A2.1 Loading The Programs To The Flash Rom; 1 ] Preparation; 2 ] Installing The Brother Maintenance Usb Printer Driver - Brother MFC5890CN Service Manual

A2.1 Loading the Programs to the Flash ROM

If you want to change the programs stored in the flash ROM on the main PCB or after you
replace the main PCB, load the desired programs to the flash ROM.
Loading requires a PC/AT-compatible computer running Windows 2000 or later.
Caution: During loading, never turn off your PC or the machine, unplug the USB
interface cable, interrupt loading or load invalid data. If you do so, loading will fail,
causing the PCB to be unusable. You will have to replace the main PCB and load
programs to a new PCB.

[ 1 ] Preparation

You need the Brother Maintenance USB Printer driver and filedg32.exe (provided by Brother
Industries). Save them in an arbitrary folder in your PC.

[ 2 ] Installing the Brother Maintenance USB Printer driver

To identify machines connected via USB direct interface, the PC requires the corresponding
driver for the virtual USB device. If you connect any number of machines to your PC, the same
number of virtual USB devices will be automatically configured on your PC. To prevent many
virtual USB devices from being configured, use the unique driver installation procedure
described below that enables your PC to identify terminals via one single virtual USB device.
NOTES: • Once this installation procedure is carried out for a PC, no more driver/software
installation will be required for that PC to identify machines. If the Brother
Maintenance USB Printer driver has been already installed to your PC according to
this procedure, skip this section.
• Before proceeding to the procedure given below, make sure that the Brother
Maintenance USB Printer driver (listed in
your PC.
(1) Check that the power switch of the machine is turned off. Disconnect the USB cable that
connects the machine with your PC.
(2) Turn on your PC.
(3) Turn on the power switch of the machine.
(4) On the machine, press the Menu and Black Start (Mono Start) keys in this order. Next
press the
Chapter 9.)
TIP: Models equipped with a numerical keypad on the control panel can enter the
maintenance mode in the same way as conventional models; that is, by pressing the Menu,
*, 2, 8, 6 and 4 keys in this sequence.
The machine beeps for approx. one second and displays "
LCD, indicating that it is placed in the initial stage of the maintenance mode, a mode in
which the machine is ready to accept entry from the keys.
key four times to make the machine enter the maintenance mode. (Refer to
Chapter 7, Section
App. 2-1
7.1.1) is stored in
" on the
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