Loading New Operating System - Eaton easyE4 series Manual

8. microSD memory card

8.3 Loading new operating system

8.3 Loading new operating system
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easyE4 base devices can be updated to a newer operating system.
This operating system is provided for download by Eaton Industries GmbH, Bonn
through its online Download Center – Software.
Download the operating system you want on your computer.
Connect an empty microSD memory card (Format FAT 12, 16, 32) to your com-
puter.
Use your PC to unpack the downloaded operating system to the ROOT of the
microSD memory card.
The unpacked operating system file will be named "EASYE4.FW."
Switch off the easyE4 base device.
If there is a program on the base device, the program will be left unchanged when the
operating system is updated. Retentive data will remain unchanged as well.
If the operating system on the device and the card match, the operating system will
always be run from the card.
Insert the microSD memory card with the new operating system into the microSD
card holder and slide the holder into the device
Make sure that the power is stable and that the device is not
turned off while the operating system is being updated. If it is,
the operating system may be corrupted. Then run the operating
system update again.
Switch on the easyE4.
The POW/RUN LED will flash very quickly in order to indicate
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the status of the bootloader that searches for the operating system on the card.
The POW/RUN LED will flash with an "ON for 2 seconds / OFF for 2 seconds" cycle
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The POW/RUN LED will flash normally (POW)
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or
The POW/ RUN will show a solid light,
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meaning that the base device has started the existing program.
The operating system update has now been completed successfully.
You can go to INFORMATION\SYSTEM to see what the current
operating system version is.
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