Firmware Update Procedures
4.In the drop-down menu, select Use TCP Connection. An alert box will open with a "System Reset Warning". This is a normal caution. Click Yes.
5.In CueStation 4 open the Mixer Configuration window. Select Configuration > Upload Firmware. Make sure that you comply with the instruction in the alert box that opens and then click OK.
6.A file requester window will open. Navigate to the location with the CS4 firmware files.
Note
Files can be sent in any order as long as all of them are sent before power-cycling the LX-300 The order listed here goes from the shortest file to the longest.
7.Select the first file: et_boot-yyyymmdd.csf. This is a very small file and will upload in only a few seconds. If possible, watch the front of the LX-300 for the acknowledgment "File Good".
8.CueStation 4 will display an Alert box cautioning you to wait for file upload to complete. Click OK.
CS3 will not be able to send a message to CS4 so you will not see an acknowledgment in the log window that the file upload was successful.
Note
While it is not necessary, if you have a BeOS computer connected to the Matrix3 system during this upgrade, you will see the CS 3 messages that confirm when Write to FLASH has succeeded.
9.Select the second file: lx300-yyyymmdd.csf. This file will take longer to upload and it has two parts that must report "File Good". You must wait for both "File Good" messages.
10.If you have an Expansion DSP module, LX-EXP, or a VRAS module, LX-VRA you need to select lx300exp- yyyymmdd.csf as your third file.
11.The next files that need to be uploaded are the main firmware for the LX-ELC module. With Wild Tracks 4, the size of the firmware file has grown to the point where it had to be split into two parts.
The first part is etrx1--2.4.23-yyyymmdd.csf. This will take some time to upload. Once you see "File Good" on the Frame Status, upload the second part.
The second part is etrx2--2.4.23-yyyymmdd.csf. This will take some time to upload. You must wait for File Good to be displayed and this will be a number of minutes, often several times longer than the wait for the first part of the main EtherTracks firmware. Once you see "File Good", there is only one more file to upload.
12.The last file that has to be uploaded is a configuration for the EtherTracks module. In the Mixer Configuration window, select Frame 1.
13.Set the Slot that has the LX-ELC EtherTracks module installed to EtherTracks. Note that the (Master) setting is used for an LX-ELC module in Frame ID 01, while the (Slave) setting is used for any module that is in a LX- 300 with a higher ID number.
14.Enter the IP address for the module. Check the Send box. Then choose Configuration > Send Configuration to Frames.
15.Once Configuration has been sent, go to VirtualLX and change the Connection to LX-300 in the drop-down menu to use the built-in simulator. If you don’t do this, then when the LX-300 is re-started, VirtualLX will take over the firmware running in the LX-ELC module.
16.You can now power-cycle the LX-300s to boot into version 4.6.0. Remember to leave the power off for at least 10 seconds before switching it back on again.
