Steps to update your Platform Edition PadBox GS to the latest firmware

The easiest way is the PadBox Configurator: it installs the firmware for you, straight from your browser. The manual method further down still works if you can't use it.

Update with the PadBox Configurator (recommended)

You need Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge on a computer, and a USB data cable.

If your PadBox already connects to the Configurator

  1. Open the PadBox Configurator, plug your PadBox in and click CONNECT.
  2. Click Update firmware (the download arrow at the top right).
  3. Choose HOJA2 and click install. If the browser asks, pick RP2 Boot.
  4. Don't unplug it until the page says it's done.

If you bought your PadBox before the Configurator came out

  1. Open the PadBox Configurator and click UPDATE AN OLDER PADBOX.
  2. Choose GS Platform, the firmware it runs now, and HOJA2 as the firmware to install.
  3. Follow the on-screen steps: hold START + SELECT while plugging your PadBox in, then click INSTALL and pick RP2 Boot.

Your old settings are not carried over, so set up your buttons, lights and stick again afterwards.

Full instructions in the owner's guide: Updating the firmware · Update an older PadBox

Manual install

1. Enter Bootloader Mode

Hold START + SELECT while plugging your Padbox into your PC.

A drive named RPI-RP2 should appear on your computer.

2. Flash Nuke

Copy the file Flash nuke.uf2 into the RPI-RP2 drive.
Wait a few seconds — the window will close and then reappear automatically.

3. Install Firmware

Now copy the PadBox-GS-Platform-HOJA2 firmware into the same RPI-RP2 window.
After a few seconds, the controller will reboot and reconnect as a gamepad.

Download Files

Remap your buttons and calibrate your stick

Use the PadBox Configurator to remap your buttons, calibrate your stick and set your LED colors. See the PadBox Configurator Guide.