User's Manual

Upgrading the Firmware
D-4 Reader Software Upgrade Procedure
Restoring Parameters Follow these steps:
1. Verify whether parameters were erased during the upgrade procedure, by typing:
ISC<Enter>
2. If the Reader responds with
ISC=0
then the original parameter values were erased and they were set to their default values.
3. Reset the parameters HV0, HV1, ISC, ISN to their original values prior to the upgrade
process. You recorded them during the Saving Parametersstep.
Note a) Firmware V1.68.02 ignores leading zeros for integers.
b) If the Reader was already configured on the site, you have to restore all application parameters
queried during the Saving Parametersstep, or restart the configuration process as described in
Chapter 5, Configuration and Operation.
3. Check the values of the new parameters that were introduced by this software version. For
example, For an IPC installation, the following parameters must have the default values as
follows:
HCC=8, HCS=7, HE0=18, HE1=6, RCS=Y, RES=Y, SFC=N
Setting the Reader’s
Network Configuration
To set the Reader’s network configuration, do the following:
1. Set the Reader’s address to it initial value (see step 1 in Setting the Reader’s Address): by
typing:
IAD=r<Enter>
2. Store the Reader’s parameters, by typing:
:CONFIG:STORE<Enter>
3. Reset the Reader, by typing:
:RESET<Enter>
4. Verify that the Reader is functioning properly, by typing:
@r IVN<Enter>
where r is the Reader’s address. The Reader must respond with its software version number.
5. Verify that the parameters set in the following sections are correct:
• Steps 2 and 3 from the section, Restoring Parameters above.
• Step 1 in this section.