Gemini Series Electroporator User’s Manual
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1. Upload the latest software versions to your desktop
(format is filename.srec). There are two .srec files that both
need to be updated: ‘BTX Gemini vx.x.x’ and a ‘BTX Gemini
Pwr vx.x.x’.
2. Disconnect all I/O devices and then connect the Gemini X2
generator to PC using a USB cable.
3. On the Set up screen of the Gemini X2
generator, press
the Upgrade Software button twice to enter Boot Loader
Mode.
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NOTE: To exit boot loader mode without upgrading the
software, power cycle the generator.
4. From the CD provided with the Gemini X2 generator, open
the Device Updater Application.
Upgrading Gemini Series Software
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NOTE: Prior to upgrading, users will need to install USD
drivers as well as the bootloader driver le. Reference ‘Virtual
Comport Driver Installation’.
5. Click Open Update File and browse to the ‘BTX Gemini
vx.x.x.srec’. file that was previously saved to the desktop.
6. Click Start Update.
7. After the update is complete, press Reboot and then power
cycle the Gemini X2 generator from the power switch in the
back of the unit.
8. Repeat steps 5 through 7 with the ‘BTX Gemini Pwr
vx.x.x.srec’.
Device Updater Program