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Mercury 2+ Operator Terminal User Manual
Step 2 : Select BIN file
The user must now select the firmware file to send.
The Mercury 2+ contains two separate processors (one for handle
the main functions and another to handle several I/O functions).
Select the option relating to the type of firmware to be uploaded
(normally files for the “main” processor will be called
main_XvXX.bin, and files for the “I/O” processor will be called
io_XvXX.bin ... where XvXX is the version number).
Now select the file itself using the file chooser
button ...
Step 3 : Power on Mercury
Now the user must power on the Mercury 2+ unit and place it in
the “Upgrade Firmware” mode.
There are a pair of “magic keys” which must be held down as the
power is turned on.
On all units these keys are the two rightmost on the 2
nd
to bottom
row:
•
On a standard keyboard (with F1 ... F6), the magic keys are
“=” and “SHIFT”.
•
On a TA keyboard (with Start Batch 1 ... Start Batch 6), the
magic keys are “8” and “9”.
Once the unit has powered up in the correct mode, the Mercury
display with show “Firmware Update Mode ...”.
Step 4 : Click START
Now the user can click the Start button.
Provided the comms link is connected correctly, the progress bar
along the bottom will begin to fill, and the Mercury display will
show “Progress : xxxx / yyyy”, where xxxx shows the increasing
upgrade block count and yyyy shows the total number of blocks to
be sent.
Once complete the Mercury display will show “Complete. Please
reboot.”.
The user can now reboot the Mercury 2+ unit.
Please note that a factory reset is performed upon a firmware
upgrade, so all settings within the Mercury 2+ unit will need to be
reconfigured.
