Steps For Firmware Change Via Usb - Agilent Technologies 3100 OFFGEL Fractionator User Manual

the port at the rear of instrument. Upon recognition the browser interface will
show the USB stick symbol in the status screen. In case the USB-memory stick
is FAT-32 formatted the instrument will attempt to format it to FAT-16. The
file browser of your computer operating system also allows you to format USB
sticks. FAT-16 is typically noted simply as FAT.

Steps for Firmware Change via USB

1 Download the Agilent 3100 OFFGEL Fractionator firmware from the
2 Double-click the exe-file to extract the content into any folder on your hard
3 Create a folder on the USB stick with exactly this path: X:\OFFGEL\
4 Move the extracted firmware file to the new folder on the USB stick. Only
5 Power the 3100 OFFGEL Fractionator off.
6 Insert the prepared USB stick to the USB port of the instrument.
7 Power the Agilent 3100 OFFGEL Fractionator on, during the restart the
8 Allow the instrument to perform the Firmware update. A typical time for
Do not disturb the firmware process. Any interruption will lead to incomplete firmware
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programming. Instruments in such status are not functional.
OFFGEL User Manual
Agilent web site
(http://www.chem.agilent.com/scripts/DownloadsUtilities.asp) onto your
PC.
disc drive. The Main Firmware file has a name starting with the instrument
number, revision description and the suffix .dlb. An example for a typical
Main Firmware file name is: 3100A_B630_002.dlb.
UPDATE. Please use capital letters for the path. X: represents the drive
letter of your USB stick and is a variable.
exactly this file should be present in the folder.
instrument will check the USB stick folders for relevant files and perform
an update in case the installed firmware has a lower revision.
this is 10 minutes. During this time the red status LED will blink.
After a successful update (or downgrade) of main or resident firmware, the
3100 OFFGEL fractionator restarts automatically. The instrument restart is
indicated by a toggling of the three LED colors. In case main and resident
firmware are changed in one attempt wait until the second cycle of red
blinking LED and a toggling of the three LED colors is complete.
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