VGOES Upgrade Instructions

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VGOES Firmware Upload Procedure

  1. Connect to VEDAS using HyperTerminal.
  2. From the main menu, enter Direct RF Transmitter
    3. 8. Diagnostic Menu
	1. Direct RF Transmitter
  3. Press CTRL-T to enter transparent communication
  4. Pressing ENTER will display the VGOES menu.
  5. You will see:
    6. transmitter mode:[RUN]-v1.0.0 00:00:03
   [1]event log
   [2]system status
   [3]process slots
  6. Put VGOES in STOP mode by pressing ESC five times
  7. Pressing ENTER will display the VGOES menu.
  8. You will see:
    9. transmitter mode:[STOP]-v1.0.0
   [1]start program (unit set to RUN on power up)
   [2]sdi-12 port
   [3]configuration
  9. Select option [3]configuration
  10. You will see
    11. transmitter mode:[STOP]-v1.0.0
configuration
   [1]name default 
   [2]stop on power up <no> (start running program on power up) 
   [3]logger data mode  
   [4]self timed 
   [5]regular random 
   [6]alarm random 
   [7]reload (configuration is valid) 
   [8]save changes (184/80)
  11. Select option [2] and set to stop on power up <yes>
  12. Select option [8]save changes
  13. Press ESC to return to the previous menu
  14. From the HyperTerminal menu select Transfer and Send File.
  15. From the pop up window under "protocol" select "Kermit".
  16. Under "filename" select "MON_UPLOAD_FIRMWARE_v1.0.1"
  17. Click "Send"
  18. Wait for the transfer to complete.
  19. This will take approximately 5 minutes.
  20. Press '3' to enter the configuration menu.
  21. Press '7' to reload the configuration from non volatile memory
  22. Press '2' and set to stop on power up <yes>
  23. Press '8' to save changes
  24. Press ESC to return to the main menu
  25. Press '1' to put VGOES into run mode
  26. Press ENTER a few times to verify the menu is displayed. If nothing is returned, it is possible the upload failed.
  27. To recover, unplug the power from the vedas/vgoes, repeat the above, except the VGOES will already be in STOP mode
  28. If the [RUN] menu is displayed, then the upload was successful
  29. Re-enter the [STOP] mode by pressing ESC five times
  30. Select [3]configuration, and then [2] so the menu shows [2]stop on power up <no>
  31. Select option [8]save changes
  32. Pres ESC to return to the previous menu, and select [1]start program
  33. Upgrade is now complete
  34. Press CTRL-T three times to return to the VEDAS menu

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