MEGAPOWER CPU ETHERNET FIRMWARE UPGRADE PROCEDURE
8200-0813-01, REV. B0
INSTALLATION GUIDE
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Installation
Required Items
Qty Item
Description
1 ea.
Desktop or portable personal computer
(Intel
®
processor-based architecture)
with:
•
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
NT 4.0, 2000
Professional, or XP Professional
operating system installed (required
for TFTP Service)
•
Microsoft
®
Office Professional
Edition 2003, 2007, or later installed
(required for Microsoft XPS
Document Writer support).
•
Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer
®
6.0 or
later (required for XPS Document
review)
•
Copies of the originally shipped and
latest versions of the American
Dynamics EASY CPU Configurator
installation executable
1 ea.
Category 5 Ethernet crossover cable for
a direct connect or straight-through
cable network connection to the
MPCPU
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Latest version of the ADMPCPU
firmware files. The standardized naming
convention is:
mpcpuV
xxxx
.
yyy
=
M
ega
P
ower
c
entral
p
rocessing
u
nit, 4-
digit Version number
xxxx
, and 3-letter
file-type extension
yyy
. Examples are:
−
FPGA: mpcpuV0101.pga
−
Boot:
mpcpuV0102.umb
−
Application: mpcpuV0102.ump
The latest set of firmware file(s) may be supplied
by e-mail or available from the following locations:
ftp://ftp.americandynamics.net/
http://www.americandynamics.net/
Connections
Connect a laptop or desktop personal computer
(PC) to the MPCPU as shown in the configuration
that most closely corresponds with your system.
Figure 1. PC to Single MPCPU Connection
Using Ethernet Crossover Cable
Figure 2. PC to Single MPCPU Connection
Using Straight-Through Cables with Hub or
Router
Figure 3. PC to Dual MPCPU Connection Using
Straight-Through Cables with Hub or Router
Ethernet
Crossover
Cable
Straight-Thru
Cables
Straight-Thru
Cables
