Upgrading From A Memory Card - Intermec EasyCoder PF2i Service Manual

Upgrading From a Memory Card

How to make an upgrading card
Intermec EasyCoder PF2i, PF4i, and PF4i Compact Industrial—Service Manual
This chapter describes how to upgrade the printer from a CompactFlash
card.
1 Insert the card and switch on the printer. The printer's display will auto-
matically show ongoing steps. The procedure ends with a normal startup
of the printer.
2 Switch off the printer and remove the card. Printer is ready for use.
CompactFlash cards with fi rmware (Fingerprint or IPL) can be ordered
from Intermec. Empty CompactFlash cards can be ordered from Intermec
or procured locally.
If there are more than one fi rmware fi les on the memory card, it is not
forseeable which one will be selected. However, by renaming the desired
fi le to FIRMWARE.BIN, you can make sure that the fi le will be selected.
There are two possible places to program a CompactFlash card. One is
your PC CompactFlash card slot, another is the printer's card slot.
At the PC-side
1 Use a computer fi tted with a PCMCIA slot and a CompactFlash adapter
and insert the CompactFlash card.
2 Copy the upgrade .bin or .uff fi le to the CompactFlash card.
At the printer side (Fingerprint only)
1 Insert the CompactFlash card in the slot at the printer's rear plate.
2 Start up the printer and select Intermec Shell.
3 Press <Enter> to go to the "Sel. Application" menu.
4 Press <⇒> repeatedly to browse to "SOFTWARE UPDATE".
5 Press <Enter> to go to "UPDATE: COMPACT FLASH?"
6 Press <Enter>.
7 Start sending the fi le using a communication program, for example
HyperTerminal. The communication program must use zmodem.
(There is a one-minute time-out on the printer side.) Shell will auto-
matically rename the fi le to FIRMWARE.BIN to make sure that this fi le
will upgrade the printer.
8 Switch off the printer and remove the card.
Appendix B—Firmware Upgrading
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