Firmware Upgrade; Realtime Mode With Spectrum Manager - SAF 0.3-3 GHz Spectrum Compact User Manual

0.3-3 GHz SPECTRUM COMPACT (FW V5.2.6)

2.15 Firmware upgrade

Make sure that the firmware file is for the correct Spectrum Compact product!
Also please avoid downgrading to older firmware versions!
1. Turn Spectrum Compact on.
2. From the main screen tap TOOLS & SETTINGS, then tap SERVICE MENU. Tap
USB MODE.
3. If the USB mode is already set to MASS STORAGE DEVICE, do nothing. If the
USB mode is set to VIRTUAL COM PORT, set it to MASS STORAGE DEVICE by
tapping OK. (Alternatively, from the main menu tap PRESET once and then
again.)
4. Connect the device to a computer.
5. Copy both – the firmware file (with extension ".fw") and the initialization file
(with extension ".ini").
6. Open the Spectrum Compact drive and paste the two files into the FIRMWARE
folder.
7. Turn Spectrum Compact off and back on. The text "FIRMWARE UPGRADE"
should be shown.
8. From the main screen tap TOOLS & SETTINGS, then tap the PRESET button.
Confirm by tapping once more.
9. Turn Spectrum Compact off and back on.
10. Check the firmware version by tapping TOOLS & SETTINGS and then ABOUT.
PRESET restores Spectrum Compact's configuration to factory defaults. To
preserve the current configuration, before tapping PRESET, save it as a
PROFILE and after the firmware upgrade process restore it.

2.16 Realtime mode with Spectrum Manager

To use Spectrum Compact with Spectrum Manager in Realtime mode, follow these
steps:
1. Turn Spectrum Compact on.
2. From the main screen tap TOOLS & SETTINGS, then tap SERVICE MENU. Tap
USB MODE.
3. If the USB mode is already set to VIRTUAL COM PORT, do nothing. If the USB
mode is set to MASS STORAGE DEVICE, set it to VIRTUAL COM PORT by
tapping OK.
4. Connect the device to a PC with installed Spectrum Manager software.
5. Launch Spectrum Manager.
6. Either select "Start Realtime" (if there is only one Spectrum Compact device
connected to the PC) or wait for the Spectrum Manager to detect all connected
devices and then choose the desired one from a drop-down list. The real-time
sweep should be now shown on the graph. See Spectrum Manager user
manual for further details.
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