Katapult Firmware
Enter Flash Mode
The circled item is the BOOT button
- To enter flash mode, ensure the mainboard is completely powered off, press and hold the BOOT button, then connect one end of a data cable (with data transfer capability) to the mainboard and the other end to your device.
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Flash Firmware
- Windows Flash Tutorial
- Host Flash Tutorial
- Katapult firmware for rpfmex
- You can obtain the firmware via the following link:
- Download Firmware Package – Direct download of the latest firmware zip archive
The zip archive must be extracted before use.
- Repository Address – Access the firmware repository
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Alternatively, download the complete repository via git (ensure the host machine has internet access):
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For general systems
cd && git clone https://cnb.cool/3dmellow/FLY-Firmware.git -
For FLY host machine
git clone https://cnb.cool/3dmellow/FLY-Firmware.git /data/FLY-Firmwareln -s /data/FLY-Firmware /root/FLY-Firmware -
If the firmware package has already been downloaded, it is recommended to update to the latest version before proceeding:
cd ~/FLY-Firmware && git pull
- The previous repository is no longer maintained. To delete it, execute:
rm -rf ~/FLY_Katapult /root/FLY_Katapult
- Firmware location:
FLY-Firmware/MainBoard/Rpfmex
- Prepare a data cable with data transfer functionality
- Download the firmware to the computer
- Connect the BOOT jumper, or press and hold the BOOT button before connecting to the computer. The
RPI-RP2disk will then appearLoading... - Remove the BOOT jumper or release the button!!!
- Copy the firmware to be flashed into it. Please note that only firmware with the
UF2extension can be used!!! (Do not modify the file extension, as this is ineffective) - Reference
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- After the firmware is copied in, the
RPI-RP2disk will automatically disappear, indicating the firmware flashing is complete!
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Install the flashing tool
- Enter the following command in SSH
- This only needs to be executed for the first flashing; no need to run it again afterwards
cd ~/klipper/lib/rp2040_flash/ && make -
Execute the following command to check if the connection is successful.
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Enter
lsusb -
If there is no
2e8a:0003device, try re-entering flashing mode -
Due to system version issues, it may display a different name. If
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NotesProceed to the next step only when
2e8a:0003is present -
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Pull the precompiled firmware
- These are all precompiled firmware files
- Please note that the host machine needs internet access to install
- The host machine needs to execute the following command to download the firmware package
cd && git clone https://cnb.cool/3dmellow/FLY-Firmware.git- If the firmware package has already been downloaded, it is recommended to update it before proceeding with the remaining operations
cd ~/FLY-Firmware && git pull
- Flash Firmware
Only one firmware needs to be flashed
- Below is the firmware flashing command
sudo ~/klipper/lib/rp2040_flash/rp2040_flash ~/FLY-Firmware/MainBoard/Rpfmex/rpfmex.uf2
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The following prompt indicates successful flashing
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After flashing, completely power off the mainboard once.