Updating The Chip Cube Firmware - Agilent Technologies 1260 Infinity User Manual

Updating the Chip Cube Firmware

The installation of new firmware is required if:
• a new version resolves problems with the currently installed version.
• after exchange of the Chip Cube main board (CLM), the version on the new
The installation of older firmware might be necessary:
• to keep all systems on the same (validated) revision.
To upgrade/downgrade the module's firmware the following steps have to be
performed:
1 Download the module's firmware, the FW Update Tool Version 2.00 or
www.chem.agilent.com/scripts/cag_firmware.asp.
2 Load the firmware into the Chip Cube as described in the documentation.
When using the G4240A Chip Cube in an Agilent 1260 Infinity Series system, all other
C A U T I O N
Agilent 1260 Infinity Series modules must be upgraded to firmware revision 6.x or above
(main and resident). Otherwise all modules with different firmware revisions than the
module in to which the LAN interface card is installed will be invisible and inaccessible.
The initial firmware revision of the G4240A Chip Cube is A.06.01 (main and resident). No
N O T E
earlier version of firmware is available. Use only firmware update utility rev. 2.0 or later.
3 If the Chip Cube main board (CLM) was replaced, perform a "Valve
4 If the Chip Cube main board was replaced, re-enter the serial number
HPLC-Chip Cube Interface User's Guide
board is older than the previously installed one.
above (for LAN/RS-232) and the documentation from the Agilent website
Calibration" to calibrate the positioning offsets of the valve rotor and store
the values in the non-volatile memory of the main board.
information of the module through the user interface, see Agilent 1260
Infinity HPLC-Chip Cube Interface - Service Manual.
Maintenance Procedures
Updating the Chip Cube Firmware
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