Firmware upgrade - NI3000

Nightcrawler

Hi,

I have a couple of the NI3000 units. I use NetLinx and don't necessarily plan to use Cafe Duet. Should I and can I update to the latest firmware or am I stuck on the last non duet version from 2006 ??

Thanks

Ed

John Nagy

You can update and you'll get DUET even if you don't use it. You'll get 4 years of improved IP handling, the major reason to update. But you'll lose a LOT of RAM space to the DUET you don't care about. MAYBE too much to run your program in. You'll need to experiment. You can return to the final non-duet if you find you lose too much memory.

mush

I have to agree with John.
The benefits gained with the new firmware far outweigh any memory space loss.

Nightcrawler

License

Do you need a license to upgrade to Duet firmware or is that just for Cafe Duet ?

Thanks

Ed

mush

Nightcrawler wrote: »

Do you need a license to upgrade to Duet firmware or is that just for Cafe Duet ?

Thanks

Ed

Just for Café Duet

yuri

You also loose about 3 minutes everytime the controller has to reboot, but I guess you can live with that

Nightcrawler

Code

Hi,

Thanks for the quick replies guys.

So its a slower response and more memory. Well I don't think I'm using to much, so I'm willing to give it a go. Three minutes boot time is intreasting thou not a major problem as it gets reboot one a year or in a power outage.

Is there any concerns on code IE are there any backwards compatablility issues ?

Can I use duet modules which have been written by others without a license ? And is it worth it or better to stay with NetLinx completely ?

Is ther a way to disable the duet part of the firmware loadup ?

Thanks

Ed

Nightcrawler

Reboot

Hi,

I have stuck the firmware on and so far all is fine. The reboot takes the same amount of time as before only about 30 seconds. Thou the web interface takes a lot longer to load...

Thanks

Ed

John Nagy

Good... do a SHOW MEM in telnet to see how much room you have left. Probably lots.
Also do a SET DUET MEM command, and set it 3 meg (which is the minimum) if you don't plan to use it. It usually defaults to 8 Meg in a new firmware install.

Yes, the java web server is sometimes horribly slow. It can take a full minute or more per page draw. It usually does finish. If you need to use the web server a lot and can spare memory, set duet memory higher than the minimum. It will usually help some.

DHawthorne

The Duet portions of the interpreter and the SNAPI router don't load unless you put a Duet module in your project. If you don't have any Duet stuff, the differences are minimal.