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9 - Commence the upgrade
To begin the upgrade process, click the
Upload Now
button. The progress
will be shown within the dialog. Should you decide not to continue with
the upload at any stage, click the
Abort
button; response to this is usually
immediate, however, during an erase command, the upload will not be
aborted until the erase is complete (this may take a few seconds).
10 - Change option switch 1 to the OFF position and cycle the power
Click switch 1 on the rear of the MC5 to the OFF position and disconnect
the power. When the power is re-applied the MC5 will operate using the
new firmware.
Issues to consider when performing flash upgrades
The upgrade program rewrites the MC5 firmware code. If the upgrade process is
interrupted then the MC5 will have invalid code and will not be able to operate.
It is therefore good practice to ensure that the upgrade process is always fully
completed. A partial or failed upgrade may be rectified by performing another
upgrade. If the upgrade process is interrupted accidentally then you should
immediately repeat the upgrade process without moving switch 1 from the
upgrade (ON) position. Switch 1 forces the MC5 into flash upgrade mode
and prevents the upgraded code from being run. Running faulty or partially
upgraded code may have unpredictable results and may damage your MC5 or
computing equipment.
WARNING: Running faulty or partially upgraded code may have unpredictable
results and may damage your MC5 or computing equipment.
The results of the unit query will be displayed in the Device/Dongle Selection
dialog:
The type and firmware revision of each discovered CAM will be displayed
alongside the port number to which it is connected.
7 - Select the items to be upgraded
Using the Device/Dongle Selection dialog you can determine which items
should receive a firmware upgrade:
• Use the
Program / Verify Main Unit
option to include or exclude the
MC5 unit itself.
• Use the
Select All CAMs
option to upgrade every discovered CAM.
• Use the
Select All USB / PS2 / Sun CAMs
options to upgrade only CAMs
of a certain type.
• Use the individual port options to select particular CAM devices to
upgrade.
When the required options have been selected, click OK.
Note: Approximate upgrade times are: MC5 unit = 41⁄2 minutes; each
selected CAM = 20 seconds.
8 - Select the upgrade file to be used
From the main KVM Firmware Uploader dialog, click the
Browse...
button
and select the upgrade file:
MC5 24 port: MC5_Vxxx
where Vxxx is the upgrade file version number.
The upgrade file details will be displayed within the dialog.
IMPORTANT: Check that the ‘Intended Target Units’ field matches the
‘Unit Connected’ field. If these fields do not match then you may have an
incorrect upgrade file, check with LINDY before proceeding. Check also that
the ‘New firmware version’ is greater than the ‘Current firmware version’.
Check that the
‘Intended Target
Units’ field
matches the ‘Unit
Connected’ field.
Check also that
the ‘New firmware
version’ is greater
than the ‘Current
firmware version’.
