User's Manual

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CHAPTer 4 o COMMUNICATION
Firmware/Software Compatibility ScreenFigure 4.8 –
Upload
Selecting Upload will upload the bundled rmware to the sensor, thereby
eliminating any compatibility problems. The amount of time it takes to complete
the upload depends primarily on your connection speed, but usually varies from
1 to 10 minutes.
During the upload process, you can cancel at any time. However, if the FPGA
rmware was incompatible and the new version was not fully loaded before you
pressed Cancel, the sensor will revert back to a factory-installed version of the
FPGA rmware upon reboot of the sensor. The factory-installed version of the
FPGA rmware may not be the same as the last version you were running on
the sensor. In this case, you will need to re-upload the version of FPGA rmware
you’d like to have on the sensor (see chapter 8 for information on how to do this).
This does not occur when you cancel an upload of DSP rmware.
If the upload completes successfully, the sensor will need to reboot and restart
before the new rmware will take eect. The restart should take about 15 seconds.
Exit SmartSensor Manager
If you are unsure what to do, you should press the Exit SmartSensor Manager
buon. When you have decided what to do, you can reconnect to the sensor.
In some cases, you may have simply connected to the sensor with the wrong
version of SmartSensor Manager. Press the Exit SmartSensor Manager buon
to close your current connection and quit the program. Once you have quit this
version of SmartSensor Manager, you can then connect up with the version you
originally intended.
Continue w/o upload
If you are determined to continue using this version of SmartSensor Manager
to interact with the sensor, but have good reason not to upload the bundled
rmware, you can press the Continue w/o Upload buon. With this choice,
SmartSensor Manager nishes establishing the connection and continues normal
execution. However, depending on the nature of incompatibilities between the
sensor’s rmware and SmartSensor Manager, unexpected errors may result.
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Dierences between the sensor’s rmware and the rmware bundled with