Agilent ESA Firmware Upgrade Procedure Win7 A0706 Update Instructions - Windows 7 & 8 c20131111 [5] free download

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ESA Spectrum Analyzer Firmware Upgrade Procedure ** PC's with Windows 7 & 8 ** Purpose: The purpose of this document is to provide a step-by-step procedure for obtaining and installing the latest revision of ESA Firmware and Power Suite Utility into an Agilent ESA Spectrum Analyzer. ESA firmware version A.07.06 is the latest version that can be used in instruments that do not have option B72, Expanded Memory. If your analyzer has option B72, it is highly recommended that you update your analyzer to A.14.06 This procedure should be used when the user PC has a Windows 7 or Windows 8 operating system. Procedure: Be sure to follow all of the parts of this procedure to complete this upgrade process: Obtain (7) floppy disks and perform a long format Create the firmware upgrade disk set Install Firmware into the Agilent ESA Spectrum Analyzer Restore the system defaults Performing the Instrument Self Alignment Routine Verifying the Installed Versions of Firmware & Power Suite Utilities Software A. Obtain (9) floppy disks and perform a long format 1. You must use 1.44 MB HD floppy disks. 2. Perform a long format on each disk using a Windows based PC. Note: If the user PC does not have an internal floppy drive an external USB to floppy drive can be used. USB floppy drives are readily available on the consumer market. 3. Label the formatted disks ahead of time as follows: 1. ESA Loader 2. ESA Firmware 1 of 5 3. ESA Firmware 2 of 5 4. ESA Firmware 3 of 5 5. ESA Firmware 4 of 5 6. ESA Firmware 5 of 5 7. ESA Power Suite 1 B. Create the firmware upgrade disk set 1. Go to http://www.agilent.com/find/esa_firmware_std-mem 2. Select the Download button from the ESA Spectrum Analyzer Firmware webpage and choose the correct download file with the suffix, "File for PC's running Windows 7 & 8". 3. Save the .zip file to your PC Desktop. The .zip file contains folders labeled as Disc 1, Disc 2, etc. as illustrated in Figure 1. Figure 1 4. Open the Disc 1 folder from your Desktop as illustrated in Figure 2. Figure 2 5. If your PC does not have a floppy disk drive, insert the external USB/Floppy disk drive into your PC USB port. 6. Insert the floppy disk you previously formatted and labeled as "ESA Loader" into the floppy drive on the PC or the external USB floppy drive. 7. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the USB Floppy Drive location. 8. Highlight the contents in the Disc 1 folder and copy them or perform a "drag and drop" onto the ESA Loader disk that is in the floppy drive. 2 9. Once the contents from th