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Transfer D500X firmware to CF card
This selection transfers a firmware upgrade file from the PC to the CF card in order to
upgrade the D500X firmware through a special procedure. Firmware upgrades are supplied by
Pettersson as they become available. The upgrade file should have the extension “.D500X”.
To upgrade, the firmware file should be transferred to the CF card using the Transfer function
of the D500X Utility program (copying the upgrade file to the CF card through Windows will
not work). Then put the card in slot #1 of the D500X and turn the power on with the
EXT/INT Power switch. The detector will automatically recognize the card as a “firmware
upgrade” card. Follow the instructions on the display to perform the upgrade.
Recorded data files
The Info command will display metadata from the selected file (file name, date/time and
firmware version).
The Clean file command will remove the extra information that is stored in the file. This
information is stored at the beginning of the file and can be seen in the spectrogram or
oscillogram as a very short transient. Usually, this transient is so short that it is not noticed.
Please note that after using the Clean file command, the information erased from the file
cannot be retrieved, so it is advisable to perform this operation on a copy of the original file.
The File management command opens the File Management dialog box which gives a list of
the D500X files in the selected drive/folder with the embedded file information:
