COMMUNICATION AND VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES
via Pastrengo, 7/C – 24068 Seriate (Bergamo)
[ENG]TC-430_Manual_1_116_0_A.doc
Copyright © 2016-2018 Aesys S.p.A.
All rights reserved
The system then shows the content of the USB key for selecting the file representing the firmware,
configuration or fonts definition to be updated (depending on the selected function) on the selected sign.
A progress bar is shown on screen during the update process. Proper messages are shown at the end of the
process for reporting success or error messages.
UPDATE FROM FOLDER
For easing the update of several buses, it is possible to prepare a folder on the USB key for programming a
set of sign updates to be performed in a row.
By selecting “Setup
Displays setup
Displays maintenance
Update from folder” the system let the
user to select a folder from the USB key and then looks for files named <ADDRESS>.<EXT> in the given
folder, where <ADDRESS> is a letter telling the target device for that update file and the extension <EXT>
can be one of entries in the following table:
Z80-based (SLIM2) sign firmware update
NIOS-based (SLIM5) sign firmware update
NIOS-based (SLIM5) sign firmware update (binary file format)
Sign configuration update
Sign fonts update (binary format)
Table 4: Recognized filename extension for LED signs maintenance
Good to know
FLB and FNB files can be obtained out of (respectively) FLASH and FNE file using proper utility
programs which can be provided by Aesys®. Please contact your sales representative if requested to
do so.
The folder can also optionally contain a file named “options.ini” used for specifying the baud-rate to be used
during the activities (if “options.ini” is not available or not valid the communication speed is defaulted to that
specified in “Setup
Displays setup
Displays maintenance
Maintenance baud rate”).
Figure 79: “options.ini” example
TC-430™ automatically tries to perform all the update tasks specified by the files available in the selected
folder and then shows an update report at the end of the entire process.
For backward compatibility with former Aesys® DC-600™ control units, the files in the selected folder can
also be specified with the following naming schema: <AA><LBL>.DIS, where <AA> is the address of the
target sign specified as two digits (being “01” = “A”, “02” = “B” and so on), and <LBL> is a label specifying the
kind of the file to be uploaded. Allowed <LBL> entries are summarized in the following table:
To Next Page
Loading...
Need help?
General