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GCA40–213
Converting the DXP Database
Use this procedure to convert an existing DXP database to a software release 9x compatibility. This
action places the database in an arrangement that allows you to translate it. Translating the database
makes it compatible with software releases that support VMMI usage (software release 10A and later).
1. Employ a PC with an XMODEM communications program and use the DXP's embedded MMI programming
method to store the current DXP database to the PC's hard drive. The saved database does not include the
SMDA/SMDR records. If you need these SMDA/SMDR records, you must make a printout of them before
you perform the database storage.
2. Disconnect the PC from the DXP.
3. If the stored database is not at least software release 9A, obtain a copy of revision 9A or later PCMMI
programming software and load it on your computer.
NOTE: Remember, you can always down load the latest PCMMI software from the Comdial On-Line
Support Server. Reach the Support Server from the Comdial home page on the World Wide Web
by connecting at: http://www.comdial.com/.
4. Use this revision 9A or later PCMMI to restore the existing, or current, DXP database file. Restoring the
database using the 9A PCMMI makes the database 9n compatible.
5. Save the converted database to your computer's hard drive using a new file name. Using a new file name
prevents the computer from overwriting the original file.
Translating an Earlier DXP Database to a Common Code Base Database
Use this procedure to translate a DXP database—which you have first converted to be compatible to
software release 9x—to be compatible with a common code base software release of 10A and later.
1. From the VMMI window, select the File pull-down menu.
2. Select Open As . . ..
3. From the Open database File window, select the database that you wish to open and OK your choice. A
prompt asks you to confirm the translation. You must click OK to proceed.
4. Specify a new file location where the translated database can reside.
5. Select the destination platform type for the system and OK your selection. The Select Board Type window
opens.
6. Use the Select Board Type window to describe the board configuration of the DXP database that you are
translating.
a. For reference before upgrading the software to 10A or later, make a record of the DXP's physical board
configuration.
b. Use the board record information to answer the prompts on the Select Board Type window. The prompts
first ask for all installed station boards beginning with the DXP's leftmost universal slot in the main
cabinet. The prompts then ask for all installed line boards beginning with the DXP's leftmost line slot in
the main cabinet. When a slot in the original DXP contains an auxiliary board, select the No Board
response. When the prompt asks for a station board but a line board occupies that slot in the original
DXP, select the No Board response. When the prompt asks for a line board but a station board occupies
that slot in the original DXP, select the No Board response. When you finish listing the board
configuration, OK your selections.
8 – Upgrading the DXP Software
Programming the Features
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