TallyGenicom 5040, User Manual

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Printer drivers and firmware User guide
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USB interface (Windows2000/XP)
Make sure that the USB interface is selected in the printers menu for
User 1, that a printer driver has been installed and the printer is defined
as default printer.
Downloading firmware to
the printer
To load new firmware to the printer, proceed as follows. As mentioned
before it is important that no other device (printer) is set to the inter-
face you want to use for the download.
Click therefore
Start > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes and
check that no printer is set to the port you want to use. E.g. if you want
to use the serial interface RS232 no printer may have connected to the
COM1 port.
1.
Browse to the folder where the firmware files are stored.
2.
Double-click the
Standard Model PB Flash VX.XX.exe file.
3.
On the Memory Writer screen select the interface (in our example
serial port).
4.
Make sure that the settings for port, baudrate, parity bit and stop
bit are correct.
5.
Select IPL FIRMWARE from Download Type .
6.
Click Browse and select the
BL_XXXX.IPL file.
7.
Click FLASH NOW ; the download process starts.
When the download process is finished, the printer performs an initial-
ization
8.
Repeat step 5 to 7 for the
FWXXX.mfw file
and the
PBCGXXXX.BIN file.