User's Manual

pulsAR radio Operator’s Manual
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3. Start the econsole utility by typing “econ” from a DOS window. Econ will send a “discovery”
message and display all the radios that can be seen. Verify that all radios in the network are
listed. Then select one of the radios in the list that you wish to upgrade.
4. Issue the command:
>directory
to view a list of files stored in Flash PROM as well as the available free space. Verify that the
free space in flash PROM is larger than the size of the pmp0x_xx.bze file in the PC. If there is
not enough space in Flash PROM delete one of the program files to make up space (use command
>delete filename).
5. If the radio configuration has been password protected, you must first unlock the protection with
the command:
>unlock enable-configuration=password
(when the configuration is unlocked, the radio prompt ends with the characters ‘#>. In locked
mode the prompt does not include the ‘#’ character).
6. Issue the command:
>download path/pmp0x_xx.bze
where path/ is the directory in the PC where the pmp0x_xx.bze file is stored. The path/ extension
is not required if the file is in the same directory as the ECON program. As the download
proceeds econ displays a line showing the current percentage complete.
7. Once the download is complete, issue the command:
>set-default-program pmp0x_xx
in order to make the new file the default program to run after a reset.
8. Issue the command:
>single-node-reboot timeout=60
in order to speed up the network recovery after rebooting the hub radio below (this step is not
necessary if the new firmware is known to be compatible with the old one but it does not hurt in
either case).
9. Depress the “F4” key to log-off the session with the current radio. “Econ” displays the list of all
radios from the initial discovery phase. Select another radio in the network and repeat steps 4
through 8 for each of the radios.
10. Once all radios in the network have the new program, log onto the hub radio (using econsole) and
issue the command:
>reboot
to cause that radio to restart using the new firmware.
11. If the new firmware is compatible with the old one, the links will be reestablished in a short time
(with the hub running the new version and the remotes running the old version).