Series 2600B System SourceMeter® instrument User's Manual
Section 5: Maintenance
2600BS-900-01 Rev. A / August 2021
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To upgrade or downgrade the firmware using the front panel:
1. Turn the instrument power off. Wait a few seconds.
2. Turn the instrument power on.
3. Copy the firmware file to a USB flash drive.
4. Disconnect the input and output terminals to and from the instrument.
5. If the instrument is in remote mode, press the
EXIT (LOCAL)
key once to place the instrument in
local mode.
6. Insert the flash drive into the USB port on the front panel of the 2600B.
7. From the front panel, press the
MENU
key
8. Turn the navigation wheel to go to the
UPGRADE
menu item, and then press the
ENTER
key.
9. Turn the navigation wheel to select the file on the USB flash drive that contains the appropriate
version of firmware.
10. Press the
ENTER
key to select
Yes
. The status of the upgrade is displayed.
The instrument reboots automatically when the upgrade is complete.
To upgrade or downgrade the firmware from the web interface:
1. Turn the instrument power off. Wait a few seconds.
2. Turn the instrument power on.
3. Open a web browser on the host computer.
4. Enter the IP address of the instrument in the web browser address box. For example, if the
instrument IP address is 192.168.1.101, enter
192.168.1.101
in the browser address box.
5. Press
Enter
on the computer keyboard to open the web interface of the instrument.
6. From the left navigation area, select
Flash Upgrade
.
7. Choose
Select File
. A file selection dialog box is displayed.
8. Select the firmware file.
9. Select
Start
. A progress dialog box is displayed. When the upgrade begins, you can also see
progress on the front-panel display.
After the instrument automatically restarts, it is ready for use.
Using TSB to upgrade the firmware
After downloading the flash file from
, you can use Test Script Builder (TSB) to
upgrade the firmware of your 2600B.
