diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
index 35f9d57..fc3017a 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
@@ -349,39 +349,38 @@
       changed_when: false
       ignore_errors: true
 
-    - name: Dev2 | Choose raw string (firmux preferred, else banner)
+    # Dev2: firmux-only selection (prefer line with "rev NNNN")
+    - name: Dev2 | Select line from firmux (prefer '... rev NNNN')
       delegate_to: localhost
-      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+      set_fact:
+        _firmux_lines: "{{ (dev2_firmux.stdout | default('') | splitlines()) | map('trim') | list }}"
         indoor_fw_raw: >-
           {{
-            (dev2_firmux.stdout | default('') | trim)
-            if ((dev2_firmux.stdout | default('') | trim) | length > 0)
-            else (dev2_banner.stdout | default('') | trim)
+            (
+              _firmux_lines
+              | select('match', '(?i).*\\brev\\s*\\d+.*')
+              | list
+            )[0]
+            if (
+              _firmux_lines
+              | select('match', '(?i).*\\brev\\s*\\d+.*')
+              | list
+              | length
+            ) > 0
+            else
+            ((_firmux_lines | select('truthy') | list )[0] | default(''))
           }}
 
-    - name: Dev2 | Debug raw indoor fw string
+    - name: Dev2 | Debug chosen line from firmux
       delegate_to: localhost
       debug:
-        msg:
-          - "Dev2 indoor_fw_raw: {{ indoor_fw_raw }}"
+        msg: "Chosen indoor_fw_raw='{{ indoor_fw_raw }}'"
 
-    - name: Dev2 | Normalize to 'X.Y.Z rev NNNN' or already '-rNNNN' style
+    # Final value for NetBox: keep exactly what firmux says (no '-r' conversion)
+    - name: Dev2 | Final indoor fw string (no transformation)
       delegate_to: localhost
-      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        indoor_fw_norm: >-
-          {{
-            ((indoor_fw_raw | default('') | trim | lower) is search('-r[0-9]+$'))
-            | ternary(
-                (indoor_fw_raw | default('') | trim),
-                ((indoor_fw_raw | default('') | trim) | regex_replace('\\s*[Rr][Ee][Vv]\\.??\\s*([0-9]+)\\s*$', '-r\\1'))
-              )
-          }}
-
-    - name: Dev2 | Debug normalized indoor fw string
-      delegate_to: localhost
-      debug:
-        msg:
-          - "Dev2 indoor_fw_norm: {{ indoor_fw_norm }}"
+      set_fact:
+        indoor_fw_norm: "{{ indoor_fw_raw | trim }}"
 
     # Build payload preview (exact string) — single, corrected task
     - name: Dev2 | Build payload preview string