UPgrade Tool?? 1

[Arr]

Anyone know either of the following?

1. Will the upgrade tool will do a downgrade; and

2. will the tool accept the big old style cartriges used up to Rls 3?

PhM

 

[sprucegrover]

1. Have never seen or heard of a procedure to reverse the process, and don't see how it could be done since it requires the new NVRAM cartridge to do the upgrade.
2. The upgrade tool is just a PCMCIA card that is used with the NVRAM cartridge of the new 2-piece software of 4.x and greater. To do the upgrade you simply power down the KSU with the 1-piece s/w, insert the new NVRAM cartridge with the upgrade tool, and reboot. You will be prompted to insert the new feature card. Power down, change the PCMCIA cards, and power up. Done.
If you are upgrading from s/w greater than 3.0 you don't need the tool

 

[Arr]

sprucegrover,

So will the thing go backwards; and

You are saying it will not accept data from one of the older one piece cartriges?

PhM

 

[exsmogger]

My experience is that the MICS will not come up at all when going from R4 or higher back to R3 or lower. I've had to pull the MICS apart to short out the memory cap in order to get the system to boot up. Of course this will default the system and you will have to reprogram. I wish Nortel had a conversion tool like the Legend/Magix so programming could be restored. Brian Cox
J & J Communications

http://www.jandjcommunications.com

brian@jandjcommunications.com

 

[rconn]

Just some information to add to exmogger. He is correct on the MICs not wanting to come up if you try to regress the switch from rls 4> to Rls3<. It can be done without taking apart the MICS, however all programming is lost. The procedure is:
Power down MICS Rls 4 for example.
Power up MICS at RLS 4 and do a startup.
Answer startup prompts and apply template.
While the template is being applied pull the power plug.
Insert old software cartridge for example Rls 3.
Power up the MICS and proceed as normal.
All programming is lost and the Sys ID number will change.

 

[exsmogger]

rstar,

Good tip. Thanks for the info. Brian Cox
J & J Communications

http://www.jandjcommunications.com

brian@jandjcommunications.com

 

[Arr]

Hey all,
Actually... you can go backwards, from a multim port or software version but you do lose the programming..thats what my post is abouit.
Take the ICS to start up then power out... then cmake your change, then power up. I have gone from 2 port to no port expansion this way then used the .xls work book to reprogram. I am looking to see if the map files can be changeed in the workbook to get around this issue.

PhM

 

[Arr]

rtstar,
Think we were typing at the same time.

PhM