Thread: Black Jaguars bricked after 2CAN update
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Re: Black Jaguars bricked after 2CAN update
We hit something similar today. In our case, we had issues with Windows Firewall, and new Internet Explorer, and Java; all three having an internal slap fight.

Our solution was to use the 2Can BDC-COM to do the update. It wasn't completely smooth sailing. We got the same "Bootloader not found" - which accompanied an extinguishing of the Jaguar's LED (PANIC!). Recover did not work in this case, with the Jaguar disappearing from visibility from the BDC-COM.

We cycled the power on the Jaguar, and re-attempted the flash, which worked. Almost all of our Jaguars required this second-attempt.

Important points:
1. Make sure the 2CAN has the 2.29 firmware that comes with the 2CAN BDC-COM.
2. Make sure that you terminate the Jaguar, and only have one on the 2CAN at a time.
3. Don't move the BDC-COM from the folder that has the required .dll's (all are unzipped together).
4. This method does need the firewall to allow the program, but it does not depend on any browser or Java working correctly.

-- Len
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