CAN PMU Upgrade Firmware

CAN PMU can add new features or improve performance by upgrading firmware. The following describes how to upgrade CAN pmu firmware.

ArduPilot AC4.0/AP4.0 or above version of the flight control firmware, support UAVCAN device firmware upgrade and debugging through the flight control (PX4 firmware is not supported), the following tutorial requires that the flight control firmware must be the above firmware version.

Configuration parameter

Before upgrading the firmware you need to set the flight control parameters to Enable CAN PMU; then set the following parameters to enable CAN Slcan:

CAN_SLCAN_CPORT set to 1.
Serial7_protocol set to 22.
reboot flight control

AP/AC4.0 and above firmware, there will be two USB serial ports, one is the slcan port and the other is the MAVLINK port(if not, please reinstall your USB driver).

for Pixhack series/FMUv2/FMU V3/FMU V4 Flight control

CAN_SLCAN_CPORT set to 1
CAN_SLCAN_TIMEOUT set to 130000
CAN_SLCAN_SERNUMset to 0
usb will stop mavlink transmission and become Slcan port.

STM32F4XX does not support dual virtual USB ports, so FMU v5 and below (not included) flight control can only be used for SLCAN after MAVlink transmission is closed; mavlink output is restored after restarting the flight control.

connection

Connect CAN and Power cable
Use usb to connect the flight controller to the computer while using the battery to power the CAN PMU

Process

method one：

Firmware upgrade using Mission planner

Firmware download

Select the device port corresponding to slcan.
Click "slcan mode CAN1" on the UAVCAN interface.
Click "Update", select NO in the pop-up prompt box (yes is to select online firmware; No select local firmware)
Select firmware file