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The Wireless Connectivity Expert
48511 Warm Springs Blvd., Suite 206, Fremont CA 94539
Tel: (510) 490-8024 Fax: (510) 623-7268
Website: http://www.actisys.com/ E-mail: irda-info@actisys.com
ACT-IR8250SW
Firmware download & configuration program
for IR8250PEK User’s Manual
April 09, 2004 Ver. 0.12
© Copyright 2003-2004 ACTiSYS Corporation
All Rights Reserved
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual Table of Contents INSTALLATION FOR ACT-IR8250SW......................................................................................... 4 UNINSTALLATION FOR ACT-IR8250SW................................................................................. 6 APPLICATION GUIDE ............................................................................................................................... 9 Main Window Layout.............
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual ACTiSYS reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein to improve reliability, function or design. ACTiSYS does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any product or circuit described herein. Page 2 of 20 © Copyright 2003-2004 ACTiSYS Corp. Version 0.12 April 0
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual Revision History Revision Date Comment Rev. 0.01 03/08/2004 Preliminary Design Specification for internal review. Rev. 0.10 03/22/2004 Add uninstall procedure. Rev. 0.11 04/01/2004 Correct IR8250PEK photos. Rev. 0.12 04/09/2004 Only one typo corrected in the cover page. The package includes: 1) IR8250SW.exe: Installer-v1.10-040422, and IR8250SW-v0.11-040402 2) IR8250SW Manual-v0.12-040409, 3) Two firmwa
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual INSTALLATION FOR ACT-IR8250SW Following is the installation instruction for ACTiSYS ACT-IR8250SW under Windows 2000. Note: This program supports Windows 98/Me/2000/NT/XP. 1. Click on IR8250SW_Setup.exe to execute InstallShield Wizard. Click Next to continue. 2. Please Select “Typical” (Recommend) Click Next button. Page 4 of 20 © Copyright 2003-2004 ACTiSYS Corp. Version 0.12 April 09, 20
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual 3. Click OK to complete the installation. Page 5 of 20 © Copyright 2003-2004 ACTiSYS Corp. Version 0.12 April 09, 2004
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual UNINSTALLATION FOR ACT-IR8250SW Following is the un-installation instruction for ACTiSYS ACT-IR8250SW software under Windows 2000. 1. Open the Control Panel and select Add/Remove Programs. Page 6 of 20 © Copyright 2003-2004 ACTiSYS Corp. Version 0.12 April 09, 2004
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual 2. Select IR8250SW from the list. Click Add/Remove to execute the uninstall process. 3. Select “Remove” and click Next button. Page 7 of 20 © Copyright 2003-2004 ACTiSYS Corp. Version 0.12 April 09, 2004
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual 4. Click Yes to uninstall the IR8250SW software. Page 8 of 20 © Copyright 2003-2004 ACTiSYS Corp. Version 0.12 April 09, 2004
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual APPLICATION GUIDE Main Window Layout Firmware file name Tools Bar Text box for display the Click Download download button to start status. the download progress. Click to stop the download progress. Indicate which COM port will be used to download. Indicate the number of frame sends to Indicators for which IR8250. download function will be executed when s
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual Setup function configuration Set the current configuration of IR8250 host interface. Select IrLMP Hint Bits to describe Specify a your device Nickname of application. IR8250. Ex. Printer, The user string Modem… etc. will be used, when each IrDA Some IrDA stack device will get these to discovered. verify and display an icon. Specify a Device Name of IR8250. The user string Save the current wi
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual Using IR8250SW This tutorial illustrates how you may use the IR8250SW to download a firmware and change the config settings. Before reading this chapter you should: Have installed the IR8250SW software, as described in the chapter Installation for ACT-IR8250SW. Setup the IR8250P evaluation kit, as described in the IR8250P Specification. Make sure that the AC adaptor (P1) and RS-232 cable (J2) has been connected correctly.
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual P.S: If an Error message displayed as below, which means the COM port resource has been held for other device. Please select Setup COM Port Setup to change COM port. 2. Click the File Open Firmware File to open the “File Browser Dialog Box ”. Page 12 of 20 © Copyright 2003-2004 ACTiSYS Corp. Version 0.12 April 09, 2004
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual 3. Choose the firmware file (*.bin), click OK button to load the firmware. Page 13 of 20 © Copyright 2003-2004 ACTiSYS Corp. Version 0.12 April 09, 2004
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual 4. Click the Setup on the tools bar and Enable Firmware Download function. 5. Click Setup Config Setup (Refer to Page# 10. Config Setup Window Explain. ) to set the Device name and IR8250 chips information for your application. Page 14 of 20 © Copyright 2003-2004 ACTiSYS Corp. Version 0.12 April 09, 2004
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual 6. Click the Setup on the tools bar and Enable Config Download function. 7. Click Download button to download the Config setup value and update firmware to your IR8250 chips Page 15 of 20 © Copyright 2003-2004 ACTiSYS Corp. Version 0.12 April 09, 2004
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual 8. Please remove J10, wait a second, and restore J10 of IR82x0PEK board. After that, click OK to start download. J10 J3 J4 J5 J11 Correct JUMPER setting for Download Page 16 of 20 © Copyright 2003-2004 ACTiSYS Corp. Version 0.12 April 09, 2004
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual 9. When you see the “Download completed!” message which means you have successful updated the firmware. If you do not remove and restore J10 at step 8 correctly, or you click the “Abort” button, or anything to stop the download progress, you will get the Error message shown on the right side. If this is the case, you will have to check the IR8250SW settings, COM port, AC adaptor, firmware files or IR82x0PEK board.
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual Important Notice Page 18 of 20 © Copyright 2003-2004 ACTiSYS Corp. Version 0.12 April 09, 2004
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ACT-IR8250SW The Infrared Wireless Expert User’s Manual WARRANTY INFORMATION ACTiSYS Corporation warrants to the first consumer purchaser, for a period of 1 year from the date of purchase, that this wireless interface (The Product? Will be free from defective workmanship and materials, and agrees that it will, at its option, either repair the defect or replace the defective Product or part thereof at no charge to the purchaser for parts or for labor. This warranty does not apply
