User Guide

13. Other features - Page 205
Pearl 2008 Manual - 16th July 2007
personalities and shows. It also adds a licensing system to prevent
copyright infringements.
The upgrade happens in 3 parts. First the underlying AVOS operating
system must be upgraded and a licence key entered, then the
application software must be upgraded, and finally all the fixture
personalities will need to be copied onto the internal USB drive.
Copying the fixtures takes a long time (up to 60 minutes), and you will
also need to email Avolites for a licence number during the upgrade, so
the upgrade should not be attempted if time is tight, or in the dead of
night.
You will require the AVOS upgrade file on a floppy disk.
1> Turn the key to System.
2> Press A [Service] then A [Run AVOS].
3> Type the password 68340 and press Enter
4> The Pearl will load the AVOS menu. Press E [AVOS Extender] then
Enter.
5> The screen displays some information about licensing. Press
Enter.
6> Enter the console’s serial number (on a sticker on the rear of the
console). You need to enter 6 digits, so enter 2 zeros then the
number (e.g. for PRL5601 enter 005601). The console will ask for
the number again to make sure it was right.
7> The screen displays a large number, the console ID. Insert a USB
drive and select the option to save this ID. Go to an internet-
connected PC and email the file to Avolites, who will respond with
a Licence Number. You can press Exit at this point to abort the
upgrade without any changes being made.
8> Enter the Licence Number. The console will now ask for
confirmation and will then burn the new software from the floppy
disk.
9> When prompted, press Exit, then restart the console by turning it
off and on again. The system meny should now say “Avolites Pearl
2008” at the top..
Next upgrade the application software as described below.
13.1.6 Installing the latest Pearl application software
From time to time, Avolites make updated software available on the
website. The new software may add new features and fix any problems
found with the console. The Avolites website has detailed instructions
on how to get the software from the website onto a disk for the
console.
You can load new software from disk using the following procedure.
1> Turn the key to “System”.
2> Press A [Service], then again A [Run AVOS2].
3> Enter the password which is 68340 and press Enter. (This is the
number of the main processor, if you forget it you can remind
yourself by opening the console and looking at the top of the main
processor chip)
4> Insert the software disk into the disk drive
5> Press B [Burn a new program], then press Enter.