User Manual
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Firmware
Advantech will continuously release new versions of the firmware to add
to or improve the functionality of ADAM-6000 modules. You can con-
nect to the Advantech website (http://www.advantech.com) to download
the latest firmware version. There should be four files with different file
extensions: .bin, .html, .xml and .jar. The file with the .bin extension is
the firmware itself. And the two files with .html and .jar extensions are
for the Web Server on the ADAM-6000 module. In this tab, you can
upgrade the downloaded firmware to your ADAM-6000 module. Click
the Browse button to load the three firmware files from your computer.
Then click the Download button to download the firmware to the
ADAM-6000 module. You can also get the configuration file through
ADAM module using file export. Click the Save As button and choose
the route of the file. Then click the Upload button to get the configuration
file.
Remote Monitoring and Control with Smart Phone/Pad
Previously, due to different communication modes and data formats, it
wasn’t easy to implement automation control and monitor in an IT-based
infrastructure. Users need to build up a data converter to transform I/O
data stream from SCADA system to IT database/management system.
The ADAM-6000 series modules integrate the latest Web language
(HTML 5) and Web-based software style (REST) with basic authentica-
tion for users to remotely acquire I/O data in any Web service of smart