Instruction manual

Automatic Conversion of Backup Files
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Installation, SPM, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Supplement
Automatic Conversion of
Backup Files
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WinSPM 4.0 features a new upgrade feature that automatically converts
previous releases of the MERLIN MAGIX and MERLIN LEGEND systems to
later releases, including Release 1.5 of the MERLIN MAGIX system. With
WinSPM 4.0, you can take a backup file of an earlier release of a system and
have the file automatically mapped into a version that a later release can use.
The automatic conversion runs in the DOS Emulator portion of WinSPM 4.0.
To use this automatic conversion, you must have a PC loaded with WinSPM 4.0
connected to the System Administration port on the processor module; you
cannot convert by using the 4424LD+ or MLX-20L system programming
console.
Follow these steps to automatically convert the backup file of a previous
release to Release 1.5 of the MERLIN MAGIX system:
1. Type
7+ to start the conversion function from the SPM Main Menu.
2. Select the backup file to convert from (either on a floppy disk or on the PC’s
hard drive).
3. Select the system to convert to (MERLIN MAGIX).
4. Select the release to convert to.
Releases 1.4i and BRI of the MERLIN LEGEND Communications
System cannot be upgraded.
If you are upgrading from a MERLIN LEGEND system to a MERLIN
MAGIX system and the MERLIN LEGEND configuration contains
modules that are not supported in the MERLIN MAGIX system (such
as analog multiline telephone modules), the conversion is blocked.
You can remove the unsupported modules, perform a system
renumbering, and start the conversion again; or you can program the
MERLIN MAGIX system from scratch.