AMX Wireless Touch Panels (Wave Server) instruction manual Upgrading the Firmware

Upgrading the Firmware

Caution

Power loss during SOFTROM download can seriously affect the PosiTrack 30 and any previously stored information.

Overview

In this section, you’ll see how to upgrade the firmware in the PosiTrack 30 using the SOFTROM software program. Your PC must be connected to the PROGRAM DB-9 connector on the Central Controller or camera control unit connector using a Programming Cable.

If power is lost during the download process, the unit will power up with the same set of code it had prior to the download. There is a small window during which a loss of power can be catastrophic. If power is lost between the erase of flash memory and the completion of copying the new boot code from RAM to flash memory, the unit will not operate at all when power returns.

To update the firmware in the touch panels:

Note

These steps follow the installation of this software from the AMX Control Disc.

Figure 224

SOFTROM.EXE screen

1.Place the AMX Control Disc into the Compact Disc player of your PC.

2.From the Start menu, go to Programs\AMX Control Disc\AMX DOS Tools\SOFTROM.

3.Click the SOFTROM program. A screen similar to the screen shown in Figure 224 appears on your computer.

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