Model 428 User’s Manual APPENDIX C – CODE UPDATES
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APPENDIX C – CODE UPDATES
General Information
Updating the 428 Multi-Wavelength Meter’s embedded software uses a utility called
Bristol428Update.bat. The utility can be found in the Update Utility folder on the
Application Software CD.
You can contact Bristol Instruments to see if there are any updates available for this
product. Prior to doing this, please get your current embedded software version
information by selecting “About” in the NuView Display Software’s Help menu. This
requires the instrument to be turned on and connected to the PC, with the NuView
Display Software installed on the PC.
Process
1 Connect the PC to the 428 system using the provided USB cable and turn the
instrument on.
2 Copy the utility Bristol428Update.bat to a folder on your PC.
3 Copy the update files to the same folder as Bristol428Update.bat. Any 1, 2 or all 3
can be updated at once:
a. bristol_428
b. Bristol157_top.bin
c. Bristol428DSP.out
4 At a command prompt, run the utility Bristol428Update.
As code is being transferred it will indicate that by one or more of the following messages
showing on the display:
Transferred FW code...
Transferred SoftwareA code...
Transferred SoftwareD code...
Completed.
If no files available to transfer then the following message will display:
No Files to Update!
The following figure shows an example of a successful code update. You may be asked to
“Store key in cache? (y/n).” If so, enter “y”.
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