sb89 Instructions For Re-Imaging The VMFT

SPERRY MARINE UK
Service Bulletin No. 89
Product: VisionMaster FT series Displays
Subject: Instructions for Re-Imaging the Processor Unit in the field
The following documents are instructions to re-image a VisionMaster FT

series Display’s Processor Unit in the field.
This procedure applies to the following Processor Units types ONLY:
65901AR (with SC2 card)

65901AT (with SC3 card)
65901AN (no SC card)
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Instructions for Re-imaging VisionMaster FT
in the Field
30 January 2008
Revision 2.0
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Neither this document nor the information contained herein shall be reproduced, used or disclosed to others without the written authorization of
Sperry Marine, a unit of Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation.
Disk Re-Imaging Instructions for Fielded VisionMaster FT Workstations Revision 2.0
30 Jan 2008
REVISION HISTORY
Date (dd mmm yyyy) Rev. Description Prepared by

5 Dec 2007 1.0 Initial Revision. Amir Jalali
James Tracey and
30 Jan 2008 2.0 FED updates.
Amir Jalali

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1 SCOPE
The purpose of this document is to provide instructions for re-imaging VisionMaster FT
workstations in the filed from a Production VisionMaster disk image.
The Production VisionMaster disk image is a large single large file (1.5 to 3.0 Giga Bytes) which
has a “.GHO” file extension. This file contains the Windows XP operating system, the
VisionMaster FT application programs, and all the operating system tweaks to secure the system.
The system will have two accounts, a ServiceMode account and an OperatorMode account. The
disk image has been prepared so that Windows XP will have to be activated upon boot up.
Activation is normally done via internet or a telephone line. Activation via internet is automated
whereas activation by telephone is interactive and will take between 6-15 minutes.
2 PRE-REQUISITES
Before attempting to re-image a fielded workstation, the following items should be obtained,
some of which are needed during the re-imaging process.
# Item Usage
1 An external USB 3 ½ inch floppy drive. Re-imaging
2 An external USB Hard Drive of size 4 GB or larger. Preparation
Note: That you may use a 4 GB or larger USB Flash Drive instead, but be Re-imaging
aware that the re-imaging process will be slower by a factor of 8 to 20.
Ensure that you use a USB 2.0 device, this will make the process go
faster.
3 Ghost Boot Disks Re-Imaging
This is a set of two 3 ½ inch floppy disks that are used to boot from and
run the Ghost disk imaging software. Preparation
These can be obtained from Sperry Marine Charlottesville FED.
Alternatively you can obtain two defect-free 3 ½ inch floppy disks and
create the Ghost Boot Disks yourself using the Symantec Ghost 8.2 or
Norton Ghost 2003 software. (See item 4 below)
PLEASE NOTE THAT VMS-VT GHOST BOOT DISKS WILL NOT

WORK WITH THIS PROCEDURE, YOU WILL NEED TO CREATE A
SECOND SET OF DISKS.

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4 Symantec Ghost 8.2 software or Norton Ghost 2003. Preparation
You only need this software if you don’t have access to Ghost Boot Disks.
(see item 3 above).
This can be obtained from Sperry Marine Charlottesville FED
5 The VisionMaster disk image. Preparation
This will have a part number with the format VMCnnn where nnn is Re-imaging
software version dependent.
This can be obtained from Sperry Marine Charlottesville FED
6 A personal computer with Windows XP Service Pack 2 or greater. Preparation
You will need this item only to create Ghost Boot Disks yourself and the
VisionMaster disk image to the external USB hard drive.
This computer should have at least one available USB 2.0 port, a 3 ½ inch
floppy drive, a DVD ROM drive,
You will not need to take this computer with you when making a service
call to re-image a VisionMaster workstation.
7 Telephone access for Windows XP Activation. Re-imaging
You will need to ensure that when you are on-board to do the service, you
have access to a telephone to call a number at Microsoft, which will be
provided to you during the activation process, to activate Windows XP for
the target computer. You need to ensure that the systems you will be
servicing have a valid and accessible Windows XP product key. You will
need the product keys printed on the label on the side of each
VisionMaster PC. The activation process will take between 6-15 minutes
per workstation. You will need to do this for all computers imaged.
8 A copy of this document. Preparation
Re-imaging

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3 PREPARATIONS
This section describes the steps/tasks that you need to perform to prepare for the re-imaging of
one or more fielded computers. Typically, you will have to complete these steps prior to your
departure for service.
3.1 PREPARE YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER

Boot up your personal computer and then plug in the power cord of the external USB hard drive
to an appropriate power outlet and switch it on (if applicable).
Attach the external USB hard drive to an available USB port on the computer using the USB
cable provided with/attached to the external USB hard drive. Make sure the operating system
recognizes the drive. It may be necessary to wait a few seconds as the Windows XP operating
system automatically installs the appropriate USB drivers for the external USB hard drive.
3.2 SYMANTEC GHOST 8.2/GHOST 2003 SOFTWARE

If you have not already been provided with a media that has the Symantec Ghost 8.2/Ghost 2003
software on it, then you will have to obtain it from Sperry Marine Charlottesville FED.
3.3 DISK IMAGE OF VISIONMASTER

If you have not already been provided with a media that has the disk image of VisionMaster on
it, then you will have to obtain it from Sperry Marine Charlottesville FED.
Copy the disk image, from the media drive to the external USB drive. The disk image of
VisionMaster is a single large file (typical size is 1.5 to 3.0 Giga Bytes.)
3.4 CREATE GHOST BOOT DISKS

If you don’t already have a set of Ghost Boot Disks then follow the instructions in Appendix A
to create them.
Remove the floppy disk (if any) from the floppy drive of your computer and then shut down your
computer.
Switch off the external USB hard drive and unplug it from the power outlet and the USB port on
the computer.
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4 SERVICING
This section describes the steps/tasks that you need to perform in order to re-image a
VisionMaster FT workstation in the field using a disk image of the VisionMaster stored on the
external USB hard drive.
4.1 ATTACH EXTERNAL USB DEVICES

Power up the external USB hard drive and attach it to an available USB port on the target
workstation. Also attach the external USB floppy drive to a second available USB port on the
computer. Note that you may have to remove one or more USB security dongles to free up USB
ports for these external USB devices.
Insert the Ghost Boot Disk #1 into the USB floppy drive.
4.2 BOOTING FROM USB FLOPPY DRIVE

Power up/re-boot the target workstation and repeatedly press the F10 key on the keyboard.
When prompted to enter a password, enter ‘sperry’ without the quotes. Then select to boot from
the USB drive that represents the attached external USB floppy drive.
4.3 RE-IMAGE USING GHOST 8.2

The system will boot up using the Ghost Boot Disk #1. It will prompt you to insert the second
disk (Ghost Boot Disk #2) into the floppy drive. Proceed as directed. After several seconds a
screen similar to the following will appear:

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Click on the OK button to continue.
Click on Local

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Click on Disk
Click on From Image.

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Use this dialog window to navigate to the disk image of VisionMaster stored on the external
USB hard drive.
Please take a note of the number that follows the drive letter for the external USB hard
drive. For example, in the above picture, the drive number for U: is 2. You will use this
number to determine which drive is the source and which is the destination.
Following are a couple of sample screen shots for navigating to Ghost images stored on a DVD
media.

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You can use the cursor keys to highlight the desired image file.

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Click on the Open button.
Note clicking on an image file is the same as selecting it by the cursor keys and then clicking on
the Open button.

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You should only see two entries in the list above. One represents the local internal hard drive of
the target workstation and the other one represents the external USB hard drive. Recall the drive
number of the external USB drive you had recorded in an earlier step in this section.
You should click on the entry that represents the local internal hard drive, as this is where we
want to put the image on. Ensure that the destination drive has been highlighted and then click
on the OK button.

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This is a sample screen shot. The details will be different than the screen you will be observing.
Just click on the “OK” button to continue.

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Just click on the “Yes” button to continue.

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Progress indicator......
Progress indicator....

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Remove the floppy disk from the floppy drive.
Turn off the external USB hard drive.
Detach the external USB floppy drive and the external USB hard drive from the computer.
Unplug the external USB hard drive from the wall power socket.
Click on the “Reset Computer” button to continue.
This will cause the target computer to re-boot.
4.4 WINDOWS XP ACTIVATION

Note: In this section, you will need to use a telephone to call a number that will be provided to
you to activate the copy of Windows XP that is installed on the target workstation.
When the target computer re-boots, you will be provided with instructions to activate the copy of
Windows XP that is installed on the target computer. Follow the instruction to activate the copy
of Windows XP on the target computer.

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During the Windows XP activation process, after you have entered the Windows Product Key,
you will be provided with a screen that resembles the following screenshot:
Select the appropriate country in Step 1. Once you have selected an appropriate country, an
appropriate telephone number will be provided to you to use in Step 2. Call this telephone
number to activate Windows XP. Follow all instructions which will be provided to you via the
telephone.
Note: During the first boot up, the system may require you to enter an IP address and a
computer name (host name) for the node you have just activated. Please refer to the
configuration section of the VisionMaster Ship’s Manual for information on the scheme to
be used for configuring the computer names (host names) and IP addresses.
When the activation process has been completed, the system will continue to boot and you will
be presented with the log-in screen. Do NOT log-in at this time.
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WARNING
It is possible to inadvertently overwrite persisted data (radar maps, PI lines,
routes, etc...) if you login to the re-imaged node before other nodes on the bridge
are all up and running. Therefore, if there are multiple nodes in the system,
ensure that they are all up and running the VisionMaster FT application.
4.5 LOG IN USING SERVICE MODE

Log in on the newly re-imaged node using the ServiceMode account. Once fully logged in,
ensure that the node name and the IP address/configuration of the node are as expected. If not,
then take appropriate action to rename and reconfigure the node.
4.6 LOG IN USING OPERATOR MODE

When all other nodes are all up and they are all running the VisionMaster FT application, log in
on the newly re-imaged node using the OperatorMode.
The VisionMaster FT application will start up automatically. It will take a few minutes for the
persisted data to be copied to this node.
You may, at this time, copy charts from another node to this newly re-imaged node.
4.7 RE-IMAGE OTHER NODES IN THE SYSTEM

You may re-image other nodes in the system only after the persisted data and chart data (if
applicable) have been successfully copied to the newly re-imaged node.
To re-image another node, simply shut it down and follow the instructions in section 4 of this
document.

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APPENDIX A
Creating Ghost Boot Disks
Ghost boot disks are required in order to boot into the PC-DOS operating system and to run the
Symantec Ghost application. The Symantec Ghost application is used to copy the disk image of
VisionMaster to the hard drive of the target workstation.
You will need two defect-free 3 ½ inch floppy disks to create the boot disks. Mark one as Ghost
Boot Disk #1 and the other one as Ghost Boot Disk #2.
Use the Windows XP explorer to navigate to the Symantec Ghost 8.2/Ghost 2003 directory on
the external USB hard drive attached to your personal computer and then run the “Ghost Boot
Wizard.exe” program by double clicking on it.

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Select “Standard Ghost Boot Disk” and click on the “Next >” button
Defaults are fine. Just click on the “Next >” button to proceed.

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Default selection is OK. Click on the “Next >” button to proceed.
Click on the Browse button to navigate to the Ghost.exe file in the Symantec Ghost directory on
your local computer.

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Click on GHOST.EXE file and then click on the “Open” button.
Click on the “Next >” button to proceed.

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Defaults are OK. Click on the “Next >” button to proceed.
Defaults are OK. Click on the “Next >” button to proceed.

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Click on the “Next >” button to proceed.
You will get the following dialog window.
Insert Ghost Boot Disk #1 in the floppy drive and then click on OK to continue.
If you don’t already have the floppy disk in the floppy drive you will get the following prompt
instructing you to insert the floppy disk into the floppy drive.
Insert Ghost Boot Disk #1 and click on the OK button when this occurs.

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The boot wizard will complete writing data to the Ghost Boot Disk #1 and then asks you to insert
a second floppy disk into the drive.
Insert Ghost Boot Disk #2 into the floppy drive and click on the OK button.
The Ghost Boot Wizard will complete writing to this disk and them provide you with a prompt
that it is finished. Take appropriate action to finish/end the application.
Repeat this process and store the 2 sets of Ghost Boot Disks in a safe place to take with you on
service calls.

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SPERRY MARINE UK

Service Bulletin No. 89

Product: VisionMaster FT series Displays

Subject: Instructions for Re-Imaging the Processor Unit in the field

The following documents are instructions to re-image a VisionMaster FT

This procedure applies to the following Processor Units types ONLY:

65901AR (with SC2 card)

sb89.doc Page 1 of 1 June 2008

NORTHROP GRUMMAN PRIVATE/PROPRIETARY LEVEL I

Date (dd mmm yyyy) Rev. Description Prepared by

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2 An external USB Hard Drive of size 4 GB or larger. Preparation

These can be obtained from Sperry Marine Charlottesville FED.

PLEASE NOTE THAT VMS-VT GHOST BOOT DISKS WILL NOT

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4 Symantec Ghost 8.2 software or Norton Ghost 2003. Preparation

This can be obtained from Sperry Marine Charlottesville FED

5 The VisionMaster disk image. Preparation

This can be obtained from Sperry Marine Charlottesville FED

6 A personal computer with Windows XP Service Pack 2 or greater. Preparation

7 Telephone access for Windows XP Activation. Re-imaging

8 A copy of this document. Preparation

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3.1 PREPARE YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER

3.2 SYMANTEC GHOST 8.2/GHOST 2003 SOFTWARE

3.3 DISK IMAGE OF VISIONMASTER

3.4 CREATE GHOST BOOT DISKS

4.1 ATTACH EXTERNAL USB DEVICES

4.2 BOOTING FROM USB FLOPPY DRIVE

4.3 RE-IMAGE USING GHOST 8.2

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Click on the OK button to continue.

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Click on From Image.

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Click on the Open button.

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Remove the floppy disk from the floppy drive.

Turn off the external USB hard drive.

Click on the “Reset Computer” button to continue.

This will cause the target computer to re-boot.

4.4 WINDOWS XP ACTIVATION

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4.5 LOG IN USING SERVICE MODE

4.6 LOG IN USING OPERATOR MODE

4.7 RE-IMAGE OTHER NODES IN THE SYSTEM

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Default selection is OK. Click on the “Next >” button to proceed.

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Click on GHOST.EXE file and then click on the “Open” button.

Click on the “Next >” button to proceed.

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Defaults are OK. Click on the “Next >” button to proceed.