1. Power up all the switches and connect them together creating a bus topology.
2. Download and install Industrial HiVision (IHV) on a pc. IHV can be downloaded here: http://hivision.de/English/download/index.phtml. The program has full functionalities for a limited period of 30 days.
3. The firmware you want to installed has been stored on your pc.

1. Connect the pc with IHV to one of the switches of the network.
2. Launch IHV.
3. Go to 'Preferences', 'Management Station' and check that in 'Default IP Address' and 'Default Network Card' is selected the right network card of your pc. Click ok.

Disable all firewalls on your pc.

Click 'HiDiscovery Scan'. The system will look for Hirschmann switches. In the example, 2 new switches had been discovered.

Assign an IP address to each switch, right clicking on a switch, 'IP configuration'.

Type IP and subnet mask according to your network addressing plan.

If you want to create the network topology, right click in an empty space and select auto topology.

Click on 'List' tab, select all the switches you want to update, then right click, Multiconfig

Go to 'Basic Settings', select 'Software'.
In 'File', please specify the path in which you stored the firmware to use.
Click 'Write'

When Multiconfig completes the operations, you can see a green sign. To close this window, click 'Cancel'

Under 'List' select all you switches, press 'F5', check that the new firmware version is shown.