R&S SMA100A
Information on the Current Version and History
Release Notes for Firmware 1171.5360.52
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Information on the Current Version and
History
General information
This
document describes the procedure to apply a firmware update to the
R&S
®
SMA100A Signal Generator. It furthermore describes the differences between the
several firmware versions. The most current firmware version can be obtained from
Instruments covered
This firmware version is suitable for all instruments of type
R&S
®
SMA100A,
including all module revisions, options and firmware licenses.
Identify current firmware version
The current instrument firmware revision is displayed during the startup sequence of
the instrument. In addition, it is provided in the
SETUP
Software/Options dialog and it is
part of the SCPI *IDN instrument identification string.
Potential malfunction of assembly!
It is strongly recommended to
do no firmware downgrade below
the version the
device was originally delivered with. Improved module revisions as well as modified
structure of calibration data may not be supported by previous firmware versions.
1.1 Special hints for particular instruments and
firmware versions
Instruments with serial number 112000 or higher
It is not possible to downgrade the firmware to version less than 3.01.102.11. After a
downgrade the
R&S® SMA100A does not work furthermore. The serial number of the
R&S® SMA100A could be obtained in the menu
SETUP
/
Hardware Config
.Please select
the entry SMA100A in the table Common Assembly.