Product Manual

FLIRMR160USERMANUALDocumentIdentifier: MR160‐en‐US_AD
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6.3 UpdatingtheMR160firmware
TheMR160firmwarecanbeupdatedinthefieldbytheuser,withouttheneedforsendingtheunit
inforservice.Ifassistanceisrequired,theusercancontactaFLIRtechnicalspecialist(seeSection
8).Firmwareupdatesprovideperformanceenhancementsandnewfeaturesandfunctions.
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Toupdatethe
firmwarethefollowingisrequired:
 Accesstothewebsitewheretheupdatefile(s)arelocated:http://support.flir.com
 TheMR160tobeupdated
 Theupdatefiles
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Followthestepsbelow:
1. Visitsupport.flir.comtocheckforthelatestupdates.
2. Selectthe‘Downloads’tabandthenselect‘InstrumentFirmware’(Test
and
Measurement)fromthedropdownmenu.
3. SelectMR160fromtheseconddropdownmenu.
4. Selectanddownloadtheupdatedfirmware.
5. Turnthemeteron,andconnectittoacomputerviaUSB.
6. Copytheupdatefile(s)intotherootdirectoryoftheMR160drive(e.g.
MR160_v1_962.hex).
7. DisconnectthemeterfromtheUSBport.
8. Holdthepowerbuttonforonesecondtoturnthemeteroff.
9. Pressthepowerbuttontoturnthemeteronagain.Thescreenshouldremaindark;the
unitwillbeeptwicetosignalthattheupdatehasstarted.
10.
After~10sitwillbeepagainsignalingthattheupdateiscomplete.
11. Pressthepowerbuttontoturnthemeteron;thenewversionshouldnowberunning.
12. Ifthereisanerror,repeattheprocedure.Ifaproblempersists,contactFLIRtechnical
support.
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