One-Time Upgrade Of The Nxb-Knx To A Native Netlinx Device; Overview - AMX NetLinx Interface NXB-KNX Operation/Reference Manual

One-Time Upgrade of the NXB-KNX to a
Native NetLinx Device

Overview

This section describes the process of upgrading an older NXB-KNX to the latest version of NetLinx Firmware.
The initial release of the NXB-KNX operated as an IP Device (as opposed to a native NetLinx device). As an
IP device, the process of upgrading the unit to the latest firmware involves upgrading both the device
Application and the Firmware, via options in the Firmware Upgrade Manager (see FIG. 34 on page 48) and
the Application Upgrade Manager pages (see FIG. 35 on page 49).
Subsequent releases (and the current version) of the NXB-KNX operate as a native NetLinx device. As a
NetLinx device, the process of upgrading the unit is the same as for any typical NetLinx device: the latest
NetLinx firmware KIT file is downloaded from www.amx.com, and transferred to the NXB-KNX via the
NetLinx Master, using NetLinx Studio. See the NetLinx Firmware Upgrades section on page 43 for details.
Older NXB-KNX units that are still using the initial Application and Firmware versions can be upgraded to
allow them to function as a native NetLinx device.
Older NXB-KNX units that are using the initial Application and Firmware versions feature two Configuration
pages that are not included in the current version: the Application Upgrade Manager page and the Firmware
Upgrade Manager page (FIG. 33).
FIG. 33 Admin menu - early Firmware versions only
If these options do not appear in the Admin Menu, then your NXB-KNX unit is already a NetLinx device, and
the directions in this section does not apply.
Alternatively, you can identify the current firmware version via telnet (see Establishing
a Terminal Connection Via Telnet section on page 51) - the Welcome banner
indicates the current firmware version.
There are two aspects of the NXB-KNX that can be upgraded: the device Firmware and device Application,
both of which are normally updated via options in the Firmware Upgrade Manager (see FIG. 34 on page 48)
and Application Upgrade Manager pages (see FIG. 35 on page 49). However, special steps are required to
perform an initial upgrade from early versions of the NXB-KNX Application and Firmware.
The following steps describe upgrading the NXB-KNX from:
Firmware v1.0.14 and Application v1.0.1
to
Firmware v1.0.36 and Application v2.0.15
The Firmware upgrade must be performed before the Application upgrade.
NXB-KNX Operation/Reference Guide

One-Time Upgrade of the NXB-KNX to a Native NetLinx Device

These two options only appear on early
versions of the NXB-KNX firmware
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