User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- TK-RP08
- The TK-RP08 allows its user to upgrade firmware contents whenever is needed to enhance its functionality and/or performance. With the firmware upgrade feature, your investment on the unit is further ensured and its life-time value just maximized. You don’t have to buy a newer unit just to have better features, instead you can have them all added to your current unit with an easy flash upgrade! The correct Flash upgrade procedure is described below. Please follow the instructions to complete your firmware upgrade.
- The TK-RP08 can be used as a power control accessory for TK-IP101 Swtich, or any other KVM Switch that supports a standard serial power control.
- Before you connect the TK-RP08 to the TK-IP101, you might need to install them first into their own proper placements within a rack, that is , if you are going to use them within a rack. After you have installed the TK-RP08, TK-IP101 into the rack, or into their proper locations, you can now proceed with following steps for further connections.
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Flash Upgrade Operation Guide
(Using Windows HyperTerminal)
Important Note: Besides using Windows HyperTerminal for TK-RP08 flash upgrade, you can also use the Tools/Upgrade
option on the IP Management Software Menu. Please refer to the Quick Installation section on this User Guide.
The TK-RP08 allows its user to upgrade firmware contents
whenever is needed to enhance its functionality and/or
performance. With the firmware upgrade feature, your
investment on the unit is further ensured and its life-time value
just maximized. You don’t have to buy a newer unit just to
have better features, instead you can have them all added to
your current unit with an easy flash upgrade! The correct Flash
upgrade procedure is described below. Please follow the
instructions to complete your firmware upgrade.
Flash Upgrade Procedure
Before you can perform a flash upgrade, you should have (1) a
powered-on PC with an available RS-232 port (DB9) (2) the TK-
RP08 Unit to be upgraded, and (3) a RS-232 cable (DB9 to-DB9)
connected already to RS-232 ports on both your PC and the ioPower
Unit.
AND also…..
Pease be sure to have (4) the latest flash upgrade file (
*.x
) ready on
your local computer. You can copy them from the diskette/CD-ROM
provided by the technical support or download it from available
support website.
Check the connection between the TK-RP08
Unit and PC
Make sure you have powered on the PC and also the
TK-RP08 Unit before you perform the flash upgrade
procedure.
Step 1. Connect your PC and the TK-RP08 Unit using a RS-
232 cable.
Setting the Windows HyperTerminal
Once you have successfully established a serial connection,
the settings will be stored on your PC and a shortcut with the
connection’s name generated under your HyperTerminal
program menu. Next time, you can establish the connection
again simply by clicking the connection shortcut without going
over the procedure in this section again. If that is the case, just
click the connection shortcut and go right to the last section,
Flash Upgrade File Transfer
.
Step 2. On your PC (which should already be connected to
your ioPower Unit with a DB9-to-DB9 RS-232 cable),
activate the Windows HyperTerminal
(Start/Programs/Accessories/Communications/Hyper
Terminal). Designate your HyperTerminal connection
with a specific name, e.g. Power Control 01.
Click OK.
Step 3. Select COM 1 or COM 2 (depending on r actual COM
port configuration). In this case, we select COM 1.
Click OK.
Step 4. Configure your port setting with the following
parameters:
Bits per seconds: 9600
Data bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1
Flow Control: Hardware
Click Apply then click OK. Then HyperTerminal
windows appears…..
Step 5. Hit Enter key twice to go into command mode …..