7 iVu Series Updating the Sensor 71 How to Update Sensor Firmware Banner Engineering may release new versions of the sensor firmware in the future New firmware releases can be downloaded from Banners website httpwwwbannerengineeringcom or can be obtained by ordering the latest Product CD The following steps will guide you through the process of updating the iVu firmware from the Product CD 1 Place the Product CD into your CD ROM drive 2 Plug a Bannerapproved USB Thumb Drive into an available USB port on your PC 3 Create a new folder called BANNERFIRMWARE on the root directory on the USB Thumb Drive For example if the Thumb Drive letter is F then a Create a folder called BANNER b Open the FBANNER folder c Create a folder called FIRMWARE You should now have a FBANNERFIRMWARE folder on your USB Thumb Drive 4 Browse to the FIRMWARE folder on the product CD for example if your CD ROM drive is E then browse to the EFIRMWARE folder 5 Copy the new firmware binary for example IVUV110BIN to the USBBANNERFIRMWARE folder on the USB Thumb Drive 6 Remove the USB Thumb Drive from the PC and plug it into the sensor 7 On the sensor select System Firmware Update A list of firmware files contained in the USBBANNERFIRMWARE folder on the USB flash drive will be displayed 8 Choose the version of the firmware to be installed on the sensor 9 Follow the steps on the screen to update the firmware A reboot of the sensor will be required after the update 72 How to Set or Modify a Sensor Name You can set a Sensor Name for your iVu Series sensor or modify an existing name on the sensor using the software keypad You can also change the sensor name this using the iVu Emulator as described below NOTE If you are in a language other than English you cannot modify the sensor name using the software keypad Use the procedure described below NOTE If you have not set the sensor previously then folders will be named using the first 8characters of the sensor serial number 1 Plug a USB Thumb Drive into the sensor 2 Save Sensor Configuration to the USB Thumb Drive Main Menu System Sensor Configuration Save to USB The locaton of these files on the USB Thumb Drive will be displayed after the operation is completethe sensor configuration is saved in USBBANNERSENSORNAME For example if the sensor name is myName the path will be USBBANNERmy Name 3 Remove the USB drive from the sensor and insert it into an available USB drive on a Windows PC 4 If running the Emulator from the USB launch the iVuEmulatorexe program If running the Emulator installed on a PC make sure the Emulator is not running and copy the Sensor Configuration from the USB Thumb Drive to the folder where the Emulator is installed on the PC For example if the sensor name is myName and the iVu Emulator is installed in the default location on the PC copy the file USBBANNERmyNameCONFIGCFG to CProgram FilesBanner EngineeringiVu Series Online Only rev A wwwbannerengineeringcom tel 7635443164 73