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+## Introduction - Updating FTC Software
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+This tutorial shows how to update FTC software:
+- Driver Station (DS) and Robot Controller (RC) **apps**
+- **Firmware** for REV Control Hub and REV Expansion Hub
+- **Operating Systems** for REV Control Hub and REV Driver Hub
+- **Software tools** (REV Hardware Client, Software Manager)
+
+Links are provided at the sidebar (right side of this page) and further below, but **first**, Windows users should install the **REV Hardware Client** (RHC).
+
+If your desktop or laptop computer is **not running Windows**, see the sidebar or scroll down to the [**update links**](https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/wiki/Updating-FTC-Software#Links-to-Updating-Instructions).
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+<p align="right"><i>[[Return to Top|https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/wiki#Updating-FTC-Software]]</i><p>
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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.
+
+<i>Not sure about 64-bit?  In Windows Explorer, right-click "Computer" (Win 7) or "This PC" (Win 10), choose Properties, see "System type".</i>
+
+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.
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+<p align="center">[[/images/Updating-FTC-Software/010-download.png|010-download]]
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+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.
+
+<i>If the computer is **not** 64-bit, RHC installation will fail with an appropriate error message.</i>
+
+3. Open the RHC app.  This is a good time to **pre-download** various pieces of FTC software you might need soon.
+
+<i>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).</i>
+
+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.
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+<p align="center">[[/images/Updating-FTC-Software/020-RHC-available-files.png|020-RHC-available-files]]
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+Click the orange Download button, only for the 5 FTC items (yellow rectangles).  This may take a few minutes; the OS files are large.
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+<i>You don't need to track where these files are stored; they will be available to the RHC app when needed for device update.</i>
+
+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.
+
+<i>More info about the RHC is [here](https://docs.revrobotics.com/rev-hardware-client/) at REV Robotics' excellent documentation site.</i>
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+<p align="right"><i>[[Return to Top|https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/wiki#Updating-FTC-Software]]</i><p>
+
+## 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)
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+- REV Control Hub and REV Expansion Hub [**firmware**](https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/wiki/3.-Updating-Hub-Firmware)
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+- Operating System: [**REV Control Hub OS**](https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/wiki/4.-Updating-the-Control-Hub-OS)
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+- Operating System: [**REV Driver Hub OS**](https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/wiki/5.-Updating-the-Driver-Hub-OS)
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+- [**Software tools**](https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/6.-Updating-FTC-Software-Tools): REV Hardware Client, Software Manager
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+<p align="right"><i>[[Return to Top|https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/wiki#Updating-FTC-Software]]</i><p>
+
+<i>Questions, comments and corrections to westsiderobotics@verizon.net</i>
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