User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Mod. A528 Technical Specifications
- 2.1. Mod. A528 Technical Specifications Table
- 2.2. External connections
- 2.2.1. A528 Main connector pinout
- 2.2.2. A528 MAIN connector electrical characteristics
- 2.2.3. Power supply connection
- 2.2.4. General purpose I/O connections
- 2.2.5. External reset
- 2.2.6. UART connection
- 2.2.7. A528 recovery
- 2.2.8. A528 USB connector pinout
- 2.2.9. USB connector pinout electrical characteristics
- 2.2.10. Antenna port specifications
- 2.3. Reader – Tag link profiles
- 2.4. Host communication interfaces
- 2.5. A528 Firmware Upgrade
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2.5.2. A528 RS232 FW upgrade
To perform the FW upgrade via RS-232 interface these steps shall be followed:
1. Turn off the reader
2. Connect the reader with the RS232 serial cable to your PC using the adapter
board A528ADAT.
3. Setup a serial terminal (such hyperterminal available on all windows OS) with the
following settings:
- baud rate: 115200
- data bits: 8
- parity: none
- stop bits: 1
- Flow control: None
4. Turn on the reader.
If A528 is configured to use INTEL protocol a boot message (see
Fig. 2-8 ) will
appear press the space bar within 6 seconds from boot.
Fig. 2-8: Mod. A528 debug shell window
If A528 is configured to use CAEN protocol no boot message will appear: in this
case you shall type quickly and in capital letters the word “CAEN”.
5. After that in both cases a prompt ">" should be displayed. The reader is waiting
for commands to be sent over the serial port.
6. Type "upgrade", press return and disconnect the serial port
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