Checking whiat firmware was preinstalled.

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hey,
I am using an arduino melzi board that had the firmware pre-installed. I have read a million posts on updating the firmware but I cannot find any on querying what firmware is already installed. Is there a command to do this and is it possible to download the current setup in case I screw up the software?

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jonathanbyrn:
Hey,
I am using an arduino melzi board that had the firmware pre-installed. I have read a million posts on updating the firmware but I cannot find any on querying what firmware is already installed. Is there a command to do this and is it possible to download the current setup in case I screw up the software?

Yeah, check some posts by Nick Gammon and others. There are a few sketches floating around that will report on fuses and bootloader versions.

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Are you talking about the Melzi from RepRap? Because those are not Arduino boards.

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Such as: Gammon Forum : Electronics : Microprocessors : Sketch to detect Atmega chip types

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This and a few other tools I've seen ought to be a sticky thread...