Communication Parameters - GE Multilin F650 Instruction Manual

8 BOOTCODE AND FIRMWARE UPDATE
8 BOOTCODE AND FIRMWARE UPDATE 8.1INTRODUCTION
This section describes the necessary steps to update the F650 operative system and firmware.
WARNING
BEFORE PERFORMING THE UPDATE PROCEDURE CHECK THAT BOOT AND FIRMWARE VERSION MATCH
FIRMWARE VERSION 1.80 WORKS WITH BOOT VERSION 2.35
The operative system and firmware versions can be seen in the relay main screen: After the text "F650", appears the relay
firmware version (1.20 in the example), and between parenthesis the boot program version (2.20 in the example), followed
by " GENERAL ELECTRIC", the relay model and the default front RS232 port communication parameters.
BOOT CODE RELEASE NOTES
Firmware version 1.60 and higher works with 2.35 boot version. It is mandatory to maintain version compatibility between
firmware and boot code in the update procedure, otherwise the relay will not start after the updating procedure (if the
versions are wrongly matched).
NOTE
The end of this section includes a STEP LIST SUMMARY that will allow the user to control the updating process. It is
necessary to read the whole document before accomplishing the F650 UPDATE PROCEDURE related in these pages.
Notice that boot program and firmware upgrades will erase all the data contained in the relay, thus it is advisable to save
all the data, oscillography, events, settings and configuration files previously.
Backward compatibility of PLC projects, settings and configuration files is not assured for versions older than 1.13.
GE Multilin
Figure 8–1: MAIN SCREEN
FIRMWARE AND BOOT VERSIONS COMPATIBILITY
FIRMWARE VERSION BOOT VERSION
1.8X 2.35
1.7X 2.35
1.6X 2.35
1.5X 2.30
1.4X 2.30
1.3X 2.30
1.2X 2.20
1.13 2.20
1.11 2.00
1.00 2.00
F650 Digital Bay Controller
8.1 INTRODUCTION
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