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Appendix B Utilities
© National Instruments Corp. B-3 GPIB-ENET for Macintosh
The following procedures describe how to update the firmware.
1. Power off the GPIB-ENET and set DIP switch 7 to the ON position.
2. Power on the GPIB-ENET and wait for the READY LED light to remain steady
without flashing.
3. Execute the Update application, which is located in the Ethernet folder.
a. Enter the IP address of the GPIB-ENET in the space provided, and click on the
Done button to continue.
b. Select a GPIB-ENET EEPROM file to use as the firmware image.
After the GPIB-ENET receives the firmware image, the Update utility reports
the status of the download. At that point, the network connection is closed.
Therefore, the utility does not report the success or failure of the actual
EEPROM programming, but only of the transfer of the firmware image.
c. After the connection terminates, the GPIB-ENET attempts to program its
EEPROMs. Wait for the READY LED to begin flashing, which signals that the
procedure is complete. Do not power off your GPIB-ENET before you see and
record the flashing READY LED pattern.
If the programming is successful, the READY LED signals a status code of 00,
signified by one long flash and one short flash. Other patterns are used to
indicate that the EEPROMs did not program properly. If a pattern other than 00
is indicated, make note of the flashing pattern before switching off the
GPIB-ENET, and contact National Instruments for further assistance. Refer to
the section READY LED Signaling in Chapter 4, Installation Verification and
Troubleshooting, for more information on recording the flashing pattern.
4. Power off the GPIB-ENET and return DIP switch 7 to the OFF position.
5. Power on the GPIB-ENET and wait for the READY LED to remain steady without
flashing.