EMBEDDED
PLC BL2500 User’s Manual
Loading or Upgrading the Firmware Kernel
OEM Technology Solutions
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Figure 12: Programming Cable Connection
2. Connect the power supply to the BL2500 following the instructions in Section 2.4.1.
6.1.3 Loading and licensing the Firmware Kernel
The
EMBEDDED
PLC BL2500 Firmware Kernel file (
BL2500C_V1.04_3-0231H.bin
) is located in the
BL2500C_BSP_V1.04_9-0003-006\Kernels
directory of the CD-ROM (or in the ZIP file, if
downloaded from the website). It is recommended to copy this file from the CD-ROM to a local PC folder,
referred in this procedure as
<EMBEDDED PLC Kernel Dir>
. Use the following procedure to load the
EMBEDDED
PLC Firmware Kernel to the Target:
1. Open
the
EMBEDDED
PLC Utility and select
Setup
→
Communications…
from the main menu bar.
Select the serial COM port where the programming cable is connected. Check the
Use USB to Serial
converter
check-box if you have the RS232-to-USB converter cable. Press
OK
.
2. Select
File
→
Load Flash Image…
from the main
menu bar. On
Choose Flash Image
window press
...
button. On the
Open
window select the
EMBEDDED
PLC Firmware Kernel file
<EMBEDDED PLC Kernel
Dir>
\BL2500C_V1.04_3-0231H.bin
and press
Open
. Press
OK
on the
Choose Flash Image
window.
3. A
Progress
window is displayed with the status of the
loading process. The process consists of four stages:
Sending Coldloader
→
Sending Pilot BIOS
→
Erasing
Flash
→
Sending Program.
4. After loading is completed a message dialog box is displayed. Follow the instructions in the same
order: Connect
DIAG
cable
→
Reset Target
→
Press
OK
. There are two ways to reset the BL2500:
unplugging the power supply and then
plugging it again (also known as a
power cycle
); and the other is shorting
out the reset pads on the back of the
BL2500 board. For more information
about the location of the hardware reset
see Section 2.2.1 in [1].