Instruction manual

Maintenance and Test Procedures
50 Access Control Design Guide
Updating Firmware Using the Flash Development Toolkit
Once the toolkit has been configured, it can be used to download a firmware file to the database
unit/controller. If the FDT Simple Interface dialog is not already displayed, select Flash Development
Toolkit 3.07 Basic from the Windows Start menu.
Wait until "Disconnected" is displayed, then click Exit and remove the programming interface; the board
will restart.
If required, you can program another database unit/controller by connecting the programming interface to
another board and clicking Program Flash.
Using Flash2100 to Update Firmware
Although firmware downloading takes a lot longer using Flash2100 than using the Flash Development
Toolkit (10 to 20 minutes), Flash2100 has the advantage of not requiring direct access to a database unit
or its controllers if the database unit is connected to a LAN. Instead, any PC connected to the LAN can be
used to download new firmware to the database unit/controller.
If the database unit uses serial communications (i.e. it is on an SMS hardwired chain), you must use
Flash2100 at the PC that the database unit is connected to. If the database unit uses a modem, you can
use any PC that has access to a modem.
Note: You cannot download firmware to a database unit or its controllers if it is not the first database unit in
the chain. If you want to download firmware to all database unit at the site, each must be on a separate
chain.
Place a checkmark in
the User/Data Area
checkbox, then
select the firmware
file to download using
the Browse button.
Once you have
selected the file, click
Program Flash to
begin the download.
Feedback is provided in
this panel.