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BCS-460 network does not recognize
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 4:56 pm
by alowell
My brewery was inactive for about 2 years and I am now trying to connect with my old BCS-460 again. In the 2 years, I got a new laptop as well as a new router and google wifi mesh wireless system. I cannot for the life of me find BCS-460 or get it to show on my computer. I Have version 3.7.1 of BCS firmware (based on backup), can I use the new BCS finder utility or do I need to use the older version? Any help would be appreciated, as it is pretty frustrating, Thanks
Re: BCS-460 network does not recognize
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:29 pm
by JonW
You need the old BCS finder with 3.x series. The new finder only works with 4.x series.
Make sure the BCS is not on a wireless extender or other bridge device. Plug it directly into your router to get a DHCP address. Was it previously on DHCP or did it have a hard-coded IP address? If it was hard-coded, it may be defined on a different subnet address than your new router is using. If that is the case, you should reset it to defaults to get it into DHCP mode.
Re: BCS-460 network does not recognize
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:55 pm
by alowell
OK, actually found the old finder. My next question is where do the firmware upgrade files live now? I remember going to the wiki site for them previously, but I can't locate them now. Any help in upgrading the firmware would be appreciated, this has been a bear resurrecting the system. Thanks
Re: BCS-460 network does not recognize
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:45 pm
by JonW
Re: BCS-460 network does not recognize
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:23 am
by alowell
Thanks Jon, I appreciate it. Just a little rusty in getting back into it. What was the latest version of BCS 3.x? Just wondering what the upgrades were to version 4 and if it is worth updating. Kind of the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality for me and getting my system to operate. Thanks again
Re: BCS-460 network does not recognize
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:56 am
by JonW
4.x made huge advancements in usability by adding multiple processes/state viewing and controlling on the main screen. The UI is also much faster. There really is no reason to stay on 3.x.
Check out the demos at
http://demo.embeddedcc.com/
Re: BCS-460 network does not recognize
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:24 pm
by alowell
OK, updated to latest of version 4. I am using the 3.x migrator to load my configuration files into ver 4. When I load the system config file, the migrator seems to not be able to complete and gets hung up on output 6 (the green bar never completely fills). Has anyone seen this?
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Re: BCS-460 network does not recognize
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 5:46 pm
by alowell
moved migration issue to new troubleshooting thread