Printronix SLPA8000 User Manual page 264

Appendix C
Loading Flash Memory
6. On the SLPA control panel, press and hold down the
Without releasing the keys, power the SLPA on. When you see
"B01: STATUS" on the on the LCD, release the keys.
7. Wait until you see "PROGRAM DOWNLOAD" on the LCD before doing
the next step. This can take about a minute to appear, depending on the
emulations and interfaces installed in the SLPA.
8. Using Windows Explorer, create a directory named download at the root
level of your C: hard drive (C:\download).
9. Insert the SLPA emulation software CD-ROM into your computer's CD-
ROM drive.
10. 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. Use .exe files to download through the parallel
or serial port.
11. 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. For example: 123456.exe
This is the file you will download into the SLPA.
12. Copy the file to the download directory you created in step 8.
13. Start a command prompt session. (The Start Menu icon is usually labeled
MS-DOS
14. At the command prompt type:
C:<Enter>
cd \download<Enter>
15. To load the file through the LPT1 parallel port on the computer, type the
following at the command prompt on the computer:
filename.exe -pb<Enter>
where filename .exe is the file name you noted in step 11. This command
decompresses the file on the hard drive and copies it as a binary file into
the flash memory on the SLPA controller board.
To load the file through the LPT2 parallel port on the computer, enter the
following command:
filename.exe -pb2 <Enter>
To load the file through the serial port, enter the following commands:
mode COM1:9600,N,8,1,P<Enter>
filename.exe -pbc1<Enter>
NOTE: Software loads at 9600 baud if you load through the serial port with a
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Prompt or Command Prompt.)
DOS command. This can take a long time. Software loads much
faster through the parallel port.
When you power up in download mode (step 6) the SLPA is ready to
accept data from all ports. When the SLPA receives data from one of
the ports (based on the load command you give) the other ports shut
down.
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