HP ESG E4400B Installation Note page 11

Installation Procedure: HP Palmtop Version
This procedure uses an HP 200LX palmtop computer to download new firmware into the signal
generator.
Table 4 Equipment Required for HP Palmtop Connection
Quantity
1 Serial RS-232 cable 9-pin (male) to 9-pin (female)
1 Serial RS-232 adapter (male-male)
1 5 MB flash disk
1 HP connectivity pack (contains connectivity pack software
and serial cable)
1. Insert the firmware upgrade disk into a PC compatible computer disk drive.
a. Create an empty directory called update on the C:\ drive to unpack each zip archive located on
Disk 1 and Disk 2. Disk 1 contains the file dlser1.zip and pkunzip.exe. Disk 2 contains the
files dlser2.zip and pkunzip.exe.
b. Using MS Windows, go to File Manager and select drive A:\ or B:\.
c. To unpack the zip archives (dlser1.zip and dlser2.zip), in the File Manager click File, then
click Run, and type the following inside the Command Line box:
A:\pkunzip dlser1.zip C:\update for Disk 1. After completion, insert Disk 2 and type:
A:\pkunzip dlser2.zip C:\update
Or, in MSDOS, type the above line at any MSDOS prompt.
Or, in Windows 95/NT, select Start/Run from the task bar and then type the above line.
d. Press .
Enter
See the Appendix for information on unzipping files or extracting .exe files using MS Windows.
NOTE
NOTE For the connectivity pack serial cable connection to the palmtop, make sure that the HP logo on
the plug faces up.
2. See the Appendix for unzip. Using the palmtop's connectivity pack software and hardware,
download the upgrade firmware files from c:\update to the palmtop's flash disk, into a directory
called A:\dl. See the Appendix for a DOS file copy example. Refer to the palmtop owner's manual
for this procedure.
3. Verify that the following items were unpacked:
readme.txt
dlserial.bat
dlfmwr.bat
dlarb.bat
split_dl.exe
wait.exe
Installation Note E4400-90235
Description
(these instructions)
(script to perform the download)
(script to perform the EGS firmware download)
(script to perform the UND firmware download)
(auxiliary program used by dlserial.bat)
(auxiliary program used by dlserial.bat)
Part Number
8120-6188
1252-7824
F1012A
F1015-80002
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