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FlashAir™ W-02

Firmware Update Tool Ver. 2.00.04

User’s Manual

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FlashAir™ firmware update tool

Version 2.00.04

TOSHIBA CORPORATION

Copyright © 2017 TOSHIBA CORPORATION, All Rights Reserved.

Supported OS: Refer to the Web site.

■Overview

This tool provides a function to update the firmware of the Product to the latest version.

This tool may cause all the data and initial settings stored in the Product to be lost. Back up your

data on multiple types of storage media before using this tool.

After using the tool to update the firmware of the Product, the firmware is the following version.

FlashAir firmware version: F19BAW3AW2.00.04

■What you need to start

A FlashAir W-02 memory card (the Product)

Computer on which a supported OS is running

SD memory card reader/writer supporting SDHC memory cards

(If your computer has an SD memory card slot, confirm that it supports SDHC memory cards)

FlashAir firmware update tool

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■Operating precautions

This tool formats the Product after it updates the firmware, so a smartphone or some other

device must be used to do the Product’s initial settings to enable wireless communication. Data

cannot be written to the Product while you are doing the initial settings. After you do the initial

settings, turn off the digital camera, take out the Product, and insert the Product again.

Initial settings are required every time the Product is formatted by a digital camera or some

other device. Data cannot be written to the Product while you are doing the initial settings. After

you do the initial settings, turn off the digital camera, take out the Product, and insert the

Product again.

■Installation of FlashAir firmware update tool to a computer

Download the FlashAir firmware update tool (FAFWUpdateToolV2_v20004_a.zip) from the

download site, and save it in any folder you like on your computer.

Right-click the downloaded "FAFWUpdateToolV2_v20004_a.zip" and select "Extract All...".

Select a destination to save the extracted folder and click "Extract".

Double-clicking FAFWUpdateToolV2_v20004_a.exe starts the installation on your computer.

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Choose the appropriate language and Click “Next >”.

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After preparation of installation is finished, the following screen is displayed, click “Next >”.

Choose a location for installing the software and click “Next >”.

In this manual, the location is not changed.

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After preparation of installation is finished, the below screen be displayed. Then, click “Install>”.

After installation is complete, the following screen is displayed. Click “Finish” to exit the wizard.

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After the installation is complete, a “FAFWUpdateToolV2” icon appears on your computer’s

desktop.

The FlashAir firmware tool is now installed on your computer.

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■How to update the firmware

Insert the Product into a SD card slot of your computer that supports SDHC, or insert the

Product into an SDHC memory card reader/writer that is connected to your computer on which a

supported OS is running.

When the following screen is displayed, use Explorer to open the folder and browse is contents.

Access the product from your computer to confirm that the connection was done correctly.

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To start the tool, double click FAFWUpdateToolV2.exe.

The drive in which the Product is mounted is displayed in the “Drive” box. In the following

example, the Product is mounted in drive F.

Select the drive on which the Product is mounted.

Click the ”Update” button.

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The FlashAir firmware update tool will check the version of FlashAir W-02 before the update.

If the version of the Product cannot be confirmed, the following dialog is displayed.

Remove the Product by using the “Safe to remove hardware” feature.

Remove the Product from the SD card slot. Then insert the Product in the SD card slot

again after five (5) seconds, and click “OK”.

After a while, the following dialog is displayed.

When the following dialog is displayed, click the ”OK” button.

Writing of the software to update the Product starts. While the following dialog is displayed, do

not remove the Product and do not turn off the computer, doing so causes the update to fail and

prevents the Product from starting.

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When the following dialog is displayed, remove the Product by using the “Safe to remove

hardware” feature.

Insert the Product again, and click the “OK” button.

When the following window is displayed, remove the Product from the SD card slot. Then insert

the Product in the SD card slot again after five (5) seconds, and click “OK”. When the update

starts, a progress bar is displayed and the following dialog box is displayed when the update is

finished.

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After the following dialog box is displayed, remove the Product from the SD card slot. Then

insert the Product into the SD card slot again after five (5) seconds, and click “OK”. The progress

bar is displayed again and when the update is finished, the following window is displayed.

After the following dialog box is displayed, remove the Product from the SD card slot.

Then, insert the Product into the SD card slot again after five (5) seconds, and click “OK”.

The progress bar is displayed again and the following window is displayed for the version check

whether the update has finished normally.

After the version check is completed, the following window is displayed.

After the update is finished, do the initial settings according to the supplementary manual

attached to the Product.

This completes the product’s firmware update.