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Update documentation with procedure for discovering hidden CAN boards #322

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#### Discover hidden CAN boards
This section describes the procedure that you should use when you cannot discover a `CAN` board connected to a specific `ETH` board, even if the master `ETH` board is in `maintenance` mode and you checked that there are no hardware issues related to the cabling.
Here is the step-by-step procedure (also shown in the animated GIF at the end of the section):

- In a terminal, type `FirmwareUpdater -a` (or `FirmwareUpdater --admin`).
- Select the `ETH` driver in the devices list.
- Click on `Discover`.
- Select the `ETH` board under which you aim to discover the `CAN` board by ticking in its checkbox.
- If the `ETH` board `Status` is `application (IDLE)`, press the button `Force ETH Maintenance` and wait until the board `Status` has changed to `maintenance`.

!!! warning
It is important that you run the following two points in a row quickly, just one after the other, without waiting more than `5 seconds` in between.

- Click on `Restart ETH Board(s)`.
- Click on `Discover`.

!!! note
These two steps are fundamental for sending the discovery signal while the `CAN` boards are booting. In the animated GIF below, the boards that are not discoverable (e.g., `strain2`) are in the status `canBootloader` and not `canApplication`. Forcing the restart of the `ETH` boards is crucial as it will power-cycle the `CAN` boards too. The discovery command should be then sent at that right moment, that is when the `CAN` board is in `canBootloader`.

8. Update the `CAN` board as usual.

<img src ="../img/procedure-discover-hidden-can-boards.gif" height = 480px>

### Access Strain/Strain2/Strain2c calibration data
In order to acces the GUI containing the calibration data for F/T sensors do the following.

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