Installing Integrated Circuits

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To install modules that include an installation disk

•an IBM-compatible personal computer with:

9 Microsoft Windows Operating Systems (95, 98, 2000, or XP); 9 a 3.5" floppy disk drive;

9 a serial port (or compatible USB to serial converter).

•a medTester-to-PC interface cable:

1.If your computer has a 25-pin serial port:

use a 25-pin female to 25-pin female null-modem cable (Fluke Biomedical part no. 2392186).

2.If your computer has a 9 pin serial port:

use a 25-pin female to 9-pin female, null-modem cable (Fluke Biomedical part no. 2200102).

Use the procedures described in this section for installing:

1.Any modules that include ICs to be installed inside the instrument, including:

•Firmware Upgrade

•Module 4: Expanded Memory

•Module 7: medCheck

If you are not installing ICs, skip to the section Enabling Modules below.

All ICs (integrated circuits) have a notch, dot, or dimple on one end. This is the end with pin 1. All the ICs referenced here are oriented so that pin 1 is towards the rear of the instrument. Note the notch marked on the PCB (printed circuit board) on that end.

Note

Always orient an IC correctly when installing it or you could damage it.

All ICs are referenced by a U number (U20, U21, etc.). The U numbers are marked on the PCB. When installing an IC, make sure all the pins go into the socket holes and none are stuck out or bent under. If the instrument doesn't work correctly after installing an IC, check that it is the correct IC, that all the pins are in the holes, and that the orientation is correct.

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