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Upgrading a Base Station
The following steps should be followed to upgrade the software/firmware within a base
station:
1. Connect the PC to the base station via the supplied serial cable.
2. Connect external power to the system. This ensures that the system does not power
down while the upgrade is in progress. Then back up all correlation files to the PC.
3. Start the MCDUpdater application and ensure that the ‘port’ is set correctly and ‘unit type’
is set to base.
4. Click on the ‘Update’ button to retrieve the current versions from the system.
5. Click on the ‘Browse Firmware’ and ‘Browse Software’ buttons and locate the firmware
and software update files. If only the software or the firmware is to be upgraded then only
select the required upgrade file.
6. Ensure that the update files are newer than those currently installed on the system. (The
latest version should always be used unless told specifically by your Palmer
representative that an older version should be used).
7. Click on the ‘Program’ button and wait for the operation to complete.
8. Remove the power and reset the system. Wait for the system to fully restart, then click on
the ‘Update’ button and verify that the software/firmware has updated successfully.
9. Switch the unit off completely and then switch back on again.
Upgrading an Out Station
The following steps should be followed to upgrade the firmware within an out station:
1. Connect the PC to the out station via the supplied serial cable.
2. Connect external power to the system. This ensures that the system does not power
down while the upgrade is in progress.
3. Start the MCD Updater application and ensure that the ‘port’ is set correctly and ‘unit type’
is set to Out Station.
4. Click on the ‘Update’ button to retrieve the current versions from the system.
5. Click on the ‘Browse Firmware’ button and locate the firmware update file.
6. Ensure that the update file is newer than that currently installed on the system. (The latest
version should always be used unless told specifically by your Palmer representative that
an older version should be used).
7. Click on the ‘Program’ button and wait for the operation to complete.
8. Remove the power and reset the system. Wait for the system to fully restart, then click on
the ‘Update’ button and verify that the firmware has updated successfully.
9. Remember to upgrade both red and blue Out Stations and, if purchased, the optional
yellow Out Station.
Upgrade verification
To verify the latest versions of software have been successfully installed, go to the main
menu on the correlator and select “5 Test and Service”. Then select “8 Information”. This
shows the Information screen, which lists the software and firmware versions.
