Loading Through The Parallel Or Serial Port Using Dos - Printronix SLPA8000 User Manual

11. Open the readme.txt file on the CD-ROM. There are two emulation sets
with corresponding part number files from which to choose:
CT / IPDS / IGP / ZGL / TGL / IGL / STGL
TN / IGP / ZGL / TGL / IGL / STGL
Both emulations include the LP+ emulation. They are offered in two file
formats: .exe and .prg. You can use either format with the FDU.
12. Identify which emulation set you want to load into the SLPA and note the
filename that corresponds to that emulation. The filename is a six digit
number plus .exe or .prg. For example: 123456.exe or 123456.prg
This is the file you will download into the SLPA.
13. Copy the file to the download directory you created in step 8.
14. Double-click the FDU.jar file (for command line prompt users, type
java -jar fdu.jar<Enter>). It will launch in its own window. Use the
FDU to enter the emulation part number, to select the I/O connection and
its corresponding settings, and to initiate the download.
IMPORTANT
Do not interrupt the downloading process once it has started.
Interrupting a download will leave the flash memory on the controller
PCBA incompletely loaded, and the SLPA may not boot up.
15. When the new software has successfully loaded into flash memory and
the SLPA has reset itself, set the SLPA power switch to O (Off).
16. Remove the CD-ROM from your computer and store it with the SLPA.
17. If required, reconnect the data input cable(s) to the SLPA.
18. Set the SLPA power switch to | (On).
19. Using the configuration printout(s) you made in step 1, page 262, restore
the SLPA configurations. (See "Loading A Saved Configuration" on
page 77.)

Loading Through The Parallel Or Serial Port Using DOS

1. Make a configuration printout of all saved configurations. (See "Printing A
Configuration" on page 77.)
2. Set the SLPA power switch to O (Off).
3. Disconnect the data (signal) cable(s) from the SLPA interface connectors.
4. Connect a parallel data SLPA cable to the LPT1 port or a serial data
SLPA cable to the COM1 port of an IBM-compatible computer running the
Windows (95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, or XP) operating system.
NOTE: You can connect the cable to the LPT2 port if the LPT1 port is in use.
5. Connect the data cable to the appropriate I/O port of the SLPA.
Loading Through The Parallel Or Serial Port Using DOS
The load command is different if you use this port, so make sure you
use the LPT2 commands in step 15.
Software loads at 9600 baud if you load through the serial port with a
DOS command. This can take a long time. Software loads much
faster through the parallel port.
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