Reload Magellan MobileMapper CE OS Firmware

Where to download MobileMapper CE OS Firmware Image

Some Magellan official documentations have this out-dated information about location of
MobileMapper CE OS firmware download location:
"The current version of MobileMapper CE Operating System (OS)
firmware can be downloaded from ftp.magellangps.com in the
/Mobile Mapping/MM CE/Firmware/OS Firmware/ folder."
This turned out to be out-dated information. The above directory does not exist on the FTP
server. After some digging, I found the OS firmware in this zip file:
ftp://ftp.magellangps.com/Mobile%20Mapping/MM%20CE/Firmware/MMCE_Receiver_FW.zi
p
Notice: the above FTP location is accurate as 7/18/2007, may be changed by Magellan.

What Happened

I saw low battery warning on the device. Naturally, I select "Full Shut Down" to allow the
system do a proper backup. This turned out to be a mistake. Apparently, battery was out before
the device can fully shut-down, and the OS firmware image is corrupted. After this, upon each
reboot, I am asked to calibrate stylus, then there are 2 dialogs:
Dialog 1: dialog title: "Warning", Text: "This is a Rescue Image! The
Main Image failed to start. Press "Cancel" to Retry Main Image.
Press
"OK" to continue with Rescue Image."
After I press "OK" which is the only button on the dialog, I am lead to
the second dialog:
Dialog 2: dialog title "OS Loader", Text: "Please choose a new image
file. The image file cannot be in the MyDevice directory."
After I press "OK", an "Open File" dialog appears with option to load a
file type: Image Files (*.nbx).

Following the instruction in "Getting Started Guide", page 61 "Updating MobileMapper CE OS

Firmware", I was able to load the OS image I downloaded from Magellan. The system seems to
be back to proper working order afterwards.

Lesson Learned