
APPENDIX F - FIRMWARE UPGRADE PROCEDURE
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APPENDIX F - FIRMWARE UPGRADE PROCEDURE
Fox leaves the manufacturer with the latest firmware installed just prior to shipment. Once
purchased, the firmware can be updated with the latest version. available The Firmware Upgrade
can be run in the Windows working environment . Supported operating systems include: Windows
Xp Sp3, Windows Vista and Windows 7 Ultimate 32/64 Bit. Ensure you have installed Microsoft
.net 4 on the operating system. Where this is not the case, visit the site
www.microsoft.com
for
installation.
In order to upgrade the processor, please follow this procedure:
After the initialisation of the device (firmware upgrade), all the settings and adjustments of the
user may be deleted and/or overwritten by the new settings of the manufacturer! Please save the
current configuration in a document external to the device before proceeding with the firmware
update.
During the firmware update, do not forget to install the new version of the software associated
with remote control of the PC. There is a direct correspondence between the firmware and
software versions. For example, version 3.0 of the Pc software requires firmware version 3.0
installed on the unit and vice versa. More precisely, the first two digits must match, as far as
possible, the sub-versions (identified by the third digit) not related to the firmware/software
compatibility.
As a general rule, the software version X. Y. Z is performed with the X. Y. K firmware version.
10.1 PREPARATION OF THE UNIT FOR UPGRADE
To correctly run the upgrade of a Fox device, a Rs232 type Serial COM port must be used. If the port is native on the
motherboard of the pc from which you are working you do not need to set the port characteristics, while if you are using
USB-to-Serial adapters, in some cases you may need to set certain port data such as speed and stop bit. The software
upgrader works with port values:
38,400bps, 8-N-1
Below are these step-by-step instructions to proceed correctly to the upgrade:
a.
Close all applications open on the PC.
b.
Navigate to the FwUpgrades folder
c.
Click twice on the file associated with the upgrade to be performed
d.
Launch the program _Upgrader_V2xx.EXE
e.
Fox_Upgrader_V201.exe
NB: to check the current version of Fox owned, access the Firmware Version page from the system information menu.
f.
Select the
serial port
of the PC
on the screen
g.
Turn off
the Fox device
h.
Turn on
the Fox device and
3 seconds after power on click the CONNECT key
i.
Once the software is connected
with the Fox device, the following screen will appear. At the same time, the frontal
display of the device
remains completely empty
, not showing any indication.