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Appendix B Upgrade Kinetix 5100 Drive Firmware
5. After acknowledging all warnings and confirming the desired revisions,
click Flash to begin the firmware upgrade.
The Status bar appears to show the progress of the firmware update.
Also, the status display scrolls ‘Updating. Do Not Turn Off’, which
indicates that the upgrade is in progress.
After the upgrade information is sent to the drive, the drive resets and
performs diagnostic checking.
After the download, the drive applies the new firmware and reboots. This
can take several minutes.
After the drive reboots, ControlFlash Plus software indicates success or
failure of the update.
6. When the upgrade has completed, click Close.
7. To complete the process and close the application, click Done.
IMPORTANT
Do not cycle power to the drive during this process. A power cycle
results in an unsuccessful firmware upgrade and an inoperable
module.
IMPORTANT
You must return to the drive Module Properties>Connection category
to clear the Inhibit Module checkbox before resuming normal
operation.