Boot ZED Box Mini in Forced Recovery Mode

Hardware ZED Box
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The GMSL2 driver on our ZED Box mini is no longer instantiating properly and cameras are thus not detected at all. I want to reflash the ZED Box mini, but I cannot seem to get into the recovery mode by following the steps in the documentation:

Force the ZED Box Mini in Recovery mode #

:warning: It is not required to open the ZED Box Mini to force it into Recovery mode. Opening the box will void the warranty :warning:

  • First method:

    Note: This is applicable only if your device can normally boot.

    Open a terminal console (Ctrl+Alt+t) and enter the command

    sudo reboot --force forced-recovery

  • Second method:

    1. Connect the power

    2. Use a pin to push the RCV button

    3. While keeping the RCV button pushed, use a pin to push the RST button

The ZED Box mini SN starts with GTW-ONX1-**** Whenever I connect the USB on the OTG port and run the command lsusb -d ‘0955:’ I am getting 7020 (:pushpin: Note: If an NVIDIA® device with VID:PID 0955:7020 and type NVIDIA Corp. L4T (Linux for Tegra) running on Tegra is listed, then your ZED Box Mini has not rebooted in Force Recovery mode. You must retry the procedure.)

Is there another way to boot the device in recovery mode?

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Hi @jeroenvb
Welcome to the StereoLabs community.

Have you rebooted the ZED Box after plugging the USB cable to the OTG port and connecting it to the host PC?

Does not this command work?
sudo reboot --force forced-recovery

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This is solved, but you should probably update your documentation. I was following the steps from Flash your ZED Box Mini - Stereolabs , and eventually through the community posts, I checked Flash your ZED Box Orin - Stereolabs where it states that “When the ZED Box Orin boots in Force Recovery mode, the power LED stays OFF” So the command was working, but I didn’t realize until then that the power LED doesn’t come on.

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Done. Thank you for reporting this :+1: