Rice Lake MSI-9750A CellScale RF Portable Indicator - Manual (Page 76)

Page 76 MSI-9750A RF Remote Indicator • User Guide
9750A
HANDHELD RF REMOTE INDICATOR for
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INSTALLING FIRMWARE UPDATES
The 9750A contains Flash memory that allows the fi rmware to be upgraded through the Comm Port. A “Boot
Loader” program is used to load a new program fi le into the 95750. MSI will update and improve the 9750A
feature set over time and provide program updates free of charge. Please see MSI’s web page (www.msiscales.
® ®
com) to download the most current 9750A fi rmware.
1) Set a terminal program to emulate an ASCII terminal.
2) Set the Baud rate to 9600 Baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity.
3) Set the data transfer protocol to ASCII.
4) Connect the 9750A to the PC serial port with a null modem cable.
5) Starting with the 9750A off, press and hold the 9750’s
[ABC1] key.
6) When the “Push Power to Continue” screen appears, release the [ABC1] key.
7) The “MSI Software Installer” screen will appear on the 9750A, and the Bootloader menu will appear on
the terminal screen.
MSI Boot Loader Version 3.K3
(1) Update Application
(2) Change Baud Rate
(ESC) Start Application
Enter Command :
8) Choosing a faster baud rate will decrease the amount of time required to complete the update. However,
baud rates above 38400 usually require a 5 wire serial cable (include RTS and CTS) and a terminal program
that supports hardware handshaking. Press [2] on the terminal keyboard to change baud rate.
Baud Change menu
(1) 9600 Baud
(2) 19200 Baud
(3) 38400 Baud
(4) 57600 Baud
(5) 115200 Baud
(ESC) Exit
Choose a baud rate, then
change your terminal’s baud rate.
If you encounter problems, reset your
terminal to 9600 Baud and re-start.
Choose now :
9) In this example, choose [4] 57.6K baud. This will immediately change the baud rate of the CellScale. It
will transmit “When you can read this, press any key.” Change the baud rate of your terminal program to
match. Until you do the message will be garbage characters. When the message is legible due to matching
baud rates, press any key to return to the main menu.
This process completely destroys 9750A setups and erases data logging memory. It does
not affect CellScale calibration in any way.