Firmware

You should always ensure that your players are running the most recent firmware version!

Introduction

The SpinetiX players' firmware is an embedded software solution designed to ensure the efficient, secure, and reliable operation of the device, enabling it to display dynamic content and interact with networked systems for remote management and updates. It includes the Digital Signage Operating System (DSOS™), a lightweight operating system specifically designed for digital signage players and optimized for stability, performance, and security.

All firmware releases are signed by SpinetiX – any firmware that is not supplied by SpinetiX will not install on the SpinetiX player, as the signatures are not identical. This ensures complete security from malicious code and extremely high reliability. The web-based interface to access the player is also included within the firmware.

With every new firmware release, the performance and reliability of the SpinetiX devices is improved; the firmware releases are available for free, therefore it is strongly recommended updating your player firmware as often as possible.

The simplest way to have the latest firmware version on your player is to update the firmware from Control Center - by default, the SpinetiX update server is used. If for any reasons (such as bandwidth saving, network security), updating from SpinetiX server is not an option, you can always update the firmware from a USB drive plugged into the player or from your own web server (better when having many players).

Notes:

Before updating the device firmware, always take a configuration backup of your device settings.
In case of problems updating the firmware, the fallback solution is to install the firmware from the Recovery Console.

Firmware releases

See the firmware release notes for more details.

SpinetiX releases several versions of the firmware every year; one is usually a major release packed with new features, and the rest are minor releases containing mainly security patches and bug fixes. You should always ensure that your player is running the most recent firmware version!

The firmware releases are usually correlated with the software releases, as newer content may require a minimum firmware version on the players to work – see software and firmware compatibility table for more details.
Major releases (e.g., 4.8.0, 4.7.0, 4.5.0, 4.4.0, 4.3.0, 4.2.0, etc.) may introduce backward compatibility issues, therefore, if you plan to update the firmware of players from an existing installation throughout a major release, make sure to update one unit at first, test your content on it and, if your content runs fine, then update the firmware on the rest of the devices. For more details, see the "Backward compatibility issues" or "Changes" section within the release notes. See also: Major changes between 4.x and 3.x firmware and Updating from 2.x to 3.x pages.