INTRODUCTION ============ Castelle's LANpress MP products were designed to have FLASH memory for easy upgrade. Whenever there is a need for firmware upgrade (new features, bug fixes, etc.), a firmware upgrade diskette will be provided for customers to remotely upgrade their LANpress units using a PC on the network. WHAT DOES THE FIRMWARE UPGRADE DISKETTE CONTAIN =============================================== This diskette contains the following files: README - This file. UPGRADE.EXE - This is the DOS based firmware upgrade utility. MPJR_513.BIN - This is the new firmware binary file used to upgrade your current LANpress 1P MP firmware code. Do not use this binary file to upgrade other models of the LANpress products. This binary file should be used only for LANpress JR MP. NE2000PD.COM - This is the packet driver for NE2000 Ethernet card. 3C5X9PD.COM - This is the packet driver for 3Com's 3C509 Ethernet card. HOW DO I PERFORM THE FIRMWARE UPGRADE ===================================== Step 1: ------- You need a PC running DOS version 3.3 or later. You need an Ethernet Card plugged into the PC, and connected to the network. Step 2: ------- Reboot your PC with DOS operating system. Do not load any network drivers or any TSR programs at the moment. DOS kernel is all you need for now. Step 3: ------- The UPGRADE utility uses "packet driver" to perform the firmware upgrade. Castelle provides you with two Ethernet packet drivers for your selection: NE2000PD.COM for any NE2000 compatible card & 3C5X9PD.COM for 3Com 3C509 EtherLink III adapter card. If you are not using either of the two cards, you need to find the packet driver of the Ethernet card you use. Almost all the Ethernet cards come with a driver diskette which should contain the packet driver. Load the packet driver from DOS prompt as follows: driver_name 0x60 IRQ# PORT# Example 1: If you use NE2000 compatible card with IRQ=5 and PORT_ID=300, then you should load the packet driver as follows: ne2000pd 0x60 5 0x300 Example 2: If you use 3Com's EtherLink III card with IRQ=12 and PORT_ID=320, then you should load the packet driver as follows: 3c5x9pd 0x60 12 0x320 After the packet driver is successfully loaded, your PC is ready to perform the firmware upgrade. Step 4: ------- Before you start upgrading your LANpress 1P MP units, make sure that the LANpress 1P MP units are on the SAME NETWORK SEGMENT where your PC is connected. You also need to write down the serial numbers of the target LANpress units. The serial numbers can be found from the back of each unit. IMPORTANT, PLEASE BE CAREFUL: ----------------------------- DURING THE FIRMWARE UPGRADE PROCESS, ANY INTERRUPTIONS TO THE PC, NETWORK CABLE OR POWER CABLE CAN CAUSE THE UPGRADE PROCESS TO FAIL, AND THE LANpress UNIT MAY NEED TO BE SENT BACK TO CASTELLE FOR SERVICE. Step 5: ------- Start the UPGRADE utility from your DOS prompt. The syntax of using UPGRADE is as follows: UPGRADE MPJR_513.BIN XXXXXX <ENTER> Where XXXXXX is the last 6 digits of your LANpress MP's serial number. Example: If the serial number of your LANpress 1P MP is CTC12345, then you should enter: UPGRADE MPJR_513.BIN C12345 The messages that the UPGRADE utility would display on your PC include: Download to CTC12345 Erasing EEPROM. (this takes approximately 20 seconds) Download BIN file: followed by percentage mark Download Status: OK! Step 6: ------- After upgrade starts, the LANpress unit will flash both the Red and the Green LEDs. When download finishes, the LANpress unit will be reset and then starts functioning (Green LED flashing, Red LED off). If the Red LED stays on for more than 30 seconds, the upgrade process must have failed. You need to return the unit back to Castelle for service.Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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