Patcher firmware

Software
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Hi,

when switching between computers, is it normal I have to reflash the firmware? Is it because I compiled the firmware on linux_arm64 and on linux_amd64 for my other computer?

The problem is, every time I switch computers to program my big genes, it asks to reflash the software

on the arm I get:

Firmware version 1.0.0.4 | CRC 0xEB8B6CD0

Firmware CRC mismatch! Please flash the firmware first!
Hardware CRC EB8B6CD0 <-> Software CRC B412D8FF

and on the amd64 (not surprisingly):

Firmware version 1.0.0.4 | CRC 0xB412D8FF

Firmware CRC mismatch! Please flash the firmware first!
Hardware CRC B412D8FF <-> Software CRC EB8B6CD0

I remember programming my old axolotis from multiple computers without problems…
what is going on?

should I just copy the firmware from one computer to the other?

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It might be due to differences between the 1.0.12-8 release package and the 1.0.12-8 tag on github - releases on Github are a convoluted process and a “release” is frozen in time, and to add the most minor change you’d have to delete the current “release” and/or make a new “release”.

You could copy the firmware folder over from one package to another - possibly copy the “newer” version of the firmware folder (which is from the git cloned repo) to the Patcher from the “release zip” as there will definitely be some nice-to-have fixes there.

Or to make it easier, you could download the 1.0.12-8 tagged repo and extract the firmware folder from there, instead of pulling it from your arm system. Good practice to keep the original firmware folder as a backup!