CN110944321A - Wireless firmware upgrading method and system based on RDM protocol - Google Patents

Wireless firmware upgrading method and system based on RDM protocol Download PDF

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CN110944321A
CN110944321A CN201911381654.2A CN201911381654A CN110944321A CN 110944321 A CN110944321 A CN 110944321A CN 201911381654 A CN201911381654 A CN 201911381654A CN 110944321 A CN110944321 A CN 110944321A
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雷建文
雷建强
吴龙
何振超
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The invention provides a wireless firmware upgrading method and a wireless firmware upgrading system based on an RDM protocol, wherein the method comprises the following steps: setting an intermediate device which can be accessed to or withdrawn from a DMX device network, wherein the intermediate device is used for forwarding data between the DMX device in the network and an upper control terminal; accessing the intermediate equipment into a DMX equipment network, and searching online DMX equipment information through inquiry; the online DMX equipment responds to the inquiry and sends self information to the intermediate equipment, and the intermediate equipment feeds back the DMX equipment information to the upper control terminal through the wireless network; generating a DMX device list on an upper control terminal according to the collected DMX device information, selecting DMX devices needing to be upgraded in the DMX device list, pushing firmware data packets to the selected DMX devices, and receiving the firmware data packets by the corresponding DMX devices to complete updating and upgrading; the system comprises a mobile power supply, intermediate equipment and an upper control terminal, wherein the intermediate equipment comprises a power supply module, a processor, a wireless communication module and a wiring terminal.

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Wireless firmware upgrading method and system based on RDM protocol
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the lighting control technology, and particularly relates to a wireless firmware upgrading method and system based on an RDM protocol.
Background
RDM (Remote Device Management) is a Remote Device Management protocol, which is based on DMX512-A, and can search and scan how many lamps are in a statistical network by setting DMX addresses of the lamps and return basic information of the lamps. The existing scheme of configuring the lamp through the RDM protocol needs to have an upper computer fixedly connected into a network, the upper computer needs to be provided with communication hardware and a compiling processing environment, the cost is high, the problem of updating the firmware in the upper computer is also solved, most commonly, a notebook computer is used as the upper computer, the lamp network is connected through a switching port, although the notebook computer can solve the problems of the communication hardware and the compiling processing environment, the notebook computer needs to be provided with a network interface or a layout wireless network on site for networking, the dead weight is large, and the carrying is inconvenient.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the problems in the prior art, the invention provides a wireless firmware upgrading method and a wireless firmware upgrading system based on an RDM protocol, and the specific technical contents are as follows:
a method of wireless firmware upgrade based on RDM protocol, comprising:
step one, setting an intermediate device which can be accessed to or quit from a DMX device network, wherein the intermediate device is used for managing all device information in the DMX network and synchronizing the device information to an upper control terminal so as to facilitate further visual management;
step two, accessing the intermediate equipment into a DMX equipment network, and searching online DMX equipment information including equipment types and equipment addresses in a half-duplex mode; the online DMX equipment checks and matches according to the local information, if the local information is matched with the local information, the online DMX equipment responds to inquiry and sends self information to the intermediate equipment, and the intermediate equipment feeds back the DMX equipment information to the upper control terminal through a wireless network;
step three, generating a DMX device list on the upper control terminal according to the collected DMX device information, selecting a DMX device needing to be upgraded in the DMX device list, pushing a firmware data packet to the selected DMX device, and receiving the firmware data packet by the corresponding DMX device to complete updating and upgrading;
the clicking operation on the DMX equipment comprises clicking one by one or selecting in batches according to the equipment types, and the selected upper control terminal automatically pushes the corresponding equipment address.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the DMX device information further includes a code of the belonging area or the belonging system, and the upper control terminal performs batch selection through the code of the belonging area or the belonging system.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the DMX device feeds back the progress of the currently installed firmware package upwards after completing the update and upgrade, including the number of the installed firmware data packages and the check value, the upper control terminal or the intermediate device checks whether the number and the check value are consistent with the number and the check value of the firmware data packages sent by the upper control terminal or the intermediate device, if so, it is determined that the update is successful, and if not, it is determined that the update is failed, and the update and upgrade are performed on the firmware data packages which are newly sent to the corresponding DMX device.
A wireless firmware upgrading system based on an RDM protocol comprises a mobile power supply, intermediate equipment and an upper control terminal, wherein the intermediate equipment comprises a power supply module, a processor, a wireless communication module and a wiring terminal, the power supply module is provided with a DC power supply interface used for being connected with the mobile power supply, the wireless communication module is used for being connected with the upper control terminal and receiving and sending data, and the wiring terminal is used for being connected with a terminal of any DMX device in a DMX device network through a twisted pair to access the DMX device network.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the power line for connecting the mobile power supply and the intermediate device includes a USB connector at one end and a DC connector at the other end.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the mobile power source is integrated with the upper control terminal.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: the method follows a standard RDM protocol, has strong universality, is directly connected and applied to the existing DMX network through intermediate equipment, does not need to change any configuration, is plug and play, realizes management intellectualization and can be selected by single/batch upgrading; the firmware data packet is directly provided by an upper control terminal (a mobile phone, a tablet, a PDA and the like), network downloading is not needed, safety and reliability are realized, and a network interface or a WIFI hotspot is not needed to be arranged on site; in addition, a necrosis prevention mechanism is further arranged, whether updating is successful or not is verified by checking the number of the firmware data packets and the encryption result, the firmware data packets are retransmitted and updated in time when updating fails, and failure of the DMX device due to updating failure is avoided. The DC power supply interface is arranged, so that the USB power supply interface is conveniently connected through a usb wire, and the other DC power supply interface is connected into a corresponding power supply system through a common wire.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a framework of a wireless firmware upgrade system based on RDM protocol according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic block diagram of an intermediate device according to the present invention.
Detailed Description
The scheme of the present application is further described below with reference to figures 1 and 2:
a wireless firmware upgrading system based on an RDM protocol comprises a mobile power supply 1, an intermediate device 2 and an upper control terminal 3, wherein the intermediate device 2 comprises a power supply module 21, a processor 22, a wireless communication module 23 and a wiring terminal 24, the power supply module 21 is provided with a DC power supply interface 211 used for being connected with the mobile power supply, the wireless communication module 23 is used for being connected with the upper control terminal 3 and receiving and sending data, and the wiring terminal 24 is used for being connected with a terminal of any DMX device A1 in a DMX device network A through a wire to access the DMX device network A. The power cord 4 for connecting the mobile power supply 1 with the intermediate device 2 comprises a USB connector at one end and a DC connector at the other end.
In fact, portable power source 1 can be solitary treasured that charges, also can directly integrate in upper control terminal 3 even supply power with upper control terminal 3 (cell-phone, flat board etc.), the technical staff only need carry intermediate device and upper control terminal 3 can, and intermediate device 1 only need include conventional structures such as treater 22, wireless communication module 23 and binding post 24 in addition, and it is easy, with low costs to realize, is superior to bulky host computer such as traditional notebook computer.
A method of wireless firmware upgrade based on RDM protocol, comprising:
step one, setting an intermediate device which can be accessed to or quit from a DMX device network, wherein the intermediate device is used for managing all device information in the DMX network and synchronizing the device information to an upper control terminal so as to facilitate further visual management;
step two, accessing the intermediate equipment into a DMX equipment network, and searching online DMX equipment information including equipment types and equipment addresses in a half-duplex mode; the online DMX equipment checks and matches according to the local information, if the local information is matched with the local information, the online DMX equipment responds to inquiry and sends self information to the intermediate equipment, and the intermediate equipment feeds back the DMX equipment information to the upper control terminal through a wireless network;
step three, generating a DMX device list on the upper control terminal according to the collected DMX device information, selecting a DMX device needing to be upgraded in the DMX device list, pushing a firmware data packet to the selected DMX device, and receiving the firmware data packet by the corresponding DMX device to complete updating and upgrading;
the clicking operation on the DMX equipment comprises clicking one by one or selecting in batches according to the equipment types, and the selected upper control terminal automatically pushes the corresponding equipment address.
Preferably, the DMX device information further includes a code of the belonging area or the belonging system, and the upper control terminal performs batch selection by the code of the belonging area or the belonging system.
Preferably, the DMX device feeds back the progress of the currently installed firmware package upwards after completing the update and upgrade, including the number of the installed firmware data packages and the check value, the upper control terminal or the intermediate device checks whether the number and the check value are consistent with the number and the check value of the firmware data packages sent by the upper control terminal or the intermediate device, if so, the update is successful, if not, the update is failed, and the update and upgrade are performed on the corresponding DMX device to resend the firmware data package.
The above preferred embodiments should be considered as examples of the embodiments of the present application, and technical deductions, substitutions, improvements and the like similar to, similar to or based on the embodiments of the present application should be considered as the protection scope of the present patent.

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1. A wireless firmware upgrading method based on RDM protocol is characterized by comprising the following steps:
step one, setting an intermediate device which can be accessed to or quit from a DMX device network, wherein the intermediate device is used for managing all device information in the DMX network and synchronizing the device information to an upper control terminal so as to facilitate further visual management;
step two, accessing the intermediate equipment into a DMX equipment network, and searching online DMX equipment information including equipment types and equipment addresses in a half-duplex mode; the online DMX equipment checks and matches according to the local information, if the local information is matched with the local information, the online DMX equipment responds to inquiry and sends self information to the intermediate equipment, and the intermediate equipment feeds back the DMX equipment information to the upper control terminal through a wireless network;
step three, generating a DMX device list on the upper control terminal according to the collected DMX device information, selecting a DMX device needing to be upgraded in the DMX device list, pushing a firmware data packet to the selected DMX device, and receiving the firmware data packet by the corresponding DMX device to complete updating and upgrading;
the clicking operation on the DMX equipment comprises clicking one by one or selecting in batches according to the equipment types, and the selected upper control terminal automatically pushes the corresponding equipment address.
2. The RDM protocol-based wireless firmware upgrade method according to claim 1, wherein: the DMX equipment information also comprises codes of the affiliated areas or the affiliated systems, and batch selection is carried out on the upper control terminal through the codes of the affiliated areas or the affiliated systems.
3. The RDM protocol-based wireless firmware upgrade method according to claim 1, wherein: and after the DMX equipment completes updating and upgrading, the DMX equipment feeds back the progress condition of the currently installed firmware package upwards, wherein the progress condition comprises the quantity and the check value of the installed firmware data package, the upper control terminal or the intermediate equipment checks whether the quantity and the check value are consistent with the quantity and the check value of the firmware data package sent by the upper control terminal or the intermediate equipment, if so, the updating is judged to be successful, if not, the updating is judged to be failed, and the DMX equipment is updated and upgraded by re-sending the firmware data package to the corresponding DMX equipment.
4. A wireless firmware upgrade system based on RDM protocol, characterized by: the mobile power supply comprises a mobile power supply, intermediate equipment and an upper control terminal, wherein the intermediate equipment comprises a power supply module, a processor, a wireless communication module and a wiring terminal, the power supply module is provided with a DC power supply interface used for being connected with the mobile power supply, the wireless communication module is used for being connected with the upper control terminal and receiving and sending data, and the wiring terminal is used for being connected with a terminal of any DMX equipment in a DMX equipment network through a twisted pair so as to access the DMX equipment network.
5. The RDM protocol-based wireless firmware upgrade system according to claim 4, wherein: the power line for connecting the mobile power supply and the intermediate equipment comprises a USB plug-in connector and a DC plug-in connector, wherein the USB plug-in connector is positioned at one end, and the DC plug-in connector is positioned at the other end.
6. The RDM protocol-based wireless firmware upgrade system according to claim 4, wherein: the mobile power supply is integrated on the upper control terminal.
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