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Flash Memory Upgrade
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12 Flash Memory Upgrade
The main part of the unit firmware is located in FLASH
1
Download the up-to-date file from the Internet or obtain it from your dealer.
The following example shows how to install a file named (for example)
“162-15.hex” to the FLASH memory
memory, which
lets you upgrade to the latest Kramer firmware version in minutes!
2
The current unit software version shows in the
STATUS
display as
.
Figure 14
illustrates in section
10.1
.
12.1 Connecting the PC to the RS-232 Port
Before installing the latest Kramer firmware version on a unit, connect:
•
The COM port on your PC to the RS-232 IN port on the unit
When simultaneously upgrading the firmware on several units:
•
Connect the COM port on your PC to the RS-232 IN port on the
first unit
•
Connect the RS-232 OUT port on the first unit to the RS-232 IN
port on the second unit or another 16x16 unit
•
Connect all 16x16 units that you want to upgrade, in this way,
linking them in a daisy chain connection
•
Set DIP 7 according to whether or not a null-modem connection is
being used
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12.2 Upgrading the Firmware
1. Install and run the
K-Sender
program on your PC.
2. Open the
K-Sender
program.
The File COM Port Sender window opens.
3. Choose the appropriate COM port.
Be sure that “9600 Baud rate” is chosen.
Click the
File
button.
4. Locate the file “162-15.hex” and click the
Open
button.
The filename appears in the lower part of the window (in bold script).
1 Electrically programmable and erasable
2 The number “15” in the file name indicates the version number “1.5”. Be sure you receive the latest version, and that it is a
“.hex” file
3 Refer to section
8.1
for full details
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