Jim is always thinking... he wanted to make sure the intellitouch 1.060 could even be upgraded, and it can...
My own pool (with intelliflo pump) is running a board that I updated from 1.050 to 1.180. Before the update I had to wipe the outdoor board, per the instructions in the readme... my indoor controller was already at 1.180 so after the outdoor unit was updated it just copied the programming back from my indoor unit.
The important thing about the indoor/outdoor controllers is they each store a complete copy of the programming - if one gets reset it just copies the programming from the other.
Here's the excerpt from the "master readme.pdf" about updating from versions 1.070 and earlier (it basically tells you to update/reset the indoor panel, let it copy the program from the outdoor, then clear the outdoor and update that, letting it copy the program back from the indoor controller):
Updating IntelliTouch to version 1.070 or Greater
An issue can/may occur when updating an IntelliTouch system with a
Firmware version older/less than 1.070 to version 1.070 or newer.
In the example we will assume a standard system with one indoor panel and one outdoor panel.
1) Update the firmware on the indoor panel to the current version 1.070 (or newer).
2) Erase the memory on the indoor panel.
a. Press “Menu”
b. Press “Setup”
c. Press “Advanced”
d. Press the 2nd and 4th bottom buttons at the same time to enter the hidden service
screen.
e. Press “Erase EEprom – All !!” and follow prompts pressing “Yes” and then “Erase”
3) Allow the unit to recover the system settings from the outdoor panel. This will take a minute or so.
4) Update the firmware on the outdoor panel to the current version 1.070 (or newer).
5) Erase the memory on the outdoor panel.
a. Press “Reset” – the 3 LEDs on the left showing system mode will all light at the same time.
b. Wait a second or two and then press the AUX 5 button.
c. The 3 LEDs will flash off and then back on indicating the erase took place.
6) Insure the memory retrieval occurs again by looking at the indoor panel, passing the data again.
This should ensure a clean update.
- If you have multiple indoor panels, simply follow steps 1, 2 and 3 for each panel.
- Expansion load/power centers do not require any updating