Updating the Firmware on your Wildlife Camera or Night Vision Device
Like many technical electronic products, (such as your PC), wildlife cameras, trail cameras and nature cameras, such as the Spypoint Wildlife Camera range, require regular software updates to ensure reliability and productivity.
A software update can be applied if there is a bug or fault with a camera, or a new feature or upgrade is made available from the manufacturer.
Why Do I Need to Update the Firmware on my Spypoint Camera?
Manufacturers are continually striving to enhance their products with new developments and features. A firmware update is a good way of ensuring cameras have the latest software advances available and they can also iron out any bugs found in the daily use of these cameras.
For example recently Spypoint launched an update for Pro X Plus wildlife camera to reduce motion blur when recording video, and also to enhance the performance, by improving power consumption when recording video.
This allows you to get the best functionality from your camera and ensure that it gives the best results.
How Do I Apply these Updates?
For the purpose of this article, we will demonstrate how to download the firmware for the Spypoint Pro X Plus and apply the update to your camera. At the bottom of this page you will find up to date firmware updates for the current range of Spypoint cameras, and a downloadable instruction manual specific for your camera.
1. Firstly Download the Update file from our website (by clicking the download link found on the Firmware Download Page of our website)
2. Open the Downloaded .zip file by double clicking it.
3. Extract the files ASHERJRL.bin and SPYIRE.bin from the .zip file
4. Insert your SD card into your PC and open the main SD Card folder (ROOT of the drive)
5. Copy the ASHERJRL.bin and SPYIRE.bin files to the memory card by dragging them from the downloaded folder to the SD card folder
6. Make sure your camera is turned OFF
7. Hold down the OKbutton and turn ON the camera
8. The screen should light up stating "F/W Updating...."
9. After approximately 5 Seconds the display will light off, and you may now turn off the camera and release the OK button
10. The camera firmware will now be up to date.
To confirm the update was successful,
1. Turn OFF the camera
2. Hold down theDOWN button
3. Turn ON the camera whilst holding the DOWN button
4. Check the numbers on the LCD Screen, you should see for example. IR_E...v025...ui0.8...xxxx/xx/xx....xxxxxx
5. This is the Production ID and in this example the vo25 means the version is 2.5
For further assistance please Contact us.
A software update can be applied if there is a bug or fault with a camera, or a new feature or upgrade is made available from the manufacturer.
Why Do I Need to Update the Firmware on my Spypoint Camera?
Manufacturers are continually striving to enhance their products with new developments and features. A firmware update is a good way of ensuring cameras have the latest software advances available and they can also iron out any bugs found in the daily use of these cameras.
For example recently Spypoint launched an update for Pro X Plus wildlife camera to reduce motion blur when recording video, and also to enhance the performance, by improving power consumption when recording video.
This allows you to get the best functionality from your camera and ensure that it gives the best results.
How Do I Apply these Updates?
For the purpose of this article, we will demonstrate how to download the firmware for the Spypoint Pro X Plus and apply the update to your camera. At the bottom of this page you will find up to date firmware updates for the current range of Spypoint cameras, and a downloadable instruction manual specific for your camera.
1. Firstly Download the Update file from our website (by clicking the download link found on the Firmware Download Page of our website)
2. Open the Downloaded .zip file by double clicking it.
3. Extract the files ASHERJRL.bin and SPYIRE.bin from the .zip file
4. Insert your SD card into your PC and open the main SD Card folder (ROOT of the drive)
5. Copy the ASHERJRL.bin and SPYIRE.bin files to the memory card by dragging them from the downloaded folder to the SD card folder
6. Make sure your camera is turned OFF
7. Hold down the OK
8. The screen should light up stating "F/W Updating...."
9. After approximately 5 Seconds the display will light off, and you may now turn off the camera and release the OK
10. The camera firmware will now be up to date.
To confirm the update was successful,
1. Turn OFF the camera
2. Hold down the
3. Turn ON the camera whilst holding the DOWN
4. Check the numbers on the LCD Screen, you should see for example. IR_E...v025...ui0.8...xxxx/xx/xx....xxxxxx
5. This is the Production ID and in this example the vo25 means the version is 2.5
For further assistance please Contact us.
Visit our Firmware Download Page to download your specific Spypoint Camera Firmware.
