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Issue 1 Rev 1 Page 5 © 2014 Snell Limited
9. Nucleus Upgrade (RollCall) and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
9.1 Nucleus Router Control Module Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
9.2 Nucleus2 2463 & Nucleus 2450 Router Control Module Compatibility . . . . . . . . 87
9.3 Nucleus2 2463 & Nucleus 2450 Router Control Module Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . 88
9.4 Nucleus2 2463 & Nucleus 2450: Upgrade With RollCall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
9.4.1 Importing The Nucleus Upgrade Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
9.4.1.1 Upgrade the Inactive Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
9.4.1.2 Upgrade the Active Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
9.5 Nucleus2 2463 Router Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
9.5.1 Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
9.5.2 Nucleus2 2463 Router Control Module LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
9.5.3 Nucleus2 2463 Router Control Module LEDs at Startup/Reset. . . . . . . . . 100
9.5.4 Nucleus2 2463 Router Control Module LEDs on Database Push. . . . . . . 100
9.5.5 Changing the IP Address of a Nucleus2 Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
9.5.6 Configuring Nucleus2 2463 Controller Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
9.5.7 Enable/Disable RollCall on a Nucleus2 Controller Using the Online Editor102
9.5.8 Enable/Disable Auto Change Over of Controller Ethernet Connection. . . 103
9.6 Nucleus 2450 Router Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
9.6.1 Nucleus 2450 Controller LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
9.6.2 Changing the IP Address of a Nucleus 2450 Router Control Module . . . . 106
9.6.3 Enable/Disable RollCall on a Nucleus 2450 Router Control Module. . . . . 106
9.6.4 Enable/Disable Auto Change Over of Controller Ethernet Connection. . . 106
9.6.5 Nucleus 2450: Setting Parity for SW-P-02 & SW-P-08 Protocols . . . . . . . 107
10. Nucleus Advanced Functions and Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
10.1 Nucleus2 2463 Router Control Module Software Update (Web Browser). . . . 109
10.2 Nucleus2 2463 Router Control Module Advanced Operations (USB). . . . . . . .112
10.2.1 Adding RTB and System Files Using Pbak Deploy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
10.2.2 USB Memory Stick Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
10.2.3 ControllerLoader Application Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
10.2.4 Example: Updating Software, Firmware, RollCall & Web Content Files . 124
10.2.5 Example: Updating the IP Address of a Nucleus2 Controller . . . . . . . . . 126
10.2.6 Example: Deleting the DCCP Configuration in a Nucleus2 Controller . . 127
10.2.7 Running an Actions.txt file from a USB Memory Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
10.2.7.1 Running the Actions.txt file on the Second Nucleus2 Controller . . . . . . . . . . 129
10.2.8 Creating a Bootable USB Memory Stick (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
10.2.8.1 If the USB Memory Stick Doesn’t Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
10.2.9 Creating and Restoring an Image of a Bootable USB Memory Stick . . . 132
10.3 Nucleus 2450 Software Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
10.3.1 Update using FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
10.3.2 Update Using Pbak Deploy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
10.4 Nucleus 2450 Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
10.4.1 Update using FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
10.4.2 Update using Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
10.5 Nucleus 2450 RollCall File and WebContent File Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
10.5.1 Update using FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
10.5.2 Update using Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
10.6 Nucleus 2450 Finding and Changing the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140