SMP Gateway User Manual • 235
To update Windows CE, the resident diagnostics, the primary bootstrap program, or the
secondary bootstrap program of an SMP 4-20 or an SMP 8-40.
You can, in fact, load Windows CE and the resident diagnostics with SMP Loader, but you
should use SMP Manager unless there is a problem.
When the SMP Gateway is powered up or reset, the following components are started up, in the
order listed:
The primary bootstrap program.
The secondary bootstrap program.
Windows CE.
In order to use SMP Loader, you need to interrupt the startup process before it reaches Windows
CE’s startup. You accomplish this by putting the SMP Gateway into Command mode.
26.4.1 Setting Up SMP Loader
Setting up SMP Loader requires that you go through 3 steps:
Connect your PC to the SMP Gateway’s console port.
Start SMP Loader.
Put the SMP Gateway into Command mode.
26.4.1.1 Connecting your PC to the SMP Gateway
Proceed as follows:
Connect one of the communications ports of your PC to the SMP Gateway’s console port,
using a standard RS-232 direct cable equipped with a DB9 male connector at one end and a
DB9 female connector at the other end.
Note: If you are using a portable computer that does not have an external serial port,
you will need to use an USB-to-RS-232 serial converter.
26.4.1.2 Starting SMP Loader
Once your PC is connected to the SMP Gateway, start SMP Loader as follows:
Click Start on the Windows taskbar.
Point to All Programs, then to Cybectec, and then to SMP Tools.
From the SMP Tools menu, click SMP Loader.
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