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How to determine your SmartBOB plug-in and firmware version
« on: March 10, 2015, 09:52:02 AM »
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This page is obsolete and maintained here for historical purposes.
Please visit the page on the new PMDX FAQ site here:

http://faq.pmdx.com/content/3/2/en/how-to-determine-your-mach4-smartbob-plug_in-and-smartbob-firmware-version.html

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http://faq.pmdx.com/index.php?solution_id=1001

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One of the first questions we will ask you when trouble-shooting a Mach4/PMDX-SmartBOB issue is what version of Mach4, PMDX-SmartBOB plug-in and SmartBOB firmware you are running.  You can find all of this information in a few handy places:

(1) When running Mach4, go to the "Diagnostic" menu and select the "PMDX-SmartBOB-USB".

*OR*

(2) When running Mach4, go to the "Configure" menu and select "Plugins..."  In the"Configure Plugins" dialog, look for the "PMDX-SmartBOB-USB" line and click on the "Configure" button.

*OR*

(3) Exit Mach4 (if you were running it).  Open Windows Explorer or My Computer and navigate to the Mach4Hobby directory, usually C:Mach4Hobby.  Then change into the "Profiles" directory.  Then change into the directory for the profile that you are using.  For example, if your profile name is MyMillProfile, you will go to:

          C:Mach4HobbyProfilesMyMillProfile

Look for a file named "PMDXVersionInfo.txt".  That contains all of the information displayed in (1) and (2) above.

As of our plug-in version 0.30.136 (Aug 2015), that information looks something like this:

Mach4 Build#: 2230
Screen Set: wxMach.set
PMDX SmartBOB-USB Device: PMDX-422 [Rev B PCB] on COMx
PMDX SmartBOB-USB Serial Number: SNxxxxxx
PMDX SmartBOB-USB Plug-In Version: 0.18.95
PMDX SmatBOB-USB BootLoader Version: 1.6.61
PMDX SmartBOB-USB Firmware Version: 0.32.104
« Last Edit: September 11, 2016, 12:28:56 AM by Bob at PMDX »
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