How It Works - Intermec 700 Series User Manual

SECTION 3

How it Works

An upgrade file must exist in the root of the Object Store or the root of a storage
card, such as CompactFlash or SecureDigital. EFlash supports BIN, LST, and
NB0 files (see "File Types" on page 3-8).
1. When EFLASH.EXE is executed on a 700 Series Computer, as described in
2. After selecting an upgrade file, the file is copied into memory and a special
3. Once the reflash is completed without error, a cold boot is performed, a
4. If this process is done remotely, download the upgrade file before running
step 4 on page 3-5, the following dialog appears with a list of available up-
grade files. Select the file to be flashed onto the 700 Series Computer, then
tap the appropriate button, then tap EFlash to flash the selected file.
CF
To flash the upgrade file onto a CompactFlash storage card.
SDMMC
To flash the upgrade file onto a SecureDigital storage card.
OS
To flash the upgrade file into the root of the Object Store directory.
The name of the desired upgrade file can also be supplied via a command
line argument, like the following example. Using the command line argu-
ment to specify an upgrade file bypasses the selection dialogue.
EFLASH -F\sdmmc disk\misc.bin
warm boot is performed. During this warm boot, the file that was copied
into memory is written to flash according to the rules of the file type se-
lected.
standard procedure. Note that data in volatile RAM will be lost during this
cold-boot. After the cold-boot, the 700 Series Computer is ready for use.
the EFlash process. This process will usually execute remotely with the
downloaded upgrade file included as a command line argument.
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