National Instruments ENET-232 Series User Manual

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Chapter 6 Using Your Serial Device Server© National Instruments Corporation 6-5 ENET-232 and ENET-485 Series User Manual4. When you release the CFG RESET switch, the box continues to bootas normal, and the PWR/RDY LED indicates the boot process asdescribed in Table 1-1, LED Descriptions.Updating the FirmwareThe serial server software contains a firmware update utility you can use toaccess new features that may be added to the serial device server in thefuture. It may be necessary to update the firmware to take advantage ofthese new features.You need to know either the IP address or hostname of your serial deviceserver before you run the NI Ethernet Device Firmware Update utility.If you do not remember this information, you can obtain it usingNI Ethernet device configuration. Refer to Chapter 3, EthernetConfiguration, for more information.Note The NI Ethernet Device Firmware Update utility cannot update the firmware whileany network connections are active. Close any open connections before you attempt afirmware update. Hosts cannot connect to the serial device server while it is updating thefirmware.Complete the following steps to run the NI Ethernet Device FirmwareUpdate utility.