1. The Neo control board is programmable on two levels. At the lowest level the board’s Flash
memory (firmware) can be reprogrammed to enable a wide range of different machines to
be controlled. This level of programming requires a USB preloaded with firmware and has
to be carried out on a board institute in a machine but essentially is not a factory / main
base activity it is an activity which can be carried out on site. The firmware programmed into
a board can be read from the internal display if placed in a functioning machine, using the
Machine Status menu, ref. section 3 paragraph 23c).
2. For machines the software version will typically be of the form NEO_XX. Where NEO
denotes the program and XX is a number defining the version. Latest versions will have
software of the form NEO.XXX New versions will be generated to support customer specific
configurations and behaviours. It is therefore important to check that the firmware
programmed into a board is appropriate to the machine to which it is to be fitted, as
older versions may not support a particular machine type.
3. For the first level of programming this involves installing the correct firmware to the control
board to enable a blank or a board in need of a software update to be enabled. The
procedure to achieve this is as follows:
(1) Switch off the machine.
(2) Fit the new control board and plug in all connectors. It is not possible to put
connectors in the incorrectly as the plug sizes prevent this.
(3) Fit the shorting link between the pins CLK BAT to enable the battery support for the
clock.
(4) Fit the shorting link between the pins labelled ENG LNK
(5) Turn the power back on.
(6) The display will change to
USE BOOTLOADER?
ENTER=YES, ESC=NO
(7) Press ENTER
(8) The display will change to
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