DAVIS Vantage Pro Console Updater User Manual
VANTAGE PRO® UPDATER
User’s Guide
Vantage Pro Updater Overview
The Vantage Pro Updater allows you to update the firmware in a Vantage console via the expansion port used by the WeatherLink data logger. The Updater
can be powered by a 5 Volt Vantage Pro AC-power adapter or a 9V battery. One
9V battery should provide over 20 hours of operation.
Section 1: Using the VP Updater
Updating the Vantage Pro Console Firmware
These are the basic steps involved in using the Updater to reprogram the firmware in a Vantage Pro console.
1. If you are using WeatherLink software with your Vantage Pro weather sta-
tion, be sure to downloa d the weather data into your computer before
beginning this procedure.
2. Press the [DONE] key and the down arrow [-] key on your VP console to
enter setup mode. This will preserve the time and other settings on your
console.
3. Remove power from the console by unplugging the AC wall ad ap ter and
removing the batteries.
4. If a WeatherLink data logger is installed, remove it from the console.
5. Turn the VP Updater on. The Status LED should be GREEN. If it shows
another color, see the Status LED Summary Table.
6. Insert the Link Program Adapter (See Figure 2) into the console expansion
port. See Figure 1 for location of port. It’s the same port used by the WeatherLink data logger.
7. Press the Updater Start Button. The LED should start flashing YELLOW.
8. When Updater is done programming, the LED will turn GREEN and you
will hear 1 beep. A RED or YELLOW LED indicates a problem. See the Status LED Summary Table and the Troubleshooting Notes for more information.
9. Unplug the Updater from the Console.
10. If you have a WeatherLink data logger, plug it into the console.
11. Restart the console by replacing the batteries and/or connecting the AC
wall adapter.
12. Check the release notes for the version of firmware you just installed. You
may have additional steps to perform in order to com plete the update.
Product # 6311
Status LED Summa ry Table
LED Color Updater Status Additional Info
Solid Green The Updater is ready. If after programming, it means
Solid Yellow The fuse bits did not program cor-
rectly.
Solid Red The target flash did not program
correctly.
No Color The battery is low.
Flashing Yellow Target flash pages for firmware
are being programmed or verified.
Flashing Red The firmware update failed verifi-
cation.
everything programmed ok.
If just after the Start button is
pushed, the Updater is not talking
to the target at all.
If the condition repeats, the Updater flash memory may be corrupt. Reload the firmware into the
VP Updater.
Troubleshooting Notes
On power up the Updater will beep twice and sequence the colors of the LED.
When the LED is GREEN it is ready to us e. The first beep in dicates the process or
is running. The second beep means it can talk to the flash memory where the
firmware image to be loaded is stored.
• If you do not hear a beep after powering up, the battery is dead or something is wrong with the Updater.
• If you do hear a beep after powering up, but the LED is left off showing no
color, the Updater has detected a low battery condition.
• If, after pressing the Start button the LED does not change to flashing YELLOW but instead beeps twice and goes to RED, the Updater cannot talk to
the console. Check connections and press Start again.
• If firmware has been updated correctly, the status LED turns GREEN.
• If a target flash page does not verify, the status LED will turn solid RED.
• If the fuse bits do not program correctly, the status LED will be solid YELLOW.
• If the console did not program correctly, you can push the Start button to
try to program it again.
• If the firmware fails th e ver ification , the statu s LED w ill start flash ing RED.
Y ou can push the Start button to leave this state and go to the GREEN state.
Note: The Vantage Pro Updater sends diagnostic messages through its serial port that may be
helpful if the operator is puzzled about what is going on. These messages can be viewed in
PROCOMM or HYPERTERMINAL.
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