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Contents
1 GENERAL..................................................................................................................................................................3
2 SETUP AND THE INTERFACE.............................................................................................................................3
2.1 SETUP..............................................................................................................................................................3
2.2 HELP................................................................................................................................................................3
2.3 INTERFACE OF THE PROGRAMMER..........................................................................................................................4
3 STEP BY STEP..........................................................................................................................................................5
3.1 CONNECT THE CABLE OR SERIAL PORT LINE.............................................................................................................5
3.2 SETTING ...........................................................................................................................................................5
3.3 CONFIGURE THE BAUD RATE OF THE PORT..............................................................................................................5
3.4 SELECT THE IMAGE FILE ......................................................................................................................................5
3.5 BACKUP NV.....................................................................................................................................................5
3.6 DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE..................................................................................................................................6
3.7 DOWNLOAD ENDING............................................................................................................................................8
3.8 ABOUT NV FILE................................................................................................................................................8
3.8.1 Automatically..........................................................................................................................................8
3.8.2 Manually.................................................................................................................................................9
4 OTHERS...................................................................................................................................................................10
5 REFERENCE...........................................................................................................................................................10

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General

This software is used to download *.bin file to mobile. It can be used for P300 and C300 types
mobiles. You must ensure that the mobile has enough power to support the download and must be connected
with the specific cable or serial line.
The OS of the computer on which setup the download software must be Win2000 or WinXP.
Before download, you must check these things below:
1 Pick out the RUIM card in the mobile.
2 Ensure that there is enough power for supporting the download process(say, the battery capacity
must exceed 2/3 )
3 Before download the new version to a phone, it is necessary to backup its NV file (just select the
Backup and Restore NV on the second page), and name the files with the corresponding ESN of
that mobile.
4 After download the new version, if the NV file of the mobile is lost, then you can use the NV file
you backup in the last step to restore. (Just use the Backup and Restore on the second page)
5 When setup the download software, dont change its default setup path.
6 You do not need to reconfigure the items in the panel. Just use the default.
7 Before using the download software, you must know this guide very well.

Setup and the Interface

2.1

Setup

The softwares name is ZPST_DL_P300V1.01.01Setup, just run the *.exe to setup. You must use the
default path.

Picture1
Describe as below
1 All the files will be included in the path "C:\Program Files\ZTE\ZPST_DL_P300 ;
2.2

Help
After setup, please read the user guide firstthe path is as below:

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Picture2 user guide path

2.3

Interface of the programmer

After setup, there will be an icon in your desktop like below:

Picture3 ZPST_DL_P300V1.01.01
Just double click the icon to run the download software:

Picture4 panel of the software

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Step by step

3.1

Connect the cable or serial port line

Connect the phone and the computers serial port (COM1) with the specific cable. And there will
display searching when the phone is not turn on.
After the phone is power up, and you select the right port settings. Then there will display Ready
status.
NOTE: You must ensure that there has the enough power for downloading.
3.2
Setting
The default serial port the download software used is COM1. If you connect the other port, you can
change the port setting on the panel, just like below.

Picture5 Set and Configure port

The default setting is COM1.
3.3

Configure the Baud rate of the port

You can click the

button in

to configure the baud rate of the serial

port

3.4

Picture6 configure the baud rate

NOTE: The default baud rate for the software is 115200bps.
Select the image file

For the software to be downloaded, you can choose the image from the interface in the first page
(Software download) like below:

Click the button

select the version software for the phone and the name of the version

and its path will be displayed in the interface.

In the same way, you can select the path of NV file when backup in the second page (Backup and
Restore NV)
And other paths just use the default settings.
3.5
Backup NV
For the details, see the 3.9.2. It will be carried manually.
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Download the software

Before you do the download, check all the settings and path and file names you configured.
In the first page (Software Download), we suggest to select the Restore RF and ESN option. This
option will do the NV backup before download and restore after download automatically. And the NV file
will be saved in the path like C:\Program Files\ZTE\ZPST_DL_P300\NV_BackUp.
After last two-step above, just click the Start button to start the download process.
During this process, you can do noting but waiting for its ending. And note that Do not power down
the phone or pull out the cable from the phone during downloading.
The process just like below:

Picture7 The software detect the phone

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Picture8 backup NV automatically

Picture9 downloading
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Download ending
After successful downloading, the interface will display PASS, just like below:

Picture10 download ending

3.8
3.8.1

About NV file
Automatically

The default path to save the NV file is C:\Program Files\ZTE\ZPST_DL_P300\NV_BackUp; there

are two NV files, one named NVTemp.nvm, and the other named NV_(esn).nvm.
You can ignore the first one, because the download software uses it automatically.
The second file you can be used to restore the corresponding phones NV (has the same ESN).
ALL the files are produced automatically during downloading.

Picture11 NV files
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Manually
In the second page (Backup and Restore NV):
Select the second page NV Page, click the

backup file, then click

button of backup to choose the path of the

to start the process.

Picture13 Backup NV manually

Select the second page NV Page, click the

restore file, then click

button of restore to choose the path of

to start the process.

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Picture14 Restore NV manually

Others
1. Before download, ensure that the power is enough

Reference
QUALCOMM <<80-V1294-1_Rev_J_DMSS_Serial_Data_ICD>>
QUALCOMM <<80-39912-1_Rev_A_DMSS_Download_Protocol>>

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