Firmware Upgrade Process Firmware Upgrades
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Sixth Edition 455
How to Upgrade Firmware
You can receive a firmware upgrade on the following media:
• as a download from the internet, or
•on CD-ROM.
How to Upgrade Firmware from the Internet
You can download the firmware upgrade from the Internet. See the
webpage mentioned in “Download Firmware Upgrade from the Internet”
on page 453 for further information on installing the firmware.
How to Upgrade Firmware from CD-ROM
If the instrument’s firmware is supplied to you on CD-ROM, insert the CD-
ROM in the CD-ROM drive of your personal computer and follow the
procedure for your instrument as described below.
Agilent 8163A Firmware Upgrade Procedure
To upgrade firmware for the 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 8163A mainframe.
Perform the following instructions (“xxx” in a filename should be replaced
by the current release number, i.e. 402 for release 4.02):
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_flxxx.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_flxxx.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.
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