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Uploading SAF-TE controller card firmware
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7
Press the
U
key (lowercase) to start the upload. Using the mouse, click on
Transfers
, then click
Send
.
8
Click the
Browse
button, locate the new firmware file, select it, then click
Send
. The firmware file will have a “.S3R” extension.
Make sure that the protocol “Xmodem” is selected.
From the Xmodem send screen you can monitor the progress of the upload.
You can safely stop the transfer without affecting your existing firmware
any time during the transfer until it has been completed. The upload does
not overwrite the firmware during the upload process, but it writes the new
code into unused EEPROM space until completed, then copies the new
firmware code to the EEPROM active region.
If you choose to stop an upload while in progress, make sure that the stop
(abort) command was completed by pressing
C
TRL
+X at the cursor.