User Guide

Pearl 2000 November 1999 release notes - page 4
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3. HOW TO UPGRADE
Before installing check that your desk meets the System Requirements, see section
2 and make sure that you have backed up your show, because you will be required
to carry out a WIPEALL afterwards. To carry out the upgrade, follow the instructions
from section 3.1 onwards. Here is a to do list
• Check the AVOS and upgrade to Pearl 2000 August 99, if necessary
• Upgrade the main software
• Execute a Wipeall
• Load the built in personality files
• Import your show disk.
3.1 How to ENTER the AVOS SYSTEM
You will need to ENTER the AVOS menu in order to install new software.
To enter AVOS:
• In SYSTEM mode press [A] SERVICE then press [A] RUN AVOS. Type in
68340 then hit [ENTER].
Alternatively,
• If the desk will not respond. Power OFF the desk and lift the lid after undoing
the 5 retaining screws. Place a jumper on the end link in the group of 8 links
in the centre of the Borris motherboard. Switch ON the desk.
The AVOS menu will appear on the LCD screen and if the correct AVOS is
installed the top line will be: - ‘Pearl 2000 Aug 05 1999’. If the date is earlier than
this or Pearl 2000 is not indicated then you will need to upgrade the AVOS by
following the instructions in section 3.3, otherwise process directly to section 3.2
3.2 How to upgrade the AVOS to Pearl 2000 from version 1.7
1. Copy the file called ram.prl from the program disk to a 720k formatted disk. If
a 1.4Mb disk is the only disk that is available then this can be formatted to
720k by first placing some opaque tape over the disk density marker, this is
the second hole at the lower end of the disk.
2. Insert the 720k disk into the Pearl disk drive and in the AVOS menu, select
the option called AVOS EXTENDER.
3. Wait about 10 seconds for the AVOS to be loaded.
4. The desk will automatically reset and re-enter AVOS, if this does not occur
then follow the instructions in section 3.1
5. You have now Pearl 2000 August 98 AVOS installed. To complete the AVOS
upgrade, proceed to the next section.
3.3 How to install the August 1999 AVOS
ENTER the AVOS menu (see above). Note if the message on the top line of the
LCD screen reads ‘Pearl 2000 Aug 05 1999’ then you do not need to upgrade the
AVOS, proceed directly to section 3.4. NOTE that the AVOS upgrade that is
supplied on the program disk is for upgrading from an existing Pearl 2000 AVOS. If