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GCA40-182 Understanding the VMMI

Up-Grading the System Software on the DXP Plus

The DXP Plus digital communications system includes system software when it ships from the factory. At initial system installation, you do not need to load system software to make the system operational. Should you need to later reload the system software (for software up-grade purposes for example), you can do so using the supplied system software disk. Use Windows or MS-DOS commands to save the disk’s information from your computer’s floppy drive to its hard drive. Having the software on your computer’s hard drive allows the data to load into system memory much quicker than it would from the computer’s floppy disk drive.

To load the system software information, your PC must be connected to the communications system.

1. Turn on your PC and load Windows.

2 . Select the VMMI program from the Windows screen.

3 . From the VMMI window, select the Switch pull-down menu.

4. If you have not previously archived the system database, do so now.

a.

From the

Switch pull-down menu, select

Archive Database.

b . Choose a storage location for the archive operation to use and OK your choice. Since the database can be quite large, you should chose a location on your computer’s hard drive.

c.

The system will archive its database.

d . Return to the

Switch pull-down menu.

5 . From the

Switch pull-down menu, select the

System software upgrade.

6. The system automatically takes itself out of service and makes a backup of its database.

7. Choose the location where the new software data resides (select disk drive, directory, and file), and OK your choice.

8 . The system loads the software data, reloads its database that it previously backed up, resets itself, places itself back in service.

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