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11. If a second controller is fitted reset it from the Workbench Controller Configuration
interface software so that it goes Idle.
12. Repeat the RebootAll procedure for the second (Idle) Nucleus controller.
10.4.2 Update using Copy
1. Remove the Idle Nucleus controller, see Fig 79. on page 134 for LED locations:
LED D4: Idle = Purple, Active = Blue
LED D16: Idle = Flashing Red, Active = Flashing Green
2. Remove the compact flash card and insert it into a card reader connected to a PC.
3. Make a backup copy of the existing file PA864.rbf, either on the PC or in a directory
on the compact flash card.
4. Select the PA0864F file on your computer. If Workbench installed to the default
directories, browse to the PA0864F file located in:
C:\Program Files\Snell\MCM\Controllers\2450\
5. Extract the PA864.rbf file from the PA0864F package and copy the new PA864.rbf
file onto the compact flash card.
6. Once the new firmware file has been successfully written to the compact flash card
eject it from the computer.
7. Replace the flash card in the Nucleus controller, and replace the Nucleus controller in
the Sirius 800.
8. Wait until the card has booted: LED 15 = Red.
9. Press the Active Nucleus controller Reset button. The Active and Idle Nucleus
controllers swap over.
10. Repeat the procedure for the second Nucleus controller. LED 15 for both Nucleus
controllers will be off.
If the router is only fitted with a single controller the controller will be Active rather than Idle.
If Workbench is installed in the default location on a 64 bit Windows computer then it will be
located in the “Program Files (x86)” directory.
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