Restoring and Installing Software
Upgrading or Restoring Firmware
You may have to upgrade the firmware on the logic analyzer if the firmware
version is not compatible with the current TLA application software version. The
most current firmware for the TL A application software resides in a file on the
hard disk of the logic analyzer.
1. Exit the logic analyzer application.
2. Click Start → Programs → Tektronix Logic Analyzer → TLA Firmware
Loader. If the TLA Connection dialog box displays, select an instrument,
and click the Connect button.
3. Select the module from the Supported list box near the top of the window.
4. Select Load Firmware from the Execute menu.
5. Click the TLA520x.lod file.
6. Click OK. You will be prompted to confirm your action; click Yes.
7. Locate the
big label on the back of the instrument.
8. Record the firmware version that is printed on the label. You will need this
informati
on to see that the firmware version matches the label.
9. Power on the instrument.
10. After the logic analyzer completes the power-on diagnostics, select System
Properties from the System menu.
11. Click the LA1 tab.
12. Verify that the firmware version matches the version on the label that you
recorded earlier.
13. If the firmware versions do not match, update the label on the back of the
instrument.
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