Trimble R10 - Check for Firmware Upgrades

TrimbleR10ReceiverWebHelp
ActiveFirmwareChecksum–UsedbyTrimblesupporttoverifythatthecurrentfirmwareofthe
receiveriscorrectlyinstalled.
Browse–ClickBrowsetolocatenewfirmwareonyourcomputertoinstallonthereceiver.
InstallNewFirmware–Beginstheinstallationofthenewlyuploaded
firmwaretothereceiver.
Statusupdatesaregivenatthebottomofthepageduringanewfirmwareinstallation.
CheckforFirmwareUpgrades
ThereceivercanautomaticallycheckforfirmwareupgradesfromtheTrimblewebsiteifthisoption
isenabled(Defaultisenabled).
Ifyournetworkrequiresthatyoupassthroughaproxyserver,youcanconfiguretheIPaddressof
theserverandtheportthroughwhichtheInternetisaccessedfromNetwork
Configuration‐Proxy.
UpdateAvailable–Thisfieldisvisibleifthereisamorerecentfirmwareversionthanthereceiver
hasinstalled.Ifthereceiverisunderwarrantysupport,selecttheFirmware/Installoptiontoopen
theInstallNewFirmware
page.
Helpmenu
Help
Hereyoucanaccessthehelpfilesforthereceiver.Youcansearchfortopicsandbrowsethe
contentsfortheinformationyouarelookingfor.
IfthereceiverisconnectedtotheInternet,youcanaccessthelatestfilesonlineusingthedefault
linkwww.trimble.com/EC_ReceiverHelp/Vx.xx(wherex.xxisthefirmwareversion).
Alternatively,youcandownloadthefilestoalocalwindowscomputerandviewthemusingaweb
browser.SeeHelpLocation
fordetails.
TodownloadtheHelpfiles,pastethefollowinglinkintoawebbrowser,afterreplacingthex.xx
withthefirmwareversion.
http://www.trimble.com/EC_ReceiverHelp/Vx.xx/en/Help.zip
HelpLocation
UsetheHelpLinkfieldtopointtothelocationoftheHelpfiles.
TheHelpLinkenablesyoutohosttheonlineHelponeitheralocalcomputeroraLANrunninga
webserver.Thisisusefulifyouuseacomputertoaccessthewebinterface,butyou
donothavea
permanentInternetconnection.Usuallythehelpfilesarehostedonwww.trimble.com
.Various
webserverscanbeusedtohostthehelpfiles.ThefollowingexampleexplainshowtouseApache:
1. GototheApachewebsiteathttp://httpd.apache.org/
.
2. Findthemostrecent lyreleasedversion.AsofFebruary2010,thisisversion2.2.14.Clickonit
andtheninstallthe"Win32withoutcrypto"version.
3. Bydefault,Apache2.2usesthefollowinglocationfortherootofthewebservercontent
C:\ProgramFiles\ApacheSoftwareFoundation\Apache2.2\htdocs.