Updating Firmware - Extron electronics ISS 506 User Manual

N Editing the Administrator Password field while connected via the LAN port
does not affect your current login. The administrator password requirement
takes affect at the next login. Extron recommends assigning an administrator's
password to qualified and knowledgeable personnel only.
N An administrator password must be created before a user password can be
created.
N The following characters are invalid in passwords:
{space} + ~ , @ = ' [ ] { } < > ' " ; : | \ and ?.
Edit this field as follows:
1. Click in the Administrator or User Password field.
Edit the case-sensitive password as desired.
2.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 in the Administrator Confirm Password field.
4. Press the Tab key on the keyboard or click in another field to exit the
Password field.
5. Click the Submit button to make the password change take effect.
N To delete a password, access this screen using the RS-232/RS-422 link or the
Ethernet link logged on as an administrator, and delete the password in both
fields. Click the Submit button.

Updating firmware

The firmware upgrade utility provides a way to replace the firmware that is coded
on the switcher's control board without taking the switcher out of service.
N The Firmware Loader must be installed on your computer to perform this
operation. Extron recommends that you install this program when you install
the ISS 506 Control Program. If you did not, you can be download it from the
Extron Web site, www.extron.com, and installit separately.
Update the switcher firmware as follows:
1. Visit the Extron web site, www.extron.com, and click the Download tab
(figure 5-20).
Figure 5-20 — Location of firmware upgrade files
Click the Firmware link.
2.
3. Select the appropriate firmware file to download and save it to your
computer. Note the folder to which you save the firmware file.
4. In the Windows Explorer or other file browser, double-click the downloaded
executable (*.exe) file) to self-extract the firmware file.
5. Connect a Windows-based computer to either ISS serial port or the ISS LAN
port. See chapter 2, "Installation", for more details.
N The Ethernet connection is much faster than the RS-232/RS-422 connection.
Extron recommends using the Ethernet connection rather than the serial port for
firmware uploads.
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