APC Battery Management System - Manual (Page 173)

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USER’S GUIDE
Battery Management System
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Use FTP or SCP to upgrade multiple Battery
Management System Management Cards
To upgrade multiple Battery Management System Management Cards
using an FTP client or using SCP, write a script which automatically
performs the procedure. For FTP, use the steps in
Use FTP or SCP to
upgrade one Battery Management System Management Card .
Use XMODEM to upgrade one Battery Management
System Management Card
To use XMODEM to upgrade the firmware for a single Battery Management
System Management Card that is not on the network:
1. Select a serial port at the local computer and disable any service which
uses that port.
2. Connect the serial cable that came with the Battery Management
System to the selected port and to the serial port at the Management
Card.
Modbus and the control console share a common serial port.
You can use either one or the other to access the Battery
Management System.
See also
If you are using Modbus to access the Battery Management
System, you must configure the DIP Switches. For DIP switch
configuration, see “Configure the DIP Switches” in the
Installation and Quick Start Manual (
.\doc\en\insguide.pdf ),
provided in Portable Document Format (PDF) on the APC
Battery Management System Utility CD and in printed form.