UPDATE CONTROL UNIT, UPDATE CONTROL DEVICE, UPDATE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND UPDATE CONTROL METHOD

摘要

In order to enable the updating of firmware corresponding to a revision of a CPU, this update control unit is equipped with: a nonvolatile first storage means for storing firmware for an update in association with a revision of a CPU of a peripheral unit; and a main control means for carrying out an update process in which a CPU revision is read from a connected peripheral unit, and firmware for an update corresponding to the revision that has been read is read from the nonvolatile first storage means and is transmitted to the peripheral unit.