MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.1
Installation
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Issue 1
August 1998
Upgrading the System
Page 9-18
Completing the Upgrade
Completing the Upgrade
!Perform a frigid start (System Erase) to ensure that all system
programming is returned to default values.
Use
6\VWHP(UDVH from the SPM Maintenance menu:
0DLQWHQDQFH→6ORW→00→'HPDQG7HVW→6\VWHP(UDVH(Line 5, left
button) twice→
<HV
See
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
for more information on System
Erase.
!Convert the backup file
.
This converts the backup file created in Step 2 to Release 4.0 format.
See the Convert menu option in
System Programming and Maintenance
(SPM)
for details.
!Restore system programming; this puts the system in an idle state
so that it cannot be used for the duration of the procedure. Refer to
“Restoring from the System Programming Disk” in Chapter 7 for
more information.
Use version 4.15 or higher of SPM and restore the file you converted in
Step 5.
!If applicable, program new features.
See Chapter 2, Programming with SPM in
System Programming
for a list
of new features to be programmed.
Upgrading from the MERLIN II
Communications System
To upgrade from the MERLIN II Communications System to Release
4.0, follow the steps below.
!Install SPM.
Install (or upgrade to) version 4.15 or higher of SPM.
!Remove the control unit housing.
See “Installing the Control Unit” in Chapter 2 if you need instructions.