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24 Updating SMP Gateway’s
Software and Tools
This chapter explains the software architecture of the SMP Gateway and describes how to update
the SMP Tools and the SMP Gateway’s software.
24.1 Software Architecture of the SMP Gateway
To configure the SMP Gateway, you use the SMP Tools, software that runs on your computer
under Windows Vista, XP or 2000. Inside the SMP Gateway, there are also software components
that need upgrading:
The SMP Gateway runs on Windows CE, called a firmware, the equivalent of Windows XP
on your computer. Other firmware that runs on the SMP Gateway includes the bootstrap
programs and the SMP Gateway application.
The SMP Gateway application (.app file), which contains your protocol translators and other
gateway software files.
The configuration file (.par file), which tells the gateway how to communicate with the
computer.
One of the SMP Tools is specialized in carrying files from the computer to the gateway:
SMP Loader. This tool is mainly used for SMP 4-20 and SMP 8-40 models, and is described in the
section “SMP Loader”, page 234).
Conse
quently, whenever you receive a CD-ROM from Cooper Power Systems (or the contents of
the CD-ROM via FTP access to a download site), you should perform an update of all this pieces
of software. Follow these steps, in the order they are presented:
Update the PC software, i.e., the SMP Tools (see “Updating the SMP Tools on the PC”, page
222).
For each SMP Gateway:
Update the SMP Gateway firmware (see “Updating the SMP Gateway Firmware”, page
222, and “SMP Loader”, page 234).
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