Flashing Rover Firmware

Rover, Copter and Plane are different branches of the same ArduPilot code, so flashing works exactly the same way. The only difference is picking “rover” when you choose the vehicle type, and downloading the matching ardurover.apj. Only after flashing does the controller have the rover parameter tree, and only then does FRAME_CLASS offer vehicle or boat.

Flashing

Connect the controller to the computer over USB first. Do not connect the battery.

▲ Flashing rover firmware: click the ArduRover icon to flash online, or Load Custom Firmware at bottom right to import a local file. The screen is shown in the Chinese UI; the English build uses the same buttons

Use either method below.

Method 1: flash online

Open Mission Planner → Setup → Install Firmware → click the rover firmware icon and wait for flashing to finish.

Method 2: flash from a local file

Download the firmware from the download table below, then in the Mission Planner firmware screen choose Load Custom Firmware → select the downloaded file and wait for flashing to finish.

Disconnect everything else before flashing

Only one ground station can hold the serial port at a time. Close other ground stations, serial tools and radio configuration software first, or flashing stalls at "entering bootloader".

LGC ground station can flash firmware too; the steps are in Writing ArduPilot firmware.

Controller rover firmware

Controller	Firmware source	Download
X25 MEGA	Maintained by CUAV, Rover 4.6.3	CUAV-X25-MEGA_Rover_4.6.3.apj
X25 SUPER	Maintained by CUAV, Rover 4.7.1	CUAV-X25-SUPER_Rover_4.7.1.apj
X25 EVO	Official ArduPilot stable	ardurover.apj
7-Nano V2	Official ArduPilot stable	ardurover.apj
Pixhawk V6X v2	Official ArduPilot stable	ardurover.apj
X7+ Pro	Official ArduPilot stable	ardurover.apj
X7+	Official ArduPilot stable	ardurover.apj
Nora+	Official ArduPilot stable	ardurover.apj
V5 nano	Official ArduPilot stable	ardurover.apj
V5+	Official ArduPilot stable	ardurover.apj