Creating an EchoTouch USB Recovery Boot Stick
Requirements
- Blank USB Stick, between 500MB and 32GB in size.
- Windows PC with 7-Zip installed or a Mac.
This process will not work with version 2.6.0 or higher of EchoTouch due to the size of the image file.
- EchoTouch MK1 - If wanting to install version 2.6.0 or higher, create the recovery USB for v2.5.0 first, and then update the display to the desired version.
- EchoTouch MK2 - If the bootloader version is 2.5, the below process works (to check bootloader version: [Setup] > [Settings] > "boot X.X"). If the bootloader version is v3.0 or higher the process is different. See EchoTouch MK2 for Bootloader v3.0
Procedure - Windows
- Download the latest EchoTouch Firmware from the ETC website.
- Extract the contents of the ZIP somewhere on your PC: (this file will be called "ETC_CS"Console_x.x.x.x.fw")
- Right-click on the “ETC_CS_Console_X.X.X.X.X.X.fw” file and choose “7-Zip” > “Open Archive”:
- 7-Zip will open and show a list of files.
- Drag and drop all of these files onto the root of your USB stick.
- Once this finishes extracting and copying, close 7-Zip.
- Copy the “ETC_CS_Console_X.X.X.X.X.X.fw” file onto the root of the USB Stick
- Eject the drive and proceed to "Using USB Recovery Boot" below
Procedure - macOS
- Download the latest ColorSource Console Firmware from the ETC website
- Find "ETC_CS_Console_X.X.X.X.X.X.fw" from within the downloaded .zip file
- Duplicate the .fw file
- Rename the .fw file to "ETC_CS_Console_X.X.X.X.X.X.zip"
- When you rename the duplicated file to a .zip extension, Finder will show a warning. Click "Add" to confirm the change
- Double-click on the .zip file to extract its contents
- Open up the extracted folder and copy all of the files to the root directory of your blank flash drive
- Copy the original "ETC_CS_Console_X.X.X.X.X.X.fw" file to your flash drive as well
- Eject the drive and proceed to "Using USB Recovery Boot" below
Using USB Recovery Boot
The USB Recovery Boot stick can be used to re-flash the console firmware onto the console as follows:
- With EchoTouch power disconnected, insert the USB Recovery Boot stick into a USB port on the back of the unit.
- Connect power.
The EchoTouch will start up in Test Mode - Touch “Service CAUTION!”
- Touch “Reload Firmware”
- Touch “Yes”
- Select the “ETC_CS_Console_X.X.X.X.X.X.fw” firmware file from the list
(You may not be able to see the full filename) - Touch “OK”
- Once this completes, touch “Ok” then “Exit Service”
- Unplug the console power
- Unplug the USB stick
- Power on the console
Emergency Run From USB
In emergencies, the USB Recovery Boot stick may be used to run the EchoTouch, for example to attempt to make last-second backups of showfiles from a console suffering a hardware failure preventing normal boot.
This may be of assistance in some circumstances until a more permanent solution can be found.
- With the EchoTouch power disconnected, insert the USB Recovery Boot stick into a USB port on the console.
- Connect power.
The EchoTouch will start up in Test Mode - Touch “Exit App”
- The EchoTouch will now start up into normal mode, running from USB.
This type of startup is very slow.
It may take several minutes to show the Language/Start screen.
Notes about this mode:
- The USB stick must NOT be unplugged.
- The on-device showfiles will usually be available, however the underlying reason for needing to boot this way may have caused them to become corrupted or unavailable.
- Export your important showfile(s) to USB as soon as possible!
EchoTouch MK2 with Bootloader v3.0
As of Bootloader v3.0, no longer will a download/extraction of the firmware file enter the Manufacturing Application. A custom image was created to get into the Manufacturing App. Contact ETC Technical Services for the files.