Extron Electronics IPL 250 Reference Manual - Manual (Page 99)

B-5 IPL 250 • Firmware Updates
6. In the Choose file dialog box, locate and select the firmware file (*.s19) you
downloaded to C:\Program Files\Extron\Firmware\IPL_250\xx, and click
the Open button.
7. Click on the Web page’s Upload button to upload the firmware into the
controller. It takes a while to load the file into the IPL. You will not see
any on-screen indication when the upload has finished. Once the firmware
upload is completed, the IPL performs a reset.
8. Follow the instructions in “Resetting the IPL and restoring its configuration”
later in this chapter.
Updating firmware via Extron Firmware Loader software
This method allows you to update one IPL 250 at a time via IP communication.
N The IPL 250 requires Firmware Loader version 5.0 or higher.
1. Download the firmware file.
2. Start the Firmware Loader (FWLoader, ) software on the connected PC.
3. Choose the communication type (select TCP/IP) and set the communication
settings. Enter the unit’s IP address, verify or change the Telnet port number,
and enter an administrator password if a password has been set for the unit.
N Passwords must contain 4 to 12 alphanumeric characters. Symbols and spaces
are not allowed, and the passwords are case-sensitive.