Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 8402A iOptron
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GoToNova TM Hand Controller Flash Upgrade Manual iOptron Corporation 6E Gill Street Woburn, MA 01801 www.iOptron.com Phone: (781)569-0200.
iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 1 GoToNova 8401 and 8402A Hand Controller Flash Upgrade Step-By-Step Instruction 1. Install cp2101(usb2com) driver Choose the appropriate driver for your OS. In this case is a Windows XP operation system.
iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 2 Select “I accept the terms of li cense agreement”, and click “Next” Using the default installation path, c:SiLabs MCUCP210x, or specify your own path by click “Change”.
iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 3 When finished installation, click “Finish” 2. Plug the USB cable to the USB port on your PC, plug the other end of the USB cable to hand controller. Turn on the power on the mount.
iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 4 Select “No, not this time” and click “Next”. Select “Install from a list or sp ecific location ” and click “Next”. Select “Search for the best driver in these loca tions,” and check “Include this location in the search.
iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 5 Click “Next”. The computer will starting to in stall the drive r for th e USB2COM.
iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 6 assigned COM port number for the USB connection. To do so, right click “My Computer”, and click “Properties” Click .
iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 7 Double click “Ports(COM & LPT)”, find out the COM number and write it down (in the following figure, it is COM4) 4.
iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 8 Select appropriate port (in this case, COM4): Click “Open Data File”, a nd select appropriate file and click “Open”.
iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 9 Click “Start Download” It shows “Please reset GOTONOVA[GO TOSTAR], waiting for connection…” On the hand controller, push “MENU”, and sele ct “Set Up GOTONOVA”, push “ENTER”, then select “Upgrade firmware”, push “ENTER” and the upgrade starts.
iOptron Corporation, 6E Gill Street, Wo b urn, MA 0180 1 www.iOptron.com 10 Now the upgrade is finished. Typical Errors: 1. Invalid Port Number: in De vice Manager, make sure you have the correct COM port number for CP210x. 2. Wrong “.bin” file: make sure you have the correct “.
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