Kramer Electronics VS-162V - Manual (Page 60)

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY
Upgrading the Flash Memory
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3. Press the OUT button 2, for example, to reset to the factory default.
The TAKE LED flashes and The displays show the messages:
Reset to factory default
Press TAKE to execute WARNING !!!!!
4. Press the TAKE button again.
The displays show the messages:
Reset to factory default
confirm by pressing OUT # 7
WARNING !!!!!
5. Press the OUT # 7.
The machine resets to the factory default and The displays show the first
messages of the reloading progress (as
Figure 23 illustrates).
12 Upgrading the Flash Memory
The main part of the VS-162V firmware is located in FLASH
1
Download the up-to-date file from the Internet or obtain it from your dealer.
The following example shows how to install a file named (for example)
“1616-15.hex” to the FLASH memory
memory,
which lets you upgrade to the latest Kramer firmware version in minutes!
2
The current VS-162V software version shows in the STATUS display as
.
Figure 19 illustrates in section 10.1 .
12.1 Connecting the PC to the RS-232 Port
Before installing the latest Kramer firmware version on a VS-162V unit,
connect:
• The COM port on your PC to the RS-232 IN port on the VS-162V
unit
When simultaneously upgrading the firmware on several VS-162V units:
• Connect the COM port on your PC to the RS-232 IN port on the
first VS-162V unit
• Connect the RS-232 OUT port on the first VS-162V unit to the
RS-232 IN port on the second VS-162V unit or another 16x16
unit
• Connect All 16x16 units that you want to upgrade, in this way,
linking them in a daisy chain connection
1 Electrically programmable and erasable
2 The number “15” in the file name indicates the version number “1.5”. Be sure you receive the latest version, and that it is a
“.hex” file