Ag Leader PF3000Pro Cotton Yield Monitor Operators Manual - Manual (Page 117)

PF3000 Pro Cotton Yield Monitor
Ag Leader Technology Updating Operating Program
July 2003 4-39
Step Action
1 Install the PF3000 Pro Cotton Yield Monitor Serial Port Upgrade
Utility program on your computer.
2 After program has been installed in Windows 95 or Windows 98,
click Start, Programs, PF3000 Pro Cotton Yield Monitor Serial.
3 On the Serial Port Upgrade Utility screen, click UPGRADE THE
PF3000 Pro Cotton Yield Monitor button and follow steps on the
screen.
4 Select a COM port number (usually COM1).
5 Switch PF3000 Pro Cotton Yield Monitor power OFF.
6 Connect PC interface cable to PORT 1 on PF3000 Pro Cotton
Yield Monitor.
7 Connect PC interface cable to the selected COM port of your PC
(usually COM1).
8 Click CONNECT and switch the PF3000 Pro Cotton Yield
Monitor power ON. "PC communication established" will be
displayed on the monitor.
9 Click HERE to select the upgrade file. The upgrade.pld file can be
selected from a floppy disk or a directory on the computer’s hard
drive.
10 The file you have selected will be displayed, if that is the correct
upgrade.pld file, click HERE in the bottom box to install.
11 The program will begin to prepare the PF3000 Pro Cotton Yield
Monitor to receive. A bar with twelve boxes will light up one-at-a-
time until PF3000 Pro is ready to receive the file.
12 When file transfer begins a new screen appears with Bytes
Transferred, Time Remaining, Percent Complete and Cancel to
stop upgrading.
IMPORTANT: If you press cancel while the file transfer is in
progress the PF3000 Pro Cotton Yield Monitor will not be
upgraded and the monitor will no longer have an operating
program. You will have to restart the serial port upgrade
process or upgrade from a memory card.
13 When file transfer is completed "Upgrade Completed Successfully"
will be displayed in lower right hand box on the screen. Click
EXIT then Yes, shut off the PF3000 Pro Cotton Yield Monitor and
disconnect PC interface cable.
14 Turn on the monitor and verify the new program has been installed
and is operating correctly
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