SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP14393 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: WUPDATE.EXE TITLE: Compaq Console Switch Box firmware update VERSION: 1.4.0 LANGUAGE: English, French, German, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Japanese CATEGORY: Fix DIVISIONS: Systems PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Console Switch Box OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 95/98/NT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: 09/25/2000 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 3.x SUPERSEDES: SOFTPAQ 14252 (Compaq Console Switch Box firmware v1.3.0) DESCRIPTION: The Compaq Console Switch Box firmware update is designed to upgrade the firmware of the following Compaq Console Switch Boxes to v1.4.0. - 400336-XXX 4 port console switch box - 400337-XXX 8 port console switch box - 400338-XXX Dual 8 port console switch box Enhancements/Fixes: The following issues have been resolved with 1.4.0: 1) Use of switch with Alphaservers running OVMS and other Operating Systems in a heterogenous environment is possible. 2) Use of switch in high availability environments no longer requires a special power on sequence that relies on staggering the power cycling of each server. 3) Use of switch with OS/2 Warp no longers causes intermittent keyboard lock-up. 4) Use of energy saver mode with 1x4 switch is now operable. 5) When operating an NT OS, pressing Ctrl+Print Scrn while using any office application no longer causes the keyboard to pass the Ctrl key, e.g. typing gFh after pressing Ctrl +Prnt Scrn no longer causes the keyboard to pass Ctrl + F. 6) WUPDATE can no longer be interrupted during a firmware upgrade. 7) When tiering a 1x2 switch from either a 1x4, 1x8 or 2x8 it is now possible to select a 1x2 device in the setup. HOW TO USE 1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive. The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. Enter "Y" to confirm the unpacking of files into the download directory. 3. After the files have been unpacked, you may delete the self-extracting file downloaded in step 1. 4. For installation instructions, please refer to README.TXT in the created directory. 5. After the installation is completed, you may delete the files unpacked in step 2. Copyright 2000, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies