# EasyRoute ATC blank firmware upgrade (only if needed)

- Source-Date (SAST): 2026-01-08 01:10
- Dest: both
- Review-after: 2027-08-31
- Status: current

## Facts

- Upgrade only if needed: it wipes settings (G-code backup is possible; settings must be typed back). Risk of an unbootable controller.
- Backup/restore PDF: https://cncu.co.za/EasyRoute-CNC-Router/EasyRoute%20System%20Backup%20and%20Restore.pdf
- Write down from the control-panel manual https://cncu.co.za/EasyRoute-CNC-Router/EasyRoute%20CNC%20Control%20Panel%20Manufacture%20Manual.pdf : page 51 Tool Change Parameters (re-calibrate video https://youtu.be/MpIgJMLFMSk), page 52 Velocity Parameters, page 53 machine-debug and spindle parameters.
- Download the latest zip whose name contains **Blank** from https://cncu.co.za/EasyRoute-CNC-Router/Firmware/ onto a freshly formatted USB root. In System Core Menu: delete parameters, update public, update system. Reboot; **do not home**; re-enter settings; reboot again.
- If a new controller is required after a failed upgrade: https://buythis.co.za/r-panel-atch and https://buythis.co.za/r-keypad-atc