User`s manual

Zaxcom Deva User’s Manual______________________________________________________Chapter 11
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4. Perform the following to install the new firmware:
a. Go to the Main Menu page {p.40}.
b. Enter 036 using the numeric keys.
c. Go to the Setup page {p.60}.
d. Press the Service button (the Deva Service Menu Warning page {p.140} is displayed).
e. Depending on what media you are using to install the software (basically whether or not its format is
recognized), perform one of the following:
i. If the format is unrecognized (CD-R or DVD-R), press the Load From CD-R button.
ii. If the format is recognized (hard disk drive, CF card or DVD-RAM), press the Load ProgFile button.
f. The Debug Screen dialog box {p.141} is displayed and the following appears on it. The process takes
about 5 seconds:
Starting ReadDevaProgramFile
opened Deva prog file
imported 5MB at 2562kB/sec Version String:
DateTimeVer:mmm dd yyyy
hh:mm:ss
vX.XX
Calculating Checksum…size=0x00500000 Vs: <X><XX>
DevaProgFile.bln is now in temporary memory
Figure 11-1 Firmware Install Part 1
The “vX.XX” line indicates the version of the firmware being loaded. This number appears again on the
second line from the bottom.
The “DateTimeVer:” line and the line that follows, indicate the date and time the version was created.
The last line indicates that the firmware was successfully installed in temporary memory.
g. Press the Burn Program ROM button.
h. The Debug Screen dialog box is cleared and the following appears on it. The process takes a little over
three minutes:
... BurnBigROM() ...
Erasing 81 ROM sectors (5308kB)
..........................
Writing Deva Program to ROM...
..............................................
ReadBackTest:Checking BootROM...
BURN-ROM task finished **TURN POWER OFF NOW**
Figure 11-2 Firmware Install Part 2
IMPORTANT: Do not power down the Deva until the page indicates that you can.
If you do … and the unit will not boot up, you WILL have to send the unit back to Zaxcom to have it
repaired.
i. Cycle the power to run on the newly installed firmware.
(You have successfully completed the installation … HAVE FUN with the new version!!!)