Specifications

Installation and Operation Manual Appendix B Boot Manager
LA-210 Ver. 1.5 Transferring the Software and Configuration Files B-3
Downloading Application Files via XMODEM
Downloading application files using the XMODEM protocol is performed from the
Boot Manager menu.
³ To download application file via XMODEM:
1. Configure your ASCII terminal or terminal emulation utility running on your PC
to the 115.2 kbps data rate.
2. Access the Boot Manager menu.
The Boot Manager menu appears (see
Figure B-1 ).
3. From the Boot Manager menu, select Download Files or an Application by
XMODEM.
LA-210 displays the following message:
Select Copy number for download (0)
4. Select the backup partition by typing its number, 0 or 1.
LA-210 responds with the following string:
Please start the XMODEM download.
5. Send the software release file to LA-210 using the XMODEM utility of you
terminal application.
Once the downloading is completed, LA-210 saves the new release as an
active partition, the former active partition turns into backup, and the boot
sequence continues normally.
If a failure occurs during the download, the partially downloaded software is
erased. In this case, only active software is left in the flash memory.
Downloading Application Files via TFTP
³ To download application file via TFTP:
1. From the Boot Manager menu, select System Configuration.
2. Configure the IP parameters of LA-210 (IP address, IP mask and default
gateway). These parameters are valid only for the TFTP file transfer via the
Boot Manager and can be changed later.
3. Reset LA-210
4. Start a TFTP application.
5. Configure the connection timeout of the TFTP server to be more than
30 seconds to prevent an automatic disconnection during the backup
partition deletion (about 25 seconds).
6. Select a local software release file to download.
7. Enter the TFTP server address.
8. Start downloading.
LA-210 automatically erases the backup partition (it takes about 25 seconds).
Once the downloading is completed, LA-210 saves the new release as an
active partition, the former active partition turns into backup.