Introduction; Prerequisites; Upgrade Procedure - Tally Xpress T9412i Network User's Manual

APPENDIX D
UPGRADING THE NIC
FIRMWARE
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NTRODUCTION
Located on the network interface card (NIC) are flash
memory devices for storing the NIC firmware. The firmware
contains instructions that are used by the NIC for
communicating with a network. If for some reason the
firmware must be upgraded, it can be easily done.
For information about NIC firmware upgrades, such as
whether you need one or not, and how to receive them, visit
Tally's Web site at
www.tally.com
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REREQUISITES
Before the NIC firmware can be upgraded, the following
prerequisites must be met.
• The NIC must be installed in the printer (see Chapter 2),
physically connected to a network, and the NIC must be
configured (see Chapter 4).
• A Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000 computer must be
used for performing the upgrade.
• The computer must be configured to use TCP/IP. See
your Windows User Guide or the Windows Help System
for information about how to determine this.
• The IP Address for the computer must be known.
• The Network Printer Manager must be installed in the
computer (see Chapter 3).
• A copy of the NIC firmware must be obtained from
Tally's Web site and stored on the computer.
note:
Please be advised that the NPM utility used to
manage printers on a network does not support
upgrading the flash firmware across different networks. In
order to circumvent this limitation, you need to install the
NPM utility on a PC located on the same network as the
printer you are interested in upgrading.
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PGRADE ROCEDURE
After the following procedure is completed, the printer will
automatically reset itself so it can begin receiving print jobs.
Note:
Some of the following steps may appear to be
slow because of network traffic.
1. Click the Windows Start button, point to Programs, then
Tally Printer Manager, and click Network Printer
Manager to start the Tally Network Printer Manager.
Once the manager starts, it will begin searching the
network for the printer. Every Xpress T9412i(n) printer
that is found will be listed in the Network Printer
Manager.
2. From the Maintenance menu, select Upgrade Firmware
to open the Choose the Upgrade Firmware File dialog
box.
3. From the list, select the printer that must have it's NIC
firmware upgraded.
4. Click Browse to open the Open dialog box.
5. Navigate to the location of the upgrade file then select it.
6. Click Open to return to the Choose the Upgrade
Firmware File dialog box.
7. Click Start to begin upgrading the firmware.
8. When the upgrade is completed, click OK.

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