BOSCH ARNIG2-E Factory Reset Instruction Manual

: August 15, 2024
: Bosch

Table of Contents

Introduction
Equipment list
Creating the USB flash drive
Factory reset the ARNI
Restoring the flash drive to a normal data drive
Open Source information
Version information
Documents / Resources

ARNIG2-E/S factory reset user stick creation
For F.01U.311.135/ F.01U.311.136

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Introduction

In some rare occasions, it could happen that you lose access to either an ARNI-E or an ARNI-S product. Fortunately, it is possible to resolve this situation by using the files supplied in this package and a generic USB flash drive. This will result in a factory default device. If you still have the original configuration form ARNI configuration tool, it is straightforward to restore it to the operable state. If not you can reconfigure it manually. This document explains how to perform the factory reset.

This procedure is applicable for both the ARNIG2-E and the ARNIG2-S products, which are referred to as ARNI in the rest of this document.

Equipment list

You will need following:

USB flash drive of at least 4GB
a. Note all data will be erased during the process
Windows 10 or 11 PC with administrator rights.
ARNI Factory reset package unzipped to a known location on this PC
Preferably a monitor with HDMI input to monitor the process

Creating the USB flash drive

All data present on the flash drive will be erased in this process!

Insert a USB flash drive in a free USB port of the PC
Navigate to the folder where you unzipped the files
Double click the file “usbimager” and accept the administrator rights
A window opens:
Click on the 3 dots in the top right and select the file “CentOS_x.xx_ARNI_UserStick”
Click on the down arrow and select the USB flash drive ARNIG2-E/S factory reset user stick creation For F.01U.311.135/ F.01U.311.136 ARNI-E/S factory Reset
Click on ‘Write’ and wait until writing is finished

Factory reset the ARNI

It is advised to connect an HDMI monitor to follow the progress of the update. You can use one of the HDMI ports on the ARNI. However, this is not required.

Make sure the ARNI is not powered.
Insert the created USB flash drive into the USB port SS1 at the backside of the ARNI.
Powerup the ARNI by either connecting the power supply or use the power switch on the front
a. If a monitor is connected it should show this screen
Wait 30 seconds for the restore process to begin. The startup screen will disappear, and the installation script starts executing.
Restoring can take up to 10 minutes. During the process, the red LED with the disk icon will blink irregularly, the restore process is ongoing.
The ARNI will switch off, indicated by the power LED turning orange when the whole restore process is finished.
Remove the USB flash drive and re-power the ARNI. It will be in the factory default state.

Restoring the flash drive to a normal data drive

The image flashed on the flash drive reduces the size and makes the drive bootable. Restoring it to a standard flash data drive is not possible using the standard Windows disk formatting options.
It is advised to keep the drive for the ARNI factory reset process. You can use it for any ARNI, and if needed, you can also reflash an update restore image onto it using the method described here.
If you need to restore the flash drive to a standard flash data drive the easiest way to do so is to download this USB image tool: https://www.alexpage.de/usb-image-tool/
When you start the tool with the USB flash drive connected to your PC you can select it in the left window and choose the reset option.

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Make sure you do not select the wrong disk since this procedure will erase all data from it.
When the flash drive is reset you can format it with the normal Windows format tools.

Open Source information

This dataset uses free open source software to flash the image to the USB flash drive.
USBimager V1.0.10
https://gitlab.com/bztsrc/usbimager

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