardot.gif"
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I would guess the firmware with "5abob" in the name should do just fine.

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05 Jan 2023 00:10 #260977 by PCW
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You would use 5ABOB firmware for that particular breakout

If you unzip the 5i25.zip file from Mesa and then CD to the configs/hostmot2 directory, you will have all the firmware files accessible:

The you run:

sudo mesaflash --device 5i25 --readhmid

To verify that the card is present and accessible before
attempting a firmware update

and then run

sudo mesaflash --device 5i25 --write 5i25_5ABOBx2.bit
sudo mesaflash --device 5i25 --reload

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05 Jan 2023 22:22 #261044 by bellda101
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I don't know how to edit it.

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05 Jan 2023 22:30 #261045 by PCW
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What do you need to edit?

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05 Jan 2023 23:05 #261047 by JT
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You could use my Mesa Configuration tool to flash the firmware...

gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/mesact/index.html

JT

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