Apogee Digital X-HD - Manual (Page 26)

APOGEE ELECTRONICS
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X-HD card – User’s Guide
To allow the greatest flexibility in the field, Apogee now employs a firmware update
method using stardard Midi
protocol. You’ll need the following items to update the firmware of your Apogee device:
• ApogeeUpdater program, available from Apogee’s website
• New firmware file, also available from our website
• Macintosh OSX 10.2 or higher or Windows XP computer
• USB Midi interface, compatible with OS used.
1 Install both the ApogeeUpdater and the new firmware file onto a computer equipped
with a USB Midi Interface. It’s assumed that all drivers necessary for the proper test
and operation of the Midi Interface have been installed.
2 Connect the X-HD Midi port to an output of the Midi Interface.
3 Set the Apogee Host interface to 44.1kHz Internal Clock.
4 Open the ApogeeUpdater application, and click on OPEN FILE. In the Navigation
window which appears,navigate to the new firmware file, select it, and click on OPEN.
5 Click on DOWNLOAD TO UNIT.
6 Both the red and green LEDs on the X-HD card should flash, indicating that the card
is updating.
7 Once the ApogeeUpdater indicates “Finished” in the upper right hand corner, power
cycle the Apogee Host interface; the X-HD card is now ready for use.
8 On the Rosetta 800, set Source to Analog Out to Option and verify that the LED does
NOT flash. On the AD/DA-16X, verify that a valid sample rate is indicated.
9 If the Option LED does flash on the Rosetta 800, or “000” is indicated on the AD/DA-
16X, programming has failed; check your MIDI setup and try again.
Upgrading Firmware on the X-HD card