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7.6 Updating Firmware
Perform a firmware update only when instructed by Turner BioSystems Technical Support
Department. Follow the instructions below to update the firmware on the Modulus™ Microplate
Reader.
Action
Result
1. Copy the af.ldf file to the top
level of the USB flash drive.
2. Insert the USB flash drive into
the USB port on the front of the
Modulus™ Microplate Reader.
The message, “Update the firmware?” will appear.
3. Touch the OK button.
The message, “To start the firmware update; turn the
instrument off, then on” will appear.
4. Turn the instrument off.
Unplug the USB flash drive.
Turn the instrument on.
The instrument powers on and the message, “Start the
firmware update?” will appear.
5. Touch the OK button.
The message changes to: “Firmware update in
progress.” The update will take approximately 2 - 3
minutes.
When update is complete, the message, “Firmware
update complete, turn instrument off, then on” will
appear.
6. Turn the instrument off, then
on again.
The instrument will power on with the new firmware.
Delete the af.ldf file from the USB flash drive after the upgrade is complete. Until the af.ldf file is
removed from the USB flash drive, the instrument will prompt a firmware update every time the
USB flash drive is plugged in.