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+ +## REV Hardware Client (RHC) + +This is a desktop app, or software tool, that simplifies the updates listed above. Prepare here, and save time at the update links below. + +To install, use the following steps on a **64-bit** PC or laptop running Windows 7 or newer. Apple/Mac users should skip this step. + +Not sure about 64-bit? In Windows Explorer, right-click "Computer" (Win 7) or "This PC" (Win 10), choose Properties, see "System type". + +1. Connect the computer to the internet, and download RHC [**here**](https://docs.revrobotics.com/rev-hardware-client/). Just click the orange Download button and choose your computer's Downloads folder to store the file. + +
[[/images/Updating-FTC-Software/010-download.png|010-download]] + +2. See the downloaded file shown at lower left (green arrow). Click that filename to begin installing the RHC app; then follow the prompts. When that's complete, the RHC icon will appear on your computer's desktop. + +If the computer is **not** 64-bit, RHC installation will fail with an appropriate error message. + +3. Open the RHC app. This is a good time to **pre-download** various pieces of FTC software you might need soon. + +Why download now? Later, this computer might be connected via Wi-Fi to a Robot Controller, not to the internet. Or a good internet connection might not be available when urgently needed (Murphy's Law). + +Click on the Downloads tab (top left). Under "Available Files" is a list of software for FTC and other software for a different program called FRC. + +
[[/images/Updating-FTC-Software/020-RHC-available-files.png|020-RHC-available-files]] + +Click the orange Download button, only for the 5 FTC items (yellow rectangles). This may take a few minutes; the OS files are large. + +You don't need to track where these files are stored; they will be available to the RHC app when needed for device update. + +When complete, these 5 items will appear under the heading "Downloaded Files". + +That's all for now! You will use these files later, when updating various FTC devices as described below. + +More info about the RHC is [here](https://docs.revrobotics.com/rev-hardware-client/) at REV Robotics' excellent documentation site. + +
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+ +## Links to Updating Instructions + +- Driver Station: [**DS app**](https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/wiki/1.-Updating-the-DS-App) + +- Robot Controller: [**RC app**](https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/wiki/2.-Updating-the-RC-App) + +- REV Control Hub and REV Expansion Hub [**firmware**](https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/wiki/3.-Updating-Hub-Firmware) + +- Operating System: [**REV Control Hub OS**](https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/wiki/4.-Updating-the-Control-Hub-OS) + +- Operating System: [**REV Driver Hub OS**](https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/wiki/5.-Updating-the-Driver-Hub-OS) + +- [**Software tools**](https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/6.-Updating-FTC-Software-Tools): REV Hardware Client, Software Manager + +
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+ +Questions, comments and corrections to westsiderobotics@verizon.net + +. +