70 Chapter 6 R2MFC MBM maintenance

Figure 28 Upgrading firmware overview

Firmware Upgrade

Required

Is f irmware corrupted?

No

Yes

Copy the firmware load and PC program files to

PC

Connect PC to the

R2FMC MBM

Open a Hyper-terminal session to connect to

R2FMC MBM

Disable links

Prepare R2FMC MBM for

upload

Upload new firmware

file

Verify the version of

new firmware

Disconnect PC from

R2FMC MBM

Check the module to see if it is working properly

Perform the following steps to download the firmware the R2MFC MBM:

1Copy the firmware load file and the PC program files, bload1.exe, to the same directory on the PC.

2Use the shipped cable, part number N0026100, to connect a PC to the RS-232 port on the faceplate of the R2MFC MBM through COM1.

3Open a new Hyper-terminal session on the PC using the parameters listed in Table 16.:

Table 16 Hyper-terminal setup parameters

Parameter

Setting

 

 

Connect using

COM 1

 

 

Bits per second

19 200

 

 

Data bits

8

 

 

Parity

None

 

 

Stop Bits

1

 

 

Flow Control

None

 

 

4Go to step 11 if the existing firmware is corrupted. Corrupted firmware is indicated if the BOOT program displays:

load, switch, fload, fswitch, checksum, DisMem, DisWord, *=quit

----> user monitor:

5Wait for the monitor line (flashing cursor) to appear on the terminal session.

NN40010-300

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