Firmware Version/Revision Numbers; Safety Recommendations And Warnings - syslogic IPC/NETIPCFW-1A User Documentation

IPC/NETIPCFW-1A: User Documentation
DOC/NETIPCFW-E; V3.0
Note: the installation program generates a sub-directory structure. Do not change or rename
elements of this structure, because other programs expect to find them as defined. The default
root directory created is named 'FBCUBE'.
CAUTION: if you already have installed an older version of the NETIPC firmware and you
want to install the new version, you must first completely deinstall the old version using the
Windows sofware registry or the deinstall program UNWISE.EXE in the installation directory
(e.g. C:\FBCUBE\NETIPCFW).
1.5.

Firmware Version/Revision Numbers

In some cases it may be important to read the installed firmware version/revision numbers.
These are available as follows:
Embedded BIOS:
Embedded DOS-ROM:
Boot Loader:
1.6.

Safety Recommendations and Warnings

Note that some of the information in this manual is only applicable to the software releases
mentioned in paragraph 1.1 and not to former revisions !
The README.TXT-file on the NETIPC Firmware installation directory contains important
information not contained in this manual. Print and read the README-file before working
with the firmware !
Please strictly observe all the warnings and safety recommendations described in the hardware
user manuals, especially in DOC/IPC_NETIPC, DOC/NETIPC and DOC/CUBINST. They will
not be repeated here.
The products require set-up procedures before they can be operated. Before being used in an
actual installation, they must be correctly configured. If the products are not or wrongly
configured, they may malfunction in the intended application.
If you already have installed an older version of the NETIPC firmware and you want to install
the new version, you must first completely deinstall the old files (see paragraph 1.3).
In order to use an already installed NETIPC system (also freshly delivered systems) with the
new firmware you must reconfigure/regenerate and download the BIOS, VGA-BIOS extension
and the ROM-Drive to the target. Otherwise the new firmware may fail due to version conflicts.
Keep the old firmware in a separate directory if you must be able to work with older systems
without downloading the new firmware.
The binary BIOS image file delivered with the NETIPCFW installation is preconfigured with
the factory defaults for the CUB/NETIPC-1A board (BIOS V4) and IPC/NETIPC-5A (BIOS
V5). Some BIOS options must be changed if you want to download the BIOS image to a
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In the BIOS startup screen
Use DOS-Command VER
Target-side: shown after establishing connection (INIT-command)
Host-PC side: shown during start-up
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