DS-100 Flash ROM Upgrade Procedures Teltone will create upgrades to the DS-100, as necessary, for feature enhancement or functionality improvements. These upgrades are NOT required to use the DS-100. These upgrades will be available on Teltone's Web site at http://www.teltone.com. The instructions below explain how to download the file, as well as how to load the upgrade into the DS-100 using different types of communication software. How to download from the Web Site: 1 Using your browser, enter http://www.teltone.com in the address window and press ENTER 2 Select Utility Substation Communications 3 Select DS-100 Flash ROM upgrade 4 Save the file using the appropriate convention and remember where you save this file! Loading the software into the DS-100. Using Procomm Version 2.4 for DOS 1 Place the upgrade file in your Procomm directory 2 Start the program by typing Procomm on the DOS command line and then hit ENTER 3 Configure your setup using the ALT+S (Setup) and ALT+P (Communications Port parameters) and ALT+F10 as necessary 4 Using ALT+S, enter 6 to configure ASCII Transfer Setup Verify the following settings under ASCII UPLOAD Echo locally NO Expand blank lines NO Pace character 0 (ASCII) Character pacing 0 (1/1000 sec) Line pacing 10 (1/10 sec) CR translation NONE LF translation NONE 5 Make changes as needed and then hit ESC to exit. 6 Enter S to SAVE SETUP TO DISK (not required), then ESC to exit. If connecting directly to the DS-100, connect the serial cable from your PC to the LOCAL MAINTENANCE Port on the front of the DS-100 and then hit the ENTER key several times until the main menu appears OR if the upgrade is to a remote site, type in ATDT9,NNN-NNNN, 9, is optional, add 1+area code if necessary, then ENTER and after the remote site answers, enter ab0 to access programming, and type in your Password (default=teltone) followed by ENTER After the Main Menu appears; Select 87 to upgrade the FLASH EEPROM CONFIGURATION Select 0 to Download program to Flash Memory Select Y if you are sure Select PageUp button to transfer the new program Enter file name DS100V20.txt During the transmission of the upgrade file, a series of dots will scroll across the screen, feedback from the DS-100 Data Switch that the upgrade is going smoothly. The gauge at the bottom of the Terminal screen is only the sending of the file, not any confirmation that the file is being accepted. If you could see the front panel of the DS-100, you would see the Power and Ports LED's blinking during the upgrade. The upgrade should take about 5-6 minutes, hit to start the DS-100 with the upgrade immediately. If you wait longer than 60 seconds, the DS-100 will start the upgrade by itself. You have now completed the upgrade. Using Terminal program in Windows 3.1 or 3.11 1 Place the upgrade file DS100V20.txt into C:\Windows directory 2 If you do not have the Windows Terminal program installed in your Accessories window, do so by entering the Program Manager and select File, New, or alternately ALT F, ALT N 3 Select Program Item, then OK 4 Fill in the blank for Description as Terminal 5 Move the cursor to the Command Line and select Browse 6 Scroll down and select the file terminal.exe, then OK 7 Select Change Icon and choose your Icon 8 Select OK under the Program Item Properties Window 9 Double click on the new Terminal icon 10 Select the Settings, Text Transfers 11 Under Flow Control, choose Line at a Time 12 Under Transfer a Line at a Time, choose Delay Between Lines and set the delay to 2, which is equal to 200mS. 13 Do NOT select Word Wrap Outgoing Text at Column: 14 Select OK 15 Select Settings, Communications… 16 Change Baud Rate to 9600, Data Bits to 8, Stop Bits to 1, Parity to None, Flow Control to None, Connector to either Com1: or Com2:, Parity Check off, and Carrier Detect off 17 Connect the RS-232 cable from your PC to the Local Maintenance port on the front of the DS-100. 18 Press ENTER several times to bring up the Main Menu. 19 Select 87 to upgrade the FLASH EEPROM CONFIGURATION 20 Select 0 to Download program to Flash Memory 21 Select Y if you are sure 22 Select Transfer or ALT T to transfer the new program 23 Select Send Text File or ALT T, S to send file 24 Select file DS100V20.txt 25 Verify that Following CR: Append LF and Strip LF are off 26 Select OK During the transmission of the upgrade file, a series of dots will scroll across the screen, feedback from the DS-100 Data Switch that the upgrade is going smoothly. If the message appears "DOWNLOAD FAILED - TYPE TO REBOOT WITH FACTORY CODE", then extend the Delay Between Lines to 3 and try again. The gauge at the bottom of the Terminal screen is only the sending of the file, not any confirmation that the file is being accepted. If you could see the front panel of the DS-100, you would see the Power and Ports LED's blinking during the upgrade. The upgrade should take about 5-6 minutes, hit to start the DS-100 with the upgrade immediately. If you wait longer than 60 seconds, the DS-100 will start the upgrade by itself. You have now completed the upgrade. Using HyperTerminal in Windows 95 1 Place the upgrade file DS100V20.txt where you can locate it later 2 Select (left click) START on the WIN95 Taskbar at the bottom of the screen 3 Scroll up to PROGRAMS 4 Scroll over to ACCESSORIES 5 Select HyperTerminal folder 6 Double Click on Hypertrm.exe 7 Enter a Name for the connection, such as DS-100 or Teltone 8 Select an ICON for this configuration You then need to determine your connection type, dial up, or direct: DIAL UP (remote upgrade) 9 Enter the phone number for the location to be upgraded, then your modem by using Connect using: and selecting the modem in your PC, then OK The Connect window will appear, DIRECT CONNECTION (local upgrade) 10 if you are updating the DS-100 locally, bypass the phone number entry and key in ALT N which will select Connect using: and select the proper connection for your site, such as Direct to Com1 11 Click OK Com port properties/Port Settings Window will appear 1 Choose Restore Defaults or key ALT+R 2 Change Flow Control to Hardware or key ALT+F, H, then OK 3 Select File, Properties, Settings, ASCII Setup 4 Set the Line delay: to 200 milliseconds 5 Select OK, then select OK again 6 Connect the RS-232 cable from your PC to the Local Maintenance port on the front of the DS-100. 7 Press ENTER several times to bring up the Main Menu. 8 Enter 87 to upgrade the FLASH EEPROM CONFIGURATION 9 Enter 0 to Download program to Flash Memory 10 Enter Y if you are sure 11 Select Transfer or ALT+T to transfer the new program 12 Select Send Text File or T to send file 13 Select file DS100V20.txt (remember where you stored it?) During the transmission of the upgrade file, a series of dots will scroll across the screen, feedback from the DS-100 Data Switch that the upgrade is going smoothly. If the upgrade fails after the first few dots appear, go back and reset the Line delay to 300 milliseconds. If you could see the front panel of the DS-100, you would see the Power and Ports LED's blinking during the upgrade. The upgrade should take about 5-6 minutes, hit to start the DS-100 with the upgrade when the message appears. If you wait longer than 60 seconds, the DS-100 will start the upgrade by itself. You have now completed the upgrade.