Sierra Wireless DART 200, User Manual

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DART 200 CDPD Modem User’s Guide G Loading DART 200 Firmware
Sierra Wireless, Inc. G-2
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If you see an *A1 or *A2 in the modem’s active profile enter:
AT*A0&W
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If you see an *A0 , or do not see an *A at all, then proceed to step
4
4. Insert the download diskette into a floppy disk drive on your PC.
Make that drive the active drive by typing the drive identifying letter
(usually a:) at the DOS prompt followed by a colon ‘:’. For example,
C:\>
a:
5. The command to download the new firmware is:
download [-fFilename] [-cCOMx] [-bBaud] [-iInterrupt]
where:
-f specifies the file name the download started with
-c specifies the COM port to use (COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4)
-b specifies the baud (9600, 19200, 38400)
-i specifies the port interrupt number (3, 4, 5, 7)
[ ] indicate optional parameters
The defaults are: file.hdr, COM2, 38400 baud, interrupt 3.
6. To use all the default settings simply enter:
download
7.
An example using COM1 at 19200 baud is:
download -cCOM1 -b19200
8. If any errors occur during the download they are displayed along
with instructions on what to do about it.
9. The completion status is shown in the download window.
10. Help information can be displayed any time the DOS prompt is
displayed by entering:
download -h
.
? ?
NOTE:
The COM2 default
might not be correct for
many machines;
however, the remaining
defaults are usually
correct.