Media Bay Module Installation Guide and Configuration Gui

70 Chapter 6 R2MFC MBM maintenance
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Figure 28 Upgrading firmware overview
Perform the following steps to download the firmware the R2MFC MBM:
1 Copy the firmware load file and the PC program files, bload1.exe, to the same directory on the
PC.
2 Use the shipped cable, part number N0026100, to connect a PC to the RS-232 port on the
faceplate of the R2MFC MBM through COM1.
3 Open a new Hyper-terminal session on the PC using the parameters listed in Table 16.:
4 Go to step 11 if the existing firmware is corrupted. Corrupted firmware is indicated if the
BOOT program displays:
load, switch, fload, fswitch, checksum, DisMem, DisWord, *=quit
----> user monitor:
5 Wait for the monitor line (flashing cursor) to appear on the terminal session.
Table 16 Hyper-terminal setup parameters
Parameter Setting
Connect using COM 1
Bits per second 19 200
Data bits 8
Parity None
Stop Bits 1
Flow Control None
Firmware Upgrade
Required
Copy the firmware load
and PC program files to
PC
Connect PC to the
R2FMC MBM
Open a Hyper-terminal
session to connect to
R2FMC MBM
Disable links
Prepare R2FMC MBM for
upload
Verify the version of
new firmware
Check the module to see
if it is working properly
Disconnect PC from
R2FMC MBM
Is firmware
corrupted?
Upload new firmware
file
Yes
No