Before upgrading the controller, you must select the controller to upgrade and the controller upgrade file.
As a safeguard, you can visually identify the controller to upgrade before starting the upgrade by clicking Identify to make all the LEDs on the controller card blink simultaneously.
To select and upgrade a controller
- Select controllers from the drop-down list in the opening window of the DeltaV Controller and I/O Upgrade Utility and click the Next button.
- Enter the controller upgrade filename and click the Next button. You will receive the following message: "The Upgrade Media is Being Opened, Please Wait."
- In the Available system controllers list, select the controller to upgrade. You will be able to identify which controllers are Simplex or Redundant in the list of controllers by looking at the name of the controller in the Controller Upgrade Utility box. If the name of the controller has an (R) in parentheses next to it, the controller is redundant. Redundant controllers, in turn, will have two revision numbers associated with them; an Active Revision number and a Standby Revision number. Simplex controllers will have only one (Active) revision number associated with them.
Once you have selected the controller, the following options are available.
For Simplex Controllers:
|
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
| Identity First button | Allows you to visually identify the controller being upgraded prior to starting the upgrade process. Selecting this option opens a dialog with instructions for identifying the controller. |
| Back button | Goes back to the previous dialog. |
| Next button | Starts the upgrade process. |
For Redundant Controllers:
|
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
| Identify Standby | Allows you to visually identify the Standby controller. Selecting this option opens a dialog with instructions for identifying the controller. |
| Identify Active | Allows you to visually identify the Active controller. Selecting this option opens a dialog with instructions for identifying the controller. |
| Upgrade Standby and Upgrade Active radio buttons | These buttons are used to select the controller to upgrade. The normal procedure is to upgrade the Standby controller first and the Active controller second. |
| Back button | Goes back to the previous dialog. |
| Next button | Starts the upgrade process. |
WARNING!Clicking the Next button at this point starts the upgrade process. Be sure that you want to perform this operation because, once you select the Next button, you cannot reverse the operation.
WARNING!For simplex controllers, the upgrade process temporarily shuts down the selected controller and terminates any running configuration modules. Be sure that the controller being upgraded is not actively controlling your process; failure to do so can cause significant disruption of your process.
CAUTION!Use caution when selecting Upgrade Active before the Standby controller is upgraded. When the Active controller is upgraded, process control will switch automatically to the Standby controller. The Standby controller may not be in a state to take over the process from the Active controller, and the process will fail.