Installation and Upgrade Guide Instruction Manual

Publication 1757-IN500A-EN-P - September 2002
7-8 Firmware Maintenance Procedures
Important Usage Considerations
Be certain that you keep the following considerations in mind when you are
doing a firmware update.
• If you are updating a 1784-PCIC card, your PC will be blind to all
modules.
• If you get a “Warning: Use Extreme Care” dialog box during the course
of an update, confirm that the correct .nvs file is selected.
See Table on
page 7-5.
• Be certain that you carefully read all the dialog boxes presented during
the course of a given firmware update.
Starting Network Tools Application
If this is the first time you have used Network Tools on this PC, refer
to Making First Time Network Tools Settings on page 8-8 and then continue
with this procedure beginning at Step 5.
1. Click Start ⇒ Run.
a. For ControlNet Supervisory Networks, enter this command:
>ntools -c -u<
b. For Ethernet Supervisory Networks, enter this command:
>ntools -e -u<
2. Click OK to launch the Network Tools application.
3. Click OK to acknowledge the warning about monitoring through
Control Builder.
4. Click Resume to initiate network scan.