Update PolyScope X to 10.12.1

Warning

The AI Accelerator requires ROS 2 Humble, so PolyScope X 10.12.1 is the latest compatible release. PolyScope X 10.13 and later use ROS 2 Jazzy and are not currently supported.

Install PolyScope X 10.12.1 on the robot controller before you install AI Accelerator URCapX packages. This is a full USB image install, not a teach-pendant .urup copy.

Do not use this image on the Jetson compute box.

Download

PolyScope X 10.12.1 USB installer image (.wic):

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/ur-support-site/271840/PolyscopeX-10.12.1-0.7.514.wic

File name: PolyscopeX-10.12.1-0.7.514.wic

Warning

A USB image install erases the robot controller. Back up programs, installation files, and URCaps first. After 10.12.1 is running, reinstall the AI Accelerator URCapX packages — see SDK — Install URCapX on the robot.

Before you flash the USB

A .wic file is a raw disk image (Yocto / OpenEmbedded), the same kind of image dd writes. Rufus can flash it, but only as a byte-for-byte clone, not like an ISO.

  • The USB stick (or SD card) must be larger than the uncompressed .wic.

  • Flashing wipes the stick. Pick the correct drive.

  • If the file is something.wic.xz, .bz2, or .gz, decompress first. Rufus needs the raw .wic.

  • On Windows, Explorer often cannot open the stick afterward (ext4 / extra partitions). That is expected.

Do not flash a .urup with Rufus. A .urup is a PolyScope software-update package: copy it to a FAT32 stick and use Software Update on the teach pendant. The 10.12.1 file above is a .wic, so use DD mode.

Create the installer USB with Rufus (Windows)

  1. Download Rufus and run it as Administrator.

  2. Plug in the USB. Under Device, select that stick.

  3. Boot selection: Disk or ISO image (default).

  4. Click SELECT. In the file dialog, change the filter from ISO to All files (*.*) — older Rufus hides .wic. Newer Rufus may list .wic already.

  5. Choose your *.wic (the 10.12.1 file you downloaded).

  6. Leave Partition scheme / Target system as Rufus auto-fills them. For a raw .wic those fields are mostly ignored; the image already contains its own partition table.

  7. Click START.

  8. When asked ISO Image mode vs DD Image mode, choose DD Image mode (Write in DD Image mode). ISO mode is wrong for .wic and will produce a stick that will not boot the intended board.

  9. Confirm the wipe warning and wait until Status is READY.

  10. Eject the USB safely.

Install on the robot

  1. Power the robot off.

  2. Insert the USB stick into a USB port on the robot controller (control box), not only the teach pendant.

  3. Power the robot on. The PolyScope X USB installer should start on the teach pendant.

  4. Follow the on-screen installer to install 10.12.1.

  5. When the install finishes, remove the USB stick, reboot, and confirm Settings → About (or equivalent) shows PolyScope X 10.12.1.

  6. Re-enable SSH and ROS 2, set the robot IP on the same subnet as the compute box (192.168.0.x), then install the URCapX packages from the SDK guide.

If the robot ignores the USB, reflash with DD Image mode (ISO mode is the usual failure). Do not install 10.13 or later on an AI Accelerator cell.

Linux equivalent (optional)

Use the whole disk (sdX), not a partition (sdX1). The wrong device wipes the host disk.

sudo umount /dev/sdX*
sudo dd if=PolyscopeX-10.12.1-0.7.514.wic of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fsync
sudo sync