SIMATIC IOT2050

Firmware Update

SIMATIC IOT2050 Basic - 6ES7647-0BA00-0YA2

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Table of contents
Legal information ......................................................................................................... 2
1 Task ..................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Overview............................................................................................... 4
2 Requirements ..................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Required Hardware .............................................................................. 5
2.2 Required Software ................................................................................ 6
3 Operating ............................................................................................................ 7
3.1 Transfer required software ................................................................... 7
3.2 Clean eMMc on IOT2050 Advanced .................................................... 8
3.3 Install firmware update tool .................................................................. 9
3.4 Update firmware ................................................................................. 10
4 Related links ..................................................................................................... 11
5 History............................................................................................................... 11
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 1 Task

1 Task
1.1 Overview
Introduction
To be able to use the Example Image V1.3.1 and the Industrial OS V3.x, it is
required to update the firmware of the following devices:

IOT2050 Basic (6ES7 647-0BA00-0YA2) FS:01

IOT2050 Basic (6ES7 647-0BA00-0YA2) FS:02

IOT2050 Advanced (6ES7 647-0BA00-1YA2) FS:01

IOT2050 Advanced (6ES7 647-0BA00-1YA2) FS:02
IOT2050 Advanced (6ES7 647-0BA00-1YA2) FS:03
IOT2050 Advanced (6ES7 647-0BA00-1YA2) FS:04

After the firmware update it is not possible anymore to boot the following
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operating systems:
• Example Image V1.0.2
WARNING
• Industrial OS V2.x

NOTE The Example Image V1.1.1 and V1.2.2 can be used with the old and new
firmware on the mentioned devices

Goals
After working through this document, you should know how to
• Update the firmware of a SIMATIC IOT2050

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2 Requirements
2.1 Required Hardware
This chapter contains the hardware required for the firmware update.

SIMATIC IOT2050 Basic / Advanced

The SIMATIC IOT2050 Basic (6ES7647-0BA00-0YA2) with FS:01 and FS:02 and
the SIMATIC IOT2050 Advanced (6ES7647-0BA00-1YA2) with FS:01, FS:02, FS:03
and FS:04 are required to be updated in order to use Example Image V1.3.1 and
Industrial OS V3.x

The SIMATIC IOT2050 Basic (6ES7647-0BA00-0YA2) with FS:04 and the SIMATIC
IOT2050 Advanced (6ES7647-0BA00-1YA2) with FS:05 are recommended to be
updated in order to use Example Image V1.3.1 and Industrial OS V3.x

µSD card / USB flash drive / eMMc

To boot from Example Image V1.1.1 / V1.2.2 to perform the update, either a µSD
card or USB drive is required. For the IOT2050 Advanced the internal eMMc can
be used as well
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Power supply
In order to run the SIMATIC IOT2050 a power supply is required.
This power supply has to provide between 12 and 24V DC.

Engineering Station
To get remote access to the SIMATIC IOT2050 and to transfer files an Engineering
station is required. In this example a PC with Windows 10 Enterprise is used.

Ethernet cable
For an Ethernet Connection between the Engineering Station and the SIMATIC
IOT2050 in order to establish a SSH connection an Ethernet cable is required.

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2.2 Required Software

This chapter contains the software required for the firmware update.

Example Image V1.1.1 / V1.2.2

To update the firmware of the IOT2050, the Example Image V1.1.1 or V1.2.2 is
required. The firmware update cannot be performed with Example Image V1.0.2 or
Industrial OS V2.x.
NOTE For IOT2050 Basic from FS:02 and IOT2050 Advanced from FS:04 Example
Image V1.2.2 is required to perform the update

Firmware Update tool and firmware file

To update the firmware, the firmware update tool and the firmware file itself are
required.
• Tool: iot2050-firmware-update_0.2_arm64.deb
• Firmware: IOT2050-FW-Update-PKG-V01.03.01.01.tar.xz
Both files can be downloaded here.
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ssh Client
To get remote access to the SIMATIC IOT2050 software is required.
In this document “PuTTY” is used. With this software it is possible to establish a
connection to different devices for example via Serial, SSH or Telnet.
The “PuTTY” software can be downloaded here.

NOTE Instead of PuTTY you also can use Windows 10 or Linux built-in ssh client.

WinSCP or USB flash drive

To copy the files from the Engineering Station to the IOT2050 per Drag&Drop, the
software WinSCP can be used.
WinSCP can be downloaded here.
As an alternative a USB flash drive can be used to transfer the data

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3 Operating
This chapter describes the steps necessary to update the firmware of the SIMATIC
IOT2050 from any older version to version 2022.01-V01.03.01.01-0-gffc3caf in
order to be able to use Example Image from V1.3.1 and Industrial OS V3.x.

Precondition
The IOT2050 is set up with the Example Image V1.1.1 or V1.2.2!
Otherwise the firmware update cannot be executed.

3.1 Transfer required software

Both, the firmware update tool and the firmware file, need to be copied from the
Engineering station to the IOT2050. In this example both files are copied to the
directory /mnt
Table 3-1
No. Action
1. Make sure the IOT2050 is running Example Image V1.1.1 / V1.2.2
cat /etc/os-release
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If you ran apt upgrade before, the firmware update won’t work, because the
BUILD_ID is removed from this file.
In this case use a fresh Example Image V1.1.1 / V1.2.2
2. Establish a connection with WinSCP to copy the downloaded files to the
IOT2050

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3.2 Optional: Clean eMMc on IOT2050 Advanced

Since the Firmware V1.3.1 is not able to boot the Example Image V1.0.2 and
Industrial OS V2.x, it may be required to clear the eMMc before updating the
firmware when either Example Image V1.0.2 or Industrial OS V2.x is installed on it.
The update asks whether the current boot order should be kept or set back to
defaults.
If your current boot order has mmc0 or usbx as first boot device and you keep the
current settings, erasing the eMMc is not mandatory.
If mmc1 is the first boot device or you reset the current settings, clearing the
eMMc beforehand is mandatory to guarantee the device will run after the
update and not stuck due to an incompatible OS.
Table 3-2
No. Action
1. Clear the eMMc
mkfs.ext4 /dev/mmcblk1
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3.3 Install firmware update tool

In order to update the firmware of the IOT2050 the latest version of the update tool
needs to be installed.
Table 3-3
No. Action
1. Uninstall the pre-installed update tool
dpkg -r iot2050-firmware-update

2. Change directory to /mnt (or any other directory, where the two files have been
copied to)
cd /mnt
3. Install the proper version of the update tool
dpkg -i iot2050-firmware-update_0.2_arm64.deb
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3.4 Update firmware

Now the firmware can be updated.
Table 3-4
No. Action
1. Check currently installed firmware
fw_printenv fw_version

NOTE: The update can be performed from any older firmware as well.
2. Update the firmware
iot2050-firmware-update IOT2050-FW-Update-PKG-
V01.03.01.tar.xz
and confirm that the device may become unbootable with Y
This won’t be the case if everything is done as described!

The update process will begin

After that the current boot order is displayed. Decide whether to keep it (Y) or
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reset it to defaults (n)

Reboot the device with Y

3. Check installed firmware version after reboot

fw_printenv fw_version

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4 Related links
Table 4-1
Topic
\1\ SIMATIC IOT2050 forum
https://support.industry.siemens.com/tf/ww/en/threads/309w
\2\ Download SD-Card Example Image
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109780231
\3\ How to setup the IOT2050 with Example Image
https://support.industry.siemens.com/tf/ww/en/posts/238945/
\4\ Operating Instructions
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/109779016

5 History
Table 5-1
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Version Date Modifications

V1.0 01/2022 First version
V1.1 03/2022 Added requirement to clear eMMC before update
V1.3 04/2023 Change process to firmware V1.3.1

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