UPP Update
From time to time Simply Automated will release new products. Your UPP will need to have the firmware updated if it is to interface with the new products. We provide the firmware and a program for your PC to allow you to update your UPP.
You need:
- PC with a serial port or USB to serial adapter
- DB9 serial cable (male on one end, female on the other)
- UPP
- Internet connection
Step 1: Download the firmware program
Format is: pp V1.27.a90. Click on the Link on the right
Step 2: Remove AC power from the UPP.
Step 3: Plug the appropriate end of the DB9 serial cable onto the RS-232 port on the bottom of the UPP. Connect the other end of the DB9 serial cable to the serial port on your computer or the DB9 end of the USB cable.
Step 4:
- Download the SAI Downloader
- Double click on the Link
- Save the file
- Run the executable file
Click on "Next".
Accept the default location unless you have a preferred method of storing files on your computer. Click on Next>.
This screen will transition to:
Click on "Close".
Step 5: Know your com port.
The SAI Downloader program requires a COM port. You must know which com port to which your serial cable is connected. If there is no COM port on your computer a USB to DB9 adapter may be used. The following directions are for using a USB to DB9 connector.
Follow the installation directions that came with your USB adapter. Even though you are using your USB port on your computer you must select a COM port in the SAI Downloader program. To do that you need to know the com port that your USB to serial adapter captured.
Go to Start → Control Panel → System → Hardware → Device Manager → Ports
Click on the “+” sign to drop down the ports connected to your computer.
Your USB adapter should be listed here with the COM port it has been assigned by Windows. Make note of the COM port.
Step 6: Open the Downloader program
Go to Start → All Programs 
and look for Megaload.NET, it should be at the bottom of the list.
A single click will open the program.
- Click on the drop down labeled CommPort (right side, almost halfway down). Select the desired COM port (found in Step 5 above).
- Speed should be 9600 bps, which is the default.
- DTR and RTS will need to be checked on most computers.
- Under the Options section click Flash programming and Old BootLd. Compatible
- Click on Open button adjacent to “File to be programmed in the Flash” and select the program to be loaded.
Step 7: Plug in the AC cord to power the UPP.
The Messages window of the MegaLoad program will indicate the sections of Flash being programmed. If you get a program failed message, recycle power on the UPP.
If the Sending Page messages do not appear and the LED on the UPP begins to flash interrupt the power to the UPP. You may need to uncheck and recheck the DTR box to get the bootloader program to run, or Click on Close Port, which toggles to Open Port, and then click on Open Port. Once this sequence is complete reapply power to the UPP and the firmware should begin downloading.
(If this version of Megaload.NET is not compatible with your computer go to: http://www.microsyl.com/megaload/megaload.zip . Instructions are found at: http://www.microsyl.com/ under MegaLoad
Once the programming is complete the UPP will begin its power cycle. The LED will flash and the logo screen will appear on the LCD display. The firmware version will be displayed, ensure the new firmware is indicated.
The UPP is ready for operation.
