Palstar LA-1K Technical Manual - page 7
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LA-1K FIRMWARE SUMMARY
HOW-TO UPDATE FIRMWARE
D O W N LO A D I N G L A - 1 K F I R M WA R E
CREATE a folder on your computer’s hard drive
NAME the folder LA_1KFIRMWARE
DOWNLOAD the Firmware file (Zip format) from the Palstar website,
http://www.palstar.com/en/la-1k/. The download link is near the bottom of
the page. The link to the file is named “LA-1K Firmware x.x”
SAVE the file to the folder you created in Step 1
OPEN the folder by right-clicking on the Zip file and select “Extract All” -
follow the steps in the Extraction wizard
CONNECT one end of the USB cable to a USB port on your computer.
DOUBLE-CLICK “LOAD_LA-1K” within your LA_1KFIRMWARE folder that you
created in Step 2.
Follow the instructions on the opened computer window and use the
"Browse" button to select the firmware version to be loaded.
Depress and hold down the GREY button to the right of the USB port
labeled “PROGRAM UPDATES” during the next two steps.
CONNECT the other end of the USB cable to a USB cable to the LA-1K front
panel.
TURN-ON the LA-1K. A "Found 1 device" message will appear on the right
side of the opened computer window.
Release the GREY button on the LA-1K front panel.
Click on the "Update Firmware" button that is on the opened computer
window. Wait until the green bar in the middle of the computer window
shows that the programming completes by filling from left to right. The
firmware version number on the LA-1K is on the bottom line of the start up
screen.
S E E W E B S I T E F O R F I R M WA R E S U M M A R Y:
http://www.palstar.com/en/la1k/
POWER SUPPLY PERFORMANCE
I f t h e L A - 1 K i s u s e d o n
1 2 0 VA C
t h e m a x c u r r e n t r a t i n g i s
b e t w e e n 3 3 A t o 3 4 A . T h e p o w e r o u t p u t i n s o m e o f t h e
b a n d s m a y b e l o w e r t h a n 1 0 0 0 w a t t s i f a s t e a d y R F c a r r i e r
i s u s e d i n C W, f o r e x a m p l e .
I f t h e c u r r e n t e x c e e d s 3 4 A m p s , t h e p o w e r s u p p l y w i l l
s h u t d o w n a n d t h e Vd r e a d i n g o n t h e T F T d i s p l a y w i l l
r e a d Z E R O ( o p e r a t i o n @ 1 2 0 VA C ) .
T h e p o w e r s u p p l y w i l l i m m e d i a t e l y c o m e b a c k o n i n 1 t o
2 s e c o n d s a n d t h e d i s p l a y w i l l r e a d 5 0 V a g a i n . R e d u c i n g
d r i v e f r o m 5 t o 1 0 w a t t s w i l l p r e v e n t t h i s f r o m o c c u r i n g .
T h e m e d i c a l g r a d e p o w e r s u p p l y w i l l n o t b e d a m a g e d a s
t h i s f e a t u r e h a s b e e n d e s i g n e d i n t o t h e p o w e r u n i t o f
t h e L A - 1 K .
Fo r 2 3 0 - 2 5 0 VA C o p e r a t i o n a t f u l l p o w e r o f 1 0 0 0 W P E P i s
a v a i l a b l e o n a l l b a n d s . I t i s r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t
2 4 0 VA C
b e u s e d f o r a l l m o d e s .