Manual

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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.!!
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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:!
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[Configuration]!
Adapter!Index=[10]![10]!Broadcom!NetXtreme!57xx!Gigabit!Controller!
Firmware!Location=C:\Program!Files\Peak!Audio\CobraNet!Discovery\firmware!
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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:!
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[Configuration]!
Adapter!Index=[10]![10]!Broadcom!NetXtreme!57xx!Gigabit!Controller!
Firmware!Location=C:\Program!Files\Peak!Audio\CobraNet!Discovery\firmware!
Advanced!Feature=1!
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Save!the!file!and!exit!Notepad.!The!advanced!feature!is!now!enabled.!
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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..!
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