Sharp Digital Laser Copier/Printer AR-5127 - Manual (Page 91)

AR-5127 OTHERS 11 - 1
[11] OTHERS
1. Flash ROM version up procedure
(Items necessary for upgrade)
A Personal computer
B RS232C Cross cable (D-sub 9pin to D-sub 9pin, or D-sub 25pin to
D-sub 9pin)
C Software for upgrade
(Type of ROM)
Flash ROM is directly attached to each PWB
(Targeted PWBs)
1 MCU-PWB
2 Panel-PWB
Diagrammatic sketch for upgrade method
(Necessary files for download)
• Maintenance software: mainte.exe
• Loader files
Main body loader file : downbios.cvt
Panel loader file : pnlbios.cvt
The maintenance program performs the following program download
operations:
• Main body program download
A. Program download procedure (Main body
program)
The download procedures of the main body program follows:
1) Preliminary procedure : Connect the PC and the main body with
the download cable (RS-232C cable).
2) PC side: The maintenance program is booted. (Ver. 3.00) The type
selection dialog is shown. Select the type of the machine from the
list.
3) PC side : Confirm that the tree is displayed on the maintenance
program.
4) Main body side : Turn on the power of the main body. The machine
enters the download mode.
5) PC side: Double click "Special" in the main tree item to develop
the sub tree items, and double click "All Area Download" in the sub
tree items.
6) PC side : The maintenance program asks you the file name. Spec-
ify the download file (*.dat).
Download file
• leopXXXX.dat:
Collective download file (Main body, Panel)
XXXXT: Whole release version
7) PC side : The download file is specified, download is automatically
performed.
Note: If the download file version is older than the machine file version,
the following alert message is displayed during download.
In this case, press the OK button to interrupt the current down-
load operation, and the next download is performed.
7) PC side : When the message below is displayed, download is
completed.
Completion message : DOWNLOAD COMPLETE
8) After-process: Terminate the maintenance program, and turn on
the power of the main body.
With the above procedures, download is completed.
∗ If the machine is not booted normally after downloading the pro-
gram, there may be possibility of improper downloading. In that
case, repeat procedures 1) – 4) and set the maintenance software to
the download mode. Double-click “Special” in the main tree items to
developed the sub tree items. Double-click “Error status acquisition”
in the sub tree items. If the response is “There is no error.” it is nor-
mal. If not, perform downloading again.
(Personal computer)
(AR-5127)
RS232C connector
(9pin or 25pin)
MCU-PWB
I/F Circuit (9pin)
Operation
panel
IMC-PWB FAX-PWB
RS232C Cross cable
(D-sub 9pin to D-sub 9pin)
or
(D-sub 25pin to D-sub 9pin)
Finisher
Download
data
A
C
B
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