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Appendix 3 Firmware Upgrading
This chapter describes how to upgrade the printer from a Flash/
SRAM card.
1. Insert the card and switch on the printer. The printer’s display
will automatically show ongoing steps. The procedure ends
with a normal startup of the printer.
2. Switch off the printer and remove the card. Printer is ready for
use.
2 MB Flash cards with Fingerprint firmware can be ordered from
Intermec. Empty 2 or 8 MB flash cards can be ordered from Inter-
mec or procured locally.
How to make upgrading card.
There are two possible places to program a flash card. One is your
PC card slot, another is the printer card slot.
At the PC-side
1. Use a computer with a memory card slot and insert the flash
card.
2. Use a software tool to download the binary .uff file to the
Flash card. Software suggestion: Elan Digital System Ltd,
(www.pccard.co.uk).
At the printer side (Fingerprint only)
1. Insert the flash card in the slot at the printer’s rear plate.
2. Start up the printer and select Intermec Shell.
3. Press <F5> to browse to ”SOFTWARE UPDATE”.
4. Press <F5> to browse to ”UPDATE: PC-CARD?”
5. Press <Enter>.
6. Start sending the file using a communication program, for
example HyperTerminal. The communication program must
use zmodem. (There is a one-minute time-out on the printer
side.)
7. Switch off the printer and remove the card.
Note:
A special case is if the Flash card already has an FP-firmware.
Inserting such card will always install firmware in the printer
according to Flash card. However, perhaps you like to install a
later firmware version picked from the web.
What to do:
1. Insert the flashcard with a upgrade firmware on. Switch on and
wait for a completed upgrade and the normal startup of the
printer so you are in Fingerprint mode.
2. Activate the Shell program from "rom:" like this:
LOAD "rom:SHELLXP.PRG"
MERGE "rom:errhand.prg"
RUN
3. In Shell, select the option “UPDATE: PC-CARD” and press
<Enter>.
4. Send the file .uff from host from a terminal program (for exam-
ple HyperTerminal). Use Zmodem.
Upgrading From a
Memory Card