Is my Bolt compatible with Bolt Utility or Bolt Manager? – Teradek

Not sure which Bolt model you have? Refer to this article.

Not sure which Sidekick model you have? Refer to this article.

Overview

Bolt Utility is the original software used for all 1st generation Bolt models : Bolt Standard, Bolt Pro and the 1st generation Bolt 2000. There are two versions of Bolt Utility:

Bolt Utility version 1.2.4 (February 28, 2014) : Mac OS download link / Windows download link.
Bolt Utility version 2.4.0 (June 24, 2014) : Mac OS download link / Windows download link.

Bolt Manager is the current software for some older 1st generation units, and all current 2nd and 3rd generation units. The most recent version of Bolt Manager is available for download at this link.

Refer to the tables below for compatibility and specific caveats.

1st generation Bolt

	Program
Model	Bolt Utility v1.2.4	Bolt Utility v2.4.0	Bolt Manager
Bolt Standard	YES	NO [1]	NO [2]
Bolt Pro	YES	YES	YES [3]
Bolt 2000	NO	YES	YES [3]

[1] Bolt Standard units that are flashed with the firmware in Bolt Utility version 2.4.0 may work, but this is not officially supported by Teradek. Use Bolt Utility version 1.2.4 for best results.

[2] Bolt Standard units will be recognized by Bolt Manager if the steps in this article are used, but they may be incorrectly identified as Bolt Pro units in more recent Bolt Manager / firmware package releases and incompatible firmware will be flashed onto the Bolt Standard series. Therefore, it is recommended that only Bolt Utility version 1.2.4 be used with the Bolt Standard series.

[3]The earliest version of Bolt Manager that supports these units is version 3.0.7, and Bolt firmware package 1.0.7.

At this time, the most recent version of Bolt Manager that is compatible with 1st generation units is version 3.1.5, and it must be used with Bolt firmware package version 2.0.4.

DO NOT USE Bolt Manager or Bolt firmware packages after these versions!

For additional details, refer to this article.

2nd generation Bolt

	Program
Model	Bolt Utility v1.2.4	Bolt Utility v2.4.0	Bolt Manager
Bolt 300	NO	NO	YES
Bolt 600	NO	NO	YES
Bolt 2000	NO	NO	YES

3rd generation Bolt

	Program
Model	Bolt Utility v1.2.4	Bolt Utility v2.4.0	Bolt Manager
Bolt 500	NO	NO	YES [4]
Bolt 1000	NO	NO	YES
Bolt 3000	NO	NO	YES

[4] Bolt Manager version 3.2.2 and firmware package 2.0.3 or later is required.

Sidekick Receiver

	Program
Model	Bolt Utility v1.2.4	Bolt Utility v2.4.0	Bolt Manager
1st gen Sidekick	NO	NO	YES [5]
2nd gen Sidekick	NO	NO	YES [6]

[5] Bolt Manager version 3.1.3 and firmware package 1.3.2 or later is required.

[6] Bolt Manager version 3.2.2 and firmware package 2.0.3 or later is required.