5 firmware – Media Technology Systems STAGE 8.8 User Manual
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Oct‐12
5 Firmware
The
Cobranet
firmware
is
updated
using
the
free
utility
(Cobranet
Discovery)
from
Cirrus
Logic
–
see
Figure 5-1
below.
Figure 5-1: Cobranet Discovery showing 2.11.9 firmware
After loading the CNDISCO application, Advanced features will need to be enabled.
Enabling
advanced
features
in
CNDISCO
allows
you
to
put
any
version
of
firmware
on
any
hardware‐compatible
Cobranet
module
you
wish.
CNDISCO
needs
to
have
the
particular
firmware
version
of
a
device
in
its
firmware
directory
in
order
to
properly
identify
the
device
for
compatible
firmware
upgrades.
Should
the
situation
arise
where
you
know
the
device
is
a
specific
model
but
CNDISCO
says
there
are
no
compatible
firmware
upgrades,
using
the
advanced
feature,
you'll
be
able
to
update
the
firmware
anyway.
How
to
enable
the
advanced
feature:
Firstly,
open
cndisco.ini
in
Notepad.
Its
usually
in
a
directory
like
this:
C:\Program
Files\Peak
Audio\CobraNet
Discovery.
Then
find
the
Configuration
section.
It
usually
looks
something
like
this:
[Configuration]
Adapter
Index=[10]
[10]
Broadcom
NetXtreme
57xx
Gigabit
Controller
Firmware
Location=C:\Program
Files\Peak
Audio\CobraNet
Discovery\firmware
Start
a
new
line
after
one
of
the
lines
in
that
section
and
type
in
Advanced
Feature=1.
It
should
look
something
like
this
when
you're
done:
[Configuration]
Adapter
Index=[10]
[10]
Broadcom
NetXtreme
57xx
Gigabit
Controller
Firmware
Location=C:\Program
Files\Peak
Audio\CobraNet
Discovery\firmware
Advanced
Feature=1
Save
the
file
and
exit
Notepad.
The
advanced
feature
is
now
enabled.
Now
save
the
MTS
cobranet
binary
file
“MTS_2_11_xx.bin”
to
the
Firmware
folder
and
use
CNDISCO
to
upload
the
firmware.
Please
ensure
that
you
ONLY
use
the
MTS
binary,
otherwise
it
will
be
lacking
the
amplifier
specific
controls
needed
for
the
correct
operation
of
the
product..