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ProtoTRAK SMX / SLX

Current versions in this release:

5.03 Software

4.6.2 Firmware

 

Persist version 3.1


Note:  Downloaded software must be extracted and decompressed before it is installed in the ProtoTRAK.
Please review all of the following instructions.

Download Instructions
(For Windows 95 or above.)

1.  Click on the Download Now Button. 
2.  In the selection window, select Save.
3.  Choose a temporary location to save the file. You may want to create a directory called "ProtoTRAK  Downloads" or save the file to your Desktop. 
4.  After the download completes, you will have the software saved on your hard drive. 
     Close the download window if it is still open. 
5.  The software you have just downloaded is compressed to make it easy to download. See the instructions below "Extracting and installing the software on your ProtoTRAK"  to finish the process. 

sx_503_462_p31.zip    1.38 MB


Extracting and installing the software on your ProtoTRAK
For Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7 users:
1. Plug your USB flash drive into your USB port.
2. Double Click on the zip file that you've just downloaded.
3. Go up to the top left hand corner of your window, and click on FILE, and then EXTRACT ALL.  Or you may just see an EXTRACT ALL option.
4. If an Extraction Wizard window appears. Click on NEXT.
5. When a window comes up asking for the destination directory, click on the BROWSE button, and then select the drive letter of your USB flash drive.  The software MUST be copied within the root directory of the drive), and not within a folder.  Click on NEXT.
6. This should start copying all the necessary files. Once complete, proceed to the instructions on installing to your Prototrak control below.

Installing the software on your ProtoTRAK from USB flash drive
If you have software version 4.0 or greater on your control, you can simply go into SETUP, SERV CODES, and run both code 316 and code 317, and it will allow you to select the USB flash drive to install the software from.  Press the RESUME button to continue updating the software.

If however, you have a version older than 4.0, and it expects the software to be on a floppy disk, please follow the following instructions below:
1. Using your keyboard, press the PAUSE BREAK button - this will exit out of our software.
2. Press CTRL and ESC at the same time. This will bring up the START menu.
3. Use the arrow keys to navigate to the RUN option. Press ENTER.
4. In the text box, type in the following:
D:\PT4SXINSTALL SLAVE
This will update the firmware portion of the software. Once complete, our software screen should come back up.
5. Repeat steps 1 - 3
6. This time in the text box, type in the following:
D:\SETUP
This will update the master software portion. Once complete, it will reboot the computer, and then the update process will be complete.

 

 

 


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