Device Description HG G-71910-C | English, Revision 03 | Date: 17.09.2019
43
Software – Chapter 6
6.4 Firmware Update
The CPU inside the antenna can be updated via the serial interface. In order to do
this connect the serial interface of a PC to the antenna. Then use the Software tool
FLASH269 to program the antenna CPU as described below.
6.4.1 Installation of the Flash Program
No real installation is necessary, rather copy the files onto your PC with the following
steps:
1.
Create a folder for the program.
2.
Copy the program file
FLASH269.EXE
into this folder.
3.
Copy the file
FLASH269.DLL
into the Windows system folder. The name of
this folder varies according to the version of Windows in use.
6.4.2 Using the Flash Program
Start the flash program by double clicking on
FLASH269.EXE
in the folder you
created above. The following program window is shown:
Figure 20
Screenshot Flash ST10F269
Use Select Hex File to select the firmware file from the disk. The set the relevant
COM port. Switch to the Terminal program and in monitor mode press
to enter
the password
815
. Then press
to prepare the antenna for the update process. Af
-
terwards cut the connection to the antenna in the Terminal program and switch back
to the Flash program. Here click on
Program Target Device
and confirm the
dialog that opens. As soon as the programming is finished successfully reset the an
-
tenna by turning the power off and then on again. As soon as you re-connect the ter
-
minal program the new version number of the firmware should be shown in the
main screen.