Afar AR-24010E, Operator'S Manual

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pulsAR radio Operator's Manual
1. If you have not done so, install the utility program Econsole in the PC. This utility program is
distributed with the radios and can also be downloaded from the website. Please refer to the
separate Econsole User's Manual for instructions on how to install it.
2. Make sure the file with the new firmware (file pmp0x_xx.bze) is available in the PC.
3. Start the Econsole utility by typing “econ” at a DOS command window. Econsole will send a
“discovery” message and display all the radios that can be seen. Verify that all radios in the
network are listed.
4. Establish a command session with one of the radios in the list with the command:
Econsole> connect n (where “n” is the number of the desired radio in the radio list)
5. Once you get a command prompt from that radio type:
>directory
to view a list of files stored in Flash PROM as well as the available free space. Verify that the
free space in flash PROM is larger than the size of the pmp0x_xx.bze file in the PC. If there is
not enough space in Flash PROM delete one of the program files to make up space (use command
>delete filename).
6. If the radio configuration has been password protected, you must first unlock the protection with
the command:
> unlock enable-configuration= password
(when the configuration is unlocked, the radio prompt ends with the characters ‘#>. In locked
mode the prompt does not include the ‘#’ character).
7. Issue the command:
>download path/ pmp0x_xx.bze
where path/ is the directory in the PC where the pmp0x_xx.bze file is stored. The path/ extension
is not required if the file is in the same directory as the Econsole program. As the download
proceeds Econsole displays a line showing the current percentage complete.
8. Once the download is complete, issue the command:
>set-default-program pmp0x_xx
in order to make the new file the default program to run after a reset.
9. Issue the command:
>directory
and verify that the new file is in flash PROM, has the expected size, and is identified as the
default program. Note that until you reboot the radio (below) the older version is still running.
10. Depress the “ F4 ” key to log-off the session with the current radio. Econsole displays the list of
all radios from the initial discovery phase. Repeat steps 4 through 9 for each of the radios until
all radios have the new firmware version.
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