Firmware Update - Agilent Technologies 3100 OFFGEL Fractionator User Manual

6 Maintenance

Firmware Update

Firmware Update
At regular intervals, Agilent Technologies releases new firmware revisions of
its products to provide new features or bug fixes. These revisions and the
Firmware Update Tools are provided via the Agilent Technologies web page
http://www.agilent.com
Technical Support - Downloads & Utilities) or direct via
http://www.chem.agilent.com/scripts/DownloadsUtilities.asp.
A link to this page is provided on the About page of the connected instrument
(see
This section describes how you can update the firmware of the Agilent 3100
OFFGEL Fractionator instrument. It requires
Alternatively a connection can be done by a 9-to-9 pin (female) connector RS-232 cable
N O T E
(Agilent part number G1530-60600 or RS232-61601). Such a cable was included in the
accessory kit (see
a handheld controler.
This is a so-called "Null Modem Cable" with full handshaking, where the connection are
made between pins 1-1, 2-3, 3-2, 4-6, 5-5, 6-4, 7-8, 8-7, 9-9.
Besides the Firmware Update Tool you can use for upgrading future revisions
of instrument Firmware also the convenient Update-via-USB. This requires
the Main Firmware B.06.30 or higher to be already installed on the
instrument.
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Figure 24 on page 64).
• installation of the Firmware Update Tool,
• installation of the firmware onto a PC,
• connection of the PC to the instrument using a LAN cable.
Table 4 on page 33) that was delivered with earlier systems that included
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