2Updating the Firmware | Pioneer Software Entertainment Controller

2-2Updating the Firmware

You can use DJS to update the firmware of your SEP-C1 to the latest version.

In order to download the update package and run the update program, connect your computer to the internet and Log on as a user who has been set up as a computer administrator.

Before Updating the Version of the Firmware

If you have not complete the user registration process, you will not be able to run the updater for your SEP-C1.

Consequently, please complete user registration. → ‘2-1 User Registration’

Before starting up DJS, connect your SEP-C1 and your computer with an auxiliary USB power cable and then connect the SEP-C1 and the computer with a USB cable.

→‘1-1 Connecting to your SEP-C1 to a computer’

When you have two or more SEP-C1s

It is not possible to update more than one SEP-C1 at a time. So please connect one unit to your computer at a time.

1 After clicking [Help] on the DJS menu, click [Version Up].

•Once you click [Version Up], it checks our server for whether there is an update package or not; if there is, the [Update Package Detected] screen opens.

•If there is not an update package newer than the version currently being used, it is not possible to update the software.

2 After the [Update Package Detected] screen opens, click the [SEP-C1 Firmware] check box ON and then click [Yes].

•Once you click [Yes], the update package start downloading. Once the download finishes, the [Starting Version Update] message opens.

3 After the [Starting Version Update] message is displayed, click [OK].

•Once you click [OK], the update starts. Once the update finishes, the [Update Complete] message opens.

4 After the [Update Complete] message is displayed, click [OK].

• Once you click [OK], the [Update Complete] message closes.

5 After closing down DJS, remove both the USB auxiliary power cable and the USB cable from your SEP-C1 and your computer.

Warning!

In Windows Vista

Follow the steps below to make the administrator settings.

1.Log on as a user who has been established as the administrator for the computer.

2.Right click the [DJS] shortcut icon on the desktop and then click on [Properties].

3.Click the [Compatibility] tab in the [DJS Properties].

4.Click on [Run this program as the administrator.] so the check box is ON.

5.Click [OK] and then close the [DJS Properties] window.

Before connecting your SEP-C1

It is necessary to install driver software on your computer. Please do not connect the SEP-C1 to your computer until you have finished installing the driver software. For information on how to install the driver software, please refer to “ABOUT THE DRIVER PROGRAM” in the Operating Instructions of your SEP-C1.

Note

Login Name and Password

Once you access our server, you will prompted for the Login Name and the Password you specified when you registered as a user.

Note

Multiple Update Packages

If update packages other than the firmware for your SEP-C1 are detected, such as for the DJS software, the manual, SEP-C1 driver software, and so on, they will be displayed all together in the [Update Package Detected] screen.

If you click their check box(es) and select them, the selected update packages are downloaded and one update runs after another.

Update package detected when DJS starts up

If you log on to your computer as a user with administrator privileges and your computer is connected to the internet and your SEP-C1 is connected to your computer, every time you start up DJS, it will check our server to see if there are any update packages; if there are, the [Update Package Detected] screen will open.

Note

Starting and Finishing Updates

If you selected more than one update package, the Starting Update and Update Complete messages are displayed repeatedly. If an update package for DJS software is selected, DJS will close temporarily and then start back up automatically.

Checking the Firmware Version

For information on how to check your SEP-C1’s firmware version, please refer to “USING THE UTILITY” in the SEP-C1 Operating Instructions. If you fail to close down DJS and completely disconnect your SEP-C1 and the computer, the firmware upgrade will not take effect.

DJS Ver. 1.601