{"id":65,"date":"2009-03-05T10:25:45","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T10:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ravtrack.com\/GPStracking\/?p=65"},"modified":"2010-06-17T04:07:06","modified_gmt":"2010-06-17T04:07:06","slug":"m7-firmware-updating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raveon.com\/data_radio_info\/m7-firmware-updating-65\/","title":{"rendered":"M7 Firmware Updating"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overview<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

This Technical Brief describes how to upload firmware into the RV-M7<\/a> transceiver. \u00a0<\/span>The RV-M7 series transceivers utilize a Phillips ARM-based Microprocessor with internal FLASH memory. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All RV-M7-GX series transceiver use an LPC2136 processor, which has 256kB of flash memory. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Phillips Semiconductor provides a utility to upload firmware into the microprocessor. Their program is called \u201cLPC2000 Flash Utility\u201d This utility may be used in the field to upload new firmware into the RV-M7 series transceivers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Firmware updating\u00a0information and software revision implications is also available in Application Note\u00a0AN136<\/a>\u00a0which is\u00a0in .pdf form.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Procedure<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

1.0 <\/span>Uploading Firmware<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

1.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Extract the .zip files if the firmware update was supplied in .zip format.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Select the appropriate COM port from the Connected To Port pull-down menu.<\/span><\/p>\n

4.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Set the baud rate to 19200 from the Use Baud Rate pull-down menu.<\/span><\/p>\n

5.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Set the XTAL Freq (kHz) to 20000.<\/span><\/p>\n

6.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Select the appropriate file to upload to the modem. The file name will end in a .hex extension. <\/span><\/p>\n

7.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Remove the four Phillips panhead screws securing the modem\u2019s rear panel to the housing. You don\u2019t need to disconnect the SMA GPS cable from the rear panel. <\/span><\/p>\n

8.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Carefully remove the rear panel from the modem housing. The internal SMA GPS cable has a 2\u201d service loop to allow access to the modem\u2019s CONFIG button. The CONFIG button location is shown below.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"configbutton\"<\/span><\/p>\n

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9.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Set a DC power supply for +12VDC. Set the power supply output OFF.<\/span><\/p>\n

10.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Connect the PC serial port to the modem\u2019s DB9 front panel connector.<\/span><\/p>\n

11.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Connect the modem\u2019s green 2-pin power connector to the power supply. <\/span><\/p>\n

12.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Press and hold the modem CONFIG button. Set the power supply output to ON, wait approximately 2 seconds, and release the CONFIG button. If these steps were performed correctly the modem\u2019s current draw should be approximately 30mA.<\/span><\/p>\n

13.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Press the Read Device ID button on the Philips Utility program window to establish communication with the modem. A reset message saying \u201cPlease reset your LPC2000 board now and then press OK!\u201d will appear. DO NOT RESET POWER TO THE MODEM. Press the OK button. A \u201cRead Part ID Successfully\u201d message will appear in the lower left corner of the Flash Utility program window.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note: When the Read Device ID button is pressed the Utility program may display a \u201cCannot communicate with test board!\u201d message. Disregard this message. Press the OK button and press the Read Device ID button again to establish communications with the modem.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

14.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Press the Upload to Flash button on the Philips Utility program window to upload the 2F700GXB5.hex file to the modem\u2019s flash memory. The Utility program will display a \u201cFile Upload Successfully Completed\u201d in the lower left corner when the file upload is completed.<\/span><\/p>\n

15.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Repeat steps 7 through 14 for any additional units.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2.0 Configuring the Modem<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

1.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Close the Philips Flash Utility program.<\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Open a terminal program with port settings of 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and flow control off. The bps setting will depend on the previous modem configuration of the ATBD setting. For modem ID: 0001 and 0002 set the bps setting to 38400 and for modem ID: 0003 set the bps setting to 4800. <\/span><\/p>\n

3.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Set a DC power supply for +12VDC.<\/span><\/p>\n

4.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Connect the PC serial port to the modem\u2019s DB9 front panel connector.<\/span><\/p>\n

5.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Connect the modem\u2019s green 2-pin power connector to the power supply. <\/span><\/p>\n

6.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Type \u201c+++\u201d on the terminal program to enter the modem\u2019s configuration mode.<\/span><\/p>\n

7.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Configure the product per the user manual and instructions in AN136. <\/span><\/p>\n

3. Firmware Versions<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In most cases, the firmware in an M7 must be udated at the factory because updated radio modems should be completely re-calibrated and all parameters initialized.\u00a0 But, in certain cases it may be possible to perform the upgrade in the field.\u00a0 AN136 lists the parameters which must be re-calibrated or initialed when doing a firmware upgrade.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Below are links to firmware for the M7 data radio modem.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Revsion C1 hex file<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Revision C1 zipped<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Overview This Technical Brief describes how to upload firmware into the RV-M7 transceiver. \u00a0The RV-M7 series transceivers utilize a Phillips ARM-based Microprocessor with internal FLASH memory. All RV-M7-GX series transceiver use an LPC2136 processor, which has 256kB of flash memory. Phillips Semiconductor provides a utility to upload firmware into the microprocessor. Their program is called […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raveon.com\/data_radio_info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raveon.com\/data_radio_info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raveon.com\/data_radio_info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raveon.com\/data_radio_info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raveon.com\/data_radio_info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.raveon.com\/data_radio_info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/www.raveon.com\/data_radio_info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raveon.com\/data_radio_info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raveon.com\/data_radio_info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raveon.com\/data_radio_info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

2.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Open the Philips Flash Utility Installation.exe file inside the LPC21xx folder. The version must be V2.2.3 or higher. Version 2.2.3 is available <here><\/a>. <\/span>Walk through the installation steps to install the Philips Flash Utility program. The Utility program should open when the installation is complete. The Utility program window is shown below.<\/span><\/p>\n