Seems like using a cable for firmware updates which should be rare as hen’s teeth would be a smarter approach.
These tools need other maintenance/inspections anyway, you just do it then. Really, firmware shouldn’t have such a major flaw that an update is that crucial.
Indeed. When a tool has one job, if it needs a firmware update because it failed to do it’s one job, just give me my money back and I’ll buy a new one.
The tools are connected to a central database that logs all operations, it’s super useful. All the difference between Boeing that uses old style pneumatic guns and manual torque wrenches vs. Airbus using fully connected/automated wrenches that not only tighten bolts to the right torque every single time but also keeps track of how many bolts have been tightened. Such tools should be airgapped from the internet but obviously someone messed up on that part. Could be cost-cutting.
So it connects to the network for firmware updates.
What the hell is there to update in the firmware? It either tightens to the indicated torque or it doesn’t.
Seems like using a cable for firmware updates which should be rare as hen’s teeth would be a smarter approach.
These tools need other maintenance/inspections anyway, you just do it then. Really, firmware shouldn’t have such a major flaw that an update is that crucial.
Indeed. When a tool has one job, if it needs a firmware update because it failed to do it’s one job, just give me my money back and I’ll buy a new one.
The tools are connected to a central database that logs all operations, it’s super useful. All the difference between Boeing that uses old style pneumatic guns and manual torque wrenches vs. Airbus using fully connected/automated wrenches that not only tighten bolts to the right torque every single time but also keeps track of how many bolts have been tightened. Such tools should be airgapped from the internet but obviously someone messed up on that part. Could be cost-cutting.
My impression was it connects to log torque levels and receive torque levels