QSense Omni Control Board Firmware Upgrade

This page contains instructions and tools necessary for the QSense Omni Firmware Upgrade.

Tools:

Step-by-step instructions:

  1. Turn on the instrument while connected to a PC.
  2. On the PC, use the file explorer to navigate to a folder where you have the following tools installed:
    update_firmware.exe
    check_config.exe
    control_fw_cs_v1.0.25.srec
  3. Select address line, type cmd and press enter to open command prompt window.

  1. Type check_config.exe and press enter to read the current configuration.
  2. Program Control Boards in all measurement channels one by one. To upgrade firmware in measurement channel 1, type:
    update_firmware.exe control_fw_cs_v1.0.25.srec --target 1
    This might take a while, 5-10 minutes.
  3. If you have more than one channel you must do this to all of them one by one.
  4. Turn off Omni instrument from power switch, wait 10 seconds and turn it on again.
  5. Repeat earlier step but type target 2:
    update_firmware.exe control_fw_cs_v1.0.25.srec --target 2
  6. Repeat this for each channel. Turn off and on the instrument between the updates. When you have updated all channels run the check again. To do this, type check_config.exe and press enter to verify that the Control Board Firmware is now v1.0.25.