Agilent Technologies E5810A - Manual (Page 99)

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Using E5810A Web Access
Other Web Access Functions
Updating E5810A Firmware
This section gives guidelines to update your E5810 firmware to the latest
version.
The E5810 uses standard FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to perform updates.
The E5810 acts as an FTP client and searches for an FTP Server that
contains the E5810 firmware image. Agilent maintains a publicly accessible
FTP Server that contains the latest E5810 firmware at:
ftp.agilent.com
, login: anonymous, password:
<your e-mail address>
Procedure to
Update E5810
Firmware
The latest E5810 firmware is at
/pub/e5810/e5810_latest_firmware.hex
and is called "e5810_latest_firmware.hex". Prior versions are also
available in this ftp directory.
If you cannot reach the Agilent FTP Server from your E5810, you can use a
any standard FTP Server that is available, provided you have an image of
the firmware. The requirements are an FTP Server, an image of the E5810
firmware, and a LAN connection between the E5810 and the FTP Server.
The procedure to update E5810 firmware depends on whether or not the
Agilent FTP site is accessible from the E5810. This, in turn, depends on
how your network is configured. The E5810 FTP client used to upload new
firmware is a standard FTP client and currently does not support proxies.
This means that anyone behind a firewall will most likely
not be able to
directly access the Agilent FTP site.
A description of the two procedures to update E5810 firmware follows.
„ If the Agilent FTP site is accessible from the E5810, see “Agilent
FTP Site is Accessible From E5810”
„ If the Agilent FTP site is not accessible from the E5810, see “Agilent
FTP Site is not Accessible From E5810”
NOTE
Do not update your E5810 firmware unless you have a specific need to
do so, such as defect repair or instrument enhancements. If the firmware
update fails, the E5810 reverts to its original firmware version.