User Manual

Datamatic, LTD. System Training Manual Version 08.14.09
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Confidential Datamatic, Ltd. 2009
Load Firmware
Load Firmware Image to OREO
After the user selects the ‘Load Firmware’ option, the following dialog is displayed:
MESH – Datamatic fixed network technology. All FIREFLYs are networked and reads are
collected via Gateways then displayed in the MOSAIC software.
Fence – Datamatic non-mesh technology. All FIREFLY reads are collected via a
ROADRUNNER handheld or drive by ROADRUNNER Mobile system.
Options 3 and 5 allow loading firmware images to Fence devices and options 2 and 4 allows loading
firmware images to a MESH device.
If the user is loading a firmware image from one type to another type, i.e. from Fence to MESH or from
MESH to Fence, if the image is being loaded into the primary image location, the software will
temporarily switch the radio mode to match the new expected mode when the firmware image loading
process has completed. This will allow the software to verify that the image loaded correctly. When the
user exits the firmware loading dialogs, the software will switch the radio mode back to the original
settings (if necessary) prior to the firmware image loading operation.
If the user chooses the Update OREO firmware option, the load firmware image to OREO dialog will be
displayed but only OREO images will be shown in the display. The user can then select an image to
send to the OREO. Once there is an OREO image in the secondary image location, the user will then be
given the option to boot swap the OREO images by pressing the Blue Key + 'B'. If the OREO
secondary firmware image already contains an OREO firmware image when the dialog is opened, the
user will immediately have the option to send a new image or boot swap the primary and secondary
images. The following screen shots are examples of upgrading the OREO firmware.