Updating the firmware – Extron Electronics FOX II T_R DP User Guide User Manual
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Hardware > Device Name screen (both units)
The Device Name screen provides controls to allow you to
assign a locally-assigned name to the unit or to reset the
unit to the default name. Select this screen by clicking the
Device
Name
subtab from either the Unit Information or
Reset Device screen or
Hardware
>
Device
Name
from one
of the Configuration screens.
The
Apply
and
Cancel
buttons become selectable when
you have entered a name in the
Enter
a
device
name:
field.
Hardware > Reset Device screen (both units)
The Reset Device screen provides a button to command a reset of
the connected unit. Reset returns all settings to their default values.
Select this screen by clicking the
Reset
Device
subtab from either
the Unit Information or Device Name screen or
Hardware
>
Reset
Device
from one of the Configuration screens.
Updating the Firmware
The Product Configuration Software can call the Firmware Loader utility, which provides a
way to replace the firmware that is coded on the control board of the transmitter or receiver
without taking the unit out of service.
NOTE: Upgrading the firmware does not overwrite the current configuration.
Update the unit firmware as follows:
1.
Perform steps 1 through 6 of
firmware upgrade from the Extron website,
www.extron.com
.
2.
Click
Run
in the File Download and Security Warning dialog boxes (see
on the
next page). The PC downloads the firmware update from the Extron website and starts
the Extron Installation Program to extract the firmware file.
3.
Click
Next
. The program extracts the firmware files and places them in a folder
identified in the InstallShield Wizard window.
ATTENTION: The firmware file must have an .s19 extension. Other file types can
cause the unit to stop functioning.
NOTES:
•
Note the folder to which the firmware file is saved. When downloaded
from the Extron website, the firmware is placed in a subfolder of:
•
Windows 7 or Windows 8:
C:
\
Program
Files
(x86)\Extron\Firmware
.
•
Older versions:
C:
\
Program
Files\Extron\Firmware
.
•
The original factory-installed firmware is permanently available on the unit. If
the attempted firmware upload fails, the unit reverts to the factory-installed
firmware.
4.
Click
Finish
to exit the program.
5.
Connect the computer to the front panel Configuration port (see
[receiver]) of the unit to be updated.