ECHO Series Ultrasonic Thickness Gages
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Updating a Thickness Gage to be Compatible with Windows 8 or Windows 10 USB
With Windows 8 and Windows 10 there can be USB enumeration problems between the
host computer and a thickness gage. Windows can report a “USB device not recognized”
error in the bottom right of the screen shortly after the thickness gage is plugged into the
computer via USB. Below is a list of all the gages and the versions of software that have
this issue:
• EHC-09 (color and mono) v3.26 and below
• UPG-07 (color and mono) v1.15 and below
• EHC-03 v1.0
If your thickness gage software version falls within one of the above versions, and you
need to connect it via USB to a computer running Windows 8 or Windows 10, then the
below sequence of steps will guide you through the update process so that the thickness
gage can properly enumerate via USB with Windows 8 or Windows 10.
Below is a list of the required items to perform the update to the thickness gage:
• A computer running either Windows XP or Windows 7 which has Data XL
installed on it. If Data XL is not installed on the computer, it can be downloaded
at the following link:
http://www.danatronics.com/ultrasoundsupport.html
At the time of this document, the latest version of Data XL is v3.7.3.
• A version of software for the thickness gage that is compatible with the USB
protocol used in Windows 8 and Windows 10. Below is a list of the different
gages and software versions which are compatible with the USB protocol found in
Windows 8 and Windows 10:
o EHC-09 (color and mono) v3.27 and above
o UPG-07 (color and mono) v1.16 and above
o EHC-03 v1.1 and above
The thickness gage software can be found at the following link:
http://www.danatronics.com/ultrasoundsupport.html
• A USB A to mini b cable. This is used to connect the thickness gage to the
computer via USB.
To upgrade your thickness gage, follow these steps:
1. The thickness gage first needs to be connected to the computer via USB in a
special sequence. With the gage powered off and the down button on the gage
being pressed, connect it to the computer via the USB cable. Holding the down
button while being powered up puts the gage into upgrade mode.
2. Launch Data XL.
2a. Click on the “Software Upgrade” tab located in the upper portion of Data XL.
2b. Click on the “Select File To Download” button, which will launch an open file
dialog box. Select the file to update the thickness gage with. In this example the
file “color_ehc09_v3_27.bin” was chosen.
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