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Updating firmware – Extron Electronics MPX 866 A User Guide User Manual

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Updating firmware

The firmware upgrade utility provides a way to replace the firmware that is coded on the
control board of the switcher without taking the switcher out of service.
Update the switcher firmware as follows:

1.

Visit the Extron website,

www.extron.com

, click the

Download

tab, and then click the

Firmware

link (see figure 37).

3

2

3

1

1

NOTE: The version, release

date, and size shown
are sample values only.

Figure 37.

Location of Firmware Upgrade Files

2.

Select the appropriate firmware file (MPX 866 A) to download and click

Download

.

3.

Enter the requested personal information and then click

Download

to copy the firmware

to your computer.

4.

Click

Run

on the next two screens (see

figure 38

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.

5.

Click

Next

. The program extracts the firmware files and places them in a folder

identified in the InstallShield Wizard window.

NOTE: Note the folder to which the firmware file is saved.

6.

Click

Finish

to exit the program.

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