Loading Firmware Using An Sis Command - Extron electronics MAV 44 Series User Manual

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Loading firmware using an SIS command

Firmware can be loaded using SIS commands as follows:
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Figure 4-3 — Turn on the echo function
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Firmware can be uploaded two ways:
1. Using the Matrix Switchers Control Program.
2. Using the upload SIS command entered via a communications utility
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such as HyperTerminal.
Extron recommends that you upload firmware using the Matrix
Switchers Control Program (see "Updating the firmware" on page 4-15)
and reserve this SIS procedure for correcting firmware that has been
corrupted and unable to respond to the Matrix Switchers Control
Program.
Visit the Extron web site, www.extron.com, select the MAV switcher product
category, and determine the latest firmware that is in the proper firmware set.
• Firmware in the version 1.xx set can be replaced only by other version
1.xx firmware, with the file extension ".HEX".
• Firmware in the version 2.xx set can be replaced only by other version
2.xx firmware, with the file extension ".s19".
• The higher the version number within a firmware set, the more recent the
firmware. Choose the latest version.
Select the appropriate firmware file to download and copy it to your
computer. Note the folder to which you save the firmware file.
Start a communications utility such as HyperTerminal. Select the Comm port
that is connected to the switcher's RS-232 port. Use 9600 bits per second, 8
data bits, "none" parity, 1 stop bit, and "none" flow control.
If you are performing this procedure to recover from corrupted firmware, the
switcher will respond only to the "n", "q", and "
The firmware upload can take several minutes. If HyperTerminal's echo
function is turned off, you will have no indication that the upload is
progressing. If desired, turn on the echo function as follows (figure 4-3): Click
File > Properties > Settings > ASCII Setup... , click in the Echo typed
characters locally checkbox, and then click Ok twice.
upload" SIS commands.
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