Getting Started
Firmware Updates Through the Internet
If a newer version of firmware becomes available, you can use the Internet and
aUSBflash drive to update your oscilloscope. If you do not have access to the
Internet, contact Tektronix for information on update procedures.
To update the firmware from the Internet, follow these steps:
1. Push the Utility ► System Status option, and write down the firmware
version number of the oscilloscope.
2. From your computer, access the www.tektronix.com web site and check if a
newer version of oscilloscope firmware is available.
3. Ifthereisanewerversionoffi rmware, download the firmware file from the
web page.
You may need to unzip the downloaded file.
4. Copy the firmware file to the root folder of a USB flash drive.
5. Insert
the USB flash drive into the USB Flash Drive port on the front of the
oscilloscope.
6. From y
our oscilloscope, push the Utility ► File Utilities ► -more-page2
of 2 ► Update Firmware option button.
It ta
kes several minutes to update the firmware.
Your oscilloscope will prompt you to press a button when the firmware update is
com
plete. You must not remove the U SB flash drive, or power off the oscilloscope
until the firmware update is complete.
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