Product Manual

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Upgrading Receiver Firmware

Firmware upgrades will be downloadable from the Spectra

Precision website in the form of compressed “.tar” files. The

name of the “.tar” file, as well as the step-by step upgrade

procedure will be given in the accompanying Release Note.

You are not allowed to

upgrade a receiver if anti-

theft or/and start up

protection is active or if the

receiver is operated with an

in-progress or expired

validity period.

Completing a firmware upgrade procedure will take up to

10 minutes. For this reason, it must be run with the receiver

powered from either a properly charged internal battery or

using an external power source.

Unless otherwise specified in the Release Note attached to

the upgrade package, follow the instructions below to

complete the upgrade of your receiver:

1. Follow the first three steps described in Getting Started

With SP Loader on page 37.

2. Click Upgrade. Wait until SP Loader has detected the

receiver.

3. Browse your computer in search of the upgrade file.

4. Select the file and click Open. SP Loader then provides

information on the currently installed firmware, the new

firmware as well as the current state of the battery (if the

internal battery is used).

This should tell you if you can run the upgrade with the

battery, or rather use a fresh one or an external power

supply.

5. When you are ready, click on the Update button.

6. Let the receiver proceed with the upgrade (a status

window is displayed showing a progress bar). Take care not

to turn off the receiver while the upgrade is in progress.

7. After successful completion of the upgrade, click Close to

close the status window. Check that the new firmware is

now installed (version and date displayed in the SP Loader

main window).

8. Click Close again, then Exit to quit SP Loader.