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CPU/DSP BOARD
Under normal situation and when the device is detected by Xilica Designer, the device firmware file can be upgraded through ethernet.
This firmware upgrade procedure has been previously described in section “Firmware Upgrade Procedure (Ethernet)“.
However, if the device’s OS is corrupted for any reason during upgrade (e.g. device is accidentally powered off during a firmware upgrade
procedure), users must perform a full firmware recovery to the CPU board via USB. For this, the full firmware file (with a size of approximately 100
Mbytes in .xfw format) should be obtained from the product’s download section on the LD Systems website.
Once downloaded, the procedure consists of the following steps:
yDownload the appropriate USB driver from the product’s download section on the LD Systems website.
yInstall the USB driver compatible with your computer‘s OS.
ySince ethernet access will be required during the second stage of the recovery procedure, please connect the ethernet port of ZoneX as well
as the ethernet port of the host computer to an enabled DHCP server. Also, make sure that DHCP network settings are enabled on your PC/Mac.
yActivate Recovery Mode:
1. Power off the device.
2. Push and hold the IP reset button. Then power on the device and wait until the blue LED in the rear panel’s network card starts flashing in
a special pattern. It will quickly flash 8 times in two seconds and then off for another second.
This LED pattern indicates that the device is in Recovery Mode.
yConnect the device’s USB port to a host computer. Please note that it is necessary to use a USB data transfer cable. Once connected, start Xilica
Designer and go into Network View.
yNOTE: Be sure to close any open projects before performing USB firmware recovery, otherwise the software will not display the options within
the “Device Management” menu and instead will indicate a warning message: “Operation NOT available under project editing mode!”
ySelect “Device Management” “Advanced (Recovery/Diagnostics)” “Solaro” “Firmware Recovery”.
yA pop-up message will appear indicating that this kind of procedure is only to be used in case of OS corruption and not as a standard firmware
update routine. Click “Ok” to continue if you wish to perform a USB firmware recovery.
yPlease note that the firmware upgrade process will erase all data on the device. Make sure you save your changes beforehand.
Click “Yes” to proceed.
IP RESET NETWORK CONFIGURATION
NETWORK VIEW ERRORS & TROUBLESHOOTING
USB LOG FILE
FIRMWARE RECOVERY
FIRMWARE UPGRADE
