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1313 Handheld Programmer Manual
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18 MARCH 2010
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16 — UPDATING THE HANDHELD PROGRAMMER SOFTWARE
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UPDATING THE SOFTWARE
IN THE HANDHELD PROGRAMMER
Periodically you will receive new software files for the 1313 handheld program-
mer. They may be distributed via an email link or via a new SD card.
There will be application files for various access-level programmers. There
may also be additional files (Firmware Manager and Resource files) that are not
access-level dependent; these files are marked 1313-xxxx.
For example,
1313-4401
_Application_01000900.hap
is an OEM-level file; 4401 is the model number of the OEM programmer.
1313-xxxx
_FWManager_01000000.hfm
is used by all the programmers.
Copying new firmware onto the programmer
If the new files arrived via an email link, first you will need to copy them onto
your PC. You can then copy the files from the PC onto your programmer’s
internal memory or onto its removable SD card. If you plug the program-
mer into the PC using the USB cable, the PC will recognize both drives: the
programmer’s internal memory and the SD card. You can copy the new files
onto either of these drives. Alternatively, if you prefer, you can insert the SD
card alone into the PC and copy the new files onto it.
It doesn’t matter if you copy the extra access-level files, because only the
files appropriate for your programmer’s own access level will be installed.
Note: In order for the programmer to access the new files, they must not
be inside a folder.
Installing new firmware into the system
If the new firmware is on an SD card
Insert the SD card into the programmer, and plug the programmer into
the controller. The programmer only looks for new software on power-up, so if
the programmer is already on, you will need to turn it off and back on again.
If there are any files on the SD card that duplicate those already installed,
or that are for different access-level programmers, a series of pop-up screens
(one for each extraneous file) will ask whether you want to delete (yes/no). You
do not need to delete these files; if you think you might want them for some
other programmer later, you may choose to leave them on the card. However,
in most cases you will want to delete them so that you won’t be bothered by
these questions over and over each time the programmer powers up.
A pop-up screen will then announce that new software has been found
and ask whether you want to perform the update. The screen will list the exist-
ing version and the newer version.