Tabor Electronics 5251, User Manual

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TE5251
User Manual
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Updating the 5251
Firmware
WARNING
Only qualified persons may perform Firmware updates.
DO NOT even attempt to perform this operation unless
you were trained and certified by Tabor as you may inflict
damage to the operation of the instrument. Always verify
with the factory that you have the latest firmware file
before you start with your update.
Before you update the firmware of your 5251 card, check the revision
level which is installed on your computer. Each firmware update was
done for a reason and therefore, if you want to update the firmware for
a problem in your system, check the readme file that is associated
with the update to see if an update will solve your problem. There are
a number of ways to check he revision level of your firmware:
1) Using Explorer, open the SYSTEM32 folder in the Windows
directory and locate the file TE5251.dll. Right click with your mouse on
the file name and select properties. Click on the Version tab and note
the File version information as listed in this tab. The TE5251.dll
Properties dialog box is shown in Figure 6-3.
Figure 6-3, TE5251.dll Properties