Seeking Bizhub c454e firmware

[frood]

I have a BizHub c545e and the firmware is older. I hear that the SLEEP and POWER settings on the most recent firmware sometimes behave better, so I'd like to upgrade.
If anyone has updated firmware and could send to me, would greatly appreciate it.


Here's the report of the current firmware on the system page:

ROM Version

MFP Card Version	A5C10Y0-F000-GDL-M1(00)
MFP Controller BOOT Program	A5C10Y0-1E00-G00-04(00)
MFP Controller Linux Base	Linux-2.6.26.8-rt16
MFP Controller Kernel Program	A5C10Y0-1C00-GC4-76
MFP Controller SubSet	A5C10Y0-1F00-GGV-M1(00)
MFP Controller	A5C10Y0-0100-GDL-M1(00)
Operation Panel Message Data	A5C10Y0-8100-GCJ-M1
Fax Board Controller1	A22M0Y0-4000-GD0-12(00)
Fax Board Controller2
Engine Parameter	A5C00Y0-0054-G00-00
Engine BOOT	A5C00Y0-0055-G00-00
Scanner	A5C10Y0-0023-G00-33
Printer	A5C00Y0-0050-GC2-31
ADF	A3CE0Y0-0024-G00-16
Finisher	A3EP0Y0-0071-G10-05
RU
ZU
Panel CPU	A55V0Y0-8900-G60-00
DSC1
DSC2
Loadable Device Driver1	A5C10Y0-A001-G00-01
Loadable Device Driver2
SD	A3ER0Y0-0071-G00-08
Voice Data
Movie Data	A5C10Y0-C000-G00-30
Dictionary Data
OCR Library
Panel Sound Data	A5C10Y0-C200-G00-00
MFP Controller Thread Image Parameter	A5C10Y0-8B00-G00-01
MFP Controller PIC Image Parameter	A5C10Y0-8A00-GC0-06
MFP Controller System	A5C10Y0-1000-GDL-M1(00)
MFP Controller Print Controller	A5C10Y0-3000-GD8-44
MFP Controller Print Controller Font	A5C10Y0-3F00-GCF-40
MFP Controller Print Controller Demo Page	A5C10Y0-3E00-G00-81
MFP Controller MIO	A5C10Y0-5000-G20-W8(00)
MFP Controller PIC	A5C10Y0-8200-GD6-B2

[Synthohol]

Re: Seeking Bizhub c454e firmware

just enable the ability to disable sleep in service mode and turn it off in admin mode.
firmware wont make any difference really.

[frood]

Re: Seeking Bizhub c454e firmware

just enable the ability to disable sleep in service mode and turn it off in admin mode.
firmware wont make any difference really.

Thanks for that, but I want to keep it in 1W power consumption when idle due to need to minimize power footprint of the machine.

Is there a file repository for the firmware? I hate to bother people about firmware that I could just get myself, but I don't seem to be able to find it online.

Much obliged for any assistance.

[Synthohol]

Re: Seeking Bizhub c454e firmware

like i suggested, disable sleep totally as it fucks up religiously on konicas. and extend the power save to the max 60m or 240 if there is a bit sw for it.
scan these forums, sleep mode and the 4,8 and i series seems to kill networking all the time. just disable sleep.
that series is like 10 years old and barely keeps up with todays security standards. what used to be 5v is now 3.3v in the i series IIRC so if its energy savings you want, there is your answer.

[frood]

Re: Seeking Bizhub c454e firmware

like i suggested, disable sleep totally as it fucks up religiously on konicas. and extend the power save to the max 60m or 240 if there is a bit sw for it.
scan these forums, sleep mode and the 4,8 and i series seems to kill networking all the time. just disable sleep.
that series is like 10 years old and barely keeps up with todays security standards. what used to be 5v is now 3.3v in the i series IIRC so if its energy savings you want, there is your answer.

Oh, I fully acknowledge that there are sleep issues with the series. I've read that all over the forums, where individuals indicated that the newest firmware helped ... and others reporting no improvement. Thus, I'd figure why not give it a go and see what happens if I could get updates. Sleep/low power works for weeks ... or maybe a few days. Then once in a while, it won't wake up at all. Touch the pad, press the button, no response - you need to hard switch power toggle it to wake it up.

As far as security, it doesn't really matter - this machine is isolated on its own subnet in a small office and could be swiss cheese and it's not a big deal since only pre-authorized IP addresses can access it. And they're not going to buy anything newer since they're a small nonprofit and it's MOSTLY used as a glorified office printer.

Thanks! I'll keep digging around.

[Synthohol]

Re: Seeking Bizhub c454e firmware

i lost my KM access after being on disability for 8 months. unfortunately i cannot supply newest FW anymore or i would.

[frood]

Re: Seeking Bizhub c454e firmware

I'm sorry to hear about that, Synthohol.

Wellp, I figured I'd contribute to see if someone else who might have a copy of any modern firmware like GDT-M1 is more likely to lend a hand.

Great machine, just want to make sure she lives as long as she can.

[tsbservice]

Re: Seeking Bizhub c454e firmware

GDU-M1 latest here was sent. Check your PM.

Long live the Synthohol!
We all wish you speedy recovery and best of luck 🤞

[frood]

Re: Seeking Bizhub c454e firmware

Revisiting this as I am preparing to do this upgrade finally. (There were a lot of back to back important runs I needed the machine available for, so couldn't risk an issue.)

A)
I have read a few people who ran into issues upgrading the firmware on the c454e that temporarily bricked the machine. I would like to not brick the machine. I'm going from the GDL-M1 to the GDU-M1 which appears to be nine versions newer. Should I be "stepping" this machine through all the others?

Am I overthinking this? (very possible...)

B)
I can't find how to perform the firmware update in the KM manual except to "upload via the web interface." This is fine, but I found TONS of other locations which show upgrades for KM machines just use a FAT32 4-8GB USB stick in the Service Port with the FW extracted to the root of the USB stick (as files/folders.)

C)
On the c454e ... where is the USB service port for a FW update? I'm presuming its the one covered by the black plastic cover with one screw to remove.

Help appreciated. Figured I'd put it on this same thread since it would then be a "whole procedure."

[copyman]

Re: Seeking Bizhub c454e firmware

Revisiting this as I am preparing to do this upgrade finally. (There were a lot of back to back important runs I needed the machine available for, so couldn't risk an issue.)

A)
I have read a few people who ran into issues upgrading the firmware on the c454e that temporarily bricked the machine. I would like to not brick the machine. I'm going from the GDL-M1 to the GDU-M1 which appears to be nine versions newer. Should I be "stepping" this machine through all the others?

Am I overthinking this? (very possible...)

B)
I can't find how to perform the firmware update in the KM manual except to "upload via the web interface." This is fine, but I found TONS of other locations which show upgrades for KM machines just use a FAT32 4-8GB USB stick in the Service Port with the FW extracted to the root of the USB stick (as files/folders.)

C)
On the c454e ... where is the USB service port for a FW update? I'm presuming its the one covered by the black plastic cover with one screw to remove.

Help appreciated. Figured I'd put it on this same thread since it would then be a "whole procedure."

Service port is not behind black plastic cover! Correct port is behind plain metal plate with one screw, remove screw and plate slides up to insert USB stick.

It's hit or miss when loading the most recent F/W in these older models. You can always roll back to earlier F/W if an issue. I've never bricked a "4" series because of loading F/W.

FYI, I serviced over 100 of the "4" series when they were current models and disabled sleep mode on every machine. It is still saving power in the low power mode. If you don't mind going out to customer every few months when it won't come out of the sleep mode then leave it on. New firmware will NOT correct this waking up issue!

[bowser222]

Re: Seeking Bizhub c454e firmware

I also agree with sleep mode being turned off.
How much energy does the customer save when YOU are paying for gas to drive there.
solve the problem as power save works well.
gdu-m1 is the latest
good luck