Firmware Updater

This flashes the MCU boards attached to the unit — control surface, wheel displays, mixer and motor — from the payloads shipped in /usr/Engine/Firmware/[FIRMWARE_PART]/.

It isn't launched directly. Engine exits with a quit reason of UpdateFirmware and the wrapper script /usr/Engine/Scripts/engine dispatches, passing the product code as the only argument:

/usr/Engine/FirmwareUpdater $PRODUCTCODE

See MIDI Devices for the payload directory layout, the firmware.json descriptor that carries each board's version, and how devices are matched in the first place.

Application Data

Path: /usr/Engine/FirmwareUpdater

Available in firmware for

Hardware	Hardware ID	Available
Mixstream Pro	`NH08`	✅
Mixstream Pro GO	`NH10`	✅
Mixstream Pro +	`NH08S`	✅
Prime 2	`JC16`	✅
Prime 4	`JC11`	✅
Prime 4 Plus	`JC11S`	✅
Prime Go	`JP11`	✅
Prime Go Plus	`JP11S`	✅
SC5000	`JP07`	✅
SC5000M (No Product Page)	`JP08`	✅
SC6000	`JP13`	✅
SC6000M	`JP14`	✅
SC Live 2	`JP20`	✅
SC Live 4	`JP21`	✅

Runtime Console Output

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/qt/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} /usr/Engine/FirmwareUpdater

QIconvCodec::convertToUnicode: using Latin-1 for conversion, iconv_open failed
QIconvCodec::convertFromUnicode: using Latin-1 for conversion, iconv_open failed
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'
Unable to set double buffer mode! (Invalid argument)
air.deviceidentifier: Can't find file: "KnownDevices.xml"
bool FirmwareUpdater::checkForUpdateAndPrepare()
bool FirmwareUpdater::checkForUpdateAndPrepare() Run: 0
void FirmwareUpdater::tryToUpdateUnscannedDevices(const QStringList&) ()
Finished
air.devicemanager.midi.out: The port isn't' opened for Midi::Out::PRIME GO Control Surface

18 August 2026