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Manual Manual PCD 1 / PCD 2 Series │ Document 26 / 737 EN22 │ 2013-11-26

CPUs and expansion housings

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CPU overview

3.4.4 Firmware Upgrade for the PCD1.M110, PCD1.M120 and PCD1.M130

ThermwareforthePCD1.M1x0isstoredinaPROM.Thesechipscanonlybepro-

grammedonce.Withblankchips(item-no.450271780)andanEPROMburnerwith

adapterforPLCC44chips(e.g.Galep-4withadapter210841),newrmwarechips

canbeburntatanytime.Thelewiththelatestrmwareversioncanbedownloaded

from www.sbc-support.com.

At this point, the following known restrictions apply:

● Inthecourseof2004,solderedfirmwarechipswereadopted;forafirmware

update, these controls have to be returned to the factory

3.4.5 Firmware Upgrade for the PCD1.M125 and PCD1.M135

TheFirmwareisstoredinaFlashEPROM,solderedtothemotherboard.Armware

updatecanbeappliedbydownloadinganewversionwiththePG5.Theprocedureis

as follows:

● Gotowww.sbc-support.comanddownloadthelatestrmwareversion.

● EstablishaconnectionbetweenPG5andtheCPU,asforadownloadofanap-

plication(dependingonthefacilitiesavailable,seriallyviaPGUcable,modem

USB, Ethernet).

● OpentheOnlineConguratorandgoofine.

● FromtheToolsmenu,select“DownloadFirmware”,thenusetheBrowsefunction

toselectapathtotheleforthenewrmwareversion.Ensurethatonlyoneleis

selected for downloading.

● Startthedownload.

● Afterthedownload,thepowersupplytotheSaiaPCD

must not be interrupted for

3minutes(CPLDprogrammingsequence).Otherwise,theCPUmaybeblockedin

such a way that it needs to be returned to the factory.

1) A modem connection is not always reliable. A modem may become blocked in such a way that remote access is

nolongerpossible.Insuchcases,anon-sitevisitwillbenecessary.Otherconnectionoptionsarepreferable.

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