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4.

Follow the instructions on the rest of the download screens to download the firmware
update from the Extron website, start the Extron Installation Program to extract the
firmware file, and place it in a folder identified in the program window.

NOTE: Note the folder to which the firmware file is saved (see figure 29).

Folder where
firmware is
installed

Figure 29.

Location of the Firmware File

Loading the firmware

To load a new version of firmware to your receiver, call the Firmware Loader software from
within the Signal Processing Product Control Program. The serial port on your computer
must be connected to the Configuration port on the unit (see “

Front panel Configuration

port

“ on page 11 for more information).

1.

In the Signal Processing Product Control Program, click the Firmware Loader button ( )
on the tool bar.

NOTE: If the Firmware Loader button does not appear on the tool bar, the Firmware

Loader software is not installed. Install it as follows:

a.

On the Extron website, click the

Download

tab.

b.

On the Download Center page, click

Software

on the left sidebar

menu.

c.

Locate the “Firmware Loader” line and click the

Download

link at the

far right.

d.

Follow the instructions on the download screens to save the installer file
to your computer.

e.

In Windows Explorer or another file browser, locate the Firmware Loader
executable file in the file system on your computer and double-click it to
open it.

f.

Follow the instructions on the Installation Wizard screens to install the
Firmware Loader on your computer. Unless you specify otherwise, the
installer program places the Firmware Loader file, “FWLoader.exe” in

C:\Program Files\Extron\FWLoader

.

If the Extron and FWLoader folders do not yet exist in your Program Files
folder, the installer creates them.

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