Software and Firmware Update
R&S
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EB500
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Flash erase and update
While updating a R&S
EB500, portions of the flash memory will be erased.
This erase process may take up to two minutes, after which the new firmware
will be loaded. This will usually take about one minute. The update progress
is visualized by means of notification dialogs and progress bars.
Then, while the receiver resets, the GUI will be updated. The GUI runs on a dedi-
cated processor (IPS1) and has its own operating system. This processor also
needs to reboot once the update completed.
At the end of the process, when the dialog below is shown, press ENT to reboot.
Now both the receiver firmware and the GUI are updated with the latest version.
This can be verified after reboot by following the steps shown in
"Retrieve Firmware and GUI Versions"
If update procedure fails.
If the update procedure fails, simply switch off the R&S
EB500 and restart the
update procedure.
Updating the EB500 without front control panel
The EB500 without front control panel cannot be updated with this method.
In order to update the receiver firmware of a EB500 without front control panel,
you will need the Update32 tool. The method of updating by using the
Update32 tool is described in
chapter 4.3, "Receiver Firmware Update for
EB500 without front control panel"
Receiver Firmware and GUI Update for EB500 with front control panel
