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Esprit® Ventilator Service Manual © Respironics, Inc.
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Chapter 7. Ventilator Communications
This section describes ventilator communications functions, including:
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Downloading software
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Programming the serial number
•
Enabling options
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Setting up the serial interface to generate a diagnostic report (DRPT)
•
Generating a D
RPT
Downloading
Software
The CPU PCB in the Esprit Ventilator contains nonvolatile memory that allows
the software to be upgraded electronically using a personal computer (PC) or
laptop computer. If the CPU PCB is replaced, the serial number and any
installed options (such as color or graphics) must be reprogrammed.
Writing the ventilator’s serial number to the CPU disables any installed
options. Downloading a new software revision by itself does not disable
options. If you are downloading software after replacing the CPU PCB, you can
reprogram the ventilator serial number as part of the software download as
described in “Programming the Ventilator Serial Number” on page 7-4.
Follow these steps to download software to the ventilator:
1. Turn PC on and ventilator off.
2. Double-click on
SETUP.EXE
from the Esprit software CD-ROM to start
the program.
NOTE:
The Esprit software CD-ROM is configured to autorun if the PC has
autorun enabled. To manually start the software, insert the CD-ROM into
the tray and click
Start > Run
, then enter
D:\Setup.exe
where
D
is the CD
drive letter.