Automatic Software Update By Aca - Hirschmann RS20 User Manual

Loading Software Updates
4.2 Automatic software update
by ACA
 For a software update via the ACA, first copy the new device software into
the main directory of the AutoConfiguration Adapter. If the version of the
software on the ACA is newer or older than the version on the device, the
device performs a software update.
Note: Software versions with release 06.0.00 and higher in the non-
volatile memory of the device support the software update via the ACA. If
the device software is older, you have the option of loading the software
manually from the ACA.
ACA" on page 67.
 Give the file the name that matches the device type and the software
variant, e.g. rsL2P.bin for device type RS2 with the software variant L2P.
Please note the case-sensitivity here.
If you have copied the software from a product CD or from a Web server
of the manufacturer, the software already has the correct file name.
 Also create an empty file with the name "autoupdate.txt" in the main
directory of the ACA. Please note the case-sensitivity here.
 Connect the AutoConfiguration Adapter to the device and restart the
device.
 The device automatically performs the following steps:
– During the booting process, it checks whether an ACA is connected.
– It checks whether the ACA has a file with the name "autoupdate.txt" in
the main directory.
– It checks whether the ACA has a software file with a name that
matches the device type in the main directory.
– If compares the software version stored on the ACA with the one
stored on the device.
– If these conditions are fulfilled, the device loads the software from the
ACA to its non-volatile memory as the main software.
– The device then performs a cold start, during which it loads the new
software from the non-volatile memory.
UM BasicConfig L2E
Release 8.0 05/2013
4.2 Automatic software update by
See "Loading the Software manually from the
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