Using The Lan/Rs-232 Firmware Update Tool - Agilent Technologies InfinityLab LC Series User Manual

5 Maintenance and Repair
Firmware Updates

Using the LAN/RS-232 Firmware Update Tool

Detailed information about the LAN/RS- 232 Update Tool 2.10 or above can be
found within the documentation of this tool provided via the Agilent web at
http://www.agilent.com/en-us/firmwareDownload?whid=69761
Use the latest LAN/RS-232 Update Tool 2.10 only
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If the Instant Pilot is in "Backward compatible mode ON", see
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Control Software"
For updating firmware reconfigure the Instant Pilot to "Backward compatible
mode OFF".
If your Agilent 1100/1200 system runs on firmware A.05.xx, the Instant Pilot is
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not recognized by the LAN/RS-232 Update Tool 2.10. In this case either one of
the modules or the complete system must be upgraded to A.06.xx/B.0x.xx
Before you downgrade the Instant Pilot to revision A.05.15, upgrade the Instant
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Pilot to the latest B.xx.xx firmware revision. This will assure that the later upgrade
to B.xx.xx works smoothly.
The preferred way of updating the Instant Pilot firmware should be the use of a
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USB Flash Drive. This is much faster than the use of the LAN/RS-232 Update
Tool 2.10 (4 minutes vs. 10 minutes via LAN vs. 70 minutes via RS-232).
Use one of the following procedures:
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G4208A User's Guide
on page 106, it will not be seen by the Firmware Update tool.
"Downgrade from B.xx to A.05.1x"
"Upgrade from A.05.1x to B.xx"
"Upgrade from A.05.11 to A.05.1x"
on page 146
on page 147
on page 148
"With 3rd Party
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