DT8874 3.1.0.5_7.0.0.221 Firmware Update Data Translation 1. Description 2. Download the firmware update files 3. Updating firmware using the Eureka Discovery Utility 4. Support ======================================================== 1. Description ======================================================== Firmware version 3.1.0.5_7.0.0.221 This firmware update resolves a vulnerability related to the security of third-party firmware. This firmware update can be installed on all DT887x TEMPpoint, VOLTpoint, and MEASURpoint LXI Instruments. Microsoft Windows is required to install this update. ======================================================== 2. Download the firmware update files ======================================================== This firmware update requires that you update both a .bin file and a .bix file. These files are available from the Measurement Computing Firmware Update page at https://www.mccdaq.com/firmware.aspx. 1. Download the 'image.bin' 3.1.0.5 file and save it locally. 2. Download the 'DT8871.bix' 7.0.0.221 file and save it locally. 3. Proceed to the firmware update procedure in section 3. ======================================================== 3. Updating firmware using the Eureka Discovery Utility ======================================================== Use the Eureka Discovery Utility to update the firmware of a Data Translation LXI instrument. The Eureka Discovery Utility is installed with Data Translation MEASURpoint software. To determine the firmware version installed on the device, run the Eureka Discovery utility. Click on the IP address link associated with the instrument model to open the instrument's web server page: Device Information. The installed firmware is listed on the 'Firmware revision' row. Firmware update procedure using the Eureka Discovery Utility: Important: update the .bin file before updating the .bix file. 1. Select a Data Translation LXI instrument from the list of located instruments. 2. Right click in the title bar of the Eureka Discovery Utility. 3. Click the 'Firmware Update to ....' menu option. The model name changes depending on the instrument that you select. 4. Navigate to the 'image.bin' file downloaded above in section 2, and click Open. A confirmation dialog box appears. 5. Click Yes. 6. When prompted for a username, enter admin. Note that this name cannot be changed. 7. When prompted for a password, enter the same password that you used when you configured the LAN settings for the instrument using the Configuration ->LAN page of the instrument’s web interface. The default password is admin. 8. Click 'Update Firmware'. While the file is being downloaded to the instrument, the LAN LED on the front of the instrument blinks red. When the firmware update process is complete, the LAN LED turns solid green. DO NOT power off the instrument. It will reboot after writing the downloaded image file to flash. 9. Navigate to the 'DT8871.bix' file downloaded above in section 2, and click ok. A confirmation dialog box appears. 10. Repeat steps 5 through 8. While the file is being downloaded to the instrument, the LAN LED on the front of the instrument blinks red. When the firmware update process is complete, the LAN LED turns solid green. 11. After the files have been downloaded, click 'Find LXI devices' to refresh the list of instruments available on the network. ======================================================== 4. Support ======================================================== Contact Measurement Computing for technical support. MCC Forum: https://forum.digilent.com/forum/39-measurement-computing-mcc/ MCC Knowledgebase: http://kb.mccdaq.com/ Refer to https://www.mccdaq.com/legal.aspx for copyright and trademark information. Measurement Computing 10 Commerce Way Norton, MA 02766 www.mccdaq.com Document revision 3.0