GE M
EDICAL
S
YSTEMS
PROPRIETARY TO GE
D
IRECTION
2294854-100, R
EVISION
3
LOGIQ™ 9 P
ROPRIETARY
M
ANUAL
3-30
Section 3-15 - Optional Software Procedures
Section 3-15
Optional Software Procedures
If everything went well in the software loading process, skip this section.
While system software loading procedures are automatic, the following manual processes are provided
in the unlikely event that the automatic process fails or the results are incorrect.
3-15-1
serialno.txt File Creation
With the exception of Demo Systems, if the system serial number is not set correctly the authorized
options installed on the customer systems will not function.
Prior to the upgrade there is no way for the systems in the field to record the serial number of the system
to the backplane. The
C:\serialno.txt
on the hard drive has been used to record the system serial
number up to now.
As part of this FMI the backplane storage code is now available. After an Applications Software
Upgrade, when the system is powered up, the
serialno.txt
file will be read from the hard drive and written
to the backplane. This will all work well unless:
-
A system Base Image Software was performed. In this case the serialno.txt file must be
created and put back on the "C" drive.
*
Boot up the system with the service dongle attached to the USB port.
*
It will boot up into Windows.
*
Go to Start>Programs>Accessories>Notepad. Use Windows Notepad and type in the
serial number of the system. Exactly as it is on the console rating plate. (example:
57493US2
)
*
Check the save path for this text file. Save the file
directly
to the "C:\" drive as file name
serialno.tx
t. It will
NOT
function if saved in any other location.
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There may be a rare case where the
serialno.txt
file does not contain the correct system serial
number. If this is the case, repeat the previous steps to edit the
serialno.txt
file to the proper
serial number.
NOTE:
If there is any doubt about the contents of serialno.txt, it should be checked before the
application is first run, as once the serial number is written into the backplane it can only be
changed with a diagnostic.
The
serialno.txt
file writes it’s information into the Backplane EEPROM. If it is not done during the
software load you must use the diagnostic utilities described in Chapter 7 of the Proprietary Manual to
enter the Console Serial Number in the EEP-BP VPD Data.txt file.
