Colortrac SmartLF Installation and Operating Manual
PAS144 P/N: P002038 Colortrac Ltd © 2004
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15. FIELD UPGRADE OF SMARTLF TO A HIGHER MODEL
If your scanner is a model 4080m (mono only) or 4080c (low speed colour) SmartLF it can be upgraded by purchasing
one the three SmartLF Field Upgrade products available. The upgrades are ordered by Product Code.
The process for model upgrading is as follows:
STEP 1 – GENERATE THE UPGRADE FILE USING THE SMARTLF SERIAL PROGRAM
1. Confirm that SmartLF is connected and working
2. From the SmartLF distribution CD (V1.1 or later) locate the SmartLF serial.exe program which is inside the
Scanner upgrade folder (itself inside the Utilities folder). You may need to alter your Explorer viewing options to
see the full .EXE extension of this file.
3. Double-clicking “SmartLF serial” will retrieve the
Scanner model number from the attached SmartLF
scanner (in this case a 4080m).
4. In the Serial Number box type in the 8-digit number
printed on the label attached to the back of the
scanner.
5. Now select the model you wish your unit to be
upgraded to using the Desired Model scroll bar
6. Press the ‘Record Serial Number’ button to create
the upgrade file.
STEP 2 - SEND THE UPGRADE FILE WITH YOUR ORDER AND THE PRODUCT CODE YOU REQUIRE TO
YOUR SMARTLF SUPPLIER TO OBTAIN YOUR UPGRADE PROGRAM
Product Code
Upgrade from
Upgrade to
P0002004
4080m
4080c
P0002005
4080m
4080e
P0002006
4080c
4080e
STEP 3 – UNPACK THE UPGRADE PROGRAM
7. The supplier will send you a file that has the serial
number of the scanner to be upgraded as part of its
name. Unpack this file to a temporary directory and
run the program named “SmartLFModelUpdate.exe”.
Click the button labelled ‘Update Model’. This will
then upgrade the connected SmartLF scanner and
display the words, ‘Scanner firmware updated OK’
on the scanner display.
8. Exit the program and then turn SmartLF OFF and
ON again. Check the scanner display and verify that
SmartLF is displaying the model type consistent with
the upgrade process just carried out i.e. that the
upgrade has been successful.