Micrologix 1200 Firmware Upgrade

[Andrew_W]

Good Afternoon,


I have a Micrologix 1200 1762-L40AWA Series C rev A with FRN 4 installed, I tried to update it to FRN 12 using the controlFlash during the upgrade on chunk 20 of 782 I get the error "Illegal Command Format DTL_E_FAIL, I/O completed with errors" it created the following log
"7/15/14 15:23:45 [SUCCESS] Load Driver: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Rockwell\MicroXA.DLL

07/15/14 15:23:45 [SUCCESS] Initialize Driver: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Rockwell\MicroXA.DLL

07/15/14 15:23:50 [-------] Device Path: VID=0x0001, PT=0x000E, PC=0x002E

07/15/14 15:23:50 [SUCCESS] Device Path: ANDREW-THINK!AB_DF1-1\1

07/15/14 15:23:51 [SUCCESS] Validate:
VID=0x0001, PT=0x000E, PC=0x002E

07/15/14 15:23:51 [SUCCESS] Authorization: Bypass cookie used.
Key: KAM_BOOT_OS

07/15/14 15:23:54 [SUCCESS] Load Script: C:\Program Files (x86)\ControlFLASH\0001\000E\002E\KAM_BOOT_OS.nvs

07/15/14 15:23:54 [SUCCESS] Program: Catalog Number = 1762-LSC , Serial Number = N/A, Num Updates = 1, Size = 189160 byte(s).

07/15/14 15:23:56 [SUCCESS] Update: Instance = 1, Size = 189160 byte(s), Chunk Size = 242 byte(s).

07/15/14 15:24:04 [FAILURE] Transfer: Illegal command format.
DTL_E_FAIL, I/O completed with errors

07/15/14 15:24:04 [FAILURE] Transfer: Error Code: 24 Extended Error Code: 272 Context: 4

07/15/14 15:24:08 [FAILURE] Transfer: Illegal command format.
DTL_E_FAIL, I/O completed with errors

07/15/14 15:24:08 [FAILURE] Transfer: Error Code: 24 Extended Error Code: 272 Context: 4

07/15/14 15:24:09 [FAILURE] Transfer: File = C:\Program Files (x86)\ControlFLASH\0001\000E\002E\KAM_BOOT_OS.bin, Block = 20."

What can I do to fix this? I can still see the processor using RSlinx, so I think it maybe salvagable


Thanks,

Andrew

 

[daba]

Good Afternoon,


I have a Micrologix 1200 1762-L40AWA Series C rev A with FRN 4 installed, I tried to update it to FRN 12 using the controlFlash during the upgrade on chunk 20 of 782 I get the error "Illegal Command Format DTL_E_FAIL, I/O completed with errors" it created the following log
"7/15/14 15:23:45 [SUCCESS] Load Driver: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Rockwell\MicroXA.DLL

07/15/14 15:23:45 [SUCCESS] Initialize Driver: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Rockwell\MicroXA.DLL

07/15/14 15:23:50 [-------] Device Path: VID=0x0001, PT=0x000E, PC=0x002E

07/15/14 15:23:50 [SUCCESS] Device Path: ANDREW-THINK!AB_DF1-1\1

07/15/14 15:23:51 [SUCCESS] Validate:
VID=0x0001, PT=0x000E, PC=0x002E

07/15/14 15:23:51 [SUCCESS] Authorization: Bypass cookie used.
Key: KAM_BOOT_OS

07/15/14 15:23:54 [SUCCESS] Load Script: C:\Program Files (x86)\ControlFLASH\0001\000E\002E\KAM_BOOT_OS.nvs

07/15/14 15:23:54 [SUCCESS] Program: Catalog Number = 1762-LSC , Serial Number = N/A, Num Updates = 1, Size = 189160 byte(s).

07/15/14 15:23:56 [SUCCESS] Update: Instance = 1, Size = 189160 byte(s), Chunk Size = 242 byte(s).

07/15/14 15:24:04 [FAILURE] Transfer: Illegal command format.
DTL_E_FAIL, I/O completed with errors

07/15/14 15:24:04 [FAILURE] Transfer: Error Code: 24 Extended Error Code: 272 Context: 4

07/15/14 15:24:08 [FAILURE] Transfer: Illegal command format.
DTL_E_FAIL, I/O completed with errors

07/15/14 15:24:08 [FAILURE] Transfer: Error Code: 24 Extended Error Code: 272 Context: 4

07/15/14 15:24:09 [FAILURE] Transfer: File = C:\Program Files (x86)\ControlFLASH\0001\000E\002E\KAM_BOOT_OS.bin, Block = 20."

What can I do to fix this? I can still see the processor using RSlinx, so I think it maybe salvagable


Thanks,

Andrew

Just try flashing it again....

Are you using a USB to Serial converter? If so which one.... not all work well at high speeds..

 

[Andrew_W]

I've tried a couple times and it always fails with the same error somewhere in between blocks 19 and 24 with the same error

 

[Geospark]

Andrew,

This appears to be a known issue with MicroLogix controllers at FRN 4...

39526 - MicroLogix FRN4 firmware upgrade issues with ControlFlash

Hope it helps.

Regards,
George

 

[Lovell]

ML1200 firmware upgrade

This is an old post but I thought I would share my experience anyways in case it happens to help someone else.

I recently tried to update the firmware in my 1762-L24BWA. I downloaded the today version 14 firmware package from Rockwell website. I was a bit confused because the download only includes an MSI installer for ControlFlash. It turns out you need to uninstall and reinstall the older version of control flash. In my case I was able to do this but I could not see an available firmware to flash my MicroLogix up to. I determined it was my pc. I installed The ControlFlash on a virgin PC and then I was able to see the option 14 firmware. I began the download and it stopped at chunk 17, tried again and again, stopped at chunk 24, 19, 16, random numbers below 30.

All lights flashing on micro - fear of bricked PLC sets in.

Not giving up I read the technote https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/39526

I set the affinity to use only 1 processor. Still no go.

I uninstalled ControlFlash (with Firmware14) and downloaded and installed ControlFlash (with Firmware13) from Rockwell. This time starting with setting the affinity of ControlFlash to use only 1 core. I re-ran ControlFlash and saw the option for V13. I started the flash and it continued to the end. Not a brick after all. Fun times. Cheers All!