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GSM19 Series Magnetometers - Version 7
GEM Systems, Inc. Advanced Magnetometers
For more technical information, visit www.gemsys.ca
10. UPGRADING INTERNAL SOFTWARE (FIRMWARE)
One of the new features in v7.0 is the ability to upgrade your magnetometer's internal software (i.e.
firmware) from a PC using the 6-pin connector for the RS-232 port and the file transfer cables.
10.1 USING THE GEMLINKW UPGRADE UTILITY
The Upgrade utility of GEMLinkW provides all the functionality required to upload the new
software to the unit and guides you to the process with step by step instructions. For your reference,
the screens below illustrate the messages that the unit displays during the software upgrade process.
NOTES:
To avoid hardware/software incompatibility, the source software files are
released as required and normally named as the serial number of the unit with
extension '.bin'.
If you need to upgrade or want to check whether new functionality is available for
your system through upgrades, please contact GEM Systems at
and include “Upgrade” in the title of your message.
For upgrades, we provide a file containing the source code and GEMLinkW (or
other upgrade package provided by GEM Systems).
10.2 ACCESSING THE UPGRADE MODE
To access the upgrade mode, the unit must be in the
test menu
. When the transmission begins, the
unit displays the following:
SCREEN 90
software upgrade in progress
please do not touch keyboard
receiving 524288 bytes
Later, more messages is added to this screen as a progress report but the process is automatic and
once started it does not require user's intervention.