Firmware Upgrade Process Firmware Upgrades
Agilent 8163A Lightwave Multimeter, Agilent 8164A Lightwave Measurement System, & Agilent 8166A Lightwave
Multichannel System, Fourth Edition
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Agilent 8163A Firmware Upgrade Procedure
To upgrade firmware for the Agilent 8163A, you require a PC, running MS
Windows 95 or NT 4.0, or higher, plus a serial null-modem cable, that was
supplied with your Agilent 8163A mainframe.
Perform the following instructions:
1 Copy the directory Firmware/8163A from the Support Disk to a directory on
your PC. This directory contains the files "HPFlashWinR5.exe" and
"63_fl202.bin".
2 Click on HPFlashWinR5.exe to start the HPFLASH software.
3 Press the "File Selection" button, the file selection box appears.
4 Move to the file "63_fl202.bin" and click on OK.
5 Click on ’Port Settings’.
6 Select the com port where the serial cable is connected. Choose the maximum
baud rate. Click on OK.
7 Turn on the 8163A and wait for the first beep.
Now you must be quick:
– Press and hold the Preset hardkey.
– Still holding Preset, press and hold the Aux hardkey.
– Still holding Preset and Aux, press and hold the Appl hardkey.
TIP Use three fingers and place them near the keys in advance!
If you were successful, you here a double beep and the display shows that the
instrument is in download mode. Otherwise, turn off the power and try again.
8 Click on ’Program’ and wait until the download completes. The instrument will
reboot with the new firmware.
Agilent 8164A Firmware Upgrade Procedure
To upgrade firmware for the Agilent 8164A, you require two empty floppy disks.
Perform the following instructions:
1 Copy the directory Firmware/8164A from the Support Disk to a directory on
your PC. This directory contains the files "copydisk.exe", "64_202_1.img",
and "64_202_2.img".
2 Format the two two floppy disks (3.5", 1.44 MByte) with your PC, and label
them as DISK_1 and DISK_2.
3 Insert the DISK_1 into your PC and open a DOS command window if you are
running Windows.
4 Copy the first firmware image file to DISK_1 using the command
"copydisk.exe 64_202_1.img a:".
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