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6.0
6.1 Overview
Periodically,Morningstarwillreleasermwareupdatestotheirchargecontrollers.Theseupdates
willxminoroperationalbugs,adjustoperatingparametersforbetterbatterycharging,oraddad-
ditional features. Firmware updates are free and posted, as they become available, on the Morn-
ingstar website at www.morningstarcorp.com.
Theprogramusedtoupdateyourcontroller’srmwareiscalledMSLoad
TM
. Updates are done ei-
ther through the RJ-11 MeterBus port (MSC adapter required for non-Meter products) or RS-232
serial port of the controller/inverter.
6.2 Uploading Firmware
The MSLoad
TM
programmustbedownloadedfromtheMorningstarwebsite,alongwiththerm-
wareupdateleforyourspeciccontrollermodel.Onceyouhavedownloadedthesetwoitems,
save them to your desktop.
!
NOTE: Firmware updates may overwrite custom setpoints
and congurations. Be sure to save save programmed
settings before performing a rmware update.
Remove power from your controller and perform the following:
- Connect the controller’s RS-232 serial port to the serial port of your computer (or USB port if us-
ing a USB to serial adapter).
- Extract the MSLoad
TM
.zipleandruntheprogram.
-Browseforthermwareleyousavedonyourdesktop.
- Specify the communications port to which the controller is connected. (If using a USB to serial
adapter, please refer to the USB portion of Section 5.3.)
NOTE: Firmware updates can only be done through a serial
RS-232 connection. Any other connection (Ethernet or EIA-
485) cannot be used.
- Apply power to the controller when prompted by the program.
-Allowabout1-2minutesforcompletionofthermwareupdate.
***Cyclepowertothecontroller(removepower,thenre-applypower)forthermwareupdateto
take effect
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