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Sun, 05/31/2020 - 10:08
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kd5wma
Bullet type identification
I'm managing 4ea Bullet M2 nodes on roofs and towers, so physical access is difficult.
In the past, the type of M2 hardware didn't seem to matter (or i've been lucky), so i don't have records for serial/model numbers.
It seems that the newest version of the firmware has 3 different versions, depending on what type of bullet it is being installed on.

The firmware chart shows:
Bullet M2 Titanium      needs   aredn-3.20.3.0-ar71xx-ubnt-bullet-m-sysupgrade.bin
Bullet M2 (XM)            needs   aredn-3.20.3.0-ath79-ubnt_bullet-m-sysupgrade.bin
Bullet M2 (XW)            needs   aredn-3.20.3.0-ath79-ubnt_bullet-m-xw-sysupgrade.bin

Our M2 Bullets have whatever firmware came before 3.20.3.
To avoid tower mounted bricks, is there any way to SSH in and ask the router what kind of M2 Bullet it is?



 
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Sun, 05/31/2020 - 10:41
WU2S
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Get the board ID

After SSHing into the device, get the board ID by using the command:

/usr/local/bin/get_boardid

​The result will look something like: 0xe2c4

If board ID = 0xe2c4 device is a Bullet M2 XW
If board ID = 0xe2d2 device is a Bullet M2 Titanium HP
If board ID = 0xe202 device is a Bullet M2 HP

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Sun, 05/31/2020 - 12:22
w6bi
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Hardware identification
The hardware identification on the Administration page was added not too long ago.  If they have older software, that method's not available.  The method Randy proposed will work, but you can also access the JSON information page on the node at http://<nodename>:8080/cgi-bin/sysinfo.  That page contains the hardware information, among other things.

Orv W6BI
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Mon, 06/01/2020 - 09:55
(Reply to #3)
kd5wma
Hardware identification

OK, thanks all.  i'll try it this week.

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Sun, 06/26/2022 - 15:52
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AE8I
Bullet M2 sysinfo page without XM/XW designation?

I've just resurrected a Bullet M2 that likely has a date of manufacture around 2015. The current firmware version is 3.16.2.0. My sysinfo page does not definitively identify it as an XM or XW. Is either firmware update currently offered for the M2 appropriate for my Bullet?

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Sun, 06/26/2022 - 19:20
K6CCC
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XM
XM.  Two places it identifies as Ubiquiti Bullet M
That is XM. 

 
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Sun, 06/26/2022 - 21:35
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WU2S
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Are you sure
Are you sure this is an M2 device and not the earlier, unsupported M series device?
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Sun, 06/26/2022 - 21:55
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AE8I
Are you sure
The markings on the exterior near the status lights ID it as an "M2", so I'm OK there.
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Sun, 06/26/2022 - 21:47
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AE8I
Bullet M2 sysinfo page without XM/XW designation?

That clears up the mystery as to whether the "M" is in-fact designating this as an "XM" unit or not.

I just successfully updated the firmware. Thank you!

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Fri, 07/15/2022 - 22:51
N8LBV
Same problem here and

Same problem here and absolutely no idea how to identify it.  
And what i have does not match anything posted here. 
Put this up a few years back, would like to update.
 

current version: 3.19.3.0
hardware type: ubnt (bullet-m)

 
 

model: Bullet M2 HP 

br-lan 68:72:51:89:10:B8
eth0   68:72:51:89:10:B8
eth0.1 68:72:51:89:10:B8
eth0.2 68:72:51:89:10:B8
tunl0  00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
wlan0  68:72:51:88:10:B8
wlan0-1 6A-72-51-88-10-B8-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00

/proc/cpuinfo
system type		: Atheros AR7241 rev 1
machine			: Ubiquiti Bullet M
processor		: 0
cpu model		: MIPS 24Kc V7.4
BogoMIPS		: 259.27
wait instruction	: yes
microsecond timers	: yes
tlb_entries		: 16
extra interrupt vector	: yes
hardware watchpoint	: yes, count: 4, address/irw mask: [0x0ffc, 0x0ffc, 0x0ffb, 0x0ffb]
isa			: mips1 mips2 mips32r1 mips32r2
ASEs implemented	: mips16
shadow register sets	: 1
kscratch registers	: 0
package			: 0
core			: 0
VCED exceptions		: not available
VCEI exceptions		: not available


 

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Fri, 07/15/2022 - 22:52
N8LBV
And no-  
And no-  
That did not work either.  

:/usr/local/bin# ./get_boardid
Ubiquiti Bullet M2
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Sat, 07/16/2022 - 14:23
N8LBV
This is a really old thread. 
This is a really old thread.    
And is not very visible up top.  
I posted a new related topic.  
If anyone happens to ever even see this-
Please refer to:    What version is my Bullet? and WHERE to I look/reference this? | Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network (arednmesh.org)
Thanks
 
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