Firmware Download Instructions 6 - 3
EPROMs. The first time you update the firmware requires that you purchase
both an FDK and a UDK. All updates after that time require that you have
the new version of the UDK (and the original FDK).
When 3Com issues a software upgrade, the upgrade is sent on diskette
(UDK) to all registered users. The upgrade takes only ten or fifteen minutes,
after which time the Bridge Module will be up and running the new version
of software.
Download Instructions
The instructions for downloading new software to the Bridge Module are
divided into the following steps:
❑ Install the ProComm Software
❑ Connect the RS-232 Cable
❑ Download the new Bridge Module Software
Install the ProComm Software
This step installs and configures ProComm software on your PC hard disk or
onto the FDK diskette. The files are installed in the subdirectory PROCOMM
on either the hard drive or on the FDK diskette. Follow the instructions
below:
1. Remove the shrink-wrap from the ProComm package and remove the
ProComm Distribution Diskette.
2. Make a backup copy of both the ProComm diskette and the 3Com
provided diskette (the FDK diskette).
3. Place the 3Com diskette in the floppy drive and change to that drive
by typing a: or b:.