Ag Leader PFadvantage Harvest & Application Operators Manual - Manual (Page 204)

Updating Operating Program PFadvantage
All Modes Ag Leader Technology
September 2003 4-54
Step Action
1 Install the PF Utilities program on your computer.
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3 On the PF Utilities program screen, select UPGRADE and click
START, then follow steps on the screen.
4 Select a COM port number (usually COM1).
5 Switch PFadvantage power OFF.
6 Connect PC interface cable to PORT 1 on PFadvantage.
7 Connect PC interface cable to the selected COM port of your PC
(usually COM1).
8 Click CONNECT and switch the PFadvantage power ON. “PC
communication established” will be displayed on the monitor.
9 Click HERE to select the upgrade file. The upgrade (*.pld) file
can be selected from a floppy disk or a directory on the computer’s
hard drive.
10 The file you have selected will be displayed, if that is the correct
upgrade file, click HERE in the box to install.
11 The program will begin to prepare the PFadvantage to receive. A
bar with twelve boxes will light up one-at-a-time until
PFadvantage is ready to receive the file.
12 When file transfer begins a new screen appears with Bytes
Transferred, Time Remaining, Percent Complete and Cancel to
stop upgrading.
IMPORTANT: If you press cancel while the file transfer is in
progress the PFadvantage will not be upgraded and the
monitor will no longer have an operating program. You will
have to restart the serial port upgrade process or upgrade
from a memory card.
13 When file transfer is completed “Upgrade Completed
Successfully” will be displayed in lower right hand box on the
screen. Click EXIT then Yes, shut off the PFadvantage and
disconnect PC interface cable.
14 Turn on the monitor and verify the new program has been installed
and is operating correctly
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