Procedure of HC6000 Version 7 Soft Refresh
This section is used for HC6000 software reprogramming only. Please follow the instructions carefully,
or pc board could become un-functional.
1. Install the driver program for Atmel MCU, SAM-BAon your computer first. The link for the Atmel
program AT91-ISP.exe and the latest version of can be found at the following location:
www.armstronginternational.com/hc6000refresh
2. Before refreshing the code, the old code in CPU must be erased:
a. Turn off the power supply from the breaker, and push the emergency stop button in.
b. Put Dip Switch S4-3 in the on position (Test Mode Select), turn on the breaker and pull out
emergency button. The indicator LED D47 on main board will remain ON. Keep the power
supply on for at least 8 seconds.
(This is the step to erase the old code.)
c. Turn off the power supply and put dip switch S4-3 to the off position.
d. Turn on the power supply, the indicator LED D47 will remain ON.
3. Loading the new code:
a. Connect the main board to computer with an USB cable. The computer should find the new
hardware, "ATMELAT91xxxxx Test Board "and install driver for board automatically. If system
can not find the board automatically, please install driver manual, the path of the install file
.inf is: c:/wingdows/info/atm6124.inf
b. Run program SAM-BA select the connection port as "\usb\ARM0", select board as
AT91SAM7S256-EK", please see figure 1 below.
Fig.1 SAM-BA Start Up Window
c. Click "Connect" button to enter the download window. Please see figure 2 on page 43.
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