
M
IRAGE
and S
OLOIST
2
IFP
BROADCAST MPEG 2 PLAYER
Version 3.0
IFP-Page 1 of 6
ADTEC, Inc. USA
IFP
IFP
IFP Introduction
The Mirage/Soloist 2 were designed using “Flash” memory technology to retain
the BIOS (Basic input/output System) and Application firmware. Flash
technology allows the Mirage/Soloist 2 to be In Field Programmed (IFP). The
IFP feature was designed to easily facilitate firmware updates without factory
repair or ROM chip replacements. Through the Symphony-Net software the IFP
applet provides a simple intuitive windows based interface for upgrading the
Mirage/Soloist 2 in a matter of minutes.
The Mirage/Soloist 2 flash memory is a non-volatile memory device that
provides the storage for the “Boot”, “Application” and “Configuration” settings.
The Boot area is a slice of memory designed to give the Mirage/Soloist 2 a basic
input/output system. With out a programmed Boot firmware section, the
Mirage/Soloist 2 will be rendered dead. The Application firmware section stores
the code that gives the Mirage/Soloist 2 its functionality. The Configuration
section stores the Mirage/Soloist 2 parameters for many items including unit
name, IP address, video standard, video output, and many more (see
Configuration section under Console).
Firmware file information
The firmware will be factory released and e-mailed to a client directly from
ADTEC’s engineering facilities. Please e-mail
for
firmware release requests. All firmware upgrades will be sent in zipped format.
A copy of PKZip or WinZip will be required to extract the S19 record
Date code: MM/DD/YY
File name: *.s19
File size: FFF KB
Time of build: HH: MM AM/PM
Zipped file name: S2MMDDYY.zip
File size: ZZZ KB
Time of build: HH: MM AM/PM
All firmware releases will be accompanied with a file called Document.txt,
which contains the release notes. This can easily be viewed in Notepad or
Wordpad.
\
Boot Key is optional on parallel
port prior to Firmware upgrade!
Boot:
Firmware factory loaded for
BIOS functions.
Application:
Firmware factory or
field loaded for functionality.
Configuration:
User defined
configuration parameters.
\
Never attempt to open the
soloist2.s19 file with a text editor,
as this will most certainly corrupt
the file!
FFF:
File size unzipped.
Example:
S2102398.zip
ZZZ:
File size zipped.