How To Set Or Modify A Device Name Using The Emulator - Banner iVu Plus TG Series Instruction Manual

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1. Connect a USB flash drive to a Windows PC that has Vision Manager installed.
2. In Vision Manager, go to Sensor Maintenance and click
Note: Vision Manager cannot be connected to the sensor to be updated.
The folder C:\Users\Public\Documents\Banner Vision Manager\Firmware\[Vision sensor model]
opens.
3. Copy the folder called "BANNER" to the root of the USB flash drive.
4. Disconnect the USB flash drive from the PC.
5. Connect the USB cable to the iVu.
6. Connect the USB flash drive to the USB cable.
7. On the iVu, go to Main Menu > System > Firmware Update.
The name of the firmware file you copied to the USB flash drive displays.
8. Select the correct iVu firmware file and click Load.
9. Follow the on-screen instructions to update the firmware.

18.2.3 How to Set or Modify a Device Name using the Emulator

You can set a device name for your iVu device or modify an existing name on the device using the keypad. You can also
change the device name this using the iVu Emulator as described below.
Note: If you are in a language other than English, you cannot modify the device name using the keypad.
Use the procedure described below.
Note: If you have not set the device name previously, folders are named using the first 8-characters of the
device serial number.
This procedure requires a USB flash drive and a USB cable, PSG-4M-4xx-USB (see
1. Connect a USB cable to the device.
2. Connect a USB flash drive to the USB cable.
3. Save the Device Configuration to the USB flash drive. Go to Main Menu > System > Configuration > Save to USB.
The location of these files on the USB flash drive displays after the operation is complete. The device configuration
is saved in [USB:]\BANNER\[DEVICE_NAME]. For example, if the device name is
\BANNER\myName.
4. Disconnect the USB flash drive from the device.
5. Connect the USB flash drive to a Windows PC.
6. If you are running the Emulator installed on a PC, make sure the Emulator is not running, and copy the Device
Configuration from the USB flash drive to the folder where the Emulator is installed on the PC.
For example, if the device name is myName and the iVu Emulator is installed in the default location on the PC, copy
the file [USB:]\BANNER\myName\CONFIG.CFG to C:\Program Files\Banner Engineering\iVu Series.
7. Launch the iVuEmulator.exe program (either from the USB flash drive or from the Windows PC, depending on which
one you are using).
8. Go to Main Menu > System > Information.
9. Click inside the Device Name field, and enter the desired name.
10. Click the Back button on the lower-left corner of the display to save the device name.
11. Close the Emulator program. The device name is automatically saved to the CONFIG.CFG file.
12. If you are running the Emulator on the PC, copy the CONFIG.CFG file back to the original folder on the USB flash
drive, [USB:]\BANNER\[DEVICE_NAME]. For example [USB:]\BANNER\myName.
Note: The device looks in the original folder (for example, myName) for the CONFIG.CFG file.
13. Remove the USB flash drive from the PC, and connect it to the device.
14. Restore the configuration to the device.
a. Go to Main Menu > System > Configuration > Load from USB.
b. Select the configuration to restore.
c. Click Load to start the restore device configuration.
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