Alfa Network Color Tester, Technical Manual

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Operator Manual
– Color Tester
EN PROGRAMMING THE ELECTRONIC BOARDS
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4.2.5. ACTUATOR FIRMWARE UPDATE (SCCB BOARDS)
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Connect the special cable Alfa USB BOOT LOADER
(code 305001893) across CN13 connector of the MAB
board and a USB port of the PC for programming;

Switch the machine on (or the board when
programming it on a bench);

Check that the software detected the presence of a
MAB ‘Device attached’;

Select actuator board (1) to be programmed by
pressing the corresponding button (Fig. C1) (2)
‘Selected target device is now C1’ + ‘QueryVerify
command sent to MAB BOOT LOADER’;

Check that the address set in the actuator board to be
programmed is consistent with the selected device
(please refer to the following paragraph “SETTING
ADDRESSES”);

Select the Intel HEX file to be programmed, and press
‘Open Hex File’ (3) ‘HEX File Complete’;

Proceed with Programming and Verification, by
pressing
‘Program/Verify’ (4), then wait for the final
message ‘Erase/Program/Verify Completed
Successfully’ (5);

If programming is successful, the ‘C1’ button becomes
GREEN.