Can the Canvas Software Suite firmware be updated over-the-air on the Sentrius IoT Sensors (BT510 | BT610)?

Answer

Yes! Provided the sensor is already loaded with the Canvas Software Suite firmware it is possible to update the firmware using the Canvas Hub Applet from Xbit for desktop or Xbit mobile applications.


The binary firmware file (.bin) will need to be saved to the file system of the device running the XBit application to enable OTA loading. 

If the device is not running any Python scripts, then it will advertise by default as Canvasxx, where the xx may differ between canvas enabled devices. Otherwise, it will advertise as per the script loaded to the device.

NOTE: If the device is running a Python script then the BLE advertisement MUST be connectable, in order to it with the Canvas Hub application for OTA loading.