Kipp&Zonen Brewer MkIII - Manual (Page 36)

MKIII SERVICE MANUAL 31
These are some of the messages seen while going into the Cosmac mode.
Motors should reset and it is ready to run the BREWER operating program type quit

to get out
of Brewcmd
To run the BREWER operating program type BREWER

8.4 UPLOADING NEW FIRMWARE AND CONFIGURATION FILES
As KIPP & ZONEN develops new firmware and features, it is now possible for the customer to
upgrade the firmware without having to open the cover to the BREWER. The New Electronics has
incorporated Flash electrically erasable program memory and the system is capable of being
updated from the PC. The procedure below will provide a step by step process to upload the
firmware and also upload the configuration file which is erased when the new firmware is loaded.
This disk is supplied with the instrument when first delivered or will be sent out to the customer
when firmware updates are done.
Copy the new top.bin or topv#r#.bin firmware file received from KIPP & ZONEN to the
c:\bdata\nnn subdirectory.
Change to the directory c:\bdata\nnn by typing the command
cd\bdata\nnn

Run Brewcmd.exe by typing brewcmd

Eventually the following statement is displayed:
[using cosmac mode at 1200 baud, on com 1; tracing is off ]should be
displayed. If the command help

is entered, a list of available commands will be displayed.
Type loadmode  to change modes.
Eventually the following statement is displayed:
[using loadmode at 1200 baud, on com 1: tracing is off]
Type loadmode 4800

Eventually the following statement is displayed:
[using loadmode at 4800 baud, on com 1: tracing is off]
Type load top.bin or topv#r#.bin

(# will depend on the version number of the firmware.)
Wait until this task is completed (this will take a few minutes).
The display will display some messages below:
Erasing Flash memory
Writing file top.bin to flash ……
The display will show 112 moving dots to show its progress
Turn off the power of the instrument for approximately 10 seconds and turn it back on.
Go into Opmode by typing opmode 9600

Waiting for mode change to complete is displayed and eventually the fan turns on if the
heater option is ordered and the display will eventually display [using operating mode at
9600 baud, on com 1: tracing is off ]
Type readlog

to display any errors encountered.
Send the configuration file to the microprocessor by typing putcfg brewnnn.cfg

Wait a 1.5 minutes to transfer
Type readlog

to clear the log buffer and see if any errors occurred during the configuration
installation.
Type useconfig
 motors should now initialize.
When complete readlog

to confirm everything is ok
8 MAIN ELEC. FIRMWARE / CONFIG. LOADING PROCEDURES