Honeywell Series A - Page 331

8. Maintenance, Checkout, and Calibration
8.5. Upgrading Firmware in Uncommissioned Device
R400 Experion PKS Series A Fieldbus Interface Module User's Guide 331
July 2010 Honeywell
Step Action Result
4
Use the Look In field to navigate to
the directory location that includes
the vendor's upgrade file.
Select the file and click Open.
Initiates the firmware upgrade. This may
take a few minutes to complete.
5
Once the firmware upgrade is completed,
wait for the device to rejoin the network.
This may take up to three minutes. Click
the close button
Closes the dialog box and returns to Link
Parameters form.
6
Check the Templates column in the form
to see if there is an existing block type in
the Library that matches the upgraded
version of the device.
The system automatically compares the
device with block types stored in the
database to find a match.
7
If a block type does exist, use
procedures in the previous
Configuration section to initiate a
device match and include the device
in the Control Strategy.
If a block type does not exist, create
one using the vendor's DD files as
described in Creating a F
ieldbus
device type from vendor DD in the
previous Configuration section.
Include the fieldbus device in the control
strategy and the Link Schedule.
8
This completes the firmware upgrade.
Click the OK button.
Closes the LINK Parameters form.