Upgrading The Base Station Firmware - Nortel T7406E Installation And Configuration Manual

48 Chapter 6 Upgrading the firmware
4 From the upgrade CD, download the CP210x_Drivers.exe file.
5 To extract all the device drivers for this release for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh platforms,
run the CP210x_Driver.exe executable.
The default installation for these drivers is C:\Silabs\MCU\CP210x.
6 Navigate to the location of the device drivers you have extracted.
7
Run the PreInstaller.exe executable.
The drivers install on your PC.

Upgrading the base station firmware

1 Ensure the power source is removed from the base station.
2
Ensure that you have extracted the drivers from the upgrade CD to the default directory
(C:\Silabs\MCU\CP210x).
3 Connect the USB-to-UART cable between the bridge controller and the PC.
The PC LED lights.
4 Connect the upgrade cable between the upgrade ports of the bridge controller and the base
station.
The power LED on the base station lights.
5 On your PC, right-click on My Computer.
6 Navigate to Properties>Hardware>Device Manager>Ports>USB to UART Bridge
Controller (COMx).
7 Make note of the port COM number (COM1, COM2, COM3, for example).
8 From the upgrade CD, launch the FlashLoaderGUI.exe executable.
9
From the COM Ports list in the main FlashloaderGUI window, select the port the
USB-to-UART bridge controller is connected to (COMx).
10 From the Baud Rates list, select a baud rate (115200 is recommended).
11 From the Flash Types list, select SC14428 External Flash (10.368MHz) for a base station
upgrade.
12 From the Bus Mode Types list, select Duplex bus.
13 From the File menu in the FlashloaderGUI, select Open.
14 Navigate to C:\Silabs\MCU\CP210x and locate the base station driver (indicated with the
abbreviation BS).
15 Select the base station driver.
16 Click Open.
17 Connect the AC power source to the bridge controller.
The Power LED lights.
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